Night Hockey League

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Night Hockey League
NHL Liga.jpg
Sport Ice hockey
Founded December 15, 2011
CEO Igor Bakhmutov
Key figures Vladimir Putin (founder)
Alexander Yakushev (president)
No. of teams
Most recent champion(s) SV Metal (Yekaterinburg)
Official website nhliga.org

The Night Hockey League (NHL) is a Russian amateur sports organization, established on December 15, 2011, at the initiative of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, along with some former hockey players.

A Night Hockey League Gala match, played in Sochi on May 16, 2015.

Putin has participated in a special Night Hockey League Gala Match six times since 2012. He has played in every gala match since 2014, scoring 27 goals in five games.[1]

Competition Setup

The league is divided into four divisions - Amateur 40+, 18+ Amateur League Dreams, 18+ Amateur League Hopes, and a women's division, called "Amazon".

The competitions are held for the purpose of development and promotion of hockey in Russia. The league features a general administration and 68 regional offices.

Each year, the NHL holds the All-Russian Festival of Ice Hockey Amateur Championship, which includes the regional qualifying competition and final tournament, which since 2013 has been held in Sochi at the Olympic facilities.

The Night League is divided into nine conferences on a geographical basis: "Moscow", "St. Petersburg", "Center", "North-West", "Ural", "Volga Region", "Siberia", "South and North Caucasus", and "Far East". Since 2015, the winner of the most prestigious NHL division, the 40+ championship, have been awarded the Krutov Cup, named after the famous hockey star, Vladimir Krutov.

Competitions are held in three phases in accordance with the official rules of the competition, approved by the Ministry of Sports Russia:

  • Stage I - the competition in the municipalities of the Russian Federation
  • Stage II - the competition among teams of municipalities in the region of the Russian Federation;
  • Stage III - All-Russian final competition (May, Sochi).

Despite the amateur status of the competition, matches are held with officials, in three periods of 20 minutes each, with medical support, and broadcast on local television and on the Internet.

Regional Championships

This is a list of regional competitions organized under the Night Hockey League umbrella:

Region Division Team Players
Altai region Amateur 40+ 4 71
Altai region 18+ Amateur League Dreams 4 93
Altai region 18+ Amateur League hopes 3 44
Amur region Amateur 40+ 5 78
Amur region 18+ Amateur League hopes 5 87
Arhangelsk region Amateur 40+ 5 102
Arhangelsk region 18+ Amateur League hopes 6 126
Belgorod region Amateur 40+ 4 70
Belgorod region 18+ Amateur League Dreams 5 93
Belgorod region 18+ Amateur League hopes 5 110
Bryansk region Amateur 40+ 6 125
Vladimir region Amateur 40+ 6 119
Vladimir region 18+ Amateur League hopes 4 84
Vologda Region Amateur 40+ 4 72
Vologda Region 18+ Amateur League hopes 3 60
Voronezh region Amateur 40+ 11 185
Voronezh region 18+ Amateur League hopes 7 131
Transbaikal region Amateur 40+ 4 52
Irkutsk region Amateur 40+ 4 70
Irkutsk region 18+ Amateur League hopes 6 104
Kaliningrad region Amateur 40+ 5 107
Kaliningrad region 18+ Amateur League hopes 7 140
Kamchatka Krai Amateur 40+ 9 144
Kamchatka Krai 18+ Amateur League hopes 4 59
Kemerovo region Amateur 40+ 6 121
Kemerovo region 18+ Amateur League Dreams 6 122
Kemerovo region 18+ Amateur League hopes 10 235
Kirov region Amateur 40+ 3 66
Kirov region 18+ Amateur League hopes 3 71
Kostroma region Amateur 40+ 8 152
Kostroma region 18+ Amateur League hopes 5 79
Krasnodar region Amateur 40+ 10 183
Krasnodar region 18+ Amateur League hopes 10 234
Krasnoyarsk region Amateur 40+ 7 136
Kurgan region Amateur 40+ 4 74
Kurgan region 18+ Amateur League hopes 4 87
Kursk region Amateur 40+ 4 70
Kursk region 18+ Amateur League hopes 4 70
Lipetsk region Amateur 40+ 5 87
Lipetsk region 18+ Amateur League hopes 6 105
Magadan Region Amateur 40+ 6 75
Moscow Amateur 40+ 10 239
Moscow 18+ Amateur League Dreams 8 126
Moscow 18+ Amateur League hopes 67 1445
Moscow region Amateur 40+ 14 288
Moscow region 18+ Amateur League hopes 40 953
Murmansk region Amateur 40+ 5 91
Nenets Amateur 40+ 3 39
Nenets 18+ Amateur League hopes 3 41
Nizhny Novgorod Region Amateur 40+ 6 103
Novosibirsk region Amateur 40+ 4 85
Novosibirsk region 18+ Amateur League Dreams 5 93
Omsk region Amateur 40+ 8 174
Orenburg region 18+ Amateur League hopes 5 100
Oryol Region Amateur 40+ 6 106
Penza region Amateur 40+ 8 141
Perm Krai Amateur 40+ 7 119
Perm Krai 18+ Amateur League Dreams 3 50
Primorsky Krai Amateur 40+ 8 192
Primorsky Krai 18+ Amateur League Dreams 8 102
Pskov region Amateur 40+ 8 154
Altai Republic Amateur 40+ 3 38
Republic of Bashkortostan Amateur 40+ 12 277
Republic of Bashkortostan 18+ Amateur League hopes 8 201
The Republic of Karelia Amateur 40+ 3 62
Mari El Republic Amateur 40+ 6 108
The Republic of Mordovia Amateur 40+ 5 42
Saha Republic Amateur 40+ 4 67
Saha Republic 18+ Amateur League Dreams 4 63
Republic of Tatarstan Amateur 40+ 7 159
Republic of Tatarstan 18+ Amateur League hopes 6 105
Republic of Udmurtia Amateur 40+ 7 157
Republic of Udmurtia 18+ Amateur League Dreams 3 58
Republic of Udmurtia 18+ Amateur League hopes 9 196
The Republic of Khakassia Amateur 40+ 6 98
The Republic of Khakassia 18+ Amateur League hopes 2 28
Chuvash Republic Amateur 40+ 6 139
Rostov region Amateur 40+ 4 73
Ryazan Oblast Amateur 40+ 16 340
Samara Region Amateur 40+ 10 197
Samara Region 18+ Amateur League Dreams 6 102
Samara Region 18+ Amateur League hopes 8 158
Saratov region Amateur 40+ 5 106
Sakhalin region Amateur 40+ 8 146
Sakhalin region 18+ Amateur League Dreams 8 157
Sakhalin region 18+ Amateur League hopes 5 78
Sverdlovsk region Amateur 40+ 5 125
Sverdlovsk region 18+ Amateur League Dreams 4 86
Smolensk region Amateur 40+ 6 108
Stavropol region Amateur 40+ 5 97
Stavropol region 18+ Amateur League hopes 6 115
Tambov Region Amateur 40+ 8 154
Tver region Amateur 40+ 5 72
Tver region 18+ Amateur League Dreams 3 65
Tver region 18+ Amateur League hopes 6 123
Tula region Amateur 40+ 4 77
Tula region 18+ Amateur League hopes 14 325
Tyumen region Amateur 40+ 6 104
Tyumen region 18+ Amateur League Dreams 6 104
Tyumen region 18+ Amateur League hopes 5 89
Ulyanovsk region Amateur 40+ 6 111
Khabarovsk region Amateur 40+ 3 64
Khabarovsk region 18+ Amateur League Dreams 5 69
Khabarovsk region 18+ Amateur League hopes 5 103
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area (Yugra) Amateur 40+ 6 134
Chelyabinsk region Amateur 40+ 6 149
Chelyabinsk region 18+ Amateur League hopes 4 98
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Amateur 40+ 6 114
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 18+ Amateur League Dreams 4 77
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 18+ Amateur League hopes 6 128
Yaroslavl region Amateur 40+ 8 153
Yaroslavl region 18+ Amateur League Dreams 1 16
Yaroslavl region 18+ Amateur League hopes 20 407
Total: 777 15356

Champions

The Krutov Cup, awarded to the 40+ Division champions.

The following are the winners of the 40+ Amateur Division:

  • 2012: Centurion (Chelyabinsk)
  • 2013: Kazan Dragons
  • 2014: Neoplan (Yekaterinburg)
  • 2015: Nevsky Legion (St. Petersburg)
  • 2016: Auto (Yekaterinburg)
  • 2017: Stalker (Moscow)
  • 2018: Flagship Vsevolozhsk (Leningrad region)
  • 2019: Skon-Ural (Yekaterinburg)
  • 2020: not awarded
  • 2021: Monolith (Nizhny Novgorod)
  • 2022: SV Metal (Yekaterinburg)
  • 2023: Wolfram (Vostok)

The following are the winners of the 50+ Amateur Division (awarded the Bobrov Cup):

  • 2022: HC Lampovo (Druzhnogorskoye)
  • 2023: Galva (Perm)

The following are the winners of the 18+ Division:

  • 2013: Viking (Perm)
  • 2014: Gorvodokanal (Novosibirsk)
  • 2015: Monolith (Nizhny Novgorod)
  • 2016: Dreams League: Oilman (Jalil), Hopes League: Aizovets (Yuzhnouralsk)
  • 2017: Dreams League: Forge (Novokuznetsk), Hopes League: Beat (Chelyabinsk)
  • 2018: Dreams League: Wolfram B (Vostok Primorsky Krai), Hopes League: Timerkhan (Bogatye Saby)
  • 2019: Dreams League: Mars Volkhov (Leningrad region), Hopes League: Wolfram A (Vostok Primorsky Krai)
  • 2020: not awarded
  • 2021: Dreams League: LHC Wolfram (Sosnovka, Vologda region), Hopes League: LHK SV Metal (Yekaterinburg)
  • 2022: Dreams League: Avtoreal (Miass, Chelyabinsk region), Hopes League: Druzhina (Moscow)
  • 2023: Dreams League: Avtoreal (Miass, Chelyabinsk region), Hopes League: Tungsten-A (Vostok)

The winners of the Dreams and Hopes Leagues have been awarded the Dream Cup and the Hope Cup, respectively, since 2018.

The following are the winners of the Intercontinental Bank Cup "Ugra"

  • 2015: Three Rivers (Montreal, Canada)

The following are the winners of the Champions Cup Night Hockey League "Ugra"

  • 2015: Neoplan (Yekaterinburg)

The following are the winners of the World Cup

  • 2013: Nevsky Legion (St. Petersburg)
  • 2014: Centurion (Chelyabinsk)
  • 2015: Neoplan (Yekaterinburg)

Photos

References

External links

European Hockey Overview
Top-Level Leagues
International

Alps Hockey League - BeNe League - Erste Liga - International Hockey League - Kontinental Hockey League

National

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Fourth-Level and lower Leagues
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Cup Competitions
Cups

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Supercups

Belgium - Estonia - Hungary - Italy - Poland - Netherlands - Slovenia - Spain

Defunct Leagues
Soviet Union - Russia - Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - West Germany - East Germany - Ireland - Luxembourg - Macedonia - Malta - Portugal - Alpenliga - Interliga - Inter-National League - North Sea Cup - Panonian League - Eastern European - Balkan League (1994-1997) - Baltic League (2001) - Baltic Hockey League (2020) - Carpathian League - Slohokej Liga - Balkan Ice Hockey League - English League - English National League - Scottish National League - British Hockey League - Ice Hockey Superleague - German Championship - Swedish Championship - Klass I - Svenska Serien - Elitserien - Swedish Division I - SM-sarja - Swiss National Championship - Swiss International Championship
Women's Leagues
International leagues

Elite Women's Hockey League - EWHL Super Cup

National leagues

Austria - Belgium - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland (1, 2, 3, U20, U18, U16) - France - Germany (1, 2, 3, Cup) - Great Britain (England U16) - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Russia (U18) - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden (1, 2, 3, 4, U20) - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine

Defunct leagues

Czechoslovakia - Interliga - Low Countries Cup

Junior Leagues
Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia) - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany (East Germany) - Great Britain - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Russia (Soviet Union) - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - Yugoslavia
University Leagues
European University Hockey League - Czech Republic - Great Britain - Netherlands - Russia (RSHL, MSHL, SHLC, SHLMO, SibSHL, SPSHL) - Sweden