National Junior Hockey League

Russian Hockey League
Formerly	Junior Hockey League Division B (2011-2016); National Junior Hockey League (2016-2026)
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2011
First season	2011–12
Director	Dmitry Yefimov
Motto	Лига сильных (Liga silnykh, The League of the strong)
No. of teams	26
Country	Russia; formerly also:; Belarus; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova
Most recent; champion	Metallurg-VO Cherepovets (1st title)
Most titles	Gornyak Uchaly (2 titles)
Promotion to	MHL (2 finalists)
Related; competitions	KHL; VHL; MHL; VHL-B
Website	http://nmhl.fhr.ru/

The Russian Hockey League (formerly Junior Hockey League Division B (MHL-B), National Junior Hockey League (NMHL)) (Russian: Российская хоккейная лига) is the second level of the Junior Hockey League, the KHL's junior ice hockey league. The B division was established in 2011 and the inaugural season was the 2011–12 season.

The Regions Cup is awarded to the champion of the playoffs of the league.^[1]

Generation Cup

The Generation Cup (Russian: Кубок Поколения, Kubok Pokoleniya) is the all-star game of MHL-B and analog to the MHL's Challenge Cup. The first ever Generation Cup took place on 23 February 2012 in Penza and featured Team East against Team West.

Editions

Edition	Date	Venue	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2012	23 February	Temp sports ice palace, Penza	Team West	3-2	Team East
2013	17 April	Olymp Arena, Kirovo-Chepetsk	Team West	6–3	Team East
2014	18 January	Ice Arena Gornyak Uchaly, Uchaly	Team West	1–4	Team East
2015	17 January	Yubileyny Sports Palace, Almetyevsk	Team East	3–4	Team West
2016	30 January	Ice Palace Naberezhny Chelny, Naberezhnye Chelny	Team East	4–0	Team West

Future Cup

The Future Cup (Russian: Кубок Будущего, Kubok Budushchego) was an exhibition game featuring under-18 players of MHL and MHL-B. The first ever (and so far only) Future Cup took place on 13 March 2012 in Chelyabinsk and featured players who were not born before 1 January 1994.

Editions

Edition	Date	Venue	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2011–12	12 March	Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk	Team West	3–1	Team East

Super Cup

The Super Cup (Russian: Суперкубок, Superkubok) was the trophy awarded to the winner of the game between the winner of the Kharlamov Cup (the MHL champions) and the winner of the Regions Cup (the MHL-B champions). The first ever (and so far only) Super Cup took place on 30 April 2016 in Uchaly.^[2]

Editions

Edition	Date	Venue	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2016	30 April	Ice Arena Gornyak Uchaly, Uchaly	Gornyak Uchaly (MHL-B)	1–5^[3]	Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)

2012 expansion

Seven new teams were confirmed for the 2012–13 season: MHC Dmitrov, Zauralie Kurgan, HC Ryazan, Buran Voronezh, HC Belgorod, Sputnik Nizhny Tagil and Platina Chișinău from Moldova.^[4]^[5]

Teams in 2025–26

Conf.	Team	City	Arena	KHL/VHL affiliated club
National Junior Hockey League
Western	Arktika	Murmansk	Universal sports and leisure center
	HC Bryansk	Bryansk	Desna Stadium
	Buran	Moscow	Dynamo Sport Academy
	Voyevoda	Podolsk	Vityaz Ice Palace
	Granit-Chekhov	Chekhov	Ice Palace
	Dynamo-576	St.Petersburg	Yubileyny Sports Palace	Dynamo St.Petersburg
	Kaluga	Kaluga	Sports Palace "Tsentralny"	CSK VVS Samara
	Leningradets	Vyborg	Sports Complex "Vyborg"
	Metallurg-VO	Cherepovets	Ice Palace	Severstal Cherepovets
	Polyot	Rybinsk	Sports Palace "Polyot"
	Taifun	St.Petersburg	Ice Palace "Spartak"
	Tverichi-SShOR	Tver	Sports Complex "Yubileiny"
	Fakel Yamal	Salekhard	Ice Palace
Eastern	Gvardia	Krasnodar	Ice Palace
	Dizelist	Penza	Dizel Arena	Dizel Penza
	Yermak	Angarsk	Winter Stadium "Yermak"
	HC Belgorod	Belgorod	Oranzevy liod
	MHC Kristall	Saratov	Ice Sports Palace "Kristall"	Kristall Saratov
	HC Lipetsk	Lipetsk	Sports Palace "Zvezdny"
	MHC Ryazan-VDV	Ryazan	Sports Palace "Olimpiyskiy"	HC Ryazan-VDV
	MHC Tambov	Tambov	Ice Palace "Temp"	HC Tambov
	Progress	Glazov	Glazov Arena
	Proton	Novovoronezh	Ice Palace "Ostalnaya"	Buran Voronezh
	Sokol-ChR	Novocheboksarsk	Ice Palace "Sokol"
	HC Samara	Samara
	EcoNiva-Bobrov	Bobrov	Vyacheslav Fetisov Ice Palace	Buran Voronezh

Champions

Season	Regions Cup Champion	Regions Cup Finalist	Series Result	Bronze Medalist	Eastern Division winner	Central Division winner	Western Division winner	Regular season winner
2011–12	Oktan Perm	Kristall Berdsk	3–1	Batyr	Kristall Berdsk (30-2-0)	Oktan Perm (31-5-0)	MHK Zelenograd (25-10-1)	Kristall Berdsk
Season	Regions Cup Champion	Regions Cup Finalist	Series Result	Bronze Medalist	Northwest Division winner	Volga Division winner	Ural-Siberia Division winner	Regular season winner
2012–13	Junior Kurgan	Batyr	3–1	Sputnik	HK Liepājas Metalurgs (32-6-2)	Irbis Kazan (33-8-3)	Junior Kurgan (36-7-0)	Junior Kurgan

Season	Regions Cup Champion	Regions Cup Finalist	Series Result	Bronze Medalist	Eastern Conference winner	Western Conference winner	Regular season winner
2013–14	Berkuty Kubani Krasnodar	Loko-Junior Yaroslavl	3–1	Mechel Chelyabinsk	Mechel Chelyabinsk (32-5-1)	Berkuty Kubani Krasnodar (31-5-2)	Mechel Chelyabinsk
2014–15	Rossosh Voronezh	Gornyak Uchaly	3–2	Batyr & MHK Zelenograd^[*]	Gornyak Uchaly (44-6-2)	Rossosh Voronezh (51-9-4)	Rossosh Voronezh
2015–16	Gornyak Uchaly	Rossosh Voronezh	3–0	Loko-Junior Yaroslavl	Gornyak Uchaly (28-10-2)	Rossosh Voronezh (34-6-4)	Rossosh Voronezh
2016–17	Gornyak Uchaly	Dizelist Penza	3–2	Loko-Junior Yaroslavl	Gornyak Uchaly (37-4-1-6)	Dizelist Penza (34-3-2-5)	Gornyak Uchaly
2017–18	Dizelist Penza	Batyr	3–0	Loko-Junior Yaroslavl	Progress Glazov (20-4-1-7)	Dizelist Penza (21-5-3-7)	Dizelist Penza
2018–19	Dizelist Penza	Batyr	3–0	Loko-Junior Yaroslavl	Progress Glazov (20-4-1-7)	Dizelist Penza (21-5-3-7)	Dizelist Penza
2019–20	Playoff matches were not played due to COVID-19 pandemic						Dynamo-Junior St.Petersburg
2020–21	Loko-Junior Yaroslavl	Dynamo-Junior St.Petersburg	3–1
2021–22	Poliot Rybinsk	Ryazan-VDV (Ryazan)	3–1
2022–23	MHC Tambov	Poliot Rybinsk	3–1
2023–24	Yunison-Moscow	MHC Tambov	3–1
2024–25	MHC Tambov	Kristall Saratov	3–1
2025–26	Metallurg-VO Cherepovets	Granit-Chekhov	3-0	Ryazan-VDV Yermak Angarsk	Ryazan-VDV (40-5-2-1)	Buran Moscow (41-1-3-3)	Ryazan-VDV

^[*]: Both losing semifinalists received bronze medals

References

↑ Press service of the Minor Hockey League (22 March 2012). Кубок Регионов в офисе МХЛ (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
↑ Press service of the Minor Hockey League (26 April 2016). Суперкубок МХЛ завершит молодежный хоккейный сезон (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
↑ Press service of the Minor Hockey League (30 April 2016). «Локо» - обладатель первого в истории Суперкубка МХЛ (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
↑ Press service of the Minor Hockey League (27 April 2012). В Первенство МХЛ вступили шесть новых клубов (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
↑ http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/1/recap/7101.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=ae623d1fec.html ^{[dead link]}

External links

(in Russian) NMHL Official Website

[1] Press service of the Minor Hockey League (22 March 2012). Кубок Регионов в офисе МХЛ (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[2] Press service of the Minor Hockey League (26 April 2016). Суперкубок МХЛ завершит молодежный хоккейный сезон (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[3] Press service of the Minor Hockey League (30 April 2016). «Локо» - обладатель первого в истории Суперкубка МХЛ (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[4] Press service of the Minor Hockey League (27 April 2012). В Первенство МХЛ вступили шесть новых клубов (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

[5] ttp://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/1/recap/7101.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=ae623d1fec.html ^{[dead link]}

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