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The Canadian Hockey League ( CHL; French: Ligue canadienne de hockey ‒ LCH) is an umbrella organization that represents the three Canada -based major junior ice hockey leagues. The CHL was founded in 1975 as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League, [ 1] and is composed of its three member leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL), Ontario ...
In 1970, the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and Western Canada Hockey League broke away from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) and became its own governing body (what would become the Canadian Hockey League). These new "Major Junior" leagues were given exclusive permission to compete for the ...
There are four levels of Junior hockey in the Canadian Club System: [1] 1. Major Junior, 2. Junior A, 3. Junior B, and 4. Junior C. Not all teams playing in Canadian Junior leagues are based in Canada. As of 2024, there were approximately twelve US-based teams playing in various Major Junior and Junior A leagues in Canada.
The Canadian Major Junior Hockey League (CMJHL) is the original name of two organizations: The Western Hockey League was known as the CMJHL in its inaugural season of 1966–67 before changing its name to the Western Canada Hockey League. The Canadian Hockey League was originally called the CMJHL upon its founding in 1975 before shortening its ...
The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League ( QMJHL; French: Ligue de hockey junior Maritimes Québec, LHJMQ) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League. Officially the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League[ a] until 2023, the league includes teams in Quebec and the Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia ...
The Western Hockey League(WHL) is a junior ice hockeyleague based in Western Canadaand the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League(CHL) as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada, alongside the Ontario Hockey Leagueand Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League.
The Saskatoon Blades are a Canadian major junior ice hockey team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Founded in 1964, the Blades were a charter team of the then-Western Canada Junior Hockey League in 1966, and are the only club that has played every season in the league in its original location. Today, the team plays in the East Division of the ...
The Ontario Hockey League ( OHL; French: Ligue de hockey de l'Ontario (LHO)) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 16–20. There are currently 20 teams in the OHL: seventeen in Ontario, two in Michigan, and one in Pennsylvania .