This is a list of ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 leagues

Sports league

League is a term commonly used to describe a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can be an...

, both professional

Professional sports

Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance. Professional athleticism has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organizations...

 and amateur

Amateur sports

Amateur sports are sports in which participants engage largely or entirely without remuneration. Sporting amateurism was a zealously guarded ideal in the 19th century, especially among the upper classes, but faced steady erosion throughout the 20th century with the continuing growth of pro sports...

, from around the world

World

World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth....

; parentheses denote year of establishment and, where applicable, year of disestablishment.

Minor professional

• American Hockey League
  American Hockey League
  The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
  
   (1936) (United States; Canada)
• ECHL
  ECHL
  The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
  
   (1988 as East Coast Hockey League) (United States; Canada)
• Central Hockey League
  Central Hockey League
  The Central Hockey League is a mid-level professional hockey league, owned by Global Entertainment Corporation. Its current champions are the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, which defeated the Colorado Eagles four games to three in the 2011 playoffs....
  
   (1992) (United States)
• Southern Professional Hockey League
  Southern Professional Hockey League
  The Southern Professional Hockey League is a low-level professional ice hockey league based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with teams located in the southeastern United States.- History :...
  
   (2004) (United States)
• Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey
  Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey
  The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey was founded in 2004 and is a low-level professional league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was called the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League from 1996 until it turned pro in 2004...
  
   (2004) (Canada)
• Federal Hockey League
  Federal Hockey League
  The Federal Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league with teams in the Northeastern United States and Ontario. The FHL began operations in November 2010. Don Kirnan serves as the league's first commissioner....
  
   (2010) (United States; Canada)

Major junior

Note: that the Major Junior level is considered professional by some authorities, including the NCAA, as its players earn a small stipend.

• Canadian Hockey League
  Canadian Hockey League
  The Canadian Hockey League is an umbrella organization that represents the three Canadian-based major junior ice hockey leagues for players 16 to 20 years of age. The CHL was founded in 1975 as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League, and is composed of its three member leagues, the Western Hockey...
  
  (governing authority
  Sport governing body
  A sport governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function. Sport governing bodies come in various forms, and have a variety of regulatory functions. Examples of this can include disciplinary action for rule infractions and deciding on rule changes in the sport...
  
  )
  • Ontario Hockey League
    Ontario Hockey League
    The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....
    
     (1980) (Canada; United States)
  • Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
    Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
    The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...
    
     (1969) (Canada; United States)
  • Western Hockey League
    Western Hockey League
    The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...
    
     (1966) (Canada; United States)

Canadian Junior A Leagues

• Canadian Junior Hockey League (governing authority)
  • Alberta Junior Hockey League
    Alberta Junior Hockey League
    The Alberta Junior Hockey League is an Alberta-based Junior A hockey league that belongs to the Canadian Junior Hockey League . It was formed as a five-team league in 1964. There are currently 16 teams in the league. The regular season league champions receive the Dave Duchak Trophy...
    
    
  • British Columbia Hockey League
    British Columbia Hockey League
    The British Columbia Hockey League is a Junior "A" ice hockey league from British Columbia under Hockey Canada, a subsection of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Founded in Vernon in 1961, the BCHL now includes 16 teams. These teams play in two conferences, known as the Coastal and the Interior...
    
    
  • Central Junior A Hockey League
    Central Junior A Hockey League
    The Central Canada Hockey League is a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey league operating in eastern Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Ottawa District Hockey Association and Hockey Canada and is a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League...
    
    
  • Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League
    Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League
    The Ligue de Hockey Junior AAA Quebec or Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League is a Hockey Quebec Junior "AAA" ice hockey league and is a member of Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League...
    
     *
  • Manitoba Junior Hockey League
    Manitoba Junior Hockey League
    The Manitoba Junior Hockey League is a Junior 'A' ice hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The MJHL is one of eleven Junior 'A' Hockey Leagues in Canada and is a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League ....
    
    
  • Maritime Junior Hockey League (1967 as Metro Valley Junior Hockey League, became a junior A league in 1977)
  • Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
    Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
    The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under the supervision of the Canadian Junior Hockey League, the Northern Ontario Hockey Association, and Hockey Canada. The winner of the NOJHL playoffs competes for the Dudley Hewitt Cup with the winners of the Ontario...
    
    
  • Ontario Junior A Hockey League
  • Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League
    Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League
    The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Open to North American-born players 20 years of age or younger, the SJHL's 12 teams play in two divisions: the Bauer and Sherwood conferences...
    
     (1956)
  • Superior International Junior Hockey League
    Superior International Junior Hockey League
    The Superior International Junior Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under the supervision of the Canadian Junior Hockey League and Hockey Canada. The winner of the SIJHL playoffs competes for the Dudley Hewitt Cup with the winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and the Northern...
    
    

(*) Quebec Junior "AAA" is equal to Ontario Junior "A"

Tier III

• Atlantic Junior Hockey League
  Atlantic Junior Hockey League
  The Atlantic Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league with 12 teams in the Northeastern part of the United States...
  
   (2003)
• American West Hockey League
  American West Hockey League
  The American West Hockey League is an American Tier III junior ice hockey league based in Montana and Wyoming. The league is a member of USA Hockey and was founded in 2011.-History:...
  
   (2011)
• Eastern Junior Hockey League
  Eastern Junior Hockey League
  The Eastern Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior A ice hockey league. Founded in 1993 by Dan Esdale, the EJHL has fourteen teams from across the Northeastern United States. The EJHL is a member of USA Hockey, and the EJHL champion goes on to play for the National Championship...
  
   (1993)
• Minnesota Junior Hockey League
  Minnesota Junior Hockey League
  The Minnesota Junior Hockey League is a USA Hockey Tier III sanctioned junior ice hockey league operated out of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul in Minnesota. The league currently has eight member teams in Minnesota and Wisconsin...
  
   (1974)
• North American 3 Hockey League (1970)
• Northern Pacific Hockey League
  Northern Pacific Hockey League
  The Northern Pacific Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior A ice hockey league sanctioned by USA Hockey. Its championship trophy is the Cascade Cup.-Current teams:-Suspended teams:...
  
   (2000)
• Western States Hockey League
  Western States Hockey League
  The Western States Hockey League is a Amateur Athletic Union-sanctioned Junior 'A' ice hockey league that has teams located in the Southwest and Western United States.-History:...
  
   (1994)

Independent Junior A Leagues

• Continental Junior Hockey League
  Continental Junior Hockey League
  The Continental Junior Hockey League is a junior ice hockey league based in the Northeastern United States and Canada. The league is currently affiliated with the Amateur Athletic Union, previously independent. League President Jim Cashman is the former President of the now defunct semi-pro Gulf...
  
   (2010)
• Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League
  Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League
  The Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League is a Canadian Developmental Junior "A" ice hockey league. The GMHL is not affiliated with the Canadian Junior Hockey League or a member by Hockey Canada...
  
   (2006)
• International Junior Hockey League
  International Junior Hockey League
  International Junior Hockey League is an independent Tier III Junior A ice hockey league. The League has teams in the New England and Mid Atlantic region of the United States.-League History:...
  
   (2006)
• Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League
  Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League
  The Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League is a Junior ice hockey league in Manitoba, Canada. Founded in 1970, the league is not a member of Hockey Canada and has operated privately since its inception on private funds and donations.-History:...
  
   (1970)

Canadian Junior B Leagues

• Calgary Junior Hockey League
  Calgary Junior Hockey League
  The Calgary Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is sanctioned by Hockey Canada, and operated by Hockey Calgary...
  
  
• Capital Junior Hockey League
  Capital Junior Hockey League
  The Capital Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Alberta, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of Central "B" playoffs earns the chance to compete for the Western Canadian Junior "B" Crown, the Keystone Cup...
  
  
• Central/West Junior Hockey League
  Central/West Junior Hockey League
  The Central West Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Newfoundland, Canada. The league consists of four teams that compete against each other until the playoffs start. After the conclusion of the playoffs, the winner competes for the right to play in the Don Johnson Cup...
  
  
• Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League
  Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League
  The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Canadian Junior ice hockey league operating in Eastern Ontario. The league is sanctioned by the Ottawa District Hockey Association and Hockey Canada. The 22 member team of the league compete for the D. Arnold Carson Memorial Trophy.-History:The EOJHL...
  
  
• Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
  Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
  The Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Canadian junior ice hockey league based in Southern Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association, Ontario Hockey Federation, and Hockey Canada...
  
   (OHA
  Ontario Hockey Association
  The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...
  
  )
• Heritage Junior B Hockey League
  Heritage Junior B Hockey League
  The Heritage Junior B Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Alberta, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The HJHL was founded in 1987 and is made up of teams from southern and central Alberta...
  
  
• Island Junior Hockey League
  Island Junior Hockey League
  The Island Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada.-History:Since being founded in 1996, the IJHL has been strictly a Junior "B" League—one tier below the Maritime Junior A Hockey League and two tiers below the Quebec Major...
  
  
• Keystone Junior Hockey League
  Keystone Junior Hockey League
  The Keystone Junior Hockey League , formerly known as the Manitoba Junior B Hockey League , is a Junior "B" ice hockey league composed of 7 teams in Manitoba, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada....
  
   formerly Manitoba Junior B Hockey League
• Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
  Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" Ice Hockey league in British Columbia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the KIJHL playoffs competes with the champions of the Pacific International Junior Hockey League and the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League...
  
  
• Ligue de Hockey de La Capitale
  Ligue de Hockey de La Capitale
  The Ligue de Hockey de La Capitale or Capital Junior "AA" Hockey League is a Junior "AA" ice hockey league in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The league is sanctioned by Hockey Quebec and Hockey Canada.-The teams:...
  
   *
• Ligue de Hockey Junior de Montréal
  Ligue de Hockey Junior de Montréal
  The Ligue de Hockey Junior de Montréal or Montreal Junior Hockey League was a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Quebec, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The leagues website was deleted in March of 2006.-The teams:...
  
   *
• Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Bas St-Laurent *
• Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Beauce-Frontenac
  Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Beauce-Bellechasse
  The Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Beauce-Bellechasse or Beauce-Bellechasse Junior "AA" Hockey League is a Junior "AA" ice hockey league in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The league is sanctioned by Hockey Quebec and Hockey Canada....
  
   *
• Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Estrie-Mauricie
  Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Estrie-Mauricie
  The Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Estrie-Mauricie or Estrie-Mauricie Junior "AA" Hockey League is a Junior "AA" ice hockey league in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The league is sanctioned by Hockey Quebec and Hockey Canada....
  
   *
• Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Lac St-Louis *
• Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Laval-Laurentides-Lanaudière
  Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Laurentides-Lanaudière
  The Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Laurentides-Lanaudière or Laurentides-Lanaudière Junior "AA" Hockey League is a Junior "AA" ice hockey league in the Province of Quebec, Canada...
  
   *
• Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Richelieu
  Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Richelieu
  The Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Richelieu or Richelieu Junior "AA" Hockey League is a Junior "AA" ice hockey league in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The league is sanctioned by Hockey Quebec and Hockey Canada.-The teams:...
  
   *
• Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
  Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
  The Ligue de Hockey Junior AA Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean or Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Junior "AA" Hockey League is a Junior "AA" ice hockey league in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The league is sanctioned by Hockey Quebec and Hockey Canada.-The teams:-Champions:*...
  
   *
• New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League
  New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League
  The New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League is a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in the Province of New Brunswick. The NBJBHL is a member of Hockey New Brunswick and competes for the Don Johnson Cup at the interprovincial level. The league was founded in 2009.-History:In 2003, the original New...
  
  
• North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League
  North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League
  The North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League is a Junior "B" Ice Hockey league in Alberta, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of Central "B" playoffs earns the chance to compete for the Western Canadian Junior "B" Crown, the Keystone Cup...
  
  
• Northwest Junior Hockey League (Alberta)
• Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League
  Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League
  The Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Nova Scotia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the Nova Scotia playoffs competes for the Don Johnson Cup, the Atlantic Junior "B" Crown.-History:The Mainland Junior B Hockey League was formed in 1980 by Al...
  
  
• Pacific International Junior Hockey League
  Pacific International Junior Hockey League
  The Pacific International Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" Ice Hockey league in British Columbia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the PIJHL playoffs competes with the champions of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League...
  
  
• Prairie Junior Hockey League formerly South Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League, merged with North Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League
  North Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League
  The North Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League was a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Saskatchewan, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The playoff champion played-off against the winner of the Southern Saskatchewan/Prairie Junior Hockey League for the right to compete for the Keystone Cup...
  
  
• St. John's Junior B Hockey League
  St. John's Junior B Hockey League
  The St. John's Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. Founded in 1980, the SJJHL was a recognized Junior "A" league from 1989 until 1991...
  
  
• Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League
  Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League
  The Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League is a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in Northwestern Ontario, sanctioned by Hockey Northwestern Ontario and Hockey Canada. The Thunder Bay League has produced one Keystone Cup Western Canada Junior "B" champion and five Brewers Cup Western Canada Junior "C"...
  
  
• Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League
  Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League
  The Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a junior "B" ice hockey league of 7 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada. The Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion...
  
  

(*) Quebec Junior "AA" is equal to Ontario Junior "B"

American Junior B Leagues

• Continental Hockey Association
  Continental Hockey Association
  The Continental Hockey Association is an American Tier III Junior B ice hockey league. It stated goal is that it develops high school age players to hockey skills needed for higher levels of Junior, college hockey, and professional hockey....
  
  
• Empire Junior Hockey League
  Empire Junior Hockey League
  The Empire Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior B ice hockey league. The EmJHL is a member of USA Hockey. It is primarily a feeder to the Eastern Junior Hockey League, a Junior A league....
  
  
• Great Lakes Junior Hockey League
  Great Lakes Junior Hockey League
  The Great Lakes Junior Hockey League , an American Tier III Junior B ice hockey league. The league has 12 teams located in the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States.-History:...
  
  
• Metropolitan Junior Hockey League
  Metropolitan Junior Hockey League
  The Metropolitan Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league with 20 teams throughout the eastern seaboard of the United States. The MJHL is part of the Atlantic Metropolitan Hockey League organization. It's "big sister" the AJHL is also a Tier III, Junior league...
  
  
• Southeast Junior Hockey League
  Southeast Junior Hockey League
  The EJHL South is an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league sanctioned by USA Hockey. The league currently has seven teams located in Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia...
  
  

Canadian Junior C Leagues

• Calgary Junior C Hockey League
• Central Junior C Hockey League
  Central Junior C Hockey League
  The Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The "Central" plays inter-league games with the Empire Junior "C" League...
  
   (OHA
  Ontario Hockey Association
  The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...
  
  )
• Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League
  Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League
  The National Capital Junior Hockey League is a Junior ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ottawa District Hockey Association and Hockey Canada. The league is meant to be an interprovincial league between Ontario and Quebec....
  
  
• Empire Junior C Hockey League
  Empire Junior C Hockey League
  The Empire B Junior C Hockey League is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association.-History:...
  
   (OHA
  Ontario Hockey Association
  The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...
  
  )
• Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League
  Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League
  The Georgian Mid Ontario Junior C Hockey League is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association...
  
   (OHA
  Ontario Hockey Association
  The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...
  
  )
• Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League
  Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League
  The Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The Champion of the Great Lakes will compete for the All-Ontario Championship and the Clarence Schmalz Cup....
  
   (OHA
  Ontario Hockey Association
  The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...
  
  )
• Hanover Tache Junior Hockey League
  Hanover Tache Junior Hockey League
  The Hanover Tache Junior Hockey League is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Manitoba, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Manitoba and Hockey Canada.-The teams:-League Champions:*2010 Lorette Comets*2009 Steinbach Huskies*2008 Grunthal Redwings...
  
  
• Ligue de Hockey Junior A Bois Francs *
• Ligue de Hockey Junior A Rive-Sud
  Ligue de Hockey Junior A Rive-Sud
  The Ligue de Hockey Junior A Rive-Sud or Rive-Sud Junior "A" Hockey League is a Junior "A" ice hockey league in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The league is sanctioned by Hockey Quebec and Hockey Canada. Although the league no longer has its own website, the league is still healthy and running...
  
   *
• Ligue Interzone de hockey mineur BC Rive Nord (Junior A)
  Ligue Interzone de hockey mineur BC Rive Nord
  Ligue Interzone de hockey mineur BC Rive Nord is an ice hockey league Based in the Quebec Metropolitan Area. It regroups many levels of hockey from Atom to Junior...
  
   *
• New Brunswick Junior Hockey League
  New Brunswick Junior Hockey League
  The New Brunswick Junior C Hockey League was a Junior ice hockey league in New Brunswick, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the playoffs competed in the Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships.-History:...
  
  
• Niagara Junior C Hockey League (OHA
  Ontario Hockey Association
  The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...
  
  )
• Noralta Junior Hockey League
  Noralta Junior Hockey League
  The Noralta Junior Hockey League is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Alberta, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. This league used to be called the North Central Alberta Junior "C" Hockey League.-The teams:-Champions:...
  
  
• Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League
  Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League
  The Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Nova Scotia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the playoffs competes in the Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships. The league plays 2, 15 minutes periods, and then the traditional 20 minutes in the...
  
  
• Prince Edward Island Minor Junior Hockey League
  Prince Edward Island Minor Junior Hockey League
  The Prince Edward Island Junior C Hockey League is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the playoffs competes in the Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships...
  
  
• Saskatchewan Junior C Hockey League
  Saskatchewan Junior C Hockey League
  The Saskatchewan Junior C Hockey League is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Saskatchewan, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada.-Regina Division:-Saskatoon Division:-Champions:...
  
  
• Western Junior C Hockey League
  Western Junior C Hockey League
  The Western Ontario Junior C Hockey League is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The Champion of the Western will compete for the All-Ontario Championship and the Clarence Schmalz Cup....
  
   (OHA
  Ontario Hockey Association
  The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...
  
  )

(*) Quebec Junior "A" is equal to Ontario Junior "C"

Junior D

• Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League
  Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League
  The Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Junior level ice hockey league sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association based out of Southwestern Ontario....
  
   (OHA
  Ontario Hockey Association
  The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...
  
  )
• Ligue Interzone de hockey mineur BC Rive Nord (Junior B)
  Ligue Interzone de hockey mineur BC Rive Nord
  Ligue Interzone de hockey mineur BC Rive Nord is an ice hockey league Based in the Quebec Metropolitan Area. It regroups many levels of hockey from Atom to Junior...
  
   (Canada) *

(*) Quebec Junior "B" is equal to Ontario Junior "D"

CIS Hockey

Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...

 (Canada)

• Canadian Interuniversity Sport
  Canadian Interuniversity Sport
  Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...
  
   (Canada, varsity)
  • Atlantic University Sport
    Atlantic University Sport
    Atlantic University Sport is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public and...
    
    
  • Canada West Universities Athletic Association
    Canada West Universities Athletic Association
    The Canada West Universities Athletic Association is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and...
    
    
  • Ontario University Athletics
    Ontario University Athletics
    Ontario University Athletics is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public...
    
    
  • Quebec Student Sports Federation
    Quebec Student Sports Federation
    The Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec formerly known as the Quebec Student Sports Federation is the governing body of primary and secondary school, collegiate and university sport in Quebec...
    
    

• Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference
• British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League
  British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League
  During its first year of official operation , the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League consisted of teams from Trinity Western University, Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria, University of Northern British Columbia and University of the Fraser Valley...
  
  

NCAA Hockey

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 (United States)

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  National Collegiate Athletic Association
  The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
  
   (United States)
  • Atlantic Hockey
    Atlantic Hockey
    The Atlantic Hockey Association is a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conference which operates primarily in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey–only conference. Unlike several other college athletic conferences, Atlantic Hockey has no women's...
    
     (Division I)
  • Big Ten (Division I) 2013
  • Central Collegiate Hockey Association
    Central Collegiate Hockey Association
    The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey college athletic conference that operates mostly in Michigan and Ohio, although it also has members in Alaska and Indiana. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. It holds its championship...
    
     (Division I)
  • College Hockey America
    College Hockey America
    College Hockey America is a women's college ice hockey conference in the United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The conference is currently made up of four women's teams in New York and Pennsylvania....
    
     (Division I, women's only)
  • ECAC Hockey (Division I)
  • Hockey East
    Hockey East
    Hockey East Association is a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conference which operates in New England. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference....
    
     (Division I)
  • National Collegiate Hockey Conference
    National Collegiate Hockey Conference
    The National Collegiate Hockey Conference is an NCAA men's division I hockey conference, announced on July 9, 2011, by six schools. Formed by a combination of WCHA teams and two CCHA teams, the league will begin conference play for the 2013–2014 season, the same season that the Big Ten Conference...
    
     (Division I) 2013
  • Western Collegiate Hockey Association
    Western Collegiate Hockey Association
    The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference....
    
     (Division I)

• • Northeast-10 Conference (Division II)

• • Eastern College Athletic Conference East
    ECAC East
    ECAC East is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference.-Members:...
    
     (Division III)
  • Eastern College Athletic Conference Northeast
    ECAC Northeast
    ECAC Northeast is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference.There is no women's ECAC Northeast division...
    
     (Division III)
  • Eastern College Athletic Conference West
    ECAC West
    ECAC West is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference.-Members:* Nazareth College will join the league with a men's team starting in 2012....
    
     (Division III)
  • Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (Division III)
  • Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association
    Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association
    Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference...
    
     (Division III)
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
    Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
    The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. As the name implies, member schools are located in the state of Minnesota...
    
     (Division III)
  • Northern Collegiate Hockey Association
    Northern Collegiate Hockey Association
    Northern Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in the midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference....
    
     (Division III)
  • New England Small College Athletic Conference
    New England Small College Athletic Conference
    The New England Small College Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division III athletic conference, consisting of eleven highly selective liberal arts colleges and universities located in New England and New York...
    
     (Division III)
  • State University of New York Athletic Conference
    State University of New York Athletic Conference
    The State University of New York Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division III athletics conference consisting of schools in the State University of New York system...
    
     (Division III)

Note: The Northeast-10 sponsors a championship for its members that play ice hockey, but the NCAA doesn't currently sponsor a national championship at the Division II level.

Club Hockey

• American Collegiate Hockey Association
  American Collegiate Hockey Association
  The American Collegiate Hockey Association is the national governing body of non-varsity college ice hockey in the U.S. The organization provides structure, regulations, promotes the quality of play, sponsors National Awards and National Tournaments....
  
   (United States, club)
  • Men's Division I
    • Central States Collegiate Hockey League
      Central States Collegiate Hockey League
      The Central States Collegiate Hockey League is Division I ACHA club level hockey-college athletic conference. The CSCHL is in its 39th season of existence and is one of the top ranked ACHA leagues. It currently has 7 member teams in the Midwestern United States.-Format:League teams play a 20-game...
      
       (CSCHL)
    • College Hockey Mid-America
      College Hockey Mid-America
      College Hockey Mid-America is an American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I club ice hockey conference with teams in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia...
      
       (CHMA)
    • Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association
      Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association
      Established in 1991, the Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association is a hockey-only college athletic conference whose members are East Coast schools. The ECHA is part of the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I...
      
       (ECHA)
    • Eastern Collegiate Hockey League
      Eastern Collegiate Hockey League
      Not to be confused with the ECHL, a professional minor league hockey league in the United States.The Eastern Collegiate Hockey League is an ACHA Division I club hockey league consisting of teams in the Northeast United States...
      
       (ECHL)
    • Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League
      Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League
      The Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League was created in 2007. The league is made up of 5 teams in the Northeast and mid atlantic region of the US. The Teams play at the ACHA Division I level.-Format:...
      
       (ESCHL)
    • Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League
      Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League
      The Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League is an ACHA Division I level ice hockey league. The GLCHL is made up of teams from Michigan. The league was announced in late 2009 and will play its first season in the ACHA in Fall 2010 with six member teams, all located within the state of Michigan...
      
       (GLCHL)
    • Northeast Collegiate Hockey League
      Northeast Collegiate Hockey League
      The Northeast Collegiate Hockey League is an ACHA Division I Club hockey League consisting of 8 teams in the Northeastern part of the USA.-Format:...
      
       (NECHL)
  • Men's Division II
    • Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League
      Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League
      The Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League or ACCHL is an ACHA Division II club hockey league in the mid-atlantic and southeast regions of the US...
      
       (ACCHL)
    • Great Midwest Hockey League
      Great Midwest Hockey League
      The Great Midwest Hockey League is an ACHA Division II Club hockey League consisting of 8 teams in the Great Lakes region of the USA. The league is one of the top ACHA Division II leagues and the level of the GMHL teams is close to ACHA DI and NCAA Division III levels. Michigan State University is...
      
       (GMHL) Division II
    • Great Northeast Collegiate Hockey Conference
      Great Northeast Collegiate Hockey Conference
      class="infobox"The Great Northeast Collegiate Hockey Conference is an ACHA Division II ice hockey league based in the mid-atlantic region of the US. The GNCHC is made up of mid sized colleges and universities in PA, NJ, and NY.-Current Teams:...
      
       (GNCHC)
    • Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association
      Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association
      The Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association is a ACHA club hockey league comprising colleges and universities in the Midwestern USA. The Gold Division comprises ACHA Division II club hockey programs. The Silver Division comprises smaller colleges and universities at the ACHA D-II and D-III levels...
      
       (MACHA) (Gold division)
    • Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association
      Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association
      The Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association is an ACHA Division II Southeast Region club hockey league in the east coast of the USA. Division II club hockey is a level just close to the level of ACHA Division I or NCAA Division III levels.-Format:...
      
       (MACHA)
    • Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association
      Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association
      class="infobox"The Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association is an ACHA Division II club hockey League in the Northeastern and New England regions of the US. The NECHA member schools are affiliated with the ECAC and most receive partial funding from the athletic departments or student government.-...
      
       (NECHA)
    • Pacific 8 Intercollegiate Hockey Conference
      Pacific 8 Intercollegiate Hockey Conference
      The PAC-8 Hockey Conference is an ACHA Division II club hockey league. The PAC-8 is made up of Pac-12 university's club ice hockey teams.-Format:...
      
       (PAC-8)
    • Super East Collegiate Hockey League
      Super East Collegiate Hockey League
      The Super East Collegiate Hockey League is a, ACHA Division II club hockey league. The SECHL is one of the top ACHA Division II hockey leagues and the level of play is similar to ACHA Division I and NCAA Division III. Two Previous SECHL previous members, Rutgers and Drexel, have moved programs up...
      
       (SECHL)
    • Tri-State Collegiate Hockey League (TSCHL)
    • West Coast Hockey Conference
      West Coast Hockey Conference
      The West Coast Hockey Conference is an ACHA Division II club hockey league which began play on October 1, 2010. The conference is made up of six previously independent Division II hockey programs in California, Arizona and Nevada. Arizona State previously played in the Pacific 8 Intercollegiate...
      
       (WCHC)
    • Western Collegiate Club Hockey Association
      Western Collegiate Club Hockey Association
      The Western Collegiate Club Hockey Association is a conference of men's club hockey teams from the American Collegiate Hockey Association competing at the Division II level...
      
       (WCCHA)
  • Men's Division III
    • Blue Ridge Hockey Conference
      Blue Ridge Hockey Conference
      The Blue Ridge Hockey Conference or BRHC is an ACHA club ice hockey conference in the Southeast region of the United States. The league's mission is to develop and advance collegiate ice hockey...
      
       (BRHC)
    • College Hockey Association
      College Hockey Association
      College Hockey Association is collegiate club ice hockey league that comprises smaller colleges and universities and community colleges in Western Pennsylvania and Southwest New York...
      
       (CHA) (Contains Non-ACHA members)
    • College Hockey East
      College Hockey East
      College Hockey East is a mixed ACHA Division 2 and Division 3 league for universities in the Western Pennsylvania region. ACHA D3 gives small schools the opportunity to compete in college hockey, while other universities field D2 and D3 teams as JV teams for their ACHA D1 or D2 teams.-History:The...
      
       (CHE)
    • Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference
      Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference
      class="infobox"The Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference is an ACHA Division III league with teams in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The DVCHC also has an ACHA Division II Women's Division.- Format :...
      
       (DVCHC)
    • Empire Collegiate Hockey Conference
      Empire Collegiate Hockey Conference
      Empire Collegiate Hockey Conference is an American Collegiate Hockey Association Division III club level hockey-only college athletic conference with teams in the American Midwest.-Members:*University at Albany, SUNY...
      
       (ECHC)
    • Mason-Dixon Collegiate Hockey Association
      Mason-Dixon Collegiate Hockey Association
      The Mason-Dixon Collegiate Hockey Association is a ACHA Division III club ice hockey league that comprises smaller colleges and universities in the Mid-Atlantic region USA...
      
       (MDCHA)
    • Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference
      Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference
      The Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference or MCHC is an ACHA Division III league made up of smaller colleges, universities, and community colleges in the Northeast United States.-Format:...
      
       (MCHC) (Contains Non-ACHA members)
    • Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference
      Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference
      The Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference or MCHC is an ACHA Division III conference made up of smaller colleges, universities, and community colleges in the state of Michigan.-ACHA National Champions:...
      
       (MCHC)
    • Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association
      Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association
      The Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association is a ACHA club hockey league comprising colleges and universities in the Midwestern USA. The Gold Division comprises ACHA Division II club hockey programs. The Silver Division comprises smaller colleges and universities at the ACHA D-II and D-III levels...
      
       (MACHA) (Silver division)
    • Midwestern Collegiate Hockey Conference
      Midwestern Collegiate Hockey Conference
      Midwestern Collegiate Hockey Conference is an American Collegiate Hockey Association Division III club level hockey-only college athletic conference with teams in the American Midwest.-Members:*Butler University*Denison University*Eastern Kentucky...
      
       (MWCHC)
    • North Central Collegiate Hockey Association
      North Central Collegiate Hockey Association
      North Central Collegiate Hockey Association was an ACHA Division III ice hockey league comprising smaller colleges and universities in Western and Northern Plains portions of the United States.-History:...
      
       (NCCHA)
    • Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference
      Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference
      The South Eastern Collegiate Hockey Conference is an ACHA Division III non-varsity ice hockey conference in the Southern United States. The league's mission is to develop and advance collegiate ice hockey...
      
       (SECHC)
    • Pacific Collegiate Hockey Association
      Pacific Collegiate Hockey Association
      The Pacific Collegiate Hockey Association is a collegiate hockey conference within Division III of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. The PCHA has been in operation for more than thirty years and administers the PCHA Playoffs at the conclusion of each regular season...
      
       (PCHA)
  • Women's Division I
    • Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association
      Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association
      The Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association is a Women's Division I ACHA club level hockey-college athletic conference. The league has seven member teams in from schools located in the Midwestern United States.-Current members:...
      
       (CCWHA)
    • Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League
      Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League
      Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League is an American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I club level hockey-only college athletic conference for women's hockey teams.-Membership:*University of Massachusetts Amherst*University of Rhode Island...
      
       (ECWHL) Women's

• Mid-Atlantic Invitational Collegiate Hockey League (MICHL) Division III
• National Association of Intercollegiate Hockey
  National Association of Intercollegiate Hockey
  The National Association of Intercollegiate Hockey is a national organization of non-NCAA, men's college and university-level ice hockey programs. Membership in the NAIH consists of prive and public colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIH allows colleges and universities...
  
   (NAIH) Division III
• Upstate New York Club Hockey League
  Upstate New York Club Hockey League
  The Upstate New York Club Hockey League is a non-affiliated club hockey league comprising smaller colleges and universities in Upstate New York.-League history:The league was formed in 2006 by Andrew Musto. Mr...
  
   (UNYCHL) Division III

Note: there are also many independent teams in all three ACHA divisions in addition to the many within the hockey conferences and leagues.

Women's

• Canadian Women's Hockey League
  Canadian Women's Hockey League
  The Canadian Women's Hockey League is one of two major women's ice hockey leagues in Canada. The league was founded in 2007. The league currently has six ice hockey teams: three in Ontario, one in Quebec, one in Alberta and one in Boston, Massachusetts....
  
   (2007)
• Junior Women's Hockey League
  Junior Women's Hockey League
  The Junior Women's Hockey League is an ice hockey league established in 2007 to provide opportunities for young females to develop into collegiate student-athletes. A successful league in only its first season, the JWHL has seen 18 players sign with NCAA Division-I for the 2008-09 season, while 5...
  
   (2007)
• Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA
  Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA
  The Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA is an amateur women's ice hockey league in Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be the highest level of young women's ice hockey in the Quebec collegiate system...
  
   (1999)
• Livonia League
  Livonia Hockey Association
  Livonia Hockey Association is an amateur hockey league located in Livonia, MI. It is a part of Michigan Amateur Hockey Association and resides with MAHA’s district four. The LHA is the largest amateur hockey association in Michigan. According to LHA bylaws 75% of the program must be Livonia...
  
  
• Mid-Atlantic Women's Hockey League
  Mid-Atlantic Women's Hockey League
  The Mid-Atlantic Women's Hockey League is the oldest continuously active women's ice hockey league in North America. This League is not a professional women's ice hockey. The MAWHL is an amateur hockey league and have three divisions allowing for differents levels of women's players in United...
  
   (1975)
• Provincial Women's Hockey League
  Provincial Women's Hockey League
  The Provincial Women's Hockey League is an amateur women's ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada that was founded in 2004. It is considered to be the highest level of young women's amateur ice hockey in Ontario, and is sanctioned by Hockey Canada and the Ontario Women's Hockey Association.-Teams...
  
   (2004)
• Western Women's Hockey League
  Western Women's Hockey League
  The Western Women's Hockey League is one of two major women's hockey leagues in Canada. The league was established in 2004, and consisted of teams in Canada and one from the United States...
  
   (2004)

Canada

• Battle River Hockey League (Alberta Sr. A)
• Big 6 Hockey League
  Big 6 Hockey League
  The Big 6 Hockey League is a senior men's hockey league in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada. There are currently 10 teams in the league. The 2010-2011 champions were the Bienfait Coalers who defeated the three time defending champions the Midale Mustangs 4 games to 3 in the league final.The...
  
   (Saskatchewan Sr. AAA)
• Chinook Hockey League
  Chinook Hockey League
  The Chinook Hockey League is a multi-tier Canadian Senior ice hockey league based in Alberta, but includes teams from other provinces. The ChHL is one of two Allan Cup eligible ice hockey leagues currently operating in Canada, the other is Ontario's Major League Hockey.-Teams:*Bentley...
  
   (Alberta Sr. AAA)
• Highway Hockey League
  Highway Hockey League
  The Highway Hockey League is a Senior Hockey League in Central Saskatchewan. There are currently 9 teams in the league. The teams are the Wynyard Monarchs, the Raymore Rockets, the Cupar Canucks, the Southey Marlins, the Bethune Bulldogs, the Avonlea Arrows, the Lumsden Monarchs, the Semans...
  
   (Saskatchewan Sr. AAA)
• Ligue De Hockey Senior De La Côte-Nord (LHSCN) (New-Brunswick Sr. A)
• Ligue Centrale de Hockey (LCH)
  Ligue Centrale de Hockey (LCH)
  The LCH was a Senior AAA league that operated between 1978 and 2008 in Québec, Canada. It was a semi-pro league for ex-professional players and for young players coming out of major junior who had not yet found a spot on a professional team. The LCH also acted as a feeder league for the Ligue...
  
   (Quebec Sr. AAA/semi-pro) (1990)
• Ligue de hockey senior Promutuel (LHSP) (Quebec Sr. AA/semi-pro)
• Ligue de hockey senior de l’Est du Québec (LHSEQ) (Quebec Sr. AA/semi-pro)
• Ligue de hockey senior Nord-Est du Québec (LHSNEQ) (Quebec Sr. AA/semi-pro)
• Ligue de hockey Beauce-Bellechasse-Frontenac (LHBBF) (Quebec Sr. A)
• Ligue de hockey senior du Richelieu (LHSR) (Quebec Sr. A)
• Ligue de hockey senior Montreal Metropolitain (LHSMM) (Quebec Sr. A)
• Ligue de hockey senior de la Mauricie (LHSM) (Quebec Sr. A)
• Ligue de hockey senior Inter-Rives (LHSIR) (Quebec Sr. A)
• Ligue de hockey senior de la Cote Nord du Québec (Quebec Sr. A)
• Ligue de hockey les Cotiers de la Gaspesie (Quebec Sr. A)
• Ligue de hockey senior des Îles de la Madeleine (LHSIM) (Quebec Sr. A)
• Major League Hockey
  Major League Hockey
  Allan Cup Hockey is the top tier Canadian Senior ice hockey league in the province of Ontario. As a member of the Ontario Hockey Association and Hockey Canada, the league contends for the famed Allan Cup. The league came to its latest incarnation when it lost several teams leaving it with two...
  
   (Ontario Sr. AAA) (1953)
• North Central Hockey League (Alberta Sr. A)
• North Peace Hockey League
  North Peace Hockey League
  The North Peace Hockey League is a Canadian men's Senior ice hockey league based in Northern Alberta and North Eastern British Columbia. It is not professional but the teams and players play at a high calibre...
  
   (Alberta Sr. AAA)
• Ottawa Travellers Hockey League (Ontario Sr. AA and A)
• Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League
  Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League
  The WOAA Senior AA Hockey League is an amateur senior ice hockey league governed by the Western Ontario Athletic Association.-Format:The league uses Hockey Canada playing rules but is not operated under the jurisdictions of the Ontario Hockey Association or Hockey Canada. The league is based in...
  
   (Ontario Sr. AA and A) (1948)

High School

• Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA)
• Delaware high school hockey
  Delaware high school hockey
  Delaware has 12 high schools with varsity ice hockey teams which participate in interscholastic competition. Unlike most other high school sports in the state, ice hockey is not sanctioned under the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association...
  
  
• Interscholastic Hockey League
  Interscholastic Hockey League
  The Interscholastic Hockey League is a high school sports league based in Houston, Texas, that also serves much of southeast Texas. It is composed of several ice hockey teams at the "Prep" and "Varsity" levels.Founded in 1998, the league operates within a non-traditional hockey market, and though...
  
  
• Maryland Scholastic Hockey League (MSHL)
• Midwest Prep Hockey League
  Midwest Prep Hockey League
  The Midwest Prep Hockey League is a prep school ice hockey league in the United States. The Midwest Prep League was founded in 2000; the original six league members were Culver Academies , Gilmour Academy , Lake Forest Academy , Park Tudor School , Shady Side Academy and St. Francis High School...
  
  
• Michigan High School Hockey
• Minnesota high school boys hockey
  Minnesota high school boys hockey
  The Minnesota High School Boys Hockey program is a high school ice hockey program in the State of Minnesota. Based on tournament attendance, ice hockey is the most popular high school sport in the state...
  
  
• Missouri high school hockey
  Missouri high school hockey
  High school ice hockey in Missouri is not sanctioned by the Missouri State High School Activities Association but is sanctioned by USA Hockey. High school hockey in Missouri consists of two leagues centered in the two largest cities in the state, St. Louis, Missouri and Kansas City Missouri. The...
  
  
• New Jersey high school hockey
  New Jersey high school hockey
  Ice Hockey is a popular and growing sport in New Jersey. Approximately one-hundred sixty one high schools currently field varsity teams, with new teams being formed almost every year...
  
  
• New York high school hockey
  New York high school hockey
  Ice hockey is a popular and growing sport in the state of New York. 151 high schools field sanctioned varsity teams competing in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association...
  
  
• North Dakota high school hockey
• Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League
  Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League
  The Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League is a non-affiliated high school ice hockey league composed of teams from the Northern Virginia Area including Fairfax County, Prince William County, Loudoun County, Arlington County, Stafford County, and the Cities of Manassas and Alexandria...
  
  
• Pennsylvania high school hockey
  Pennsylvania high school hockey
  Ice hockey is a popular and growing sport in the state of Pennsylvania. Teams from 150 high schools competed as varsity ice hockey teams in Western and Eastern Pennsylvania . Unlike every other high school sport in Pennsylvania, hockey is not run under Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic...
  
  
• Washington high school hockey
  Washington High School Hockey
  Washington High School Hockey is a co-ed sport, with teams divided into two leagues, the Western Washington High School Hockey League and the Tri-Cities High School Hockey League. Both leagues are divided into a division 1 and a division 2, and play through their own regular season...
  
  
• West Virginia high school hockey
  West Virginia high school hockey
  Ice hockey is a fairly new high school sport in the state of West Virginia. Six high schools field teams, all of which are located in the northern portion of the state, and all compete in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League....
  
  
• Wisconsin high school hockey
  Wisconsin high school hockey
  Ice hockey is a popular sport in the state of Wisconsin. 88 high schools field sanctioned varsity teams competing in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association .8 "club" non-sanctioned Wisconsin High School Hockey teams compete in Wisconsin Amateur Hockey Association.- WIAA :The sanctioned...
  
  
• New England Prep School Ice Hockey Association

Defunct leagues

• All-American Hockey League
  All-American Hockey League
  The All-American Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization formed in 1972 with teams based in the Upper Midwest and Great lakes regions of the United States as the Continental Hockey League. In 1986 the league folded and the Danville, Dayton, Troy went on to form the All-American Hockey...
  
   (1987–1988)
• All American Hockey League  (2008-2011)
• America East Hockey League
  America East Hockey League
  America East Hockey League was a Junior A league that folded in August 2008. The League had teams in the Northeastern region of the United States.It stated goal was to develops its players to play on college, Major Junior, and professional teams...
  
   (2005–2008)
• Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (1886–1898)
• American Amateur Hockey League
  American Amateur Hockey League
  The American Amateur Hockey League was an ice hockey league in the United States. The league was founded in 1896, and was based solely in New York City, until 1914, when the Boston AA joined the league...
  
   (1896–?)
• American Hockey Association (1926–1942)
• Atlantic Coast Hockey League
  Atlantic Coast Hockey League
  The Atlantic Coast Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization that operated between 1981 and 1987. The league was founded by Bill Coffey....
  
   (1981–1987)
• Atlantic Coast Hockey League
  Atlantic Coast Hockey League (2002)
  The Atlantic Coast Hockey League was a professional minor league ice hockey league based in the United States. The second league to bear the name Atlantic Coast Hockey League, it operated for only one season, 2002–2003, before its franchises split into two new leagues.-History:The 2002 incarnation...
  
   (2002–2003)
• California Hockey League
  California Hockey League
  -Franchises:*Oakland Sheiks *San Francisco Tigers *Los Angeles Richfields *Hollywood Millionaires *Oakland Checkers *Los Angeles Millionaires *San Francisco Tigers...
  
   (1928–1933)
• Canadian Amateur Hockey League
  Canadian Amateur Hockey League
  The Canadian Amateur Hockey League was an early men's amateur hockey league founded in 1898, replacing the organization that was formerly the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada before the 1898–99 season. The league existed for seven seasons, folding in 1905 and was itself replaced by the Eastern...
  
   (1899–1905)
• Canadian-American Hockey League
  Canadian-American Hockey League
  The Canadian-American Hockey League, popularly known as the Can-Am League, was a professional ice hockey league that operated from 1926 to 1936. It was a direct ancestor of the American Hockey League....
  
   (1926–1936)
• Canadian Elite Hockey League
  Canadian Elite Hockey League
  The Canadian Elite Hockey League was a semi-professional hockey league that played one season in 2005-2006. The CEHL was founded by Harold MacKay, a prominent member of the local hockey community...
  
   (2005–2006)
• Canadian Hockey Association (1909–1910)
• Canadian Professional Hockey League
  Canadian Professional Hockey League
  The Canadian Professional Hockey League, also known as Canpro, was a minor professional hockey league founded in 1926. After three seasons, it became the International Hockey League in 1929...
  
   (1926–1930)
• Central Hockey League (1963–1984)
• Central Ontario Hockey League
  Central Ontario Hockey League
  The Central Ontario Hockey League was a highly competitive Intermediate ice hockey league in the central Grey County area of Ontario, Canada until the late 1970s...
  
   (Unknown-1980)
• Central Ontario Women's Hockey League (1992-1998)
• Coloured Hockey League
  Coloured Hockey League
  The Coloured Hockey League was an all-black ice hockey league founded in Nova Scotia in 1894, which featured teams from across Canada's Maritime Provinces. The league operated for several decades lasting until 1930....
  
   (1895–1925)
• Continental Elite Hockey League
  Continental Elite Hockey League
  The Continental Elite Hockey League was a Junior A league that existed from 2001 - 2004. The league was an independent Junior ice hockey league that did not operate under USA Hockey. There are now plans for a new league to begin play in the 2012-2013 season as a Tier II Junior league...
  
   (2001–2004)
• Continental Hockey League (1972–1987)-became All-American Hockey League
  All-American Hockey League
  The All-American Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization formed in 1972 with teams based in the Upper Midwest and Great lakes regions of the United States as the Continental Hockey League. In 1986 the league folded and the Danville, Dayton, Troy went on to form the All-American Hockey...
  
  
• Continental Senior A Hockey League (1972–1980)
• Eastern Amateur Hockey League (1933–1934, 1935–1948, 1949–1953)
• Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association
  Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association
  The Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association was a men's amateur, later professional ice hockey league in Canada that played four seasons. It was founded on December 11, 1905 with six clubs: four from the Canadian Amateur Hockey League and two from the Federal Amateur Hockey League, to bring...
  
   (1905–1909)
• Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey League
  Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey League
  The Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey League was a major amateur senior ice hockey league in Canada that existed from 1923.-History:The Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey League was founded in 1923 from teams in Ontario and Quebec. It was an attempt to set up a major league in eastern Canada, which had...
  
   (1923–?)
• Eastern Hockey League
  Eastern Hockey League
  -Eastern Amateur Hockey League :The league was founded in 1933 as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League . The league was founded by Thomas Lockhart, who served as its commissioner from 1933 to 1972...
  
   (1934–1935, 1954–1973, 1979–1981)
• Eastern Junior B Hockey League
  Eastern Junior B Hockey League
  The Eastern Junior B Hockey League was a Junior "B" ice hockey league based in Eastern Ontario. They were sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, and competed for the All-Ontario Junior "B" title, the Sutherland Cup.-History:In 1951, the Eastern Group...
  
   (1951–1972)
• Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League
  Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League
  The Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League, or EOSHL, was a top Senior ice hockey league in Eastern Ontario. The league was governed by the Ontario Hockey Association, but was merged into the Major Hockey League in 2008.-History:...
  
   (2003–2008)
• Eastern Professional Hockey League
  Eastern Professional Hockey League (2008)
  The Eastern Professional Hockey League was a low-level professional ice hockey league. The league was developed by Curtis Russell, Tim Kolpien, Igor Mrotchek, and Jim Riggs, the former commissioner of the Mid-Atlantic Hockey League in 2007....
  
   (2008–2009)
• Eastern Professional Hockey League (1914–1915, 1959–1963)
• Federal Amateur Hockey League
  Federal Amateur Hockey League
  The Federal Amateur Hockey League was a Canadian men's senior-level ice hockey league that played six seasons from 1904 to 1909. The league was formed initially to provide a league for teams not accepted by the rival Canadian Amateur Hockey League . One team, the Montreal Le National, was the first...
  
   (1904–1909)
• Gulf Coast Hockey League
  Gulf Coast Hockey League
  The Gulf Coast Hockey League was a short-lived minor professional ice hockey league in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. The league existed for the 2001-02 season, before folding.-2001/02 Teams:*Dallas Sabres*Houston Blast*Little Rock Wildcats...
  
   (2001–2002)
• International-American Hockey League
  American Hockey League
  The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
  
   (1936–1941)-became American Hockey League
  American Hockey League
  The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
  
  
• International Independent Hockey League
  International Independent Hockey League
  The International Independent Hockey League was an independent low-level professional hockey league that played in the Great Lakes Region of the US in late 2003 before falling apart in 2004...
  
   (2003)
• International Hockey League (1929–36)
• International Hockey League (1945–2001)
• International Professional Hockey League
  International Professional Hockey League
  The International Professional Hockey League was the first fully professional ice hockey league, operating from 1904 to 1907. It was formed by Jack 'Doc' Gibson, a dentist who played hockey throughout Ontario before settling in Houghton, Michigan. The IPHL was a five team circuit which included...
  
   (1904–1907)
• Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union
  Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union
  The Interprovincial Amateur Hockey Union was the premier amateur ice hockey league in Canada after the split between the amateur and professional ice hockey teams of the Eastern Canadian Amateur Hockey Association in 1908.-History:...
  
   (1908-?)
• Interprovincial Professional Hockey League
  Interprovincial Professional Hockey League
  The Interprovincial Professional Hockey League was a short-lived ice hockey league on the Canadian Maritimes. The league operated for the 1910-11 season, before folding.-External Links:*...
  
   (1910–1911)
• Ligue Centrale de Hockey
  Ligue Centrale de Hockey (LCH)
  The LCH was a Senior AAA league that operated between 1978 and 2008 in Québec, Canada. It was a semi-pro league for ex-professional players and for young players coming out of major junior who had not yet found a spot on a professional team. The LCH also acted as a feeder league for the Ligue...
  
   (1978–2008)
• Major Intermediate A Hockey League
  Major Intermediate A Hockey League
  The Major Intermediate A Hockey League was an ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. It existed from 1978 to 1983. Its champion was eligible to compete for the W.G. Hardy Trophy, emblematic of Canadian Intermediate A hockey supremacy.The Georgian Bay...
  
   (1978–1983)
• Manitoba Professional Hockey League (1907–1909)
• Maritime Major Hockey League
  Maritime Major Hockey League
  The Maritime Major Hockey League was a professional men's ice hockey league which operated for four seasons from 1950 to 1954 in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The league was financially supported by teams of the National Hockey League as a 'feeder' league....
  
   (1950–1954)
• Maritime Professional Hockey League
  Maritime Professional Hockey League
  The Maritime Professional Hockey League was a professional men's ice hockey league operating in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia from around 1910 until 1915. Two of the league's champions challenged for the Stanley Cup...
  
   (1911–1914)
• Metro Junior A Hockey League
  Metro Junior A Hockey League
  ----The Metro Junior "A" Hockey League was a junior level ice hockey league based out of Southern Ontario. The league originated in 1956 as the Metro Junior "B" Hockey League, which lasted until 1991, when it changed its designation from Junior B to Junior A. It remained a Jr...
  
   (1991–1998) -merged with Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
  Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
  The Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The league dates back to 1954 as the Central Junior B Hockey League. In 1993, the Central Junior B Hockey League was promoted to the...
  
  
• Mid-Atlantic Hockey League
  Mid-Atlantic Hockey League
  The Mid-Atlantic Hockey League was a minor professional ice hockey league in the Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes regions of the United States. The league began play in November 2007...
  
   (2007–2008)
• National Hockey Association
  National Hockey Association
  The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...
  
   (1909–1917)
• National Women's Hockey League
  National Women's Hockey League
  The National Women's Hockey League was a women's ice hockey league. This League was in service between 1999 and 2007.-History:The NWHL superseded the old Central Ontario Women's Hockey League in 1998-99. After the old COWHL dropped down to three teams in 1997-98, the new league expanded to...
  
   (1999-2007)
• North American Hockey League (1973–1977)
• North Eastern Hockey League
  North Eastern Hockey League
  The North Eastern Hockey League was a semi-professional ice hockey league from 2003 until 2008. It was created by entrepreneur Jim Cashman, who served as league president. The NEHL was built to focus on giving players that were not quite ready for the ECHL, United Hockey League, and the Central...
  
   (2003–2008)
• North of Superior Junior B Hockey League
  North of Superior Junior B Hockey League
  The North of Superior Junior B Hockey League is a defunct Junior "B" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The league used to be a part of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. The league at one point was called the North Shore Junior B Hockey League.-History:The...
  
   (Canada)
• North West Hockey League
  North West Hockey League
  The North West Hockey League was an ice hockey minor league with teams in the western United States and western Canada that existed from 1933 to 1936...
  
   (1933–1936)
• Northern Junior Hockey League
  Northern Junior Hockey League
  The Northern Junior Hockey League was an independent regional junior ice hockey league based in Jamestown, New York. The league's first and only season was the 2009-2010 season it included 7 teams including former UJHL teams....
  
   (2008-2010) (2008 as United Junior Hockey League)
• Northwest Junior Hockey League (Manitoba)
  Northwest Junior Hockey League (Manitoba)
  The Northwest Junior Hockey League is a defunct Junior "B" ice hockey league in Manitoba, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. This league used to compete for the Keystone Cup, the Western Canadian Jr...
  
   (Canada)
• Okanagan Junior Hockey League (Canada)
• Ontario Professional Hockey League
  Ontario Professional Hockey League
  -External links:*...
  
   (1907–1911, 1930–1931)
• Ottawa City Hockey League
  Ottawa City Hockey League
  The Ottawa City Hockey League was an amateur ice hockey league with junior, intermediate and senior level men's teams in Ottawa, Canada dating from 1890. It is considered the second ice hockey league to form in Canada. The senior league operated until 1945 and the junior league operated until 1957...
  
   (1890–1957)
• Original Stars Hockey League (2004)
• Pacific Coast Hockey Association
  Pacific Coast Hockey Association
  The Pacific Coast Hockey Association was a professional men's ice hockey league in western Canada and the western United States, which operated from 1911 to 1924 when it then merged with the Western Canada Hockey League...
  
   (1911–1924)
• Pacific Coast Hockey League
  Pacific Coast Hockey League
  The Pacific Coast Hockey League was an ice hockey minor league with teams in the western United States and western Canada that existed in several incarnations: from 1928 to 1931, from 1936 to 1941, and from 1944 to 1952.-PCHL 1928-1931:...
  
   (1928–1931, 1936–1941, 1945–1952)
• Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League
  Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League
  The Pacific Junior A Hockey League was a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey league operating in British Columbia from 1971 until 1979.-History:...
  
   (Canada)
• Pacific Hockey League
  Pacific Hockey League
  The Pacific Hockey League was a low-level minor professional hockey league that existed for two seasons in 1977-78, and 1978-79. Its member teams from California, Arizona and Washington states, replaced the void left by defunct World Hockey Association franchises, with some teams sharing the names...
  
   (1977–1979)
• Prairie Hockey League
  Prairie Hockey League
  The Prairie Hockey League was a Canadian professional ice hockey league in Alberta and Saskatchewan that was created following the demise of the Western Hockey League in 1926. It operated for two seasons....
  
   (1926–1928)
• Quebec Hockey League (1952–1959)
• Quebec Senior Hockey League
  Quebec Senior Hockey League
  The Quebec Senior Hockey League was an ice hockey league that operated between 1941 and 1959 in Québec, Canada. From 1941, it operated on an amateur basis, before becoming the semi-professional Quebec Hockey League in 1953...
  
   (1945–1952)
• Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League
  Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League
  The Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League was a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey league in British Columbia.In 1975, the Quesnel Millionaires and Prince George Spruce Kings joined the Peace Junior B Hockey League. The PJBHL already included the Fort St. John Huskies, Dawson Creek Canucks, and Grande...
  
   aka Peace Cariboo Junior Hockey League (British Columbia, Canada)
• South East Hockey League
  South East Hockey League
  The South East Hockey League was a minor ice hockey league formed in August 2003. It succeeded the short-lived Atlantic Coast Hockey League and had 4 teams for its first and only season. Jim Riggs was the commissioner....
  
   (2003–2004)
• Southern Elite Hockey League
  Southern Elite Hockey League
  The Southern Elite Hockey League was an independent Jr. A ice hockey league based in Florida and Alabama.-League History:In the league's inaugural season, 1998–1999, the SEHL played with 6 teams all but two in Florida: the Alabama Gunners , the Chicago Force , the Daytona Riptide , the...
  
   (1998–2000)
• Southern Hockey League (1973–1977)
• Southern Hockey League (1995–1996)
• Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League
  Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League
  ----The Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League was a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey that lasted from the late 1960s until 1977 in Southern Ontario, Canada. The league was swallowed by what is now called the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League in 1977....
  
   (1972–1976) -merged with Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
  Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
  The Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The league dates back to 1954 as the Central Junior B Hockey League. In 1993, the Central Junior B Hockey League was promoted to the...
  
  
• Southwest Hockey League
  Southwest Hockey League
  The Southwest Hockey League was a minor professional ice hockey league that operated in the Southwestern United States from 1975-1977.-External Links:* on hockeydb.com...
  
   (1975–1977)
• St. John Valley Hockey League (1977–1978)
• Sunshine Hockey League
  Sunshine Hockey League
  The Sunshine Hockey League was a low-minors professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 to 1995. The league was based in Florida and consisted of five teams in its inaugural 1992-93 season....
  
   (1992–1995)
• Team Chicago Semi-Pro Independent (1972–1976)
• Tri-State Hockey League
  Tri-State Hockey League
  The Tri-State Hockey League was a minor professional ice hockey league that operated in the Northeastern United States in the 1932-33 season. The Atlantic City Sea Gulls won the championship in the leagues lone season. The other participants were the Baltimore Orioles, Hershey B'ars, and the...
  
   (1932–1933)
• Tri-County Hockey League(1964-1978)
• Tropical Hockey League
  Tropical Hockey League
  The Tropical Hockey League was an ice hockey league based in Miami, Florida. The first attempt to establish professional hockey in Florida or any other Southern state, the league lasted only one season, 1938-39, before folding...
  
   (1938–1939)
• United Hockey League
  United Hockey League
  The United Hockey League was a low-level professional ice hockey league , with teams in the United States...
  
   (1991 as Colonial Hockey League, also known as International Hockey League) (1991-2010)
• United States Hockey League (1945–1951)
• Western Canada Hockey League
  Western Canada Hockey League
  The Western Canada Hockey League , founded in 1921, was a major professional ice hockey league originally based in the prairies of Canada. It was renamed the Western Hockey League in 1925 and disbanded in 1926.-History:...
  
   (professional) (1921–1925)
• Western Canada Hockey League
  Western Canada Hockey League (minor pro)
  The Western Canada Hockey League was an ice hockey minor league with teams from western Canada that existed for one hockey season, 1932 to 1933...
  
   (minor pro) (1932–1933)
• Western Canada Senior Hockey League
  Western Canada Senior Hockey League
  The Western Canada Senior Hockey League was an ice hockey league that played six seasons in Alberta and Saskatchewan, from 1945 to 1951. It was founded as a four team league featuring teams in Calgary, Edmonton, Regina and Saskatoon...
  
   (1945–1951)
• West Coast Hockey League
  West Coast Hockey League
  The West Coast Hockey League was a professional minor ice hockey league active in the western United States from 1995 to 2003. The number of teams ranged from six to nine. The teams were located in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Washington...
  
   (1995–2003)
• Western Hockey League (professional) (1925–1926)
• Western Hockey League (minor pro)
  Western Hockey League (minor pro)
  The Western Hockey League was a minor pro ice hockey league that operated from 1952 to 1974. Managed for most of its history by Hockey Hall of Fame member Al Leader, it was created out of the merger of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Canada Senior Hockey League...
  
   (1952–1975)
• Western International Hockey League
  Western International Hockey League
  The Western International Hockey League was a senior level ice hockey league that featured teams from the Western United States and Western Canada. It operated from 1946–62 and 1963–88...
  
   (1946–1962, 1963–1988)
• Western Professional Hockey League
  Western Professional Hockey League
  The Western Professional Hockey League is a defunct minor professional ice hockey league.It operated in the United States from 1996 to 2001, with teams in the southern United States, mainly Texas. The league started with six teams in the 1996-1997 season and grew to 18 teams in 1999-2000...
  
   (1996–2001)
• World Hockey Association
  World Hockey Association
  The World Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major competition for the National Hockey League since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926...
  
   (1972–1979)
• World Hockey Association 2
  World Hockey Association 2
  The World Hockey Association 2 was a minor professional ice hockey league created at the instigation of the organizers of the proposed recreated World Hockey Association to serve as its development league. The WHA2 teams — some of which had played the 2002–03 season in the Atlantic Coast...
  
   (2003–2004)
• WHA Junior Hockey League
  WHA Junior Hockey League
  The WHA Junior Hockey League was an independent Canadian junior ice hockey league based out of British Columbia, Canada. The league marketed itself as a Junior A league, but was an unsanctioned independent loop with its own rules, processes and procedures, and was marked by franchise instability...
  
   (2006-2008)
• World Junior A Hockey League (2000-2002)

Disabled hockey leagues

Leagues for disabled hockey players

• Amputee Hockey
  • American Amputee Hockey Association
    American Amputee Hockey Association
    The American Amputee Hockey Association is a non-profit sports organization founded in 2000 to develop opportunities for amputee and other disabled athletes to learn and play competitive hockey...
    
     (AAHA)
• American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association
  American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association
  The American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association was established in 1973 by Chicago Blackhawks Stan Mikita, and a local business man by the name of Irv Tiahnybik, after Irv discovered the difficulties his hard-of-hearing son was having with his hearing teammates...
  
  
• Sledge hockey
  Sledge hockey
  Sledge hockey is a sport that was designed to allow participants who have a physical disability to play the game of ice hockey. Ice sledge hockey was invented in the early 1960s in Stockholm, Sweden at a rehabilitation center...
  
  
  • United States Sled Hockey Association (USSHA)
  • Mid-American Great Lakes Hockey League (MAGL)
• Special Hockey
• Special Hockey International – Representing hockey programs for developmentally challenged athletes from around the word, SHI stages an annual tournament that is the largest of its kind in the world.

Eurasia

• Kontinental Hockey League
  Kontinental Hockey League
  The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe....
  
   (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia, Slovakia)
• Russian Major League (Kazakhstan, Russia)

Japan

• All-Japan Championship (cup tournament)
• J-Ice North League
• J-Ice West League

Defunct
Japan Ice Hockey League

Japan Ice Hockey League

The Japan Ice Hockey League was an annual ice hockey league that began in 1966 and ended in 2004 when it was replaced by Asia League Ice Hockey...

South Africa

• Gauteng Ice Hockey League
• Western-Province Ice Hockey Championship
• South African Interprovincial Ice Hockey Championship
  South African Interprovincial Ice Hockey Championship
  The South African Interprovinical Championship is the national ice hockey championship in South Africa. Teams from the Gauteng Ice Hockey League and the Western-Province Ice Hockey Championship play for the national title.-Champions:-References:* *...
  
  

Turkey

(Leagues involve teams from both Europe and Asia)

• Turkish Ice Hockey Super League
  Turkish Ice Hockey Super League
  The Turkish Ice Hockey Super League is the highest level of ice hockey in Turkey. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Unlike the National Hockey League, the Super League is not divided into conferences;...
  
   (1993)
• Turkish Ice Hockey First League
  Turkish Ice Hockey First League
  The Turkish Ice Hockey First League is the second highest level of ice hockey in Turkey, after the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation....
  
  
• Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League
  Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League
  The Turkish Ice Hockey Women’s League is a women’s semi-professional ice hockey league in Turkey. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Each team is allowed to carry 2 import players per season...
  
   (2007)

Europe

• Alpenliga
  Alpenliga
  The Alpenliga was an international professional ice hockey league which existed between 1991 and 1999. It was contested by club teams from Austria, Italy and Slovenia....
  
   (1991–1999) - multinational league with teams from Austria, Italy and Slovenia. Replaced by the International Ice Hockey League (1999–2007)
• Eastern European Hockey League
  Eastern European Hockey League
  Eastern European Hockey League was a regional ice hockey league which existed from 1995 to 2005.The league was formed in 1995 by Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, to provide a higher-level competition for teams from those countries. In some years, the league also included teams from Poland...
  
   (1995–2005) - multinational league with teams from Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia and Poland.
• North Sea Cup - multinational league with teams in the Netherlands and Belgium.
• Panonian League
  Panonian League
  The Panonian League was one of the multi-nation hockey leagues in Europe. The league was established in 2002 and originally comprised teams from Hungary, Romania and Croatia. HK Vojvodina became the first Serbian team to join the league in 2003-04...
  
  

Czech Republic

• Czech Extraliga
  Czech Extraliga
  The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the third strongest league in Europe....
  
   (1993)
• Czech 1.liga
• Czech 2.liga
  2. národní hokejová liga
  The 2. národní hokejová liga is the third-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic under the First National Hockey League. It began in 1993.-Format :...
  
  

Finland

• SM-liiga
  SM-liiga
  The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...
  
   (1975)
• Mestis
  Mestis
  Mestis, , is the second-highest ice hockey league in Finland.The league was established in 2000 to replace the first division. Since 2000, Mestis has been the highest hockey league in Finland that can be reached with playing merits only; the SM-liiga was closed in 2000...
  
   (renamed in 2000)
• Suomi-sarja
  Suomi-sarja
  The Suomi-sarja is Finland's third-highest ice hockey league. Suomi-sarja has 4 divisions. Suomi-sarja has been played since the 1999-2000 season. Prior to this, Finland's third league had been Division II since 1975 and before that the Provincial Series since 1947. During the 1990s the series also...
  
  
• 2. Divisioona
  2. Divisioona
  2. Divisioona is the fourth highest level of ice hockey in Finland. Teams playing in 2. Divisioona can be relegated to 3. Divisioona or promoted to Suomi-sarja- Teams 2010-2011 :South Group*GrIFK*Haukat*Jää-Tiikerit*KelA*K-Vantaa Itä*LT Kings...
  
  
• 3. Divisioona

Defunct

• SM-sarja
  SM-sarja
  SM-Sarja was the top level of ice hockey in Finland from 1928 to 1975. SM-sarja is a common abbreviation for Suomen mestaruussarja, "Finnish Championship Series"....
  
  

France

• Ligue Magnus
  Ligue Magnus
  -Former Teams:*Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne*Orques d'Anglet*Sangliers Arvernes*Corsaires de Dunkerque*Albatros de Brest*Jets de Viry-Essonne-Defunct Teams:*Diables Noirs de Tours*Hockey Club de Mulhouse*Séquanes de Besançon*Flammes Bleues de Reims...
  
  
• Division 1
  FFHG Division 1
  FFHG Division 1 is a professional ice hockey league in France. It is the second of four levels of professional ice hockey in France.- Teams :...
  
  
• Division 2
  FFHG Division 2
  FFHG Division 2 is a professional ice hockey league in France...
  
  
• Division 3
  FFHG Division 3
  FFHG Division 3 is a professional ice hockey league in France...
  
  

Germany

• German Ice Hockey League (DEL) (1994-)
• Ice hockey Bundesliga
  Ice hockey Bundesliga
  The Ice hockey Bundesliga was formed in 1958 as the elite hockey competition in the Federal Republic of Germany, replacing the Oberliga in this position...
  
   (1958–1994, replaced by DEL)
• 2nd Bundesliga (ice hockey)
  2nd Bundesliga (ice hockey)
  The 2nd Eishockey-Bundesliga is the second tier of Ice hockey in Germany. It is organised by the DEB, the German Ice Hockey Federation. In the 2007-08 season, it features 14 teams.- History of the 2nd Ice Hockey Bundesliga :...
  
  
• Oberliga (Ice Hockey)
  Oberliga (Ice Hockey)
  The Oberliga is currently the third tier of ice hockey in Germany. In the 2007-08 season, the Oberliga is split in a northern and a southern group.-1948-58:...
  
  
• Bavarian ice hockey leagues
  Bavarian ice hockey leagues
  The Bavarian ice hockey leagues are part of the German ice hockey league system and form the tiers four to six of the league system in the state of Bavaria...
  
  
• Regionalliga
  Regionalliga (ice hockey)
  The Regionalliga is the fourth level of ice hockey in Germany. It was founded in 1961....
  
  

Amateur

• Serie CU26
• Serie C interregionale (divided into 3 regions: North-West; North-East; South)
• CCM-Cup (only south-tyrolean
  South Tyrol
  South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...
  
   teams)
• LIHGA - Lega Italiana Hockey Ghiaccio Amatoriale

Junior and youth

• Under 20 (2 national divisions)
• Under 17 (2 national divisions)
• Under 15 (many regional divisions)
• Under 13 (many regional divisions)
• Under 11 (many regional divisions)
• Under 8 (many regional divisions)

Kazakhstan

• Kazakhstani Championship
  Kazakhstani Championship
  The Kazakhstani Championship is the name of the top tier of professional ice hockey in Kazakhstan.There are 2 Hockey teams in Kazakhstan competing outside of this championship: Barys Astana competing in the KHL and Kaztsink-Torpedo in the Russian Major League. Their farm/second teams compete in...
  
   (league in both Europe and Asia)
• Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga
  Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga
  Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga is a professional hockey league based in Kazakhstan. It was established when the country gained independence in 1992 and it is the second highest league in the country, after the Kazakhstani Championship...
  
  ‎

Latvia

• Latvian Hockey League
  Latvian Hockey League
  The Latvian Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league based in Latvia. It is also known in Latvian as Latvijas atklātais čempionāts hokejā ....
  
  
• Latvian amateur hockey league (Latvijas Amatieru Hokeja līga/AHL)
• Riga Open Championship (Rīgas Atklātais Čempionāts)
• Independent Amateur hockey league
  Independent Amateur hockey league (Latvia)
  Independent Amateur hockey league NAHL is the largest amateur ice hockey league in the Baltic States...
  
   (Neatkarīgā Amatieru hokeja līga/NAHL)

The Netherlands

• Eredivisie
• Eerste Divisie
  Eerste Divisie (ice hockey)
  The Eerste Divisie is the second level ice hockey league in The Netherlands. It is the top level amateur league, underneath the professional North Sea Cup league.- Group A :* Destil Tilburg Trappers Toekomstteam* Dordrecht Lions* Eindhoven High Techs...
  
  
• Tweede Divisie
• Derde Divisie
• Vierde Divisie
• U17
  U17
  U17 or U-17 may refer to:* German submarine U-17, one of several German submarines* Cessna U-17, military model of Cessna 185* FIFA U-17 World Cup, football championship for boys under 17 years...
  
  
• U14
• U12
• Welpen/Mini's
• Jeugdrecreanten
• ARHL
• Studenten (SHL)

Norway

• GET-ligaen
  GET-ligaen
  GET-ligaen is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. The league was known as 1. divisjon until 1990, when it was reorganized and named Eliteserien . That name was held until 2004 when cable TV company UPC became main sponsor...
  
  
• 1. divisjon
  Norwegian First Division (ice hockey)
  The Norwegian First Division is the second level of ice hockey in Norway, below the GET-ligaen.-Teams:* Rosenborg IHK* Lillehammer IK 2* Furuset IF 2* Stjernen Hockey 2* Kongsvinger IL* Sparta Sarpsborg 2* Stavanger Oilers 2* IF Frisk Tigers Asker 2...
  
  
• 2. divisjon
• 3. divisjon
• 4. divisjon

Semi-pro

• Russian First League
• Russian Second League
  Russian Hockey Second League
  The Second League was an ice hockey league in Russia. It was a fourth level league in the Russian ice hockey and it was divided into a two Divisions.-Teams:Team during the 2008-2009 Season....
  
  

Youth

• Moscow Region
• North-West Region
• Volga River Region
• Ural Region
• Siberia/Far East Region

Slovakia

• Slovak Extraliga
  Slovak Extraliga
  Slovak Extraliga is the name of the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the fifth strongest league in Europe. The name of the league is leased to sponsor and changes frequently. From 1993/94 to 1997/98 season it was called Extraliga, then the name...
  
   (1993–present after dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League (1931–1993))
• Slovak 1.Liga
  Slovak 1.Liga
  The Slovak 1.Liga is a 14-team professional ice hockey league based in Slovakia that serves as the secondary league to the Slovak Extraliga.-Teams:*BEMACO HC 46 Bardejov *HC Dukla Senica*HC Prešov 07 s.r.o.*HC Topoľčany*MHk 32 L...
  
  
• Slovak 2.Liga
  Slovak 2.Liga
  The Slovak 2.Liga is the third level of ice hockey in Slovakia. It lies below the Slovak Extraliga and the Slovak 1.Liga.-Champions:* 2009-10 : HK 96 Nitra, HK Puchov, HKM Rimavska Sobota* 2008-09 : HK Brezno, HK Puchov* 2007-08 : HK 07 Detva, HK Puchov...
  
  

Men

• Elitserien
  Elitserien
  Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
  
   (New name for the league in 1975. The national championship has been played since 1922 in other forms. 12 teams)
• HockeyAllsvenskan (The Swedish second league, that can compare in quality with many countries' first league. The four best teams compete in the end of the season with the two worst placed team in Elitserien. 14 teams.)
• Swedish Division 1
  Swedish Division 1 (ice hockey)
  The Swedish Division 1 is the third highest-level ice hockey league in Sweden, consisting of 57 teams. The top teams of the league earn the right to take part in the Kvalserien qualification, where the two top teams are promoted to the HockeyAllsvenskan...
  
   (Divided into 6 regions, A-F. The three best teams in each region make 3 new series in the end and the three winners will compete with the last three in HockeyAllsvenskan for a place in the higher league. 56 teams at the moment.)
• Swedish Division 2
  Swedish Division 2 (ice hockey)
  -Participating teams:* Åkers Hockey* Alfta GIF* Alingsås Hockey* Alvesta SK* Älvsby IF* Åmåls SK* Ånge IK* Arvika HC* Åseda IF* Asplöven HC B* Avesta BK* Boden HF U20* Bolidens FFI* Boro/Vetlanda HC* Brooklyn Rebels U20* Brooklyn Tigers...
  
   (Divided into 11 regions. Around 100 teams, many U20-teams also play here.)
• Swedish Division 3
  Swedish Division 3 (ice hockey)
  -See also:*List of ice hockey leagues in Sweden...
  
   (Divided into 13 regions.)
• Swedish Division 4
  Swedish Division 4 (ice hockey)
  The Swedish Division 4 is the sixth highest-level league, and the lowest-level league, for men's ice hockey in Sweden.-See also:*List of ice hockey leagues in Sweden...
  
   (Divided into 6 regions. In Stockholm called the "Swedish Iron League", does not cover all of Sweden.)
• J20 SuperElit
  J20 SuperElit
  J20 SuperElit is a junior ice hockey league composed of 20 teams in Sweden. It is the highest-level junior ice hockey league in Sweden. The teams are divided in two groups, or divisions, Norra and Södra , and are usually associated with a professional team in either Elitserien or HockeyAllsvenskan...
  
   (Under 20, junior league.)
• J18 Elit
  J18 Elit
  The J18 Elit is the highest level of under 18 ice hockey in Sweden. The league was first played in the 1980 season. Färjestads BK has won the most league titles, with seven...
  
   (Under 18, divided into 4 regions.)
• U16
  U16
  U16 or U-16 may refer to:* U-16 or U16, an abbreviation of "under 16", a common designation for sports leagues or tournaments for players age 16 or younger* German submarine U-16, one of several German submarines...
  
   (Youth, under 16, divided into 8 groups. 24 teams)
• Korpen ("The raven" in English, amateur leagues in different cities.)

Switzerland

• National League A (1908)
• National League B
• 1. Liga
• 2. Liga
  Swiss 2. Liga (ice hockey)
  The Swiss 2.Liga is the fourth highest league in Switzerland, after the National League A, the National League B, and the Swiss 1.Liga.The top teams are promoted to the Swiss 1.Liga and the bottom teams are relegated to the Swiss 3.Liga.-Format:...
  
  
• 3. Liga
• 4. Liga

Turkey

(Leagues involve teams from both Europe and Asia)

• Turkish Ice Hockey Super League
  Turkish Ice Hockey Super League
  The Turkish Ice Hockey Super League is the highest level of ice hockey in Turkey. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Unlike the National Hockey League, the Super League is not divided into conferences;...
  
   (1993)
• Turkish Ice Hockey First League
  Turkish Ice Hockey First League
  The Turkish Ice Hockey First League is the second highest level of ice hockey in Turkey, after the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation....
  
  
• Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League
  Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League
  The Turkish Ice Hockey Women’s League is a women’s semi-professional ice hockey league in Turkey. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Each team is allowed to carry 2 import players per season...
  
   (2007)

United Kingdom

• Elite Ice Hockey League
  Elite Ice Hockey League
  Several competitions fall under the jurisdiction of the Elite League. In 2006–07, the EIHL ran a total of four competitions: the league, playoffs, Challenge Cup and Knockout Cup. The league consists of a single division, each team playing three home games and three away games against the other...
  
   (2003-)
• English Premier Ice Hockey League
  English Premier Ice Hockey League
  The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association...
  
   (1997-)
• English National Hockey League (1996-)
• Scottish National League
  Scottish National League
  The Scottish National League is the ice hockey league in Scotland.Seen as the third-tier of ice hockey, below the British Elite Ice Hockey League and the English Premier Ice Hockey League . However, its standard of play has been considered closer to the English National Ice Hockey Division One,...
  
  
• British University Ice Hockey Association Cup (2000-)

Defunct Leagues

• British National League (1954–1960)
• British National League
  British National League
  The British National League is a defunct second-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have a standard below that of the Ice Hockey Superleague and above that of the...
  
   (1996–2005)
• Ice Hockey Superleague
  Ice Hockey Superleague
  The Ice Hockey Superleague was a professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom between 1996 and 2003. Formed in 1995, it replaced the Premier Division of the British Hockey League, it was the highest level of ice hockey competition in the United Kingdom...
  
   (1996–2003)
• British Hockey League
  British Hockey League
  The British Hockey League was the top-flight ice hockey league in the United Kingdom from 1982 until 1996, when it was replaced by the Ice Hockey Superleague and the British National League...
  
   (1982–1996)

English Ice Hockey Association Women's Leagues

• Women's Premier League
• Women's Division 1 North
• Women's Division 1 South

Oceania

• Australian Ice Hockey League
  Australian Ice Hockey League
  The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors....
  
  
• Australian International Ice Hockey Cup
• East Coast Super League
  East Coast Super League
  The East Coast Super League , is a Junior A ice hockey league of six clubs in New South Wales, Australia. The league was which was formed in 2002 by New South Wales Ice Hockey...
  
  
• New Zealand Ice Hockey League
  New Zealand Ice Hockey League
  The NZIHL is New Zealand’s national league. It is an amateur league that was formed in 2005 to develop the sport in the New Zealand and to give the top players regular competition against each other and to allow them to improve the skill level of the game domestically as well become more...