The Russian Hockey League (formerly Junior Hockey League Division B (MHL-B), National Junior Hockey League (NMHL)) () is the second level of the Junior Hockey League, the KHL's junior ice hockey league. The B division was established in 2011 and the inaugural season was the 2011–12 season.
The Regions Cup is awarded to the champion of the playoffs of the league.
Generation Cup
The Generation Cup () is the all-star game of MHL-B and analog to the MHL's Challenge Cup. The first ever Generation Cup took place on 23 February 2012 in Penza and featured Team East against Team West.
Editions Edition Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 2012 23 February Temp sports ice palace, Penza Team West 3-2 Team East2013 17 April Olymp Arena, Kirovo-Chepetsk Team West 6–3 Team East2014 18 January Ice Arena Gornyak Uchaly, Uchaly Team West 1–4 Team East2015 17 January Yubileyny Sports Palace, Almetyevsk Team East 3–4 Team West2016 30 January Ice Palace Naberezhny Chelny, Naberezhnye Chelny Team East 4–0 Team West
Future Cup The Future Cup () was an exhibition game featuring under-18 players of MHL and MHL-B. The first ever (and so far only) Future Cup took place on 13 March 2012 in Chelyabinsk and featured players who were not born before 1 January 1994.
Editions Edition Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 2011–12 12 March Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk Team West 3–1 Team East
Super Cup The Super Cup () was the trophy awarded to the winner of the game between the winner of the Kharlamov Cup (the MHL champions) and the winner of the Regions Cup (the MHL-B champions). The first ever (and so far only) Super Cup took place on 30 April 2016 in Uchaly.
Editions Edition Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 2016 30 April Ice Arena Gornyak Uchaly, Uchaly Gornyak Uchaly (MHL-B) 1–5 Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)
2012 expansion Seven new teams were confirmed for the 2012–13 season: MHC Dmitrov, Zauralie Kurgan, HC Ryazan, Buran Voronezh, HC Belgorod, Sputnik Nizhny Tagil and Platina Chișinău from Moldova.http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/1/recap/7101.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=ae623d1fec.html
Teams in 2026–27 Russian Hockey League Conf. Team City Arena KHL/VHL affiliated club rowspan=13 Arktika Murmansk Universal sports and leisure center Akhmat-Granit Grozny Grozny Ice Arena "Akhmat" HC Bryansk Bryansk Desna Stadium Vityaz-Podolsk Podolsk Vityaz Ice Palace Dynamo-576 St.Petersburg Yubileyny Sports Palace Dynamo St.Petersburg Dynamo-Karelia Kondopoga Sports Palace "Kondopoga" Dynamo St.Petersburg Kaluga Rockets Kaluga Sports Palace "Tsentralny" HC KalugaKrasnaya Mashina Akademiya Mytishchi Mytishchi Arena Leningradets Vyborg Sports Complex "Vyborg" Metallurg-VO Cherepovets Ice Palace Severstal CherepovetsPolyot Rybinsk Sports Palace "Polyot" Tverichi-SShOR Tver Sports Complex "Yubileiny" Fakel Yamal Salekhard Ice Palace rowspan=13 HC Belgorod Belgorod Oranzevy liod Dizelist Penza Dizel Arena Dizel Penza Yermak Angarsk Winter Stadium "Yermak" HC Krasnodar Krasnodar Ice Palace HC Sochi Kristall-Yunior Saratov Ice Sports Palace "Kristall" Kristall Saratov MHC Ryazan-VDV Ryazan Sports Palace "Olimpiyskiy" HC Ryazan-VDV MHC Tambov Tambov Ice Palace "Temp" HC Tambov Progress Glazov Glazov Arena Proton Novovoronezh Ice Palace "Ostalnaya" Buran Voronezh HC Rostov Rostov-on-Don Sports Palace Sokol Novocheboksarsk Ice Palace "Sokol" HC Samara Samara EcoNiva-Bobrov Bobrov Vyacheslav Fetisov Ice Palace Buran Voronezh
Champions
Season Regions Cup Champion Regions Cup Finalist SeriesResult Bronze Medalist EasternDivision winner CentralDivision winner WesternDivision winner Regular season winner2011–12 Oktan Perm Kristall Berdsk 3–1 Batyr Kristall Berdsk (30-2-0) Oktan Perm (31-5-0) MHK Zelenograd (25-10-1) Kristall Berdsk Season Regions Cup Champion Regions Cup Finalist SeriesResult Bronze Medalist NorthwestDivision winner VolgaDivision winner Ural-SiberiaDivision winner Regular season winner2012–13 Junior Kurgan Batyr 3–1 Sputnik HK Liepājas Metalurgs (32-6-2) Irbis Kazan (33-8-3) Junior Kurgan (36-7-0) Junior Kurgan Season Regions CupChampion Regions CupFinalist SeriesResult BronzeMedalist Eastern Conferencewinner Western Conferencewinner Regular seasonwinner2013–14 Berkuty Kubani Krasnodar Loko-Junior Yaroslavl 3–1 Mechel Chelyabinsk Mechel Chelyabinsk (32-5-1) Berkuty Kubani Krasnodar (31-5-2) Mechel Chelyabinsk2014–15 Rossosh Voronezh Gornyak Uchaly 3–2 Batyr & MHK Zelenograd[*] Gornyak Uchaly (44-6-2) Rossosh Voronezh (51-9-4) Rossosh Voronezh2015–16 Gornyak Uchaly Rossosh Voronezh 3–0 Loko-Junior Yaroslavl Gornyak Uchaly (28-10-2) Rossosh Voronezh (34-6-4) Rossosh Voronezh2016–17 Gornyak Uchaly Dizelist Penza 3–2 Loko-Junior Yaroslavl Gornyak Uchaly (37-4-1-6) Dizelist Penza (34-3-2-5) Gornyak Uchaly 2017–18 Dizelist Penza Batyr 3–0 Loko-Junior Yaroslavl Progress Glazov (20-4-1-7) Dizelist Penza (21-5-3-7) Dizelist Penza2018–19 Dizelist Penza Batyr 3–0 Loko-Junior Yaroslavl Progress Glazov (20-4-1-7) Dizelist Penza (21-5-3-7) Dizelist Penza2019–20 Playoff matches were not played due to COVID-19 pandemic Dynamo-Junior St.Petersburg 2020–21 Loko-Junior Yaroslavl Dynamo-Junior St.Petersburg 3–1 2021–22 Poliot Rybinsk Ryazan-VDV (Ryazan) 3–1 2022–23 MHC Tambov Poliot Rybinsk 3–1 2023–24 Yunison-Moscow MHC Tambov 3–1 2024–25 MHC Tambov Kristall Saratov 3–1 2025–26 Metallurg-VO Cherepovets Granit-Chekhov 3-0 Ryazan-VDV Yermak Angarsk Ryazan-VDV (40-5-2-1) Buran Moscow (41-1-3-3) Ryazan-VDV
[*]: Both losing semifinalists received bronze medals
References
External links NMHL Official Website