The Jokerit hockey tam is a part of a league that is second in the world behind what organization?
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Peter Regin Peter Regin Jensen (born 16 April 1986) is a Danish professional ice hockey player who is currently serving as captain for Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the third round (87th overall) of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft and played his first five NHL seasons with the organization. Prior to his NHL career he played professionally in Europe.
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Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) (Russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya hokkeynaya liga ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises 27 member clubs based in Belarus, China, Finland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia, and Slovakia and it is planned to expand to more countries. It is widely considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in Europe and Asia, and second in the world behind the NHL. KHL has the third highest average attendance in Europe with 6,121 spectators per game in the regular season, and the highest total attendance in Europe with 5.32 million spectators in the regular season.
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South African Ice Hockey Federation The South African Ice Hockey Federation (SAIHF) (Afrikaans: "Suid-Afrikaanse Yshokkie Federasie" ) is the governing body that oversees ice hockey in South Africa. It was the first African nation to join the International Ice Hockey Federation.
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Hockey Europe Hockey Europe is a collaboration of ice hockey leagues within Europe. It was formed by six European Leagues to help negotiate for their rights with the NHL and KHL.
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Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 The Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 is a Canadian Junior ice hockey league operating in Eastern Ontario. The league is sanctioned by Hockey Eastern Ontario and Hockey Canada. The 16 member team of the league compete for the Barkley Cup and acts as a second tier to the Central Canada Hockey League. Dating back to the 1960s, the league was known until 2015 as the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League.
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Nepal Ice Hockey Association The Nepal Ice Hockey Association (NIHA) (Nepali: नेपाल आइस हक्की संघ ) is the governing body of ice hockey in Nepal.
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2011 IIHF World Championship Division II The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II were international Ice Hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested from 4–10 April 2011 in Melbourne, Australia and Group B was contested from 10–16 April 2011 in Zagreb, Croatia. Prior to the start of the tournament the North Korean national team announced they would withdraw, citing financial reasons. All games against them were counted as a forfeit, with a score of 5–0 for the opposing team. This was the last year of parallel divisional tournaments so teams that finished third and above formed Group A for 2012, and the lower finishers formed Group B.
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Malaysia men's national ice hockey team The Malaysian national ice hockey team (Malay: "Pasukan Hoki Ais Kebangsaan Malaysia" ) is the national men's ice hockey team of Malaysia. The team is controlled by the Malaysia Ice Hockey Federation and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 28 September 2006. Malaysia is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Rankings and have not entered in any IIHF World Championships.
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Esiliiga The Esiliiga is the second division in the Estonian football league system. The Esiliiga is ranked below the Meistriliiga and above the Esiliiga B.
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French Ice Hockey Federation The French Ice Hockey Federation (French: "Fédération Française de Hockey sur Glace (FFHG)" ) is the governing body of ice hockey in France, as recognized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was founded in 2006 after separation with the Fédération française des sports de glace (French Ice Sports Federation). The federation manages both the amateur and professional games in France, as well as the national teams on junior and senior levels. France is a founding member of the IIHF.
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Junior League of Boston The Junior League of Boston is a women’s service organization that has worked to improve the communities of the greater Boston area since the beginning of the 20th century. The League’s importance comes from both its historical significance and the current role it plays in Boston. Founded in 1906, it was the second junior league in the world. Since then, its membership and service projects have expanded substantially. The Boston League currently has over 800 members who together provide over 16,000 service hours each year. It is a member of the Association of Junior Leagues, which was founded in 1921 and now includes 294 member leagues across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the UK with a total of over 170,000 members.
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Serie A (ice hockey) Serie A was the top tier of professional ice hockey in Italy, which first began play in 1925. They are conducted under the authority of the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (FISG). As in the other top-level Italian sports leagues, the winners of the Elite.A will wear the "Scudetto" the following season. The league's cup is known as the "Rbk Hockey Cup" to reflect Reebok's sponsorship of the league. The league merged with the Inter-National League to become the Alps Hockey League in 2016.
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Russian Hockey Second League The Second League (Russian: Вторая лига , translit. Vtoraya Liga, also seen as RUS-4) 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.
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Ice hockey rules Ice hockey rules define the parameters of the sport of ice hockey. The sport is governed by several organizations including the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the National Hockey League (NHL), Hockey Canada, USA Hockey and others. The rules define the size of the hockey rink where a game is played, the playing and safety equipment, the game definition, including time of play and whether tie-breaking methods are used and the actual playing rules themselves. The IIHF rule book is used in both amateur and professional leagues worldwide. The NHL's rule book is the basis for the rule books of most North American professional leagues. The IIHF, amateur and NHL rules evolved separately from amateur and professional Canadian ice hockey rules of the early 1900s.
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Summit Series The Summit Series, or Super Series (in Russian "Суперсерия СССР — Канада"; "Superseriya SSSR — Canada"), known at the time simply as the Canada–USSR Series, was an eight-game series of ice hockey between the Soviet Union and Canada, held in September 1972. It was the first competition between the Soviet national team and a Canadian team represented by professional players of the National Hockey League (NHL), known as "Team Canada". It was the first international ice hockey competition for Canada after Canada had withdrawn from international ice hockey competitions in a dispute with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The series was organized with the intention to create a true best-on-best competition in the sport of ice hockey. The Soviets had become the dominant team in international competitions, which disallowed the professional players of Canada. Canada had had a long history of dominance of the sport prior to the Soviets' rise.
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Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League (Bulgarian: Втора професионална футболна лига ) or simply Second League (Bulgarian: Втора Лига ) is the second level of the Bulgarian football league system, below First League and above the Third League. Sixteen teams take part in the league, each playing twice against all the other, once home and once away. Most matches are played on Saturdays and Sundays. The league is administered by the Bulgarian Professional Football League.
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Tranås AIF Tranås AIF (sometimes abbreviated "TAIF") is a Swedish sports club active in a number of sports including ice hockey. The ice hockey club, Tranås AIF Ishockeyförening, better known as Tranås AIF Hockey (or Tranås AIF IF), played several season in Sweden's second-highest league, Allsvenskan, but since being relegated in 2003 has played in Division 1, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden.
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1995–96 I-Divisioona season The 1995–96 I-Divisioona season was the 22nd season of the I-Divisioona, the second level of Finnish ice hockey. 16 teams participated in the league, and Hermes Kokkola and SaiPa Lappeenranta qualified for the promotion/relegation round of the SM-liiga.
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Royal Belgian Athletics League The Royal Belgian Athletics League (Dutch: Koninklijke Belgische Atletiekbond, French: "Ligue Royale Belge d'Athlétisme") is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Belgium.
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Ontario Minor Hockey Association The Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) is a major ice hockey governing body at the minor level. The OMHA is empowered by the Ontario Hockey Federation and Hockey Canada. The OMHA oversees minor hockey from Initiation to Juvenile throughout the majority of southern Ontario. There are two "AAA" leagues, the Eastern AAA Hockey League and the South-Central Triple A Hockey League as well as four "AA" leagues in the York-Simcoe AA League, Tri-County AA League, Lakeshore League and the Bluewater League. The OMHA also has six "A" leagues in the Bluewater League, Niagara District League, Tri-County A League, York-Simcoe A League and the Lakeshore League.
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2ª Divisão de Macau Campeonato da 2ª Divisão do Futebol, is the second division of the Macau Football Association, created in 2005. As with the Hong Kong First Division League, it is separate from the mainland Chinese football league system, including the Chinese Super League and leagues above and below it. The winners are promoted to the Liga de Elite and the last place team is relegated to Campeonato da 3ª Divisão do Futebol.
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Professional sports league organization Professional sports leagues are organized in numerous ways. The two most significant types are one that developed in Europe, characterised by a tiered structure using promotion and relegation to determine participation in a hierarchy of leagues or divisions, and a North American originated model characterized by its use of "franchises," closed memberships, and minor leagues. Both these systems remain most common in their area of origin, although both systems are used worldwide.