List of ice hockey leagues


This is a list of ice hockey leagues, both professional and amateur, from around the world; parentheses denote year of establishment and, where applicable, year of disestablishment.

North America

Men

Major professional

  • National Hockey League

    Minor professional

  • American Hockey League AAA
  • ECHL AA
  • SPHL A
  • FPHL A
  • 3ICE

    Semi-professional

  • Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey

    Junior

Major junior
  • Canadian Hockey League
  • *Ontario Hockey League
  • *Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League
  • *Western Hockey League
    Junior A
Hockey Canada junior A leagues
  • Canadian Junior Hockey League
  • *Alberta Junior Hockey League
  • *Central Canada Hockey League
  • *Quebec Junior Hockey League
  • *Manitoba Junior Hockey League
  • *Maritime Junior A Hockey League
  • *Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
  • *Ontario Junior Hockey League
  • *Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League
  • *Superior International Junior Hockey League
Tier 2
  • *Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
  • *Pacific Junior Hockey League
    USA Hockey junior leagues
;Tier I
  • United States Hockey League
;Tier II
;Tier III
  • North American 3 Hockey League – formerly the Central States Hockey League
;Independent junior leagues
*
Hockey Canada junior B leagues
  • Calgary Junior Hockey League
  • Capital Junior Hockey League
  • Capital Region Junior Hockey League
  • Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League formerly the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2
  • Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
  • Heritage Junior B Hockey League
  • Island Junior Hockey League
  • Keystone Junior Hockey League formerly the Manitoba Junior B Hockey League
  • Lakehead Junior Hockey League formerly the Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League
  • Ligue de Hockey de La Capitale *
  • Ligue de Hockey Chaudière-Appalaches Junior AA *
  • Ligue de Hockey Estrie-Mauricie Junior AA *
  • Ligue de Hockey Lac St. Louis Junior AA *
  • Ligue de Hockey Laurentides-Lanaudière Junior AA*
  • Ligue de Hockey Métropolitaine Junior AA * formerly the Richelieu Junior AA Hockey League
  • Ligue de Hockey Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Junior AA *
  • New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League
  • North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League
  • North West Junior Hockey League
  • Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League
  • Prairie Junior Hockey League formerly the South Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League, merged with North Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League
  • St. John's Junior Hockey League
'' Quebec Junior "AA" is roughly equal to Ontario Junior "B"''
Junior C
Hockey Canada junior C leagues
  • Calgary Junior C Hockey League
  • Hanover Tache Junior Hockey League
  • Ligue de Hockey Junior A Bois-Francs *
  • Ligue de Hockey Junior A Rive-Sud *
  • Ligue Interzone de hockey mineur BC Rive Nord
  • National Capital Junior Hockey League formerly the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League
  • New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League
  • Noralta Junior Hockey League
  • Nova Scotia Regional Junior Hockey League
  • Prince Edward Island Junior C Hockey League formerly the Prince Edward Island Minor Junior Hockey League
  • Provincial Junior Hockey League 2016-17 - Merging of the 8 Southern Ontario's Jr. C Leagues
  • Qu'Appelle Valley Hockey League formerly the Saskatchewan Junior C Hockey League
'' Quebec Junior "A" is roughly equal to Ontario Junior "C"''
Junior D
  • Ligue Interzone de hockey mineur BC Rive Nord *
'' Quebec Junior "B" is roughly equal to Ontario Junior "D"''

Collegiate

U Sports hockey (Canada)
;Notes
  • Two all-sports conferences, the Division I Ivy League and Division III Middle Atlantic Conference, officially sponsor ice hockey for both men and women, but neither hold conference tournaments nor compete for their own automatic bids to the NCAA tournament. All of the hockey-sponsoring schools in both leagues are members of hockey-only leagues and compete for those leagues' automatic bids, with Ivy League members competing in ECAC Hockey and MAC members competing in the United Collegiate Hockey Conference. The Ivies and MAC both extrapolate their own conference champions from results of regular-season games between their own members.
  • The Northeast-10 sponsors a championship for its members that play men's ice hockey, but the NCAA doesn't currently sponsor a national championship at Division II level for either sex. All members of that conference with women's teams participate in the NEWHA.
    NAIA hockey (United States)
  • National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
  • * Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference
''Note: there are also independent teams outside of the WHAC.''
ACHA and AAU College Hockey hockey (United States and Canada)
  • American Collegiate Hockey Association
  • *Men's Division 1
  • **Central States Collegiate Hockey League
  • **College Hockey Mid-America
  • **Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association
  • **Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League
  • **Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League
  • **Northeast Collegiate Hockey League
  • **Western Collegiate Hockey League
  • *Men's Division 2
  • **Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League
  • **Colonial States College Hockey Conference
  • **Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association
  • **Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association
  • **Mountain West Collegiate Hockey League
  • **Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association
  • **Northern Collegiate Hockey League
  • **Pacific 8 Intercollegiate Hockey Conference
  • **Pacific Collegiate Hockey Association
  • **Super East Collegiate Hockey League
  • **Texas Collegiate Hockey Conference
  • **Tri-State Collegiate Hockey League
  • **Upstate New York Club Hockey League
  • **West Coast Hockey Conference
  • **Western Collegiate Club Hockey Association
  • *Men's Division 3
  • **Blue Ridge Hockey Conference
  • **College Hockey Association '
  • **College Hockey East
  • **Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference
  • **Empire Collegiate Hockey Conference
  • **Indiana Collegiate Hockey Conference
  • **Mason-Dixon Collegiate Hockey Association
  • **Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference
  • **Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference
  • **Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association '
  • **North Central Collegiate Hockey Association
  • **Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association
  • **College Hockey South
  • **Southern Collegiate Hockey Conference

    Women

Professional

NCAA (United States)
;Notes
  • Two all-sports conferences, the Ivy League and Middle Atlantic Conference, officially sponsor women's ice hockey, but neither hold conference tournaments nor compete for their own automatic bids to the NCAA tournament. All of the ice hockey-sponsoring schools in both leagues are members of hockey-only leagues and compete for those leagues' automatic bids, with Ivy League members competing in ECAC Hockey and MAC members competing in the United Collegiate Hockey Conference. The Ivies and MAC both extrapolate their own conference champions from results of regular-season games between their own members.
  • ''The NCAA doesn't currently sponsor a national championship at Division II level for either sex. All members of the Northeast-10 conference with women's teams participate in the NEWHA.''