# National Junior Hockey League

The National Junior Hockey League (NMHL) (formerly Junior Hockey League Division B) (Russian: Национальная молодежная хоккейная лига (НМХЛ)) 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. A promotion and relegation system was in place between the MHL and MHL-B, where the bottom 2 teams at the end of the season of MHL were relegated to MHL-B and the 2 best MHL-B teams are promoted to MHL.
The Regions Cup is awarded to the champion of the playoffs of the league.

## Generation Cup

The Generation Cup (Russian: Кубок Поколения, Kubok Pokoleniya) 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 East |
| 2013 | 17 April | Olymp Arena, Kirovo-Chepetsk | Team West | 6–3 | Team East |
| 2014 | 18 January | Ice Arena Gornyak Uchaly, Uchaly | Team West | 1–4 | Team East |
| 2015 | 17 January | Yubileyny Sports Palace, Almetyevsk | Team East | 3–4 | Team West |
| 2016 | 30 January | Ice Palace Naberezhny Chelny, Naberezhnye Chelny | Team East | 4–0 | Team West |

## Future Cup

The Future Cup (Russian: Кубок Будущего, Kubok Budushchego) 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 (Russian: Суперкубок, Superkubok) 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.

## Teams in 2018–19

National Junior Hockey League :
| Team | City | Arena |
| HC Belgorod | Belgorod | Oranzevjy led |
| HC Bryansk | Bryansk | Desna Stadium |
| Dizelist Penza | Penza | Temp sports ice palace |
| Golden Dogs | Moscow | Dmitrov Sports Complex |
| Loko-Junior Yaroslavl | Yaroslavl | Lokomotiv Sports Complex |
| Metallurg Cherepovets | Cherepovets | Ice Palace |
| MHK Lipetsk | Lipetsk | Zvezdny Sports Complex |
| NHC | Novomoskovsk | Jubilee Ice Palace |
| Polyot | Rybinsk | Sports Palace Polyot |
| Progress | Glazov | Progress Sports Palace |
| HC Rossosh | Rossosh | Rossosh Ice Palace |
| Rostov Junior | Rostov-on-Don | Ice Arena |
| Tverichi Tver | Tver | Sports Complex Yubileiny |

## Champions

| Season | Regions Cup Champion | Regions Cup Finalist | Series Result | Bronze Medalist | Eastern Division winner | Central Division winner | Western Division winner | Regular season winner |
| 2011–12 | 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 | Series Result | Bronze Medalist | Northwest Division winner | Volga Division winner | Ural-Siberia Division winner | Regular season winner |
| 2012–13 | 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 Cup Champion | Regions Cup Finalist | Series Result | Bronze Medalist | Eastern Conference winner | Western Conference winner | Regular season winner |
| 2013–14 | Berkuty Kubani Krasnodar | Loko-Junior Yaroslavl | 3–1 | Mechel Chelyabinsk | Mechel Chelyabinsk (32-5-1) | Berkuty Kubani Krasnodar (31-5-2) | Mechel Chelyabinsk |
| 2014–15 | Rossosh Voronezh | Gornyak Uchaly | 3–2 | Batyr & MHK Zelenograd$^{[*]}$ | Gornyak Uchaly (44-6-2) | Rossosh Voronezh (51-9-4) | Rossosh Voronezh |
| 2015–16 | Gornyak Uchaly | Rossosh Voronezh | 3–0 | Loko-Junior Yaroslavl | Gornyak Uchaly (28-10-2) | Rossosh Voronezh (34-6-4) | Rossosh Voronezh |
| 2016–17 | 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 Penza |
$^{[*]}$: Both losing semifinalists received bronze medals