Intercontinental Hockey League

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Intercontinental Hockey League
Most recent season or competition:
2019-20
ICHLlogo.png
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 2019
Inaugural season 2019–2020
No. of teams 28
Nation(s) Floria
Lamantia
Ransenar
Castilona
Sanama
Talenore
Most recent champion(s) Birmingham Bruins (1st title)
Most titles Birmingham Bruins (1st title)
TV partner(s) Red Sports (Floria)
Sports World (International)
ESN (Highlights and preview shows)
Level on pyramid 1

The Intercontinental Hockey League (ICHL;Alexandrian:Ligue de hockey intercontinental) was a professional ice hockey league operating in Apollonia, Eura, Keltia and Benacia comprising of 32 teams: 23 from the Confederate States of Floria and one from Lamantia, Sanama, Talenore, Castilona, Ransenar and Florian Eura. The league was the successor of the Florian Hockey League the former top-flight ice hockey competition in the Florian Republic. At its peak it was the largest and most popular ice hockey league on Micras with the winner of the Intercontinental Hockey League being awarded the Farrar Cup annually and the highest-ranked Florian side declared Champion of Floria. The regular season champion was given the Presidents Shield. The Farrar Cup was considered one of the most important ice hockey championships available to the sport alongside the MHL World Championships and Micras Champions' Hockey League.

History

Format

The thirty-two teams were split into two conferences and in these conferences, both are split into two divisions of 8 teams. Teams play an 84-game season, 42 each of home and away. Teams in the ICHL played sixteen more games than the teams playing in the MEHL. Teams played four games against teams in their division, 3 games against non-divisional conference teams and 2 games against inter-conference teams.

Rules

The Intercontinental Hockey League adopted rules slightly different from the ones set by the MHL. The main differences being a smaller rink (60m by 28m) and operation of overtime in where teams played one 10 minute period of 3-on-3. If there was no winner after that, a five-shot shootout will commence deciding the winner.

Season Structure

The Intercontinental Hockey League was divided into a regular season and a postseason playoff competition, the Farrar Cup. In the regular season, each team played 84 games: 42 games each of home and road. The league's regular season standings were based on a point system. Two points awarded for a win, one point for losing in overtime or a shootout, and zero points for a loss in regulation. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points in each division was crowned the division champion, and the league's overall leader was awarded the Presidents Shield. There were tiebreakers in place such as points difference and head to head records.

Entry Draft

The Intercontinental Hockey League operated an Entry Draft each season for clubs to acquire new players. In the draft, all thirty-two franchises in three rounds selected from two pools of players, one pool being Florian players and the other 'International' players where players from all MHL member nations were eligible to be entered to, the majority of which are from ICHL countries. After the draft,undrafted free agents could freely negotiate contracts with ICHL teams however each team could only sign contracts to four players. To avoid 'tanking' the league operated a draft lottery for the teams who fail to reach the playoffs and was the only 'Big Four' League at the time to do so. In the lottery, the three worst teams in the regular season gained the same odds whilst each other team's odds were weighted.

Teams

Club Founded City Arena(s) Capacity Division Conference
Northcliff Capitals 2017 Northcliff Florian National Indoor Sports Complex 23,000 Metro Western
Stonehall Steelers 2017 Stonehall Target Centre 17,500 Central Eastern
Newmarsh Hurricanes 2017 Newmarsh Suns Arena 18,055 Central Eastern
Dragonmoor Thunder Leafs 2017 Dragonmoor Florian Airlines Arena 16,500 Farrar Western
Blackoak Blues 2017 Blackoak Blackoak City Arena 15,000 Central Eastern
Northcliff Golden Knights 2018 Northcliff FLO Telecom Arena 17,850 Metro Western
Victoria Predators 2018 Victoria Predator Arena 15,000 Central Eastern
Longsight Jets 2018 Longsight Jets Arena 14,000 Central Eastern
Westlake Kings 2018 Westlake WestBank Arena 16,500 Metro Western
Ostville Blackhawks 2018 Ostville Blackhawk Arena 17,000 Central Eastern
Dragonmoor Storm 2018 Dragonmoor Florian Airlines Arena 15,000 Farrar Western
Newhedge Raptors 2018 Newhedge Raptor Arena 16,000 Europa Eastern
Northcliff Senators 2018 Northcliff International Centre 23,000 Metro Western
Southland Coyotes 2018 Dragonmoor Southland Gov. Centre 17,200 Farrar Western
Havenbarrow Giants 2018 Havenbarrow Giant Step Arena 17,000 Metro Western
Etourney Avalanche 2018 Tanbury Tanbury Indoor Arena 7,080 Europa Eastern
Florian Eura Florian Eura Devils 2019 Togofaga Eura Dome 10,500 Europa Eastern
Northsilver Rangers 2019 Northsilver Leaf Square Garden 18,000 Metro Western
Wolfpine Blizzard 2019 Wolfpine,Northcliff The Shelter 17,000 Metro Western
RB Las Andreas 2019 Las Andreas Las Andreas Indoor colosseum 19,650 Europa Eastern
Longsight Flames 2019 Longsight Florian Bank Firedome 19,289 Central Eastern
Birmingham Bruins 2019 Birmingham Central Park 16,000 Central Eastern
Vice City Red Wings 2019 Vice City Red Wings Palace Arena 19,000 Farrar Western
Meadowedge Lightning 2018 Meadowedge Meadowedge Indoor Arena 15,000 Farrar Western
Coldley Ducks 2019 Coldley Stationery Centre 18,200 Metro Western
Oldhaven Pirates 2020 Oldhaven Florian Bank Arena 19,356 Europa Eastern
Florian Republic Southcliff Purple Jackets 2020 Southcliff City Ontario Centre 20,000 Europa Eastern
Lamantia Borussia Bergdorf Farrar Western

Former teams

Club Founded City Arena(s) Capacity Disbanded
Birgeshir Otaq Aliens 2012 Otaq Otaq Buz Pisti 15,000 2020
Shirekeep Exiles 2018 Shirekeep 2019
Port Farrar Pirates 2019 Port Farrar Pirate Bay 15,000 2020
Oldhaven Wolfpack 2017 Oldhaven Florian Bank Arena 19,356 2020
freeland HKS Opolla 2018 Opolla Arena Opollska 11,000 2020
freeland GKS Viten Vikings 2018 Viten Vrek Arena 15,000 2020
freeland Pnica Panthers 2018 Pnica PLM Arena 12,500 2020
freeland KTH Kłomina 2018 Kłomina Miejskie Lodowisko 11,500 2020
sanama Fatehpur Sikri Buccaneers 2019 Fatehpur Sikri FS Canton Arena 19,000 2020
talenore Talenore Pirates 2019 Talenore TalCorp Arena 23,000 2020
Ransenar Lunaris 2013 Lune Villa Volaticus Figure Skating Rink 12,000 2020
Castilona HC Réal Livingston 2019 New Livingston Ciudad de Hielo 19,000 2020

Future teams

Club Founded City Arena(s) Capacity Joining league

Players

Country Players
(2019–20)
%
Florian Republic Florian Republic 591 76.95
Freeland Freeland 62 8.07
Sanama Sanama 24 3.13
Other 24 3.13
Florian Eura Florian Eura 18 2.34
Shireroth Shireroth 18 2.34
Birgeshir Birgeshir 16 2.08
Etourney Etourney 12 1.56
Mercury Mercury 3 0.39
Total 768 100

Trophies

Seasons overview

Media coverage

Floria

Broadcasting rights for the league in Floria were held by Red Sports and Sports World in a deal believed to be around $5.2 billion which commenced in the inaugural season of the league. Coverage by Red Sports and Sports World was in common tongue and coverage in Florian language was covered by both broadcaster's red button service. Red Sports only broadcasted matches involving Florian teams and matches involving two teams outside the Confederate States of Floria are not covered on the network. With a noticeable gap in television rights vacant. Newly formed Sports World, a sports broadcasting network mostly dedicated to hockey was launched by a consortium of the league's owners to cover the gap in television broadcasting.

International

In Mercury, six games per week and all play-off games were shown live, with all other games were shown as part of a highlights programme every Tuesday and Sunday night.