Intercontinental Hockey League

Intercontinental Hockey League

Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2019
Inaugural season	2019–2020
No. of teams	32
Nation(s)	Florian Republic Shireroth Birgeshir Freeland Sanama Talenore
TV partner(s)	Red Sports PRF 1
Level on pyramid	1

The Intercontinental Hockey League (Intercontinental Hockey League) is a professional ice hockey league operating in Apollonia, Cibola, Keltia and Benacia which will comprise of 32 teams: 23 from the Florian Republic, 4 in Freeland, 1 from Birgeshir, Talenore and Sanama plus 2 from Shireroth. The league is the successor of the Florian Hockey League the former top-flight ice hockey competition in the Florian Republic. Currently, the second most popular ice hockey league on Micras, the winner of the Intercontinental Hockey League will be awarded the Farrar Cup annually and the highest ranked Florian side will be declared Champion of Floria.

Format

The thirty-two teams are split into two conferences and in these conferences, both are split into two divisions of 8 teams. Teams play an 82-game season, 41 each of home and away. Teams in the ICHL play sixteen more games than the teams playing in the MEHL. Teams play 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 adopt rules slightly different from the ones set by the MHL. The main differences being a smaller rink (58m by 28m) and operation of overtime in where teams will play one 10 minute period of 3-on-3. If there is no winner after that, a five-shot shoutout will commence deciding the winner.

Season Structure

The Intercontinental Hockey League is divided into a regular season and a postseason playoff competition, the Farrar Cup. The league's regular season standings are based on a point system. Three points are awarded for a win, two points for winning in overtime or a shootout, 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 highest placed team with the most points is given the Presidents Shield.

Entry Draft

The Intercontinental Hockey League operates an Entry Draft each season for clubs to acquire new players. In the draft, the top draft prospects by nationality are split and selected from franchises from the draft prospects country. E.g a Florian draft prospect can only be picked by Florian franchises. However, due to Birgeshir, Sanama and Talenore each only having one franchise in the league, franchises from these nations are permitted to acquire Florian draft prospects. The draft usually lasts six rounds. This will change however from 2020 onwards when all thirty-two franchises will be able to select two pools of players, one pool being Florian players and the other 'International' players where players from all MHL member nations are eligible to be entered to.

Teams

Club	Founded	City	Arena(s)	Capacity	Division	Conference
Fatehpur Sikri Buccaneers	2019	Fatehpur Sikri	FS Canton Arena	19,000	Farrar	Northern
Talenore Pirates	2019	Talenore	TalCorp Arena	23,000	Farrar	Northern
Northcliff Capitals	2017	Northcliff	Florian National Indoor Sports Complex	23,000	Metro	Northern
Stonehall Steelers	2017	Stonehall	Target Centre	17,500	Central	Southern
Newmarsh Hurricanes	2017	Newmarsh	Suns Arena	18,055	Metro	Northern
Oldhaven Wolfpack	2017	Oldhaven	Florian Bank Arena	19,356	Europa	Southern
Dragonmoor Thunder	2017	Dragonmoor	Florian Airlines Arena	16,500	Europa	Southern
Blackoak Blues	2017	Blackoak	Blackoak City Arena	15,000	Central	Southern
Northcliff Golden Knights	2018	Northcliff	FR Telecom Arena	17,850	Metro	Northern
Victoria Predators	2018	Victoria	Predator Arena	15,000	Metro	Northern
Longsight Jets	2018	Longsight	Jets Arena	14,000	Metro	Northern
Westlake Kings	2018	Westlake	WestBank Arena	16,500	Central	Southern
Ostville Blackhawks	2018	Ostville	Blackhawk Arena	17,000	Central	Southern
HKS Opolla	2018	Opolla			Farrar	Northern
GKS Viten Vikings	2018	Viten			Farrar	Northern
Dragonmoor Storm	2018	Dragonmoor	Florian Airlines Arena	15,000	Europa	Southern
Newhedge Raptors	2018	Newhedge	Raptor Arena	16,000	Europa	Southern
Northcliff Senators	2018	Northcliff	International Centre	23,000	Metro	Northern
Dragonmoor All-Golds	2018	Dragonmoor	RB Arena	16,000	Europa	Southern
Havenbarrow Giants	2018	Havenbarrow	Giant Step Arena	17,000	Farrar	Northern
Etourney Avalanche	2018	Tanbury	Tanbury Indoor Arena	7,080	Europa	Southern
Pnica Panthers					Farrar	Northern
KTH Kłomina					Farrar	Northern
Lunaris					Central	Southern
Shirekeep Exiles					Farrar	Northern
Northsilver Rangers	2019				Central	Southern
Wolfpine Blizzard	2019				Metro	Northern
Otaq Aliens	2012	Otaq	Otaq Buz Pisti	15,000	Europa	Southern
RB Las Andreas	2019	Las Andreas	Las Andreas Indoor colosseum	19,650	Central	Southern
Longsight Flames	2019				Metro	Northern
Birmingham Bombers	2019				Central	Southern
Port Farrar Pirates	2019	Port Farrar	Pirate Bay	15,000	Europa	Southern

Future

Club	Founded	City	Arena(s)	Capacity	Conference	League entry date
Aldurian team TBC	2019	TBC	TBC	TBC	Southern	2021

Former teams

Club	Founded	City	Arena(s)	Capacity	Disbanded
Meadowedge Lightning	2018	Meadowedge	Meadowedge Indoor Arena	15,000	2019

Media coverage

Florian Republic

Broadcasting rights for the league in the Florian Republic are held by Red Sports in a deal believed to be around $5.2 million which will commence in the inaugural season of the league. Coverage by Red Sports is in English and coverage in Florian language is covered by the broadcasters red button service. Games that are not broadcast as part of the national rights deal are broadcast by regional networks with permission from the league. Red Sports only broadcast matches involving Florian teams. Matches involving Two teams outside the Florian Republic are not covered.