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Revision as of 18:22, 25 February 2020
| Countries |
 Jääland |
|---|---|
| Confederation | MHL |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Levels on pyramid | 1 |
| League cup(s) | Jääland-Liiga Playoffs |
| International cup(s) |
MHL Cup MCHL (via MHL Cup) |
 2019-20 Jaaland-Liiga | |
Jääland-Liiga is the elite ice hockey league of Jääland and is planned to have 10 teams with the league having two MHL cup spots. The Jääland-Liiga operates MHL rules unlike the other major Apollonian ice hockey League, the ICHL. The league, as well as the Freelandzka Hokej Ekstra Liga, is considered a major development league for hockey players until they are ready to be in the ICHL.
History
Results
Champions
Playoff Winners
League structure
Teams play each other 6 times (3 x home, 3 x away), making for a 60-game regular season. Three points are awarded for a regulation win, two for overtime and one for an overtime or penalty shootout defeat. Overtime consists of five minutes of three-on-three hockey and ends immediately if a goal is scored. The team that has most points at the end of the regular season will be declared champion of the league.
The Playoffs are contested by the teams with the best regular-season records. The winner is crowned the champion of the Jääland Championship. The top eight teams of the regular season qualify for the quarter-finals, with their league position determining their seeding. All quarter-finals are two-legged ties. Both the semi-finals and the final take place over a single weekend in March at the Red Bear Centre in Hellistelli.
Players
Despite being the national sport of the country, the league struggles to maintain teams which fully contains homegrown players due to the top talent in the country being drafted into the ICHL each year and therefore imports from leagues such as the AEHL are common in each team. Because of the number of imports, the style of hockey is similar to the one found in the Florian Republic. The number of imports and homegrown players in the league are split around 50/50. The league provides the majority of players for the MHL World Championships.
