#qmjhl — Public Fediverse posts
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Did you know that Canada has a second major hockey league?
And that this league actually has more teams than the #NHL?
Of course, I’m talking about the Canadian Hockey League. If you don’t often hear about it, it’s because it’s actually an umbrella league for three other leagues: the #WHL, #OHL, and #QMJHL.
Think of the #CHL kind of like the MLB. In the MLB, there’s the National League and the American League. Just as the NL and AL champs play each other in the World Series, the CHL has a similar thing going on.
Each year, the WHL, OHL, and QMJHL all go through their respective playoffs. Once each league has its champion, the compete—with the host city’s team—in an event known as the Memorial Cup.
The majority of the 61 teams in the CHL are Canadian. But there are also 9 American teams that compete in it: 6 in the WHL, and 3 in the OHL.
The CHL is a major junior hockey league. To compete in it, a player has to be between the ages of 16-20.
While the CHL is usually deemed an amateur league, many people disagree—and this has proven to be a contentious issue.
Specifically, the NCAA used to label the CHL has a professional league. Which is why they disallowed CHL players from NCAA eligibility. This policy changed when American courts pointed out NCAA’s own issues.
Nevertheless, many believe CHL is a pro league since players earn a salary.
The CHL is a major source for NHL talent. Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby, and Conor Bedard all played in the CHL.
In fact, the CHL is so dominant in the world of junior hockey that most American and European NHL superstars once played in there too. This includes Patrick Kane, Matthew Tkachuk, and Leon Draisaitl.
It is so successful that the USA’s own major junior hockey league is begging—hoping and praying—to join the CHL. The USHL is lobbying hard to be the 4th CHL league because it means they’ll be able to compete in the Memorial Cup.
And this is because, try as they might, they just can’t compete with the CHL, and this is reflected each year in NHL draft picks.
Huge crowds attend CHL games. Even in cities with small populations, only with 30,000 people, you get thousands of people showing up—packing arenas.
The Memorial Cup itself is a huge event, gets broadcast nationally on TSN. It sells out arenas. At the upcoming 2026 Memorial Cup in Kelowna, ticket packages start at C$767 for the round robin event.
People travel from across Canada and the USA to attend the Memorial Cup. It contributes up to $40M to a host city. Which is a huge windfall for small towns.
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Video From #QMJHL A broad smile and some positive vibes! 😄 That's what Tyler Long has been uplifting the #Halifax #Mooseheads with for nearly a decade! 💚 x.com/qmjhl/status... #GoMooseGo
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The #Halifax #Mooseheads are shocking the world! They win a hard fought Game 5 and now lead the series 3-2, over the heavily favoured #Drummonville #Voltigeurs. The Moose have a chance to advance to Round 2 on Monday. #QMJHL
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The #Halifax #Mooseheads are off to a hot start in the #QMJHL #Playoffs. They won both games on the road in Drummondville, to take a 2-0 series lead. Games 3 and 4 will be played at home in Halifax next week. #GoMooseGo
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I just watched the Saint Johns Sea Dogs win the longest shootout I’ve ever viewed over the Cape Breton Eagles. #QMJHL I love being able to view some junior hockey again!
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Game one of the 2024 Memorial Cup with the Moose Jaw Warriors playing the host Saginaw Spirit. This tournament always delivers! #MemorialCup #MooseJawWarriors #SaginawSpirit #WHL #OHL #QMJHL #CHL
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The #PWHL is among several leagues to join a partnership in forming the Respect #Hockey Culture Center, the pro women’s league announced Tuesday.
The alliance provides a confidential platform for seeking mental health support and reporting abusive incidents. Other organizations taking part include the #AHL, #ECHL, #USHL and #CHL (#OHL, #QMJHL, #WHL).
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The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has officially banned fighting. This is a big deal as it's another major feeder league for the NHL. Once fighting has been effectively banned in the the feeder leagues, it will gradually disappear in the NHL. The NHL will probably never officially ban it, but this is another peal in the death knell. As a hockey fighting hater, I am thrilled.
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CW: Sexual abuse in hockey
A new Vibes Based Hockey is out where we dig into the sexual abuse Carl Latulippe experienced in the QMJHL in the 90s. More sexual abuse in the hockey world is coming to light, and it's time to learn what's been going on.
https://vibesbasedhockey.substack.com/p/the-sexual-abuse-of-carl-latulippe
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I've been slowly building up a collection of custom emojis/icons on my instance, and I've started to go down the nostalgic route (as is my custom). While dealing with sportsball stuff, I went searching for some old friends.
Before the :Eagles_CB: and :Mooseheads_HFX: went head-to-head in the Battle of Nova Scotia, it was the :OilersCB: and the :CitadelsHFX: of the AHL. I remember the handfull of games I saw down at Centre 200 in the early '90s pretty well. I was never much of a hockey fan, but seeing it in person was -- and has remained -- a whole other story.
It was there that I got to see Grant Fuhr and Shaun Van Allen with my own two eyes, in my small, fading industrial town.
I was really sad when the Oilers left town for Hamilton, and it felt like a long time before hockey came back to C200... but it wasn't -- the QMJHL expanded into Atlantic Canada in literally the following year, and the Eagles have been a mainstay there for 25 years now -- more than twice as long as the Oilers were in town.
But I still remember the excitement of having NHL players come to town, and of winning the Calder Cup in 1993.
#Hockey #Halifax #CapeBreton #AHL #QMJHL #NovaScotia -
A #hockey hobby side project of mine.
I was a #sportwriter in what seems like a different life!
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