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| title          = Eastern Belisarian Hockey League
| title          = Eastern Belisarian Hockey League
| current_season  = 2022-2023 VVHL season
| current_season  = 2022-2023 VVHL season
| logo            = VVHL logo.svg
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| teams          = 30
| teams          = 22
| countries      = {{Collapsible list
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|{{flag|Ostrozava}}
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The '''Eastern Belisarian Hockey League''' ({{wp|Russian language|Ludic}}: Восточная Велисарийская Хоккейная Лига; ''Vostochnaya Velisariyskaya Khokkeynaya Liga''; '''VVHL''') is an international professional ice hockey league. The VVHL is compromised of 30 teams distributed across six countries in Eastern Belisaria. The league is the premier ice hockey organization in its geographical boundaries and draws both audiences and talent from a greater international reach.
The '''Eastern Belisarian Hockey League''' ({{wp|Russian language|Ludic}}: Восточная Велисарийская Хоккейная Лига; ''Vostochnaya Velisariyskaya Khokkeynaya Liga''; '''VVHL''') is an international professional {{wp|ice hockey}} league. The VVHL is comprised of 22 teams distributed across five countries in Eastern Belisaria and [[Tsurushima]]. The league is the premier ice hockey organization in its geographical boundaries and draws both audiences and talent from a greater international reach.


The VVHL was founded in 1968 through a merger of the Ludvosiyan Elite Hockey League and the Veliko National League with an initial roster of eight teams. The league has subsequently undergone waves of expansion in 1974, 1983, 1997, and 2010 to arrive at its current number of 30 teams.
The VVHL was founded in 1968 through a merger of the Ludvosiyan Elite Hockey League and the Veliko National League with an initial roster of five teams. The league has subsequently undergone waves of expansion in 1974, 1983, 1997, and 2010 to arrive at its current number of 22 teams.


==History==
==History==
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==Rules==
==Rules==
[[File:NHLRink.svg|300px|thumb|right|Diagram of VVHL rink]]
The Eastern Belisarian Hockey League plays on a {{wp|National_Hockey_League_rules#Hockey_rink|narrow-sized rink}}, measuring 61 m long and 26 m wide and generally follows the standard rules for international {{wp|ice hockey}}. Major differences include the assessment of certain penalties and the format of overtime. Overtime is consistent across the regular season and playoffs, with the typical number of five skaters (plus a goalie) per team reduced to three skaters. There is no limit to the number of overtime periods that may be played, but the format is sudden death and the game ends as soon as one team scores a tie-breaking goal.
The modern season consists of 803 games. Each team plays every other team in their division four times and every team in the opposite division three times for a total of 73 games per team in a season. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top four teams in each division are seeded into a playoff bracket, with each matchup decided by a best-of-seven games series. The final series for the VVHL Championship is contested between the champions of the Northern division and the Southern division. Teams typically play four pre-season exhibition games against a rotating selection of opponents in their division.
The point system in the VVHL awards three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime win, one for an overtime loss, and no points for a regulation loss.


==Teams==
==Teams==


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team !! City !! Country !! Arena !! Capacity !! Founded/joined !! General manager !! Head coach !! Captain !! Division
|-
| style="background:#FFFFFF;" | {{font color|#00008B|'''Angrast Ice Dragons'''}} || [[Angrast]] || [[Drevstran]] || Winter Solstice Arena || 8,000 || 1997 || Latisman Orbraggar || Antton Dobornik || Nicholaus Warosesky
| rowspan="11"|Southern
|-
| Team || City || [[Ludvosiya]] || Arena || ### || 1968 ||  ||  ||
|-
| Team || City || [[Ludvosiya]] || Arena || ### || 1968 ||  ||  ||
|-
| Team || City || [[Ludvosiya]] || Arena || ### || 1968 ||  ||  ||
|-
| Team || City || [[Ludvosiya]] || Arena || ### || 1968 ||  ||  ||
|-
| Team || City || [[Ludvosiya]] || Arena || ### || 1974 ||  ||  ||
|-
| Team || City || [[Ludvosiya]] || Arena || ### || 1983 ||  ||  ||
|-
| Team || City || [[Ludvosiya]] || Arena || ### || 1983 ||  ||  ||
|-
|style="background:#044762;" | {{font color|#FFD700|'''Kennai Mariners'''}} || Kennai || [[Tsurushima]] || Kennai Seaside Athletics Complex|| ### || 1997 ||  ||  ||
|-
|style="background:#007791;" | {{font color|#FFDDF4|'''Kitagan Mountain Tengu'''}} || Otara|| [[Tsurushima]] || Enizawa Stadium|| ### || 2010 ||  ||  ||
|-
|style="background:#002057;" | {{font color|#1ba300|'''Barderec Crucible'''}} || Barderec || [[Ostrozava]] || Barderec Omnisport Arena || 15,149 || 1997 || Ecaterina Vskovina || Pavlo Illych Volkovati || Sklenár Nedved-Falkovici
|-
|style="background:#0033A0;" | {{font color|#C8102E|'''Bastyak Eagles'''}} || Bastyak || [[Velikoslavia]] || One Nation Arena || 12,200 || 1974 ||  ||  ||
| rowspan="11"|Northern
|-
|-
! Team !! City !! Country !! Arena !! Capacity !! Founded/joined !! General manager !! Head coach !! Captain
|style="background:#DB7C3D;" | {{font color|#426BFF|'''Deweden Drillers'''}}|| Deweden || [[Velikoslavia]] || Deweden Regional Sports Complex || 10,305 || 1974 ||  ||  ||
|-
|-
| Angrast Ice Dragons || [[Angrast]] || [[Drevstran]] || Arena || ### || 1997 ||  ||  ||  
|style="background:#4D21C6;" | {{font color|#00FFFF|'''Repnin Lightning'''}} || Chelyazov || [[Velikoslavia]] || True North Arena || 9,900 || 2010 ||  ||  ||  
|-
|-
| Nizogorod Knights || Nizogorod || [[Velikoslavia]] || Arena || ### || 2010 || || ||  
|style="background:#AAA9A9;" | {{font color|#BA1419|'''Nizogorod Knights'''}} || Nizogorod || [[Velikoslavia]] || Nizogorod Hockey Complex || 14,200 || 2010 || Ingor Iskorosten || Svein Predslav || Voldemar Grimask
|-
|-
| Torla Reindeer || Torla || [[Velikoslavia]] || Arena || ### || 1983 || || ||  
|style="background:#32532F;" | {{font color|#8675B6|'''Torla Reindeer'''}} || Torla || [[Velikoslavia]] || Torlakupol Arena || 10,700 || 1983 || Vissivald Gorinsk || Yaro Gorik || Zigrid Iziasovich
|-
|-
| Engels Wolf Pack || Engels || [[Velikoslavia]] || Arena || ### || 1997 || || ||  
|style="background:#FFA500;" | {{font color|#FEFEFE|'''Engels Wolf Pack'''}} || Engels || [[Velikoslavia]] || The Den || 10,200 || 1997 || Ingegerd Stada || Volodimeru Haraldovich || Gleb Vissivaldovich
|-
|-
| Zarinsk Bears || Zarinsk || [[Velikoslavia]] || Arena || ### || 1968 || || ||  
|style="background:#645452;" | {{font color|#DAA520|'''Zarinsk Bears'''}} || Zarinsk || [[Velikoslavia]] || Orlof Centre || 18,400 || 1968 || Peter Mikhalko || Torvil Lutsk || Daniil Holmgard
|-
|-
| Levograv Giants || Levograv || [[Velikoslavia]] || Arena || ### || 1968 || || ||  
|style="background:#D4CDBD;" | {{font color|#008F98|'''Levograv Giants'''}} || Levograv || [[Velikoslavia]] || Zulli-Klim Iceplex || 12,040 || 1968 || Davyd Gostomysel || Ingor Gardharek || Volodimeru Mielnir
|-
|-
| Saint Dumont Chiroptera HC || Saint Dumont || [[Velikoslavia]] || Arena || ### || 1974 || || ||  
|style="background:#D30C13;" | {{font color|#3DD1FF|'''Kollavik Chiroptera'''}} || Kollavik || [[Velikoslavia]] || Grand Athletics Amphitheatre || 16,320 || 1974 || Feofan Mestnik || Grigori Kontor || Alexander Nezhatyna
|-
|-
| Kostyanopol Falcons || Kostyanopol || [[Zamorodna]] || Arena || ### || 1983 || || ||  
|style="background:#C4A936;" | {{font color|#111111|'''Kostyanopol Falcons'''}} || Kostyanopol || [[Zamorodna]] || NONU Central Arena || 14,290 || 1983 || Osyp Yevhenuk Blybudynok || Anton Antonuk Nebohodunky || Vahon Volodyharuk Horetsky
|-
|-
| Baraban Black Riders || Barabanopol || [[Zamorodna]] || Arena || ### || 1997 || || ||  
|style="background:#020407;" | {{font color|#4F7942|'''Baraban Black Riders'''}} || Barabanopol || [[Zamorodna]] || Barabash Regional Iceplex || 9,320 || 1997 || Yakyv Lukyanuk Lys'nyk || Yvanko Vanyovuk Saloman || Devyd Petryvuk Mydnyk
|}
|}


==Trophies and awards==
==Trophies and awards==
[[File:Gagarincup.gif|190px|thumb|right|The Unity Cup, presented to the winning team of the VVHL Championship Final]]
The winning team of the VVHL Championship Final is awarded the Unity Cup. The Unity Cup was introduced in the 1969-1970 season. For the inaugural season, the victorious Zarinsk Bears team was awarded medals. In the off-season, it was determined that a permanent, exchangeable award should be created to embody both the values of competition and unity of the sport, which at the time was contested exclusively between Ludvosiyan and Veliko teams. There is only one copy of the Unity Cup which is maintained by the victor throughout the regular season.
In addition to the Unity Cup, trophies are awarded for divisional championships. The Northern and Southern championships are awarded differently, however. The Tsarevich Coronet of Athletics is awarded to the champion of the Northern Division, which is qualified as the team which places first in points at the end of the regular season. In contrast, the Southern Champions' Trophy is awarded to the team in the Southern Division that wins the Southern divisional playoff bracket and participates in the VVHL Championship Final. Both divisional championships were first awarded in the 1974-1975 season.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Liga Magna]]
*[[Latin hockey league system]]


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Latest revision as of 00:51, 10 August 2024

Eastern Belisarian Hockey League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022-2023 VVHL season
File:Chilean Ice Hockey Crest.jpg
SportIce hockey
FoundedOctober 31, 1968 (56 years ago) (1968-10-31)
Inaugural season1968-1969
CommissionerKimo Eidhmazur
No. of teams22
Countries

The Eastern Belisarian Hockey League (Ludic: Восточная Велисарийская Хоккейная Лига; Vostochnaya Velisariyskaya Khokkeynaya Liga; VVHL) is an international professional ice hockey league. The VVHL is comprised of 22 teams distributed across five countries in Eastern Belisaria and Tsurushima. The league is the premier ice hockey organization in its geographical boundaries and draws both audiences and talent from a greater international reach.

The VVHL was founded in 1968 through a merger of the Ludvosiyan Elite Hockey League and the Veliko National League with an initial roster of five teams. The league has subsequently undergone waves of expansion in 1974, 1983, 1997, and 2010 to arrive at its current number of 22 teams.

History

Organization

Rules

Diagram of VVHL rink

The Eastern Belisarian Hockey League plays on a narrow-sized rink, measuring 61 m long and 26 m wide and generally follows the standard rules for international ice hockey. Major differences include the assessment of certain penalties and the format of overtime. Overtime is consistent across the regular season and playoffs, with the typical number of five skaters (plus a goalie) per team reduced to three skaters. There is no limit to the number of overtime periods that may be played, but the format is sudden death and the game ends as soon as one team scores a tie-breaking goal.

The modern season consists of 803 games. Each team plays every other team in their division four times and every team in the opposite division three times for a total of 73 games per team in a season. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top four teams in each division are seeded into a playoff bracket, with each matchup decided by a best-of-seven games series. The final series for the VVHL Championship is contested between the champions of the Northern division and the Southern division. Teams typically play four pre-season exhibition games against a rotating selection of opponents in their division.

The point system in the VVHL awards three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime win, one for an overtime loss, and no points for a regulation loss.

Teams

Team City Country Arena Capacity Founded/joined General manager Head coach Captain Division
Angrast Ice Dragons Angrast Drevstran Winter Solstice Arena 8,000 1997 Latisman Orbraggar Antton Dobornik Nicholaus Warosesky Southern
Team City Ludvosiya Arena ### 1968
Team City Ludvosiya Arena ### 1968
Team City Ludvosiya Arena ### 1968
Team City Ludvosiya Arena ### 1968
Team City Ludvosiya Arena ### 1974
Team City Ludvosiya Arena ### 1983
Team City Ludvosiya Arena ### 1983
Kennai Mariners Kennai Tsurushima Kennai Seaside Athletics Complex ### 1997    
Kitagan Mountain Tengu Otara Tsurushima Enizawa Stadium ### 2010    
Barderec Crucible Barderec Ostrozava Barderec Omnisport Arena 15,149 1997 Ecaterina Vskovina Pavlo Illych Volkovati Sklenár Nedved-Falkovici
Bastyak Eagles Bastyak Velikoslavia One Nation Arena 12,200 1974 Northern
Deweden Drillers Deweden Velikoslavia Deweden Regional Sports Complex 10,305 1974
Repnin Lightning Chelyazov Velikoslavia True North Arena 9,900 2010
Nizogorod Knights Nizogorod Velikoslavia Nizogorod Hockey Complex 14,200 2010 Ingor Iskorosten Svein Predslav Voldemar Grimask
Torla Reindeer Torla Velikoslavia Torlakupol Arena 10,700 1983 Vissivald Gorinsk Yaro Gorik Zigrid Iziasovich
Engels Wolf Pack Engels Velikoslavia The Den 10,200 1997 Ingegerd Stada Volodimeru Haraldovich Gleb Vissivaldovich
Zarinsk Bears Zarinsk Velikoslavia Orlof Centre 18,400 1968 Peter Mikhalko Torvil Lutsk Daniil Holmgard
Levograv Giants Levograv Velikoslavia Zulli-Klim Iceplex 12,040 1968 Davyd Gostomysel Ingor Gardharek Volodimeru Mielnir
Kollavik Chiroptera Kollavik Velikoslavia Grand Athletics Amphitheatre 16,320 1974 Feofan Mestnik Grigori Kontor Alexander Nezhatyna
Kostyanopol Falcons Kostyanopol Zamorodna NONU Central Arena 14,290 1983 Osyp Yevhenuk Blybudynok Anton Antonuk Nebohodunky Vahon Volodyharuk Horetsky
Baraban Black Riders Barabanopol Zamorodna Barabash Regional Iceplex 9,320 1997 Yakyv Lukyanuk Lys'nyk Yvanko Vanyovuk Saloman Devyd Petryvuk Mydnyk

Trophies and awards

The Unity Cup, presented to the winning team of the VVHL Championship Final

The winning team of the VVHL Championship Final is awarded the Unity Cup. The Unity Cup was introduced in the 1969-1970 season. For the inaugural season, the victorious Zarinsk Bears team was awarded medals. In the off-season, it was determined that a permanent, exchangeable award should be created to embody both the values of competition and unity of the sport, which at the time was contested exclusively between Ludvosiyan and Veliko teams. There is only one copy of the Unity Cup which is maintained by the victor throughout the regular season.

In addition to the Unity Cup, trophies are awarded for divisional championships. The Northern and Southern championships are awarded differently, however. The Tsarevich Coronet of Athletics is awarded to the champion of the Northern Division, which is qualified as the team which places first in points at the end of the regular season. In contrast, the Southern Champions' Trophy is awarded to the team in the Southern Division that wins the Southern divisional playoff bracket and participates in the VVHL Championship Final. Both divisional championships were first awarded in the 1974-1975 season.

See also