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Current season, competition or edition: 2020-2021 | |
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| Sport | Ice Hockey |
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| Founded | November 26, 1917, Sainte-Marie, Monbec, Cassier |
| Inaugural season | 1917–18 |
| Commissioner | Jacques Guilbert |
| No. of teams | 32 |
| Countries |  Cassier (9 teams) Chistovodia (9 teams)File:Eldmark.png Eldmark (6 teams)  Rizealand (5 teams) Soravia (2 teams) Vinalia (1 team) |
| Headquarters | Sainte-Marie, Monbec, Cassier |
| Continent | Asteria Superior |
| Most recent champion(s) | Sainte-Marie Habitants (26th title) |
| Most titles | Sainte-Marie Habitants (26th title) |
| TV partner(s) | Cassier Hockeynet Cascom Media/Cascom Sports Chistovodia Rizealand Eldmark ESS ASN Sport Soravia Narnet Sports |
| Official website | AHL.com |
The Asterian Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league in Asteria Superior, currently comprising 32 teams: 9 in Cassier and Chistovodia, 5 in Rizealand, 6 in Eldmark, 2 in George Ruset Land, Soravia, and 1 in Vinalia. The AHL is considered to be the premier ice hockey league in the world, one of the major professional sports leagues in the Asterias, as well as one of its oldest. The Albert Cup is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.
The Asterian Hockey League was founded on November 26, 1917 as the Cassien Hockey League (Gaullican: Ligue de Hockey Cassien) (LHC), in Sainte-Marie as a replacement for the defunct Cassien Hockey Association (Gaullican: Association de Hockey Cassien) (AHC) founded in 1909. Following its founding the organization would establishe itself as Cassier's primary hockey league, with four teams representing the four most populated cities in western Cassier. Three years after its founding the LHC became the primary sports organization that competed for the Albert Cup, a trophy named in honour of Gaullican King Albert III, which was first awarded in 1893. The LHC underwent major changes in 1920 with the introduction of three new teams from Rizealand and Chistovodia into the league. With eight teams in three different countries the LHC was renamed to the Asterian Hockey League.
The AHL has steadily grown in size since its foundation, expanding to 32 teams in 6 countries, and is widely being considered to be the foremost league for professional ice hockey. Cassiens have historically made up the majority of the players in the AHL, though an increasing percentage of Asterian and Euclean players have also been drawn into the league. It is one of the wealthiest sports organizations in the world by revenue and is amoung the largest in terms of viewership.
Teams
The Asterian Hockey League consists of 32 teams divided amongst two different conferences: the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference. Each conference is split into two divisions comprising of 8 teams.