FHL fan here. I'm a transplanted yankee living in NC and I had a team get dropped 20 minutes from my house so it was a pretty easy decision to start watching the Thunderbirds, it's live hockey for dirt cheap. There's 10 teams in the league now, some folded, others joined, etc. The SPHL is definitely at a higher level than the FHL, we get a lot of guys signed to SPHL/ECHL teams for a few weeks on PTOs. It's a very physical league, lots of hard hits and fights. Fun to go to on a Friday night.
The FHL is interesting to say the least. I've seen them play rec teams when the weather is to bad for the other team to show up. What was more fun was when they had a team in Dayton. Nothing like having fully grown hockey players arguing with fans in the middle of games.
Lee Marion The player who is not a player it's a goalie. Scott Darling. He played for the now defunct SPHL team the Louisiana IceGators and if I'm correct the Mississipi Riverkings. And the ref is Peter McDougal he was a player for the defunct Columbus Cottonmouths before he was a ref.
Duncan Welker correct, I'm friends with Pete, he's a great guy. Tough as hell when he played, good fighter. Won the Championship with Columbus. Also, Alex Gallant also played for Columbus made it in the AHL, had a 2 Way Contract with Tampa this season, didn't get called up but he got in a couple preseason games last season with San Jose
Lee Marion I did not know that. That's cool. The only reason I know McDougal is because he refereed a game between Huntsville and the Missisippi Surge where a big brawl broke out.
If I recall correctly when the ECHL (East Coast Hockey League) merged with the West Coast Hockey League they dropped East Coast Hockey League just going with ECHL the letters now meaning nothing. At that time there was the United Hockey League so they couldn't adopt that name.
A lot of the West Coast Hockey League teams ended up going up to the AHL.... Bakersfield Condors, Stockton Heat, San Diego Gulls, Colorado Eagles, Tuscon Roadrunners, Ontario Reign
I think the LNAH is the Canadian league where it is mostly fighting. Sometimes they fight even before the first puck is dropped (like in the movie Slapshot).
Pretty sure the LNAH has a rule that allows only players who were born in Quebec or played most of their minor hockey in Quebec to be in their league. It's really more a semi pro league than anything as far as I know. But it does have a super cool history, watch Vice's documentary on it.
Where did the former UHL and IHL fit into this, if at all? I have many fond memories of the K-Wings (as they used to be called) playing the Motor City Mechanics, Quad City Mallards, Muskegon Lumberjacks, and others
A lot of those teams either changed to USHL teams or got absorbed by the ECHL. Any other teams that didn't go down those two paths I'm pretty sure became defunct.
They only Thing Different About the Sphl and The Fhl Is the Players and the Playoff Format The Sphl Playoff format Is The 1 one seed gets to pick their 1st Round Opponents and so do they 2,3 and they also have Best Out of 3,Games With 3 rounds.The Fhl has 2 Rounds which the first round is best out of three and the second round is Best out of 5
I go to echl games since they are closer to me, My fav team is the Maine Mariners or ‘Mainers’ as we call them sometimes, which is affiliated with Boston Bruins who have always been my fav nhl team. The ECHL refs are blind a lot tho 💀
The Chicago Blackhawks Sponser the Peoria Rivermen The Sphl and The Fhl Are Not Affiliated With any NHL/Ahl/Echl Team Anyone From the Sphl Can go to anyteam In the Echl the Fhl Players can go to any team in the Sphl
The OHL is a junior league, so it wouldn't be in this feeder system. Once they get signed to contracts former OHL players tend to be in either the NHL, AHL, or ECHL.
The WHL (and QMJHL and OHL for that matter) is a junior league, similar to something like the USHL, or even the NCAA. Since they're not officially professional's the leagues don't officially feed into this system that I talked about in the video. If a player from the WHL were to get drafted and turn pro however, they'd be put into one of three of the NHL, AHL, or ECHL depending on their skill level.
I believe they're talking about the Central Hockey League, which was mainly based in the Midwest, and included teams like the Wichita Thunder (now ECHL), Tulsa oilers, OKC Blazers, several teams from Texas, and a couple from CO. If it's that league, they merged with the ECHL. Not sure which teams besides Wichita went to the ECHL, but that's what happened.
But how would you know? the teams from eu never play against the nhl teams, its like the nfl americans always say they are the best but there are never any wc sooooooo
Be My Muse wrong. You’re ignorant. You do realize the top Europe/Asia league is the khl. A MAJOR. Yes, a MAJOR PRO league. It’s skill level is lower than the. Nhl, but higher than the ahl by a LONG GAP. Paval datsuk,evgeni malkin, Alex ovechkin. Know all those names right? They have played in the khl. And pavel datsuk returned to the khl after the nhl. There have been 3 nhl vs khl games. The nhl won 2. Khl won 1. Yes. That’s right. The khl beat an nhl team.
I’m not Russian obviously. And I do not watch the khl. But you guys are so ignorant lol. The khl once again, is a major pro league. MAJOR. Not scrub players. REAL players. It is made up of mostly Russian players. And Russia is Top 3 in the entire world. So it’s just really stupid if you say Russia’s league suck. It’s lower than the nhl in skill level obviously, but it is higher than the ahl by a HUGE margin. Like it’s actually not even close. A khl team would destroy an ahl team 50-0. But an nhl and a khl team would be way different. If they were to play 100 games. The nhl would probably win 70-80 percent of it. But there is absolutely no doubt the khl would win AT LEAST 10 games out of the 100. Remember. There have been 3 khl vs nhl games. A KHL beat the hurricanes 5-3. Lost against the coyotes 3-1. And lost against the rangers by one goal. 4-3.
The ohl is one of 3 minor leagues under the chl. The other two being the whl and qmjhl. Chl teams aren't affiliated with nhl teams instead the best chl players comprise a sizable portion of the nhl draft. If a drafted player isn't good enough to be on the nhl roster then they're sent back down to there chl team or the ahl affiliate of that nhl team
EvilOrso there are no nhl affiliations with Canadian or American junior hockey leagues such as the OHL, WHL, CHL, QMJHL, USHL, ext... If there was , it would defeat the purpose of the draft(e.g Mitch marner was drafted from the London nights (OHL) by the Toronto Maple leafs (nhl) if there was an affiliations between those 2 teams the TML would be unable to select a player from any other junior team, such as Travis Dermott (Erie otters)) the reason this is the case is bc the NHL/AHL are pro men's leagues so players must be 18 and above, there are Dev programs that are run by NHL teams for players under that age but require no obligation from the players to sign their rights away. I hope this is clear
we still gotta remember even the people at the bottom tiers are still better than 99% of us
I see it as the tier above KHL.
FHL is the A league beer leaguers that havent given up yet
@@theriotartist bro the KHL is alot better than ECHL what are you talking about
Were you in the Ahl lol
It too bad 99% of us earn more per year than 100% of them
FHL fan here. I'm a transplanted yankee living in NC and I had a team get dropped 20 minutes from my house so it was a pretty easy decision to start watching the Thunderbirds, it's live hockey for dirt cheap. There's 10 teams in the league now, some folded, others joined, etc. The SPHL is definitely at a higher level than the FHL, we get a lot of guys signed to SPHL/ECHL teams for a few weeks on PTOs. It's a very physical league, lots of hard hits and fights. Fun to go to on a Friday night.
2:34 that team is literally named after a radio station😂
What a boring ass name 😂😂😂😂
That's it, my new favorite team, the Cool FM 103.5's
The FHL is interesting to say the least. I've seen them play rec teams when the weather is to bad for the other team to show up. What was more fun was when they had a team in Dayton. Nothing like having fully grown hockey players arguing with fans in the middle of games.
The SPHL is far above the FHL. They've have 2 former players in the NHL, one as a player and one as a ref
Lee Marion exactly.
Duncan Welker everyone knows who the player is. Do you know who the ref is?
Lee Marion The player who is not a player it's a goalie. Scott Darling. He played for the now defunct SPHL team the Louisiana IceGators and if I'm correct the Mississipi Riverkings. And the ref is Peter McDougal he was a player for the defunct Columbus Cottonmouths before he was a ref.
Duncan Welker correct, I'm friends with Pete, he's a great guy. Tough as hell when he played, good fighter. Won the Championship with Columbus. Also, Alex Gallant also played for Columbus made it in the AHL, had a 2 Way Contract with Tampa this season, didn't get called up but he got in a couple preseason games last season with San Jose
Lee Marion I did not know that. That's cool. The only reason I know McDougal is because he refereed a game between Huntsville and the Missisippi Surge where a big brawl broke out.
I m SO HAPPY to see my Jacksonville Icemen on the MAP! I have waited so long for Jacksonville to get a team after the SPHL Barracudas went belly up.
If I recall correctly when the ECHL (East Coast Hockey League) merged with the West Coast Hockey League they dropped East Coast Hockey League just going with ECHL the letters now meaning nothing. At that time there was the United Hockey League so they couldn't adopt that name.
Yup you're exactly right!
Chitown 73 the ECHL was the CHL then they did the merger I kinda miss the CHL
Extreme Crazy Hockey Leauge!
A lot of the West Coast Hockey League teams ended up going up to the AHL.... Bakersfield Condors, Stockton Heat, San Diego Gulls, Colorado Eagles, Tuscon Roadrunners, Ontario Reign
Yeah
Love the Canucks, was pleasantly surprised when you used the Canucks comets and Kalamazoo wings
I'm a Canucks fan too haha
HybridIcing how do you feel about Utica-Vancouver being the furthest NHL-AHL affiliation out of any teams in the league?
Now it’s Abbotsford, the Comets are now the Devils farm team.
@@BTG077 yep
@@HybridIcing I'm from Kalamazoo. Every team gets into the playoff contention once they drop us
Nice informative video
CanucksHub Thanks a lot!
You forgot to mention all those great feeder beer leagues.
The Carolina Thunderbirds from Winston-Salem, NC are also part of the FHL
And the river dragons
For an update video, Carolina Thunderbirds have been added to the Fhl, and one of there players got promoted to the Echl
My old team won the ECHL Kelly Cup in the late 90’s. Mississippi Seawolves
The LNAH is a goon league for players too old or not good enough to play in the minors or in europe.
Yeah, the same thing can more or less also be said for the FHL and SPHL.
How much money would these players make in these leagues?
Nick Leblanc someone call jagr
+Josh Kusiak never
Josh Kusiak you didn’t get the Goon league part?
A goalie from Birmingham Bulls did end up playing for Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)
Went to an ECHL game recently. The fans there didn’t seem to care if their team won or not, they just wanted to see fights
As someone who lives in a province where the best we get is ECHL. We get really good reactions.
btw.. the AHL map is very outdated...
So is your devils logo.
LionSquadGaming lolwut. Its the 2014 stadium series logo
I mean, for the time, no, it wasn't.
This was created when the SPHL mattered so
I think the LNAH is the Canadian league where it is mostly fighting. Sometimes they fight even before the first puck is dropped (like in the movie Slapshot).
They have changed ever since.
Right... They sign former MMA fighters, NOT hockey players
3 years since!!!
Pretty sure the LNAH has a rule that allows only players who were born in Quebec or played most of their minor hockey in Quebec to be in their league. It's really more a semi pro league than anything as far as I know. But it does have a super cool history, watch Vice's documentary on it.
Once in a while you see euro or american players in the LNAH. Its not common but the leauge has said they want to increase skill level.
no mention of the WHL?
Thanks for making this
I have an AHL team about an hour away from where I live.
Where did the former UHL and IHL fit into this, if at all? I have many fond memories of the K-Wings (as they used to be called) playing the Motor City Mechanics, Quad City Mallards, Muskegon Lumberjacks, and others
A lot of those teams either changed to USHL teams or got absorbed by the ECHL. Any other teams that didn't go down those two paths I'm pretty sure became defunct.
Sphl is lightyears away from the fhl and lnah
All these people asking about junior leagues smh
They only Thing Different About the Sphl and The Fhl Is the Players and the Playoff Format The Sphl Playoff format Is The 1 one seed gets to pick their 1st Round Opponents and so do they 2,3 and they also have Best Out of 3,Games With 3 rounds.The Fhl has 2 Rounds which the first round is best out of three and the second round is Best out of 5
I go to echl games since they are closer to me, My fav team is the Maine Mariners or ‘Mainers’ as we call them sometimes, which is affiliated with Boston Bruins who have always been my fav nhl team. The ECHL refs are blind a lot tho 💀
Chicago has an affiliation with Peoria in the SPHL.
The Chicago Blackhawks Sponser the Peoria Rivermen The Sphl and The Fhl Are Not Affiliated With any NHL/Ahl/Echl Team Anyone From the Sphl Can go to anyteam In the Echl the Fhl Players can go to any team in the Sphl
Shout Out to hockey in MKE.....Go Admirals!
What about the NAHL?
Need an upload.
Yay! Go K-Wings!!!
Only the AHL and the ECHL are affiliated with the NHL.
There’s an sphl team in Iowa now
Very close to Iowa. There's one in Moline, IL (Quad City Storm).
1:čý lol is there a Hawks and Stars logo?
Let’s go ice bears and glads
I've never heard of LNAH.
They been around for a while. Were known as QSPHL before the name change.
Montreal Laval Trois-Rivières
Where would the khl stand skillwise and cap wise?
The KHL is almost exactly in between the NHL and AHL skillwise.
Hopefully the SPHL, FHL, LNAH are better than NCAA Division I, NAHL, USHL, NA3HL, WHL, OHL, QMJHL,
Let’s go railyard dogs
how much does the players earn in the SPHL and FHL??
2 dollars every year
Couple hundred per game depending on their worth
Where does the OHL fit in?
The OHL is a junior league, so it wouldn't be in this feeder system. Once they get signed to contracts former OHL players tend to be in either the NHL, AHL, or ECHL.
I always thought the FHL was it’s own pro league just not as well know
You forgot the WHL.
LET'S GO HAVOC!!!!!!!!!!
The Cool FM 103.5? Really?
Yup. There more of a semi-pro league but a lot of former "cup of coffee" NHLers go there at some point
What about the WHL?
The WHL (and QMJHL and OHL for that matter) is a junior league, similar to something like the USHL, or even the NCAA. Since they're not officially professional's the leagues don't officially feed into this system that I talked about in the video. If a player from the WHL were to get drafted and turn pro however, they'd be put into one of three of the NHL, AHL, or ECHL depending on their skill level.
Lets Talk Baseball wow...
Let’s go dragons
OHL?
GO HAVOC
Swift Fishin u got luckyyyyyyyy
Fort Wayne Komets!
Wheres the chl
The CHL is a combination of junior leagues. This system only looks at the professional leagues.
I believe they're talking about the Central Hockey League, which was mainly based in the Midwest, and included teams like the Wichita Thunder (now ECHL), Tulsa oilers, OKC Blazers, several teams from Texas, and a couple from CO. If it's that league, they merged with the ECHL. Not sure which teams besides Wichita went to the ECHL, but that's what happened.
CHL merged with the ECHL
Nothing on OHL or QMJ?
WHL, QMJHL, and OHL are all junior leagues, not pro leagues, so they wouldn't fit in this system.
Ushl?
After the bottom tiers there is always playing in Europe or Asia.
Be My Muse Europe leagues are way better than those 3 4th tier leagues and ECHL too
But how would you know? the teams from eu never play against the nhl teams, its like the nfl americans always say they are the best but there are never any wc sooooooo
William malmstrøm incorrect. There have been 3 nhl vs khl games. The nhl has won 2. Khl has won 1.
Be My Muse wrong. You’re ignorant. You do realize the top Europe/Asia league is the khl. A MAJOR. Yes, a MAJOR PRO league. It’s skill level is lower than the. Nhl, but higher than the ahl by a LONG GAP. Paval datsuk,evgeni malkin, Alex ovechkin. Know all those names right? They have played in the khl. And pavel datsuk returned to the khl after the nhl. There have been 3 nhl vs khl games. The nhl won 2. Khl won 1. Yes. That’s right. The khl beat an nhl team.
I’m not Russian obviously. And I do not watch the khl. But you guys are so ignorant lol. The khl once again, is a major pro league. MAJOR. Not scrub players. REAL players. It is made up of mostly Russian players. And Russia is Top 3 in the entire world. So it’s just really stupid if you say Russia’s league suck. It’s lower than the nhl in skill level obviously, but it is higher than the ahl by a HUGE margin. Like it’s actually not even close. A khl team would destroy an ahl team 50-0. But an nhl and a khl team would be way different. If they were to play 100 games. The nhl would probably win 70-80 percent of it. But there is absolutely no doubt the khl would win AT LEAST 10 games out of the 100. Remember. There have been 3 khl vs nhl games. A KHL beat the hurricanes 5-3. Lost against the coyotes 3-1. And lost against the rangers by one goal. 4-3.
wheres the WHL, OHL and QMJHL?
Junior hockey, not pro leauges
Junior hockey, not pro leauges
What about chl and ohl
The ohl is one of 3 minor leagues under the chl. The other two being the whl and qmjhl. Chl teams aren't affiliated with nhl teams instead the best chl players comprise a sizable portion of the nhl draft. If a drafted player isn't good enough to be on the nhl roster then they're sent back down to there chl team or the ahl affiliate of that nhl team
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What about ohl
Junior hockey, not a pro leauge
the gotta change those names of the ECHL and SPHL; too clunky and corny
What about the OHL?
EvilOrso there are no nhl affiliations with Canadian or American junior hockey leagues such as the OHL, WHL, CHL, QMJHL, USHL, ext... If there was , it would defeat the purpose of the draft(e.g Mitch marner was drafted from the London nights (OHL) by the Toronto Maple leafs (nhl) if there was an affiliations between those 2 teams the TML would be unable to select a player from any other junior team, such as Travis Dermott (Erie otters)) the reason this is the case is bc the NHL/AHL are pro men's leagues so players must be 18 and above, there are Dev programs that are run by NHL teams for players under that age but require no obligation from the players to sign their rights away. I hope this is clear