MLH Championship

Major League Hockey Championship (MLH Championship) is a professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for Major League Hockey (MLH/AceHL). Since its founding, every team in the league has an affiliation agreement with one MLH team. When a MLH team does not have an affiliate, players are loaned to different MLH Championship teams. Twenty-seven MLH Championship teams are located in the United States and the remaining four are in Canada.

In general, a player must be at least 18 years of age to play for a MLH Championship team or not currently be beholden to a junior ice hockey team. The MLH Championship allows for practice squad contracts.

The annual playoff champion is awarded the Founders Cup, named for the first teams in the MLH Championship. The reigning champions are the Lone Star Rangers. The team with the most titles is the Louisville Battalion with 11 titles.

Competition Format
MLH Championship's season runs from late September to early June. Teams are geographically divided into the Eastern and Western Leagues, playing 62 games in an unbalanced schedule. Midway through the season, teams break for the annual All Star Game, and exhibition game containing the league's best players. 2020 is the first year in which the MLH Championship All-Stars will play against ZSC Lions of the National League. At the end of the regular season, the team with the highest point total is awarded the UBS Cup and on-ice advantage throughout the playoffs the highest point total a team reached is the 2001-2002 Ottawa 1907 HC who went undefeated (62-0-0) collecting 124 points and winning the MLH Champions Title.

Teams/Affiliates
==Eastern League==

-North Division-

Toronto Phantoms | Toronto Dynamo West Fredericton IceCaps Detroit Mechanics | Chicago Stars Washington Jets | New Jersey Bombers Portland Armada | New England Pirates Pennsylvania Pilots | Lehigh Valley Clash Ottawa 1907 HC | Ottawa Empire Exo Atlanta HC | Atlanta Sixers

-Southern Division-

Costal Carolina Thunder | Carolina Crew HC Trenton Blue Jackets | Navy Virginia Louisville Battalion | Knoxville Wings North County Kings | Tampa Bay Swords Louisiana Jazz | Nashville Blues New York 96 HC | New York Republic Carolina Racers 2 | Carolina Racers New York Metros | New York Americans

==Western League==

-Midwest Division-

Calgary Aeros | Alberta Wild Texas Bandits | Texas Oilers New Mexico Mavericks | Dallas Chaos Saskatoon Bears HC | Vancouver Bears Oklahoma City Stars | Minnesota Thunder Lone Star Rangers | Houston Stealth Fort Worth Rampage | Winnipeg Rampage Kansas City Scouts | Montreal Railmen

-Pacific Division-

Stockton Diamond HC | Los Angeles HC Salt Lake City Kings | Manitoba Royals Colorado Springs HC | Denver Huskies Oregon Foxes HC | Las Vegas Nationals Los Angeles Blades 2 | Los Angeles Blades Sacramento Rush | San Jose Stingrays Spokane Spirit | Seattle Barracudas

Future team(s)
Raleigh-Durham Thunder (2021) | (Will be Arizona's affiliate)