CHL

Canadian Hockey League

Three leagues, sixty teams, and the single biggest source of NHL draft picks in the world. The CHL is where most first-rounders are found, and where the players you will be arguing about in five years are playing tonight in front of four thousand people.

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Coverage

MinorsSep 22, 2026

Victoria opens the CHL Top-10 at No. 1 while Guelph slips to fourth

The first in-season CHL rankings have the Royals on top, London second and Cape Breton third despite two shootout losses.

Ferda Desk · 1 min read

A plain championship banner is raised toward the rafters of a small junior hockey arena while players in unmarked jerseys watch from the blue line.

Minors

Sep 22, 2026

Around the minors: banners, camp cuts and a Hartford reboot

Kitchener, Chicoutimi and Everett raised championship banners while NHL camps sent dozens of players to the AHL.

Ferda Desk · 3 min read