Canadian Hockey League

• the Western Hockey League, with teams in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Washington, and Oregon.
• the Ontario Hockey League, with teams in Ontario, Michigan, and Pennsylvania
• the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, with teams in Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.

Altogether the league comprises 55 teams in 8 Canadian provinces and 4 American states. For lists of teams see the articles about each member league.

The CHL awards the Memorial Cup to the Canadian junior hockey champion (the American members also compete for this trophy). It is the chief development league for the National Hockey League. More than half the players in the National Hockey League for the 2002-2003 season had played in the CHL.