Great Lakes Hockey League
- Great Lakes Hockey League
The Great Lakes Hockey League (GLHL) is an elite amateur adult men’s full contact ice hockey league that is affiliated with USA Hockey. Players must be at least 18 years of age and most have previous college, Junior or semi-pro hockey experience. There are currently ten teams in the league in two divisions- North and South. The teams are all based in Wisconsin Northern Illinois, the upper peninsula of Michigan.
Teams in the league
There are currently ten teams in the Great Lakes Hockey League. They are divided into the North and South divisions:
League Format
The league is made up of ten teams that play a 22 game schedule running from October to March. Each GLHL consists of three 20 minute periods. If the game is tied after regulation, there is a 5 minute overtime and if still tied a 4-man shootout. Following the regular season is the playoff tournament. The top eight teams in the league qualify for the playoff tournament.In the Quarter-final round teams are seeded first through eighth, and play with the first seed against the last, second against the second last, and so on. The teams that win in the first round move onto the semi-finals of the championship bracket, while those who lose move onto the consolation bracket. The Semi-finals teams that win in the championship bracket go on to the final, while those that lose are eliminated. Teams that win in the consolation bracket go on for the consolation final.In the Finals, teams that win are crowned champions of the appropriate bracket.
External links
* [http://www.usahockey.com/ USA Hockey website]
* [http://www.pointstreak.com/players/players-leagues.html?leagueid=268 The GLHL's Pointstreak page]
* [http://www.greatlakeshockeyleague.org/ GLHL website]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Great Midwest Hockey League — The Great Midwest Hockey League is an ACHA Division II Club hockey League consisting of 8 teams in the Great Lakes region of the USA. The level of the GMHL teams is close to ACHA DI and NCAA Division III levels. Davenport University is the 2007… … Wikipedia
Great Lakes Inline — (GLI) is a Canadian Junior A Inline hockey league. The GLI is sanctioned by the Inline Canada and National Inline Hockey Association. The league has teams in the Greater Toronto Area and the United States.History 2008 Final Regular Season… … Wikipedia
Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League — The Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League is a Junior C ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The Champion of the Great Lakes will compete for the All Ontario Championship and the Clarence Schmalz… … Wikipedia
Great Lakes Sports City Superior Arena — Infobox Stadium stadium name = Great Lakes Sports City Superior Arena nickname = | location = Fraser, Michigan broke ground = opened = owner = operator = surface = Ice construction cost = architect = capacity = 3,400 tenants = Detroit Dragons… … Wikipedia
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Hockey Association — The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Hockey Association (GLIHA) is an ACHA Division II level ice hockey league. The league is made up of teams from the Great Lakes and Midwest regions of the USA. Division II level consists of players with previous Jr … Wikipedia
Great Lakes Invitational — The Great Lakes Invitational is a four team NCAA men s ice hockey tournament held annually at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit between Christmas and New Year as part of College Hockey at The Joe.The tournament was born out of a conversation between the … Wikipedia
Continental Elite Hockey League — Sport ice hockey Founded 2001 No. of teams 6 Country(ies) … Wikipedia
Mid-Atlantic Hockey League — Founded 2007 Folded 2008 Head Office Canton, Ohio … Wikipedia
International Independent Hockey League — The International Independent Hockey League (IIHL) was an independent low level professional hockey league that played in the Great Lakes Region of the US in late 2003 before falling apart in 2004. Several players used the IIHL as a launching pad … Wikipedia
All-American Hockey League — Continental Hockey League redirects here. For other uses, see Continental Hockey League (disambiguation). For the present All American Hockey League, see All American Hockey League (2008–). For the Russian league whose name translates to… … Wikipedia
