International Hockey League

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defunct sports league ice hockey league

The International Hockey League was a top-level professional ice hockey league in Russia and parts of the former Soviet Union during the 1990s.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct sports league → ice hockey league →
abbreviation	MHL →
alsoKnownAs	Mezhdunarodnaya Khokkeinaya Liga →
competitionScope	international club competition within former Soviet republics →
competitionType	professional sports league →
continent	Europe →
country	Russia →
dissolved	1996 →
era	post-Soviet period →
follows	Soviet Championship League →
foundedBy	Russian Ice Hockey Federation →
fullName	International Hockey League →
governingBody	Russian Ice Hockey Federation →
hasPart	IHL playoffs → IHL regular season →
headquartersLocation	Moscow →
inception	1992 →
leagueLevel	top-level →
location	Belarus → Kazakhstan → Latvia → Russia → Ukraine →
memberOf	Russian ice hockey system →
mostSuccessfulClub	Ak Bars Kazan → Dynamo Moscow → HC Lada Togliatti →
notableTeam	Ak Bars Kazan → CSKA Moscow → Dynamo Moscow → Lada Togliatti → Spartak Moscow →
numberOfTeams	26 →
officialLanguage	Russian →
organizer	Russian Ice Hockey Federation →
regionServed	former Soviet Union →
replaced	Soviet Championship League →
replacedBy	Russian Superleague →
seasonEndYear	1995–96 season →
seasonFormat	regular season and playoffs →
seasonStartYear	1992–93 season →
shortName	IHL →
sport	ice hockey →
status	defunct →
succeededBy	Russian Superleague →
successorLeague	Russian Superleague →
title	Russian national ice hockey championship →
topDivisionOf	Russian ice hockey pyramid →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Valeri Kamensky →	leaguePlayedIn
American Hockey League ("International Hockey League (1929–1936)") →	predecessor
Dynamo Moscow →	previousLeague
Soviet Championship League →	replacedBy