Decoding VHL - Higher Hockey League. For fans and fans, these are not just words.
A bit of history
The history of this sports association does not last as long as hockey itself, but it is also worth attention. The league was organized in 2009, November 24th. Since then, the composition of the teams participating in the championship, players and main characters has changed many times, but the essence has not changed.
Competitions
VHL is a whole life for fans and, especially, players! When the competition begins, the season opens, the life of hockey players begins to beat the key. During the competition, nothing more exists for them but the game.
Hockey League of Russia
At the moment, there are many different hockey leagues, the most popular of them: VHL and KHL. The abbreviations KHL and VHL stand for Continental and Higher Hockey League. A little higher in status is Continental.
Team Composition
VHL players are from the MHL. After training in the Youth League, the young future stars of hockey, join the ranks of the players of the Major League.
Season
The game season opens every year in early autumn. Season opening day - floating date. In 2017, the game season opened on October 8th. The final game of the season will be held on February 28, 2018.
Participating teams
This season, 27 hockey teams from different cities of Russia have been announced for participation. At the moment, the favorites are the leading VHL teams: Dynamo - St. Petersburg, SKA-Neva - St. Petersburg, Izhstal - Izhevsk (Udmurtia) and Saryarka (Karaganda) with a Chemist (Voskresensk).
Forecasts
At the moment, in the 2017-2018 season, the Major Hockey League playoff tournament is in progress. The VHL was formed relatively recently, but this kind of competition is already more than a tradition. Of course, sports and betting have been made for a long time. But what do the professionals say?
Of the many hockey experts, those who could not be considered biased judges were involved. That is, specifically the head coaches and strategists of the teams that for some reason did not take part in the games.
Predictions for sports, especially when it comes to hockey, are very volatile. You can not make a long-term guess. In this sport, things can change critically quickly and rapidly.
At the meeting, special attention was paid to some of the favorites (including the favorites of the past years). In analyzing and approximating the chances of Saryarka and Chelmet, the experts unanimously decided that there would be no problems for Saryarka in this game and the team would easily win. It should be remembered that it is Saryarka who is the current owner of Bratina and the champion of the 2015-2016 season.
The next game on the agenda of the meeting was Izhstal - Kazzinc-Torpedo. In this matter, only one percent of those present preferred the Kazakh team. But these opinions were quickly discounted, as those who voted turned out to be connected with the team of a single homeland. Sports experts boldly predicted the victory of the Izhevsk team.
"Hammer-Prikamye" - "Lipetsk". Of the total number of respondents, opinions were literally divided into two camps. If you believe this survey is 100%, then we can say that the game will end in a draw.
Summary
Sport is an extremely objective thing, and hockey is also fast. Now all the teams are only at the very beginning of the VHL championship, this suggests that it is too early to judge. Despite all the predictions, the hottest time of the season is yet to come. We’ll find out how the championship will turn out only in March next year.