New Pro Hockey League Coming to North America! Per Steve Dangles

 

This autumn, North America will welcome a brand-new, totally 3-on-3 professional hockey league, according to Steve Dangle, who has an exclusive report. The Major League Hockey league aims to capitalize on the NHL's 3-on-3 overtime format, which has produced thrilling endings ever since it was introduced before to the 2015–16 season.

According to Dangle, there will be 16 teams in the league, each having 14 players (12 skaters and 2 goalies). The following regions in both Canada and the United States will host the 16 teams:

• British Columbia
• Saskatchewan
• Quebec
• Ontario
• New York
• California
• Minnesota
• Arizona
• Missouri
• New England
• Nebraska
• Oklahoma
• Texas
• Florida

Major League Hockey | What We Know!

📆 Launching this Fall
🏒 3-on-3 Pro Hockey League
💰 $30M Salary Cap
🌎 16 North American teams
🔥 Players from Pro, Junior and College ranks@Steve_Dangle

— sdpn (@sdpnsports) May 10, 2024

 

There’s no information yet on which exact cities will be getting teams or what buildings they’ll play at. Two of the regions will be getting two teams.

Dangle adds that there will be a salary cap in the MLH, much like in the NHL. Up to $30 million can be spent by every MLH team, which means that if all teams reach the maximum, players in the league will earn an average of $2.1 million. Three "marquee players" with prior professional experience in Russia, Europe, or North America will be available for signing by each of the 16 teams. Major junior players from throughout the globe, "qualified" women's players, and players from the US and Canada's collegiate hockey leagues will make out the roster.

In addition, a team will get a $100,000 prize that will be divided equally between the coaches and players for each win. The league will be paying its players half a billion dollars in salaries just because of the salary cap announcement; this amount does not include additional contracts for coaches, other team members, or bonuses.

The enormous amount of money needed to finance that kind of business prompts Jacob Stoller of The Hockey News to provide more information. According to what Stoller has heard, Saudi Arabia accounts for a "good chunk" of the venture capital funding. According to reports, Bauer, a well-known maker of ice hockey equipment, is also somewhat involved.

Moreover, Allan Walsh, a well-known NHL player agent, tweeted that he has learned the initiative "has significant financial backing."


Over the past ten years, the Saudi government has invested in a number of sizable sports venues, including significant forays into professional wrestling, soccer, and golf, among other sports.

 The league will not have games that go as long as an NHL game. Instead, they will end after just 24 minutes of play, with one intermission separating the two halves. This raises concerns regarding how teams will arrange transportation and how exactly tickets will be sold for such a brief event.