Hockey Europe
Hockey Europe is a collaboration of ice hockey leagues within Europe. It was formed by six European Leagues to help negotiate for their rights with the NHL and KHL. == History == Hockey Europe was founded in 2008 (2008) by six European hockey leagues to promote cooperation, amicable relations, and unity of these leagues and their member clubs in the middle of the heavy heated competition between then newly launched Russian ice hockey league KHL and the North American NHL. Hockey Europe will furthermore concentrate to help the six founding members and possible new members to promote and improve professional ice hockey competitions in all its aspects and safeguard the general interests of its members and European ice hockey as a whole.