About the AVHL
Growing hockey in the USA.
The American Virtual Hockey League is a completely custom hockey universe featuring 80 teams across all 50 states. We run full-season simulations across the Major and Minor Leagues, and record statistics, document playoff drama, create team identities, and we have compiled years of hockey history.
80
Teams
A full league system built in EA NHL 26, featuring unique markets, brands, rivalries, and team identities.
Promotion
Relegation
Promotion and relegation keep every season meaningful from the top of the standings to the bottom.
2022
Established
This league was founded back in June of 2022 by a high school freshman and his younger brohter. What started as a fun summer project bloomed into a custom universe, putting a new digital and futuristic spin on the hockey industry.
Our Mission
Growing the world's greatest sport across the United States by fostering an online community of people passionate about hockey.
The AVHL exists to bring the structure, emotion, and storytelling of real sports into a virtual hockey league. Every team has a place. Every season adds history. Every game, series, and championship becomes part of the league's identity.
The goal is not just to simulate games. The goal is to build a league that feels alive — one where fans can follow teams, remember moments, debate outcomes, and watch a hockey universe grow year after year.
What Makes It Different
A true league system
The AVHL is not just one static league. Teams can rise, fall, rebuild, and fight their way back through promotion and relegation. Fairness is strictly enforced, and parity is superior to professional sports leagues.
Team-first storytelling
Logos, colors, rivalries, playoff heartbreak, championships, and fan culture all shape how each franchise is remembered.
Simulated results
Games and seasons are simulated to create unpredictable results, dramatic playoff races, and real consequences.
Built for the long run
Each year adds new champions, new stories, new rivalries, and new reasons to care about what happens next.