Let's Talk About the Bizarre Story That is Major League Hockey

[@OsloOslo]

Taro Tsujimoto will be the first player signed to this league.

[@jerrymeyers1646]

Best comment in the section

[@Cremeaphrodisiaque]

What a quality comment. Kudos!

[@EdwinMaturski-cc9is]

Wait a minute, Oslo... Taro was a actual draft pick of the Buffalo Sabres in the 70's

[@flyingtiger1603]

@@EdwinMaturski-cc9isYes that’s the joke. Google it he was a fictional player not a real person

[@EdwinMaturski-cc9is]

@@flyingtiger1603 I know that, Tiger... I was also speaking in humor, due to someone actually bringing up Taro... You certainly have excellent indepth knowledge of history 🤟

[@DocJ58-OCB]

Shannon, you should... A) apply for the trademark "Major League Hockey" ( for all your cool street hockey meet ups), B) apply to be an "executive" (possibly a coach and/or GM.) and C) keep up the rest of your incredible content on "THG" because this was a priceless piece of journalistic humor, and your facial expressions and hand gestures says it all... you're freekin' AWESOME. We NEED to hear a cheer of "Thank You Shannon, Thank You Shannon" echoing off the mountains ...keep it up dude, you rock !!! 🦫🟥🍁🟥🥅🏒

[@KingsandGenerals]

Possibly can work as a summer league. Skilled players from lower leagues, undrafted players, foreign players, UFAs etc. getting together to show off their skills. Would still be a nightmare in terms of insurance and travel and such. But as an alternative to the NHL? Nope. Not without a serious crisis hitting the league.

[@josephwirtz8352]

Interesting crossover comment! Love your channel!

[@Phateagle262]

Yeah, though 3Ice already exists

[@marathoner43]

My first thought when I saw Steve Dangles video about it was "OK, this was some kid's college project for a business class that was posted to the Internet and someone thought it was real."

[@neeltheother2342]

The idea that a business class project was the butterfly that caused this tornado of a story is insanely hilarious.

[@thejumpyone]

This sounds like the text is AI-generated. Like this is that Willy's Chocolate Experience in Glasgow made into a hockey league.

[@ghost_615]

Exactly my first thought too. AI is going to fool a lot of people who don't realize how sophisticated it is already.

[@Tbiblaine23]

It’s gotta be a practical joke by someone

[@yru435]

I can confirm the Victoria, B.C. location: my wife and I were in Victoria last week, and in the High Tea room at the Empress Hotel, there were two tables pushed together with a table-top cardboard sign that said 'Major Laegue Hockey' (sic).

[@brad1716]

I watched Steve Dangles breaking news video on the league…. The first thing that made no sense was the money and then the fact a league of this magnitude was starting up, Steve Dangle wouldn’t be the first guy breaking the news.

[@woodsie22]

The biggest red flag is Max Chambers. In 2011, Checketts was still the majority owner, who really just liked using the franchise as a tax write off and looking cool to his rich friends, from what I can tell. The figure that was being thrown around as an offer from the Max Chambers side was significantly higher than what the current ownership paid. That tells me that either the NHL said no or Checketts’ lawyers felt that the $ was not there.

[@BrattyNerdGirl]

Max Chambers is a con man.

[@NothingToPointOut24]

Just have the Savannah Bananas on ice

[@Bdiers]

now THAT I would pay for

[@Fatazz]

Line dancing would totally work on skates.

[@MrJon326]

yea this is literally the first thing i thought of

[@pucksfromthepinetree]

Best Idea Ever!!!! :)

[@henrymanzano2201]

That would be fun!

[@JDrevolver66]

“There’s three ways to do things: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way!” “Isn’t that the wrong way?” “Yeah, but faster!” How appropriate.

[@Slidezy]

(satire)They will have salary caps of like $1,500 each team, all guys that couldn't make the AHL and play out of high school gyms. Half the dudes use wooden sticks and the other half use plastic. The concession stand is just one dude's mom boiling hot dogs. Intermission will just be the two coaches yelling at each other, not to look at each other's whiteboards as they stand shoulder to shoulder in the hallway " we're going to forecheck harder guys next period, come on Jeff, look at your own whiteboard" Jeff replies " I can't Todd, Mark keeps leaning against it and erasing my offense"

[@Slidezy]

I feel like someone should make a website called majorer League hockey with a salary cap of $30 billion and literally just copy and paste everything from that other website over. Literally just 1000x everything on the site including teams. 16,000 teams every province and territory and state has like 600 teams or whatever. With a guy running the league called super max power

[@grahamdamberger7130]

This sounds like Bishop Sycamore/Christians of Faith levels of funding.

[@tamirshimshoni8185]

I checked out the website, and it's so ridiculously amateur. They obviously just threw together something on Wix with some "flashy" graphics, but no substance whatsoever. Some funny parts include: -the map of the different territories, followed by a scrolling list, in no discernable order, of each individual state/province with their map (no cities or arenas, just... "California," "Florida," "Ontario"...) -the "New England" section shows only Massachusetts and New Hampshire (you forgot like four states there, guys...) -the merchandise section, which literally just says "merchandise available soon." They also have pictures of, like, merch concept art, and apparently they're gonna sell MLH Wine?!

[@TheBronxBunnyMan]

It's Trump's leftover stock, lol.

[@matthewryan9323]

11:50 - Forget door to door, just create "HAVE YOU SEEN ME?" posters and staple them to the telephone poles around Victoria 😆

[@claudiodemarco4388]

They were just trying to get ahead of my planned League Association of Professional Hockey (LAPH). 1. This will be 2 on 2 hockey. 2. In order to increase scoring, the nets will not be regulation hockey nets. They will be soccer nets. 3. Scoring cannot be taken within the other team's zone. Shots must be taken from outside their blue line. 4. There will be two 12-minute periods with an intermission in between. 5. In the first period, there will be only female players. 6. In the second period, there will be only male players. 7. Each period will have an intermission half way through, so there will be 3 intermissions altogether. This is to maximize concession revenue. 8. Concessions may sell snacks, burgers, soft drinks and alcoholic beverages. 9. Players may not consume the alcoholic beverages... except during intermissions. 10. We have 10.00 in the bank to kick this off. Any donations will be cheerfully accepted. 11. Any donation of 1 million dollars or more will receive a free alcoholic beverage whenever they attend a game. 12. If you are not old enough to consume the free alcoholic beverage, you must be accompanied by an adult who will consume the alcoholic beverage.

[@tt128556]

There should be obstacles on the ice and different interactive elements which the fans could activate, make it very video game-y.

[@JaredLS10]

How about Tennis Ball cannons from American Gladiators?

[@nyern]

Wipeout On Ice

[@JDrevolver66]

Maybe throw a golden snitch in there somewhere

[@stephengorney5613]

Let's see who the mastermind behind this is...(Scooby Doo reveal) Gasp! Tim Peel!

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

WHO IS TIM PEEL??

[@de-fault_de-fault]

Max Power...it's the jersey you'd love to touch, but you mustn't touch!

[@gohabs8918]

Chesty Laroux?

[@rohinkartik-narayan7535]

I like how they're talking about a 3v3 league as a hip new thing when 3ice is a thing right now as a summer league

[@tenchi100]

Sadly, 3Ice won’t have a season this year, and are moving it to 2025.

[@georgewyatt2924]

Doesn't pass the smell test until they pull a Bobby Hull in Winnipeg.

[@Harpocrates]

Indeed, I wonder how high in salary they would need to go?

[@danhillgartner4741]

It's true. I'm the coach for the Ontario Beavers. My salary is $100,000 per year. I sent them $5,000 in gift cards to cover the lawyer expenses. Should have the contract in my hands any day now.

[@nate_english]

There’s already a 3 on 3 hockey league called 3Ice and they played a couple seasons. They recently put the league on hiatus after announcing they were moving their teams to specific cities. On their site they say they’ll be back in 2025

[@squiggleface3631]

Rival League Consideration .... the WHL (1944-1974) and AHL started integrating matches into their schedules in the mid-1960s and were considering merging. This prompted the NHL into the "Coast-to-Coast" 1967 expansion and pursuing national television markets. I watched an interesting series on Jim Bartlett and found that out. Bartlett was an NHL & AHL player in the 1950s to early 1970s.

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

The WHA was by far the most successful rival league ever

[@justjohnny420]

NHL made a lot of changes because of the WHA, from players salaries and rights to a lower draft age 🤤

[@RJM1693]

That was because the people running the original 6 were idiots.

[@CasaleRA]

The 3 on 3 league still seems phony to me. However, if I was worried about Saudi money sports washing with hockey, I'd worry that they would throw huge dollars at NHL stars to play in a European league (new or existing) that doesn't cap salaries.

[@DanielC__]

Saudi sports washing is real but thankfully I don’t think they’re interested in the NHL or hockey. Not sure there are many, if any, rinks in the Middle East and it’s a sport I would think is somewhat obscure to Saudi’s and those in the region. If they became interested in washing more of their ludicrous amounts of money on say, International Hockey, the NHL would be in serious stress.

[@AdBul_]

​@@DanielC__There are arenas in the saudis, and plenty of european "no name" players play there. Not sure how the pay is and competetion level is rather low.

[@drumagus2258]

keep that energy at the gas station.

[@tylerleggett5088]

I have a gold plated puck from Grand Rapids Griffins inaugural 96/97 season and it has IHL listed on the back. Very happy we were one of the handful of teams to survive because I couldn't imagine the city without the team.

[@djjanezick5588]

Checked with Bally Sports Great Lakes, they've confirmed that they've inked Harry Doyle to call the games for the inaugural season of the Lake Erie franchise, which has rebranded an iconic local mascot and will hit the ice as the Youngstown Yoohoos

[@ravensshadow2179]

This sounds like James Galante meets the Fyre Festival.

[@dj4aces]

I always saw the IHL as a competitor to the AHL, not as a competitor to the NHL. On Major League Hockey, I don't see this as remotely serious. Starting at 16 teams, 3v3 hockey for 24 minutes, only on weekends, and one can just fire off an email to become a possible team executive? There's a line from BoJack Horseman that always resonated with me. "When you're wearing rose-tinted glasses, all the red flags just look like flags". And right now, I see a lot of those people who love hockey but are turned off by the NHL as wearing those rose-tinted glasses, just looking for something new... and here's this new thing. You see the red flags. I see the red flags. But not everyone does, and despite how informative and well thought out this video is, some folks seeing it still won't. I won't say this is a scam, but it's definitely problematic.

[@RJM1693]

The IHL tried to sorta compete with the NHL by putting teams in big markets including Detroit and Chicago. It wanted to have it both ways. It wanted to be in big markets and compete with the NHL for fans but it also wanted to have NHL-affiliated teams subsidized by the NHL. It just didn’t work. The teams’ payrolls were about 1/10 of the NHL’s.

[@Jersey209]

@@RJM1693interesting. I always thought the IHL was just a minor league that was associated with the farm system. Didn’t realize they were low key trying to compete with the NHL

[@BrendanP]

10:23 I want to be an executive! I have many years of GM experience on NHL GM Mode. I have won my share of Stanley Cups.

[@isidornimages]

This was really bizarr. I started to wonder if it was April 1st.

[@alexlynch9316]

Haven’t seen any comments regarding this yet but I have kind of a unique perspective. I went on their website and was interested in potentially finding a job there with a high level of skepticism. I’m fresh out of college with a business degree and figured they could use entry level people. I got a pretty unprofessional email back with no subject or signature saying they are only looking for executive level positions with “significant NHL or AHL experience” and “to be honest, already have that well filled out for 16 markets”. They said they’re going to start considering entry level positions in September. So they’re going to onboard all of their entry level positions with just about a month until the start of the season?? No way

[@forgottenfamily]

Regarding the 3 marquee players, I believe there are rules in the KHL capping the number of NHL players you can sign (it might have been lockout season only) so when I read the marquee players thing, I assumed that's what it was referring to.

[@im_sorry_i_forgot_my_username]

I've been waiting for this. Can't help but feel bad for Steve a little bit, he thought he could trust someone with breaking this story but got duped. Sad it damaged his reputation, but then again I feel like all the Sports Interaction ads were already lowkey doing that

[@n.stamm_]

What "reputation" is damaged? The stuff these guys do is sports entertainment. They got nothing to do with news... (Not even if you consider, that most "sports news" aren't really proper news either.)

[@Mayor_Of_Eureka17]

He is pretty overrated. Trivial concern .

[@anthonyfaccaro7118]

​@@Mayor_Of_Eureka17Who cares? I watch his podcasts and his LFRs and im not even a leafs fan. Until he unalives someone dont know what the problem is.

[@Mayor_Of_Eureka17]

@@anthonyfaccaro7118 yet, my statement remains true

[@BabyBowDingBall]

⁠​⁠@@anthonyfaccaro7118”I don’t see an issue so it doesn’t make sense for anyone else to see an issue.” Okay? It doesn’t matter if you do or don’t. He comes off like a ladder-climbing hack to some of us. Shannon manages to cover so many stories that there’s no need for me to ever watch SDPN’s stuff and that’s where I’m at.

[@galuple]

Auzzie Chambers seems to be a 22 year old who started as a scout in BC Junior B circles when he would have been 15 according to his Elite Prospects page.

[@TheBronxBunnyMan]

I predict Jagr will be their first announced signing. Seriously, I agree. I think some random guy came up with his perfect hockey league, put it on the internet and enough people ran with it, and now we're here.

[@tinyb69]

I just want to wish Commissioner Milbury, good luck with his new league.

[@charliem9831]

I love that framed picture of Gary Bettman.

[@danielflynn8530]

Do you have the Springfield MA Ice O Topes jersey? There’s several of those that have been made which are worth checking out every year.

[@ryancasey7713]

I do enjoy how “Saudi Money” has become the sporting world’s go to Deus ex Machina

[@PaulOllech]

European Football! But yes.

[@powergate92]

So I just found the Trademark for Major League Hockey in the Canadian Trademark Database which was filed on June 13, 2024. The Trademark is registered to Major League Hockey Investment Group Inc, which was incorporated on June 17, 2022 according to the Canadian Company Database.

[@madeinedmundston]

btw, I remember also,not "Ice hockey" but,anyone remember the Roller Hockey International(RHI)? Was a fan of the Montreal Roadrunner,loved it,but didn't last long(1994 to 1997) and the league didn't survived.(1993 to 1999) Great Memory.Guy Rouleau,Martin Lacroix and Real Godin,name that i still remember to this date.

[@madeinedmundston]

BTW,Imagine if Springfield ended up with a team in Missouri 😂

[@diesel9324]

Great video. You should do a video on what it takes to a make a rival hockey league. Give The Hockey Guy a trillion dollars to make the THGHL. What rules would you have, how many teams, where would they be? A fun pie in the sky video.

[@LionsFever]

Loved the Detroit Vipers!

[@Sean-YEG]

If this is anything its a scam to lure in investors who don't know hockey and barely speak English.

[@PaulOllech]

Could also be random Saudi or Russian bucks looking for morons to work with/through.

[@mjwatts1983]

Springfield Iceotopes!

[@dennis3351]

I'm in Springfield Mass and Springfield Thunderbirds wear that shirt on special nights.

[@tdk1984]

Markets all over, but Chicago isn't one? Interesting choice.

[@InsignificantNick]

When he pulled out the red card 💀

[@gamingintrospection]

I needed a good laugh, thanks again Shannon. The 'email them if you're interested in coaching' thing had me rolling!

[@pauljmorton]

I've been contemplating on creating my own fake league as well, in a sport that I've invented. There would be teams which would all be fake, they'd play matches that would all be fake, but there would be a very real website with all the fake results updated in real time.

[@EdddieJay]

i just started watching hockey and you've been a god send helping me learn

[@AgAg-yn3cv]

Max chambers is a great guy I met him at thrashers game last year

[@mrright1068]

WHA was a fun league with Gretzky, the howes, and reasonable ticket prices.

[@adammcallister5773]

This is the Bishop Sycamore of Hockey

[@JBTriple8]

yep

[@Christoph5782]

At least Bishop Sycamore fielded a roster

[@drumagus2258]

no thats just the CHL.

[@doubledouble4g379]

This strikes me as a scam to target rich idiots looking to invest in hockey after Forbes valued most of the teams in the NHL at $1 billion or more. 'Hey, wanna get in on the ground floor of a totally legit, brand-new league in a fast-growing, profitable market?' All they need is the NFTs and weird buzzwords like 'blockchain' that no one actually understands...

[@andylincoln5652]

New England has always been: MA, NH, RI, CT, VT & M(ain)E.

[@THE_bchat]

No, it hasn't. "New England" existed long before the individual states did.

[@michaelrudd1927]

I heard Swiss goalie coach Bofa Deeze was going to be the commissioner 😂

[@jimmyzarkis6276]

fun story. Was it originally released on 4/1/2024 by any chance?

[@brandonwolak836]

Actually was crying of laughter watching this video, THG, you have done it again. Thank you for this, I needed a laugh today and this was perfect.

[@HandsomeDanVacationRentals]

I’ve heard Bill Terwilligar has already signed on to coach.

[@GizmoBeach]

Major Hockey League…3-on-3 hockey. SURE. RIGHT. Because football leagues like the WFL, USFL, and all these stupid football leagues that keep springing up every few years have been SO successful. And if FOOTBALL is unsuccessful in North America, while the NHL is the 5th most popular pro league…hello? Waste of time. Waste of money. Waste of news. Just a joke w/o a punchline and sadder than Sad Sack’s lowest ebb.

[@Ironguy-gm6vf]

CFL has done pretty decent by making it a seperate game with different rules and marketed to select markets

[@noobmaster-wj3qm]

NHL is 4th

[@devackroyd]

@@Ironguy-gm6vf Yes, but the CFL has had its struggles, like their attempted expansion into the United States and especially since the pandemic. Not to mention that it is actually older than the Super Bowl era of the NFL, so it had built up legitimacy as a pro league in the 40's and 50's before footballs popularity in the United States completely exploded.

[@JBTriple8]

CFL has been successful but some Americans wont watch for some reason I do Stamps/Broncos fan here Alex Singleton came from the Stamps to the Broncos

[@theragingdolphinsmaniac4696]

Maybe it’s a table top hockey league 🤣

[@MrGamman3yt]

We used to have the coleco twist hockey challenge.

[@kevjones5047]

My New league: 1 on 1 goalie battle, played on a curling rink! Guaranteed $500 in the bank. Who's with me?

[@TheEDFLegacy]

Now I'm picturing that as an MMA-esque fight on ice. XD

[@jozue06]

Lool I’m in😂🎉

[@Actionronnie]

I've played enough Atari hockey in the 80s, to know this would be a no brainer. This is the next big thing in bastardized sports 😂 I'm sure we can take some of the market from wiffle ball, and that odd looking fake tennis game thing 😂

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

Very interesting. Great video. Informative, easy to understand and a fair way to look at something, that may be Nothing! ;) Bon Soir, from Montreal Quebec Canada

[@TheMe9595]

Back pre pandemic, there was a roller hockey league that started up in metro detroit (and the midwest but all the teams were in south east michigan basically) and they had a draft. But the teams picked people who had played pro roller before but never signed up for the draft like goalie Tom McCollum. The league lasted I think just one season. It was a cool idea, but there just wasn't any way for it to end up working. This situation is even sketchier than that.

[@charlespolenzani2219]

I! WANT! THAT! JERSEY!!!

[@kurt666morris]

I love it when ESPN's Tony Kornheiser goes off on Bettman on his PTI show. "What the NHL needs is a real life breathing Commissioner, not the joke they have in there now."

[@grumpybogart]

Peak THG. This was such a great watch. Perfect intermission palate cleanser. Thanks Shannon.

[@drake6143]

Made for gambling, two games per night means more gambling events. Friday and Saturday end of the week just got paid times. The only way this works is if it doesn't need to make money itself because it is backed by massive gambling money as an event to make gambling money on.

[@pucksfromthepinetree]

Good on you THG for making the video and educating us on this. There's no shortage of crazy apparently.

[@biglebowski3961]

Obvious red flag was 3 on 3 concept.

[@Ryanwoito]

TheSoccerGuy confirmed to exist in the THG universe

[@BigSilly997]

Arizona's arena will be on the beach in Arizona!! lol

[@MrGamman3yt]

One thing everyone is forgetting here. Synthetic ice. Saudi and Southern states are trying to figure out affordable hockey. Has anyone ever heard of snoop dog? He's trying to start something up.

[@Louis1059]

That's so frekin cool! Love that custom jersey as a huge Simpsons fan.

[@KillerCanuck]

MLH and NHL(OT) needs an over-and-back rule. No crossing the half way mark and circling back just to protect possession and looking for the perfect entry 17 times.

[@teeganreed7989]

Max Power! Great name! Thanks! I got off the hair dryer!

[@xypherus777]

Shannon got so worked up over this and I can't blame him. I couldn't stop laughing after about halfway through

[@ryanmerrett9320]

As one of the Head Execs of Major League Hockey i will just say i cant wait to see you eat your words.

[@hsiren]

I´m not sure if this is serious comment. But if you are hired and payed by the league. Good for you. It does claim to have 10 billion in the bank. Just If in by any chance you are asked to invest to the league ask yourself why.

[@LSA30]

Bitconnect had a more legitimate launch than this league😂

[@joshhansen1138]

On a note from yesterdays video, just want someone to answer it, why are the WA capitals buying cap friendly? What is the advantage to them closing down the site?

[@dreamernator]

I loved this video! Great work, Shannon.

[@schattenjager29]

Email for a GM role? Sounds like Shannon’s got the inside track on the job to me.

[@MrAnonymous-dt2gi]

It's one thing if the MLH publicly stated and it was confirmed they have a team in Saskatchewan, Hamilton, Quebec, Hartford, Portland and Milwaukee. A bit of a stretch but more believable in my opinion. Had rulers similar to the ISBHF, such as the offside rules. In an attempt to make its own sport. More body checks slap shots, a different style all together.

[@ChrisMay-mw4cy]

Follow the Money if there is any.

[@MarkHerzog-x5r]

Money laundering venue…you gotta problem wit dat?

[@stevekendra8983]

Instead of a toned down "league" playing on Friday/Saturday nights, I'd rather watch D1 college hockey. They typically play 2 games a week and are usually on Friday and Saturday nights. The tickets are pretty reasonable, and there are a whole lot of teams in D1. Just in Michigan (my state) alone I can count 8 teams.... really hope I didn't miss any... that range from Big Ten schools UM and MSU to small schools (Ferris, Lake State, NMU, and MTU) who offer D1 programs. Also, you'd have to opportunity to see many different programs from across the country and exhibition games from Canadian universities too. On top of all that, the atmosphere of a college hockey game is unmatched.

[@O1993-f8u]

I think Boston embraces the New England label more than the other areas. The Red Sox broadcast on the New England Sports Network. The Patriots use that label rather than Boston.

[@Rainyyblade]

THAT is a beautiful jersey. I've always loved the Simpsons, but never thought about getting one myself.

[@shadowfiremusic]

Hell yeah!! Springfield Isotopes. The Thunderbirds are my hometown team. We're undefeated in Isotopes sweaters!!

[@JonathanNation]

I really wish GeekyJersys did custom ones ... I only got one, and I would pick up more now that I have seen what they do and all.

[@Tbiblaine23]

Hard to believe this will be anything more than a one-year blip on hockey’s radar. Something about this league just feels off, no real marketing, sketchy figures in charge, somehow massive budgets. I don’t fully get it. It seems so obviously a scam but I don’t know what they have to gain from the scam, it’s not like they’re asking for money. I am just so confused.

[@RobbyThomas18]

Watch this be a NHL 24 video game league.😂

[@agent00puffball]

I remember when Steve posted the video that broke this League. It was equally as bizarre then.

[@KevinJL]

Dangle's video is still one of the most surreal things I've watched on this app.

[@iallan]

I found it interesting that the actual 3 on 3 hockey league 3ICE cancelled it's 2024 tour. I wonder if it was in reaction to MLH thinking it was real or just the fact barely anyone shows up at their events and they are basically filler material on streaming sites.

[@Krokodilius]

pavelski can captain the first major league team to the title.

[@patch8376]

It sounds like something I'd create on a site like Zen GM Hockey or Simon T Hockey Sim that then got accidentally copied over onto another website and taken too seriously.

[@caolanhogeweide6555]

Fans aren't that interested in 3 vs 3 hockey. Sure, its fun for 5 minutes at the end of games, but an entire game of 3 vs 3 is like watching the NBA all-star game.

[@angusevans0621]

This is the equivalent to Rugby Union and Rugby Sevens (Styled now as SVNS). I like the idea, its a great thing for more hockey all the time. It may be boring but I like the idea.