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{{Infobox sports league
| title           = Levantine Hockey League <br> Liga Levantina Hoccei <br> Levantiax Xókívundin <br> Lerverntirnern Herkeyr Lerg
| current_season  = 2031
| current_season2 = <!-- do not wikilink -->
| last_season     = 2030
| upcoming_season = <!-- do not wikilink; replace with current_season at the start of the new season -->
| logo            = Hockey.svg
| pixels          = 250 px
| caption         = Ersatz logo
| formerly        = 
| sport           = Hockey
| founded         = AD 980
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| owner           = 
| ceo             = Joan-Michel de Burgesse
| coo             = Cuffy O'Toole
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| commissioner    = Scipio Urceanus
| fame            = <!--what the league is famous for...the "claim to fame"...avoid use if possible-->
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| country         = {{flag|Kiravia}} (10 teams)<br>{{flag|Burgundie}}(8 teams)<br>{{flag|Fiannria}} (8 teams)<br>{{flag|Urcea}} (4 teams)<br>{{flag|Faneria}} (2 teams)<br>{{flag|Anglei}} (1 team)<br>{{flag|Hollona and Diorisia}} (1 team)
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| confed          = <!-- or | continent = or | continents = -->
| folded          = 
| champion        = Urceopolis Royals
| most_champs     = [[File:NH_Albatrosses Logo.png|20px]][[Levantine_Hockey_League#Port Diteaux_Albatrosses|Port Diteaux Albatrosses]] (180 titles)
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| sponsor         = [[Imperial Cola]]<br>[[Alquifer Incorporated]]<br>[[Burgundian North Levantine Trading Company|BNLTC]]
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| founder         = Reverend Matthias de Mabeauf
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| domestic_cup    = Stanley Coup
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}}

==History==
The sport of hockey originated in [[Levantia]], and has a close historical association with that continent. Archaeological evidence, including cave paintings and what appear to be rudimentary hockey sticks buried as {{wp|grave goods}}, indicates that the earliest forms of hockey were played among the various primitive fishing tribes that settled along the continent's northern coast during the Neolithic Era. Various regional variants of the game were played by the [[Gaelic people]]s, who had presumably assimilated it from the aforementioned fishing tribes as they became absorbed into local communities. The first record of hockey in the Latin language is found in the ''Annales Septentrionales'' of  Marcus Aspergillus, who refers to it as ''ludus qui inter Pretannos hoccæus apellatur''.

==Teams==
The Levantine Hockey League (LHL) has 33 teams, 10 from [[Kiravia]], 8 each from [[Burgundie]] and [[Fiannria]], four from [[Urcea]], two from [[Faneria]], and one each from [[Anglei]] and [[Hollona and Diorisia]]. With the most teams [[Kiravia]] also has the largest fan base. The industry makes about $14 billion collectively, $5.3 billion in [[Kiravia]] alone. [[Burgundie]] comes in a close second with its 8 teams bringing in $4.5 billion. While not a requisite, many of the nations whose teams participate in the league also have national all-star teams who compete in the Olympics and other international competitions.

===Hivernille Albatrosses===
[[File: Albatroaz Fan.jpg|thumb|Albatroaz style]]
Founded in [[1845]] as the Merchants, the company team of the [[North Levantine Trading Company]], was formed by Emmanuel Vichois-Ermau de Milasse Esq. as a niche joke by the tropical [[Bergendii]] who were curious about the '''{{wpl|Field_hockey#History|carietizein}}''' like sport played on the ice. They remained the Merchants until the advent of mascots in the 1940s when they adopted the albatross, the logo of the [[North Levantine Trading Company]], as their own. The fans connected with the albatross and put together a fanclub petition to have the name changed. In [[1951]], the team finally adopted its current name, the Albatrosses.

====Albatross Fandom====
Fans of the team are called Albatroaz and are notable for their violence and hooliganism. Female fans are also known for their promiscuous behavior and flamboyant style. The team is particularly popular with the working class of [[Hivernille]], and to a certain extent is a symbol of resistance amongst the working class of other [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] cities. The logo is pervasive across the athletic wear of working-class [[Burgundie]], regardless of which team the individual supports. It is not uncommon for poorer hockey fans to have a set of Albatross gear as well as their local team.

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