Alberta Elite Hockey League

The Alberta Elite U18 AAA Hockey League more commonly the Alberta Elite Hockey League formerly the Alberta Midget Hockey League or AMHL is the provincial U18 AAA ice hockey league for Alberta, Canada. The league consists of 18 teams split into the North and South Divisions. League champions go on to compete with the BC Elite Hockey League-U18 AAA champions to represent the Pacific at the annual Telus Cup, Canada's national midget championship. The Calgary Buffalos are current league champions. Red Deer is the last AMHL team to win a national title, having won in 2012 & 2013.

The league was formerly known as the Alberta Midget Hockey League until Hockey Canada announced a reorganization of the youth levels of hockey with the former midget category being renamed U-18.

Telus Cup
The Calgary Northstars (1991 and 2003), Calgary Buffaloes (1989), and Red Deer Optimist Rebels/Chiefs (2012 & 2013), represent the only AMHL teams to have won the national midget title. The AMHL has represented the Pacific at the tournament every year since 1985, with the exceptions of 1986, 1992, 2007, and 2012, when British Columbian teams won representation. Alberta has hosted the national championship three times: 1991 in Calgary, 2007 in Red Deer, and 2012 in Leduc.

Alumni
Many players move on from the AMHL to play Junior A or Major Junior in Western Canada. The league's National Hockey League (NHL) alumni include Jarome Iginla, Dany Heatley, Jason Smith, Trent Hunter, Joffery Lupul, Trevor Linden, Geoff Sanderson, Scottie Upshall, Brian Sutherby, Mike Comrie, Nick Tarnasky, Jonathan Filewich and Bryan McCabe.