The Central Hockey League (CHL) is a mid-level professional hockey league, owned by Global Entertainment Corporation. Its current champions are the Allen Americans. The current Central Hockey League was created in 1992 as a centrally owned league, owned by Ray Miron and Bill Levins. The league was operated by Ray and Monte Miron and funded by Chicago businessman and minor league sports entrepreneur Horn Chen. The league came to an end on October 7, 2014 when the Board of Governors of the ECHL voted to accept the CHL's remaining seven members as expansion teams in the ECHL.