11. Like the original concept, the vessel is designed to break level ice up to in thickness. 12. The club-level ice hockey team plays in the Colonial States College Hockey Conference ( CSCHC ). 13. The vessel is capable of moving in level ice at in both ahead and astern directions. 14. The "'BeNe League "'( ) is the highest-level ice hockey league in Belgium and the Netherlands. 15. Thanks to the icebreaker bow and sloping sides, the combination could operate independently in level ice . 16. Eventually, in 1983, EVF was relegated from the Bundesliga, permanently leaving top level ice hockey in Germany behind. 17. The AIHL is the top-level ice hockey league in Australia, and the largest league in the Southern Hemisphere. 18. Extensive ice model tests confirmed the vessel's operational capability in level ice , rubble fields, ice channels and ridges. 19. Krimsky will be succeeded by Dave Ogrean, executive director of USA Hockey, the national federation for Olympic-level ice hockey. 20. The women's senior-level ice hockey team formerly played in the Canadian Women's Hockey League ( CWHL ), until 2010.