Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, MLRH is one of the only full-contact inline hockey competitions in the world.

Hugo Bélanger of the Virginia Vultures, former Roller Hockey International leading scorer, finished the inaugural season leading the league in goals (79), assists (79) and points (158), including a single game with 11 goals and 15 assists.

[6] MLRH however fell victim to the demise of RHI and was brought down as professional roller hockey flamed out in 1999.

According to Bill Raue, "There were so many bad feelings when RHI folded with $40 million in losses that it was virtually impossible to play at the professional level.

"[attribution needed] Returning in 2000, MLRH operated throughout the Midwest and Eastern seaboard, playing with primarily amateur players.

Doug Jones would successfully create MLRH divisions in Southern California, Midwest, East, Sunshine and Gulf coast.

Also during the season, Rollerhockeytv.net scored some big viewership and special guests as Future NHL HOF'er Charlie Simmer, former NHL player Chris Kotsopolous, Former Pittsburgh Penguin owner and 2 time Stanley Cup champion Howard Baldwin, plus NHL players Patrick Maroon, Chris Kotsopoulos and Anaheim Ducks 2nd round draft pick Nic Kerdiles all appeared on the show.

The season would end with the Bullies, winning their third consecutive championship as they defeated the Philadelphia Demons in the best of three in Irvine, California.

In Jones's absence, MLRH adapted tournament style play with no check format.

Teams embraced the non-check format and organizations like the respected San Diego Hosers, participated.

Each Major League Roller Hockey PRO regulation game is played between two teams and is 34 minutes long.

First, the league only has an "offside pass" rule, which requires a stoppage in play if a pass originating from inside a team's defending zone was completed on the offensive side of the center line, unless the puck crossed the line before the player.

It is similar in that, when a team is guilty of illegally clearing the puck they are not allowed to make a line change before the following faceoff.

Any player wearing such who receives a high sticking penalty is assessed a double minor automatically.

Among major professional sports leagues, the NHL is the only one to award a team points for losing in overtime.

In July 2017, Bill Raue, MLRH President and founder, announced that MLRH would be taking a hiatus for the 2017-18 season as he was committed to the production of a major film (an ice hockey inspired sports drama) with the support of the Czech Film Commission.

Mick Payne, MLRH Europe Commissioner, will be produce the Bob Sullivan Memorial tournament.

Sullivan, a former NHL player with the Hartford Whalers was a long-time supporter of MLRH in Germany.