original question: Which ice hockey conference has the league of [American Hockey League]?
answer: eastern conference
answer type: Ice hockey conference.
auxiliary information: The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League. Since the 2010‚Äì11 season, every team in the league has an affiliation agreement with an NHL team; before then, one or two NHL teams would not have an AHL affiliate and so assigned players to AHL teams affiliated with other NHL teams. Twenty-seven AHL teams are located in the United States and the remaining three are in Canada. The league offices are located in Springfield, Massachusetts, and its current president is David Andrews. The annual playoff champion is awarded the Calder Cup, named for Frank Calder, the first President of the NHL. The current champions are the Manchester Monarchs.
The league of [American Hockey League] belongs to what ice hockey conference?