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</ul> </li> <li id="toc-Executives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Executives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2 Executives </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Executives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rule_differences_with_international_hockey" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rule_differences_with_international_hockey"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Rule differences with international hockey </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rule_differences_with_international_hockey-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Season_structure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Season_structure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Season structure </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Season_structure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Entry_draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Entry_draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Entry draft </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Entry_draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Trophies_and_awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Trophies_and_awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Trophies and awards </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Trophies_and_awards-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Trophies and awards subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Trophies_and_awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Teams_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Teams_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1 Teams </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Teams_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Division_titles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Division_titles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1.1 Division titles </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Division_titles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.2 Players </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Origin_of_players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Origin_of_players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Origin of players </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Origin_of_players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Corporate_sponsors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Corporate_sponsors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Corporate sponsors </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Corporate_sponsors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media_coverage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media_coverage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 Media coverage </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Media_coverage-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Media coverage subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Media_coverage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Canada" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Canada"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10.1 Canada </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Canada-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10.2 United States </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NHL_Network" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NHL_Network"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10.3 NHL Network </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NHL_Network-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Out-of-market_packages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Out-of-market_packages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10.4 Out-of-market packages </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Out-of-market_packages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10.5 International </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_competitions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_competitions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 International competitions </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-International_competitions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle International competitions subsection </button> <ul id="toc-International_competitions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Club_participation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Club_participation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.1 Club participation </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Club_participation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Permittance_of_NHL_players_in_international_competitions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Permittance_of_NHL_players_in_international_competitions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.2 Permittance of NHL players in international competitions </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Permittance_of_NHL_players_in_international_competitions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Popularity" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Popularity"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12 Popularity </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Popularity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 13 See also </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 14 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 15 References </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle References subsection </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Footnotes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Footnotes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 15.1 Footnotes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Footnotes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 15.2 Bibliography </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 16 Further reading </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 17 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" > Toggle the table of contents </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div 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lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="دوري الهوكي الوطني" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milli_Hokkey_Liqas%C4%B1" title="Milli Hokkey Liqası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Milli Hokkey Liqası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D2%BB%D1%8B" title="Милли хоккей лигаһы – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Милли хоккей лигаһы" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target">Башҡортса</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Нацыянальная хакейная ліга – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Нацыянальная хакейная ліга" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Нацыянальная хакейная ліга – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Нацыянальная хакейная ліга" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Национална хокейна лига – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Национална хокейна лига" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL" title="NHL – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="NHL" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL" title="NHL – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="NHL" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL" title="NHL – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="NHL" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL" title="NHL – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="NHL" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%87%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="لیگ ملی هاکی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لیگ ملی هاکی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligue_nationale_de_hockey" title="Ligue nationale de hockey – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ligue nationale de hockey" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sraith_N%C3%A1isi%C3%BAnta_Haca" title="Sraith Náisiúnta Haca – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Sraith Náisiúnta Haca" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%B4%EC%85%94%EB%84%90_%ED%95%98%ED%82%A4_%EB%A6%AC%EA%B7%B8" title="내셔널 하키 리그 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="내셔널 하키 리그" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B8%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%A3%D5%A1_(NHL)" title="Հոկեյի ազգային լիգա (NHL) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հոկեյի ազգային լիգա (NHL)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%97" title="नैशनल हॉकी लीग – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="नैशनल हॉकी लीग" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacionala_Hokeala_Ligo" title="Nacionala Hokeala Ligo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Nacionala Hokeala Ligo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target">Interlingue</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL" title="NHL – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="NHL" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%92%E1%83%90" title="ჰოკეის ეროვნული ლიგა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჰოკეის ეროვნული ლიგა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%82%D1%8B%D2%9B_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Ұлттық Хоккей Лигасы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ұлттық Хоккей Лигасы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacion%C4%81l%C4%81_hokeja_l%C4%ABga" title="Nacionālā hokeja līga – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Nacionālā hokeja līga" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacionalin%C4%97_ledo_ritulio_lyga" title="Nacionalinė ledo ritulio lyga – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Nacionalinė ledo ritulio lyga" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL" title="NHL – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="NHL" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Livvinkarjala</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Национална хокеарска лига – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Национална хокеарска лига" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%97" title="नॅशनल हॉकी लीग – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="नॅशनल हॉकी लीग" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%89" title="دورى الهوكى الوطنى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="دورى الهوكى الوطنى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga_Hoki_Kebangsaan" title="Liga Hoki Kebangsaan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Liga Hoki Kebangsaan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%83%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0" title="ナショナルホッケーリーグ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ナショナルホッケーリーグ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5" title="Калыкле хоккей лиге – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Калыкле хоккей лиге" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target">Олык марий</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B2_%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%97" title="ਨੈਸ਼ਨਲ ਹਾਕੀ ਲੀਗ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਨੈਸ਼ਨਲ ਹਾਕੀ ਲੀਗ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF" title="نیشنل فٹبال لیگ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="نیشنل فٹبال لیگ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Национальная хоккейная лига – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Национальная хоккейная лига" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL" title="NHL – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="NHL" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Национална хокејашка лига – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Национална хокејашка лига" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL" title="NHL – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="NHL" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL" title="NHL – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="NHL" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="National Hockey League" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Милли хоккей лигасы – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Милли хоккей лигасы" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target">Татарча / tatarça</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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nowrap">Sport</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">November 26, 1917 (106 years ago) (1917-11-26), <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, Canada<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">First season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1917%E2%80%9318_NHL_season" title="1917–18 NHL season">1917–18</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Commissioner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettman" title="Gary Bettman">Gary Bettman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">32</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> (7 teams) <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> (25 teams)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/One_Manhattan_West" title="One Manhattan West">One Manhattan West</a> <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Avenue_(Manhattan)" title="Ninth Avenue (Manhattan)">395 Ninth Avenue</a> <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Continent</th><td class="infobox-data">North America</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most recent champion(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Florida Panthers</a> (1st title) (<a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_NHL_season" title="2023–24 NHL season">2023–24</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most titles</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> (25 titles)<a href="#cite_note-MTL-2">[nb 1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">TV partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li>Canada:</li><li><a href="/wiki/NHL_on_Sportsnet" title="NHL on Sportsnet">Sportsnet</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hockey_Night_in_Canada" title="Hockey Night in Canada">CBC</a>/<a href="/wiki/TVA_Sports" title="TVA Sports">TVA</a><a 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href="/wiki/Sports_on_Amazon_Prime_Video" title="Sports on Amazon Prime Video">Amazon</a></li><li>United States:</li><li><a href="/wiki/NHL_on_ESPN" title="NHL on ESPN">ESPN+</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hulu" title="Hulu">Hulu</a><a href="#cite_note-nhl.com-4">[3]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/NHL_on_TNT" title="NHL on TNT">Max</a><a href="#cite_note-Rosen-5">[4]</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/">www.nhl.com</a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1215892#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" 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The <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a>, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America,<a href="#cite_note-6">[5]</a> is awarded annually to the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="Stanley Cup playoffs">league playoff champion</a> at the end of each season. The NHL is one of the <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada</a> and is considered to be the top-ranked professional ice hockey league in the world,<a href="#cite_note-premier-7">[6]</a> with players from 17 countries as of the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_NHL_season" title="2023–24 NHL season">2023–24 season</a><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit">[update]</a>.<a href="#cite_note-2324playernationalities-8">[7]</a> The <a href="/wiki/International_Ice_Hockey_Federation" title="International Ice Hockey Federation">International Ice Hockey Federation</a> (IIHF) also views the Stanley Cup as one of the "most important championships available to the sport".<a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a> The NHL is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a>. The National Hockey League was organized at the <a href="/wiki/Windsor_Hotel_(Montreal)" title="Windsor Hotel (Montreal)">Windsor Hotel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a> on November 26, 1917, after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_Association" title="National Hockey Association">National Hockey Association</a> (NHA), which had been founded in 1909 at <a href="/wiki/Renfrew,_Ontario" title="Renfrew, Ontario">Renfrew, Ontario</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[9]</a> The NHL immediately took the NHA's place as one of the leagues that contested for the Stanley Cup in an annual interleague competition before a series of league mergers and foldings left the NHL as the only league competing for the Stanley Cup in 1926. At its inception, the NHL had four teams, all in Canada, thus the adjective "National" in the league's name. The league expanded to the United States in 1924, when the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> joined, and has since consisted of both American and Canadian teams. From 1942 to 1967, the NHL had only six teams, collectively nicknamed the "<a href="/wiki/Original_Six" title="Original Six">Original Six</a>". The league added six new teams to double its size as a result of the <a href="/wiki/1967_NHL_expansion" title="1967 NHL expansion">1967 NHL expansion</a>, then increased to 18 teams by 1974, and to 21 teams due to the <a href="/wiki/1979_NHL_expansion" title="1979 NHL expansion">1979 NHL expansion</a>. Between 1991 and 2000, the NHL further expanded to 30 teams. It added its 31st and 32nd teams in 2017 and 2021, respectively. <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a> was awarded an <a href="/wiki/Utah_Hockey_Club" title="Utah Hockey Club">expansion franchise</a> in 2024 as it acquired the hockey assets of the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Coyotes" title="Arizona Coyotes">Arizona Coyotes</a>, which were deactivated, thus maintaining the total number of teams at 32. The NHL is the fifth-highest grossing <a href="/wiki/Professional_sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional sport">professional sport</a> league in the world by <a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_leagues_by_revenue" title="List of professional sports leagues by revenue">revenue</a>, after the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL), <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB), the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA), and the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> (PL).<a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a> The league's headquarters have been in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> since 1989, when the head office moved from Montreal.<a href="#cite_note-12">[11]</a> There have been four league-wide work stoppages in NHL history, all occurring after 1992.<a href="#cite_note-JohnCollins-13">[12]</a> The NHL's regular season is typically held from October to April, with each team playing 82 games. Following the conclusion of the regular season, 16 teams advance to the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="Stanley Cup playoffs">Stanley Cup playoffs</a>, a four-round tournament that runs into June to determine the league champion. Since the league's founding in 1917, the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> have won the most combined NHL titles with 25, winning three NHL championship series before the league took full exclusivity of the Stanley Cup in 1926, and 22 Stanley Cups afterwards.<a href="#cite_note-MTL-2">[nb 1]</a> The reigning league champions are the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Florida Panthers</a>, who defeated the <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Oilers" title="Edmonton Oilers">Edmonton Oilers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2024_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2024 Stanley Cup Finals">2024 Stanley Cup Finals</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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title="History of the National Hockey League">History of the National Hockey League</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years">edit</a>]</div> The National Hockey League was established in 1917 as the successor to the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_Association" title="National Hockey Association">National Hockey Association</a> (NHA). Founded in 1909, the NHA <a href="/wiki/1910_NHA_season" title="1910 NHA season">began play in 1910</a> with seven teams in <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, and was one of the first major leagues in professional ice hockey. However, by its <a href="/wiki/1916%E2%80%9317_NHA_season" title="1916–17 NHA season">eighth season</a>, a series of disputes with <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blueshirts" title="Toronto Blueshirts">Toronto Blueshirts</a> owner <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Livingstone" title="Eddie Livingstone">Eddie Livingstone</a> led team owners of the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Wanderers" title="Montreal Wanderers">Montreal Wanderers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Senators_(original)" title="Ottawa Senators (original)">Ottawa Senators</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Bulldogs" title="Quebec Bulldogs">Quebec Bulldogs</a> to hold a meeting to discuss the league's future.<a href="#cite_note-mcfarlane_15_16-14">[13]</a> Realizing the NHA constitution left them unable to force Livingstone out, the four teams voted instead to suspend the NHA, and, on November 26, 1917, formed the National Hockey League. <a href="/wiki/Frank_Calder" title="Frank Calder">Frank Calder</a> was chosen as the NHL's first president, serving until his death in 1943.<a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a> The Bulldogs were unable to play in the NHL, and the remaining owners founded the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Arenas" title="Toronto Arenas">Toronto Arenas</a> to compete with the Canadiens, Wanderers and Senators.<a href="#cite_note-16">[15]</a> The first games were played on December 19, 1917.<a href="#cite_note-Jenish_2-17">[16]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Arena" title="Montreal Arena">Montreal Arena</a> burned down in January 1918, causing the Wanderers to cease operations,<a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a> and the NHL continued on as a three-team league until the Bulldogs returned in 1919.<a href="#cite_note-pincus24-19">[18]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1930_Stanley_Cup.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/1930_Stanley_Cup.jpg/170px-1930_Stanley_Cup.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/1930_Stanley_Cup.jpg/255px-1930_Stanley_Cup.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/1930_Stanley_Cup.jpg/340px-1930_Stanley_Cup.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1157" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> in 1930, several years after it became the de facto championship trophy for the NHL</figcaption></figure> The NHL replaced the NHA as one of the leagues that competed for the Stanley Cup, an interleague competition at the time. Toronto won the first NHL title, and then defeated the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Millionaires" title="Vancouver Millionaires">Vancouver Millionaires</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Hockey_Association" title="Pacific Coast Hockey Association">Pacific Coast Hockey Association</a> (PCHA) for the <a href="/wiki/1918_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1918 Stanley Cup Finals">1918 Stanley Cup</a>.<a href="#cite_note-20">[19]</a> The Canadiens won the league title in 1919, but the series in the Stanley Cup Finals against the PCHA's <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Metropolitans" title="Seattle Metropolitans">Seattle Metropolitans</a> was abandoned due to the <a href="/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 flu pandemic">Spanish Flu</a> epidemic.<a href="#cite_note-pincus23-21">[20]</a> In 1924, Montreal won their first Stanley Cup as a member of the NHL.<a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Tigers" title="Hamilton Tigers">Hamilton Tigers</a> won the regular season title in <a href="/wiki/1924%E2%80%9325_NHL_season" title="1924–25 NHL season">1924–25</a>, but refused to play in the championship series unless they were given a <a href="/wiki/Canadian_dollar" title="Canadian dollar">C$</a>200 bonus.<a href="#cite_note-23">[22]</a> The league refused and declared the Canadiens the league champion after they defeated the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leafs" title="Toronto Maple Leafs">Toronto St. Patricks</a> (formerly the Arenas) in the semi-final. Montreal was then defeated by the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cougars" title="Victoria Cougars">Victoria Cougars</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Canada_Hockey_League" title="Western Canada Hockey League">Western Canada Hockey League</a> (WCHL) in <a href="/wiki/1925_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1925 Stanley Cup Finals">1925</a>. It was the last time a non-NHL team won the trophy,<a href="#cite_note-24">[23]</a> as the Stanley Cup became the de facto NHL championship in 1926, after the WCHL ceased operation.<a href="#cite_note-25">[24]</a> The National Hockey League embarked on a rapid expansion in the 1920s, adding the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Maroons" title="Montreal Maroons">Montreal Maroons</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> in 1924, the latter being the first American team to join the league.<a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a> The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Americans" title="New York Americans">New York Americans</a> began play in 1925 after purchasing the assets of the Hamilton Tigers, and they were joined by the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates_(NHL)" title="Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>.<a href="#cite_note-27">[26]</a> The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a> were added in 1926,<a href="#cite_note-28">[27]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Black Hawks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Cougars</a> (later the Red Wings) were added after the league purchased the assets of the defunct WCHL.<a href="#cite_note-29">[28]</a> A group purchased the Toronto St. Patricks in 1927 and immediately renamed them the Toronto Maple Leafs.<a href="#cite_note-30">[29]</a> In 1926, Native American <a href="/wiki/Taffy_Abel" title="Taffy Abel">Taffy Abel</a> became the first non-white player in the NHL and broke the league's colour barrier by playing for the New York Rangers.<a href="#cite_note-31">[30]</a> In 1934, the first <a href="/wiki/NHL_All-Star_Game" title="NHL All-Star Game">NHL All-Star Game</a> was held, to benefit <a href="/wiki/Ace_Bailey" title="Ace Bailey">Ace Bailey</a>, whose career ended on a vicious hit by <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Shore" title="Eddie Shore">Eddie Shore</a>.<a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a> The second was held in 1937, in support of <a href="/wiki/Howie_Morenz" title="Howie Morenz">Howie Morenz</a>'s family when he died of a coronary embolism after breaking his leg during a game.<a href="#cite_note-33">[32]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_Six_era">Original Six era</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Original Six era">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Original_Six" title="Original Six">Original Six</a></div> The <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> and the onset of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> took a toll on the league. The Pirates became the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Quakers_(NHL)" title="Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)">Philadelphia Quakers</a> in 1930, then folded a year later. The Senators likewise became the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Eagles" title="St. Louis Eagles">St. Louis Eagles</a> in 1934, also lasting only a year.<a href="#cite_note-34">[33]</a> The Maroons did not survive, as they suspended operations in 1938.<a href="#cite_note-35">[34]</a> The Americans were suspended in 1942 due to a lack of available players, and they were never reactivated.<a href="#cite_note-36">[35]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:There%27s_no_action_like_hockey_action_by_Louis_Jaques.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Five men playing hockey in a crowded arena." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/There%27s_no_action_like_hockey_action_by_Louis_Jaques.jpg/220px-There%27s_no_action_like_hockey_action_by_Louis_Jaques.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/There%27s_no_action_like_hockey_action_by_Louis_Jaques.jpg/330px-There%27s_no_action_like_hockey_action_by_Louis_Jaques.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/There%27s_no_action_like_hockey_action_by_Louis_Jaques.jpg/440px-There%27s_no_action_like_hockey_action_by_Louis_Jaques.jpg 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="578" /></a><figcaption>A game between the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a> in 1962</figcaption></figure> For the <a href="/wiki/1942%E2%80%9343_NHL_season" title="1942–43 NHL season">1942–43 season</a>, the NHL was reduced to six teams: the Boston Bruins, the Chicago Black Hawks, the Detroit Red Wings, the Montreal Canadiens, the New York Rangers, and the Toronto Maple Leafs, a line-up, often referred to as the "<a href="/wiki/Original_Six" title="Original Six">Original Six</a>", that would remain constant for the next 25 years. In 1947, the league reached an agreement with the Stanley Cup trustees to take full control of the trophy, allowing it to reject challenges from other leagues that wished to play for the Cup.<a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a> In 1945, <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Richard" title="Maurice Richard">Maurice "Rocket" Richard</a> became the first player to score <a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_players_with_50_goal_seasons" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NHL players with 50 goal seasons">50 goals</a>, doing so in a <a href="/wiki/50_goals_in_50_games" title="50 goals in 50 games">50-game season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a> Richard later led the Canadiens to five consecutive titles between 1956 and 1960, a record no team has matched.<a href="#cite_note-39">[38]</a> In 1948, Asian Canadian <a href="/wiki/Larry_Kwong" title="Larry Kwong">Larry Kwong</a> became the first Asian player in the NHL by playing for the New York Rangers.<a href="#cite_note-ward-40">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a> In 1958, <a href="/wiki/Willie_O%27Ree" title="Willie O'Ree">Willie O'Ree</a> became the first black player in the league's history when he made his debut with the Boston Bruins.<a href="#cite_note-42">[41]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expansion_era">Expansion era</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Expansion era">edit</a>]</div> By the mid-1960s, the desire for a network television contract in the United States, coupled with concerns that the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hockey_League_(1952%E2%80%931974)" title="Western Hockey League (1952–1974)">Western Hockey League</a> was planning to declare itself a major league and challenge for the Stanley Cup, spurred the NHL to undertake <a href="/wiki/1967_NHL_expansion" title="1967 NHL expansion">its first expansion since the 1920s</a>. The league doubled in size to 12 teams for the <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_NHL_season" title="1967–68 NHL season">1967–68 season</a>, adding the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Kings" title="Los Angeles Kings">Los Angeles Kings</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_North_Stars" title="Minnesota North Stars">Minnesota North Stars</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a>, the <a href="/wiki/California_Seals" class="mw-redirect" title="California Seals">California Seals</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Blues" title="St. Louis Blues">St. Louis Blues</a>.<a href="#cite_note-43">[42]</a> However, Canadian fans were outraged that all six teams were placed in the United States,<a href="#cite_note-44">[43]</a> so the league responded by adding the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Canucks" title="Vancouver Canucks">Vancouver Canucks</a> in <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NHL_season" title="1970–71 NHL season">1970</a>, along with the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a>, both located on the <a href="/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_border" title="Canada–United States border">Canada–United States border</a>.<a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a> Two years later, the emergence of the newly founded <a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">World Hockey Association</a> (WHA) led the league to add the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Islanders" title="New York Islanders">New York Islanders</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Flames" title="Atlanta Flames">Atlanta Flames</a> to keep the rival league out of those markets.<a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a> In 1974, the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Capitals" title="Washington Capitals">Washington Capitals</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Scouts" title="Kansas City Scouts">Kansas City Scouts</a> were added, bringing the league up to 18 teams.<a href="#cite_note-47">[46]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NHL_Logo_former.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/NHL_Logo_former.svg/170px-NHL_Logo_former.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/NHL_Logo_former.svg/255px-NHL_Logo_former.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/NHL_Logo_former.svg/340px-NHL_Logo_former.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="247" data-file-height="254" /></a><figcaption>NHL logo used from 1946 until 2005</figcaption></figure> The NHL fought the WHA for players, losing 67 to the new league in its first season of <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_WHA_season" title="1972–73 WHA season">1972–73</a>,<a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a> including the Chicago Black Hawks' <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hull" title="Bobby Hull">Bobby Hull</a>, who signed a 10-year, $2.5 million contract with the <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Jets_(1972%E2%80%9396)" class="mw-redirect" title="Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)">Winnipeg Jets</a>, then the largest in hockey history.<a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a> The league attempted to block the defections in court, but a counter-suit by the WHA led to a Philadelphia judge ruling the NHL's <a href="/wiki/Reserve_clause" title="Reserve clause">reserve clause</a> to be illegal, thus eliminating the elder league's monopoly over the players.<a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a> Seven years of battling for players and markets financially damaged both leagues, leading to a <a href="/wiki/NHL%E2%80%93WHA_merger" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL–WHA merger">merger agreement in 1979</a> that saw the WHA cease operations while the NHL absorbed the Winnipeg Jets, the <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Oilers" title="Edmonton Oilers">Edmonton Oilers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Whalers" title="Hartford Whalers">Hartford Whalers</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Nordiques" title="Quebec Nordiques">Quebec Nordiques</a>.<a href="#cite_note-51">[50]</a> The owners initially rejected this merger agreement by one vote, but a massive boycott of <a href="/wiki/Molson_Brewery" title="Molson Brewery">Molson Brewery</a> products by Canadian fans resulted in the Montreal Canadiens, which was owned by Molson, reversing its position, along with the Vancouver Canucks. In a second vote, the plan was approved.<a href="#cite_note-52">[51]</a> <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky" title="Wayne Gretzky">Wayne Gretzky</a> played one season in the WHA for the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Racers" title="Indianapolis Racers">Indianapolis Racers</a> (eight games) and the <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Oilers" title="Edmonton Oilers">Edmonton Oilers</a> (72 games) before the Oilers joined the NHL for the <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NHL_season" title="1979–80 NHL season">1979–80 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-LOHGretzky-53">[52]</a> Gretzky went on to lead the Oilers to win four Stanley Cup championships in <a href="/wiki/1984_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1984 Stanley Cup Finals">1984</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1985 Stanley Cup Finals">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1987 Stanley Cup Finals">1987</a> and <a href="/wiki/1988_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1988 Stanley Cup Finals">1988</a>, and set single-season records for goals (92 in <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NHL_season" title="1981–82 NHL season">1981–82</a>), assists (163 in <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NHL_season" title="1985–86 NHL season">1985–86</a>) and points (215 in 1985–86), as well as career records for goals (894), assists (1,963) and points (2,857).<a href="#cite_note-LOHGretzky-53">[52]</a> In 1988, he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in a deal that dramatically improved the league's popularity in the United States. By the turn of the century, nine more teams were added to the NHL: the <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Sharks" title="San Jose Sharks">San Jose Sharks</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Lightning" title="Tampa Bay Lightning">Tampa Bay Lightning</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Senators" title="Ottawa Senators">Ottawa Senators</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mighty_Ducks_of_Anaheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Mighty Ducks of Anaheim">Mighty Ducks of Anaheim</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Florida Panthers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Predators" title="Nashville Predators">Nashville Predators</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Thrashers" title="Atlanta Thrashers">Atlanta Thrashers</a>, and, in 2000, the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wild" title="Minnesota Wild">Minnesota Wild</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Blue_Jackets" title="Columbus Blue Jackets">Columbus Blue Jackets</a>.<a href="#cite_note-EOHGretzky-54">[53]</a> Also, in the mid to late 1990s, the Quebec Nordiques, original Winnipeg Jets, and Hartford Whalers relocated to Denver, Phoenix, and Raleigh. In 2011, the Atlanta Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg, and the <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Jets" title="Winnipeg Jets">Winnipeg Jets</a> were revived. On July 21, 2015, the NHL confirmed that it had received applications from prospective ownership groups in <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a> for possible expansion teams,<a href="#cite_note-NHL_update-55">[54]</a> and on June 22, 2016, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the addition of a 31st franchise, based in Las Vegas and later named the <a href="/wiki/Vegas_Golden_Knights" title="Vegas Golden Knights">Vegas Golden Knights</a>, into the NHL for the <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NHL_season" title="2017–18 NHL season">2017–18 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Vegas_expansion-56">[55]</a> On December 4, 2018, the league announced a 32nd franchise in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, later named the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Kraken" title="Seattle Kraken">Seattle Kraken</a>, which joined in the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_NHL_season" title="2021–22 NHL season">2021–22 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Seattle_expansion-57">[56]</a> On April 18, 2024, the Arizona Coyotes suspended operations and sold their hockey assets, including players and other personnel, to a <a href="/wiki/Utah_Hockey_Club" title="Utah Hockey Club">new team</a> in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BOG_announcement-58">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-THN-Utah-sale-59">[58]</a> Two months after Utah's foundation, the Coyotes ceased their efforts to re-activate within the five-year window granted to do so, bringing the NHL back to 32 franchises.<a href="#cite_note-defunct?-60">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Labour_issues">Labour issues</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Labour issues">edit</a>]</div> There have been four league-wide work stoppages in NHL history, all occurring after <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NHL_season" title="1991–92 NHL season">1992</a>. The first was <a href="/wiki/1992_NHL_strike" title="1992 NHL strike">an April 1992 strike</a> by the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League_Players%27_Association" title="National Hockey League Players' Association">National Hockey League Players' Association</a>, which lasted for ten days but was settled quickly with all affected games rescheduled.<a href="#cite_note-labour_history-61">[60]</a> A <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NHL_lockout" title="1994–95 NHL lockout">lockout</a> at the start of the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NHL_season" title="1994–95 NHL season">1994–95 season</a> forced the league to reduce the schedule from 84 games to 48, with the teams playing only intra-conference games during the reduced season.<a href="#cite_note-labour_history-61">[60]</a> The resulting <a href="/wiki/NHL_Collective_Bargaining_Agreement" title="NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement">collective bargaining agreement</a> (CBA) was set for renegotiation in 1998, and extended to September 15, 2004.<a href="#cite_note-2004_lockout-62">[61]</a> With no new agreement in hand when the contract expired, league commissioner <a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettman" title="Gary Bettman">Gary Bettman</a> announced a <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NHL_lockout" title="2004–05 NHL lockout">lockout</a> of the players union and closed the league's head office for the <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NHL_season" title="2004–05 NHL season">2004–05 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-2004_lockout-62">[61]</a> The league vowed to install what it dubbed "cost certainty" for its teams, but the Players' Association countered that the move was little more than a euphemism for a <a href="/wiki/Salary_cap" title="Salary cap">salary cap</a>, which the union initially said it would not accept. The lockout shut down the league for 310 days, making it the longest in sports history, as the NHL became the first professional sports league to lose an entire season.<a href="#cite_note-2004_lockout-62">[61]</a> A new collective bargaining agreement was eventually ratified in July 2005, including a salary cap. The agreement had a term of six years with an option of extending the collective bargaining agreement for an additional year at the end of the term, allowing the league to resume as of the <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NHL_season" title="2005–06 NHL season">2005–06 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-2004_lockout-62">[61]</a> On October 5, 2005, the first post-lockout season took to the ice with all 30 teams. The NHL received record attendance in the 2005–06 season, with an average of 16,955 per game.<a href="#cite_note-season_review-63">[62]</a> However, its television audience was slower to rebound due to American cable broadcaster <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>'s decision to drop its NHL coverage.<a href="#cite_note-ibisworld-64">[63]</a> The league's post-lockout agreement with <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_NBC" title="NHL on NBC">NBC</a> gave the league a share of revenue from each game's advertising sales, rather than the usual lump sum paid up front for game rights. The league's annual revenues were estimated at $2.27 billion.<a href="#cite_note-ibisworld-64">[63]</a> On September 16, 2012, the labour pact expired, and the league again <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_NHL_lockout" title="2012–13 NHL lockout">locked out the players</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[64]</a> The owners proposed reducing the players' share of hockey-related revenues from 57 percent to 47 percent.<a href="#cite_note-66">[65]</a> All games were cancelled up to January 14, 2013, along with the <a href="/wiki/2013_NHL_Winter_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 NHL Winter Classic">2013 NHL Winter Classic</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2015_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="2015 National Hockey League All-Star Game">2013 NHL All-Star Weekend</a>.<a href="#cite_note-67">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-2013WinterClassic-cancelled-68">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-2013AllStar-cancelled-69">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-Dec30-cancelled-70">[69]</a> On January 6, a tentative agreement was reached on a 10-year deal.<a href="#cite_note-71">[70]</a> On January 12, the league and the Players' Association signed a memorandum of understanding on the new deal, allowing teams to begin their training camps the next day, with a shortened 48-game season schedule that began on January 19.<a href="#cite_note-72">[71]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Player_safety_issues">Player safety issues</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Player safety issues">edit</a>]</div> Player safety has become a major issue in the NHL, with <a href="/wiki/Concussion" title="Concussion">concussions</a> resulting from a hard hit to the head being the primary concern. Recent studies have shown how the consequences of concussions can last beyond player retirement.<a href="#cite_note-73">[72]</a> This has significant effects on the league, as elite players have suffered from the aftereffects of concussions (such as <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Crosby" title="Sidney Crosby">Sidney Crosby</a> being sidelined for approximately ten and a half months), which adversely affects the league's marketability.<a href="#cite_note-74">[73]</a> In December 2009, <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Shanahan" title="Brendan Shanahan">Brendan Shanahan</a> was hired to replace Colin Campbell, and was given the role of senior vice-president of player safety. Shanahan began to hand out suspensions on high-profile perpetrators responsible for dangerous hits, such as <a href="/wiki/Raffi_Torres" title="Raffi Torres">Raffi Torres</a> receiving 25 games for his hit on <a href="/wiki/Mari%C3%A1n_Hossa" title="Marián Hossa">Marian Hossa</a>.<a href="#cite_note-75">[74]</a> To aid with removing high-speed collisions on icing, which had led to several potential career-ending injuries, such as to Hurricanes' defenceman <a href="/wiki/Joni_Pitk%C3%A4nen" title="Joni Pitkänen">Joni Pitkanen</a>, the league mandated hybrid no-touch icing for the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_NHL_season" title="2013–14 NHL season">2013–14 NHL season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-76">[75]</a> On November 25, 2013, ten former NHL players (Gary Leeman, Rick Vaive, Brad Aitken, Darren Banks, Curt Bennett, Richie Dunn, Warren Holmes, Bob Manno, Blair Stewart, and Morris Titanic) sued the league for negligence in protecting players from concussions. The suit came three months after the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> agreed to pay former players US$765 million due to a player safety lawsuit.<a href="#cite_note-77">[76]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women_in_the_NHL">Women in the NHL</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Women in the NHL">edit</a>]</div> From 1952 to 1955, <a href="/wiki/Marguerite_Norris" title="Marguerite Norris">Marguerite Norris</a> served as president of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a>, being the first female NHL executive and the first woman to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup. In 1992, <a href="/wiki/Manon_Rh%C3%A9aume" title="Manon Rhéaume">Manon Rhéaume</a> became the first woman to play a game in any of the major professional North American sports leagues, as a goaltender for the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Lightning" title="Tampa Bay Lightning">Tampa Bay Lightning</a> in a preseason game against the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Blues" title="St. Louis Blues">St. Louis Blues</a>, stopping seven of nine shots.<a href="#cite_note-78">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[78]</a> In 2016, <a href="/wiki/Dawn_Braid" title="Dawn Braid">Dawn Braid</a> was hired as the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Coyotes" title="Arizona Coyotes">Arizona Coyotes</a>' skating coach, making her the first female full-time coach in the NHL.<a href="#cite_note-80">[79]</a> The first female referees in the NHL were hired in a test-run during the league's preseason prospect tournaments in September 2019.<a href="#cite_note-81">[80]</a> In 2016, the NHL hosted the <a href="/wiki/2016_Outdoor_Women%27s_Classic" title="2016 Outdoor Women's Classic">2016 Outdoor Women's Classic</a>, an exhibition game between the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Pride" title="Boston Pride">Boston Pride</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Hockey_League" class="mw-redirect" title="National Women's Hockey League">National Women's Hockey League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Les_Canadiennes" class="mw-redirect" title="Les Canadiennes">Les Canadiennes</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Women%27s_Hockey_League" title="Canadian Women's Hockey League">Canadian Women's Hockey League</a>, as part of the <a href="/wiki/2016_NHL_Winter_Classic" title="2016 NHL Winter Classic">2016 NHL Winter Classic</a> weekend festivities.<a href="#cite_note-82">[81]</a> In 2019, the NHL invited four women from the US and Canadian Olympic teams to demonstrate the events in <a href="/wiki/2019_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game#Skills_Competition" title="2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game">All-Star skills competition</a> before the <a href="/wiki/2019_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a>. Due to <a href="/wiki/Nathan_MacKinnon" title="Nathan MacKinnon">Nathan MacKinnon</a> choosing not to participate following a bruised ankle, Team USA's <a href="/wiki/Kendall_Coyne_Schofield" title="Kendall Coyne Schofield">Kendall Coyne Schofield</a> competed in the Fastest Skater competition in his place, becoming the first woman to officially compete in the NHL's All-Star festivities.<a href="#cite_note-83">[82]</a> The attention led the NHL to include a <a href="/wiki/2020_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game#Elite_Women's_3-on-3_game" title="2020 National Hockey League All-Star Game">3-on-3 women's game</a> before the <a href="/wiki/2020_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="2020 National Hockey League All-Star Game">2020 All-Star Game</a>.<a href="#cite_note-84">[83]</a> Rheaume returned to perform as a goaltender for the <a href="/wiki/2022_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="2022 National Hockey League All-Star Game">2022 NHL All-Star Game</a>'s Breakaway Challenge.<a href="#cite_note-85">[84]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Teams">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League_all-time_results" title="National Hockey League all-time results">National Hockey League all-time results</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_and_relocated_National_Hockey_League_teams" title="List of defunct and relocated National Hockey League teams">List of defunct and relocated National Hockey League teams</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Potential_National_Hockey_League_expansion" title="Potential National Hockey League expansion">Potential National Hockey League expansion</a></div> <div role="img" class="floatright noresize" style="width: 550px; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><a href="/wiki/File:Locations_of_National_Hockey_League_teams.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Locations_of_National_Hockey_League_teams.svg/550px-Locations_of_National_Hockey_League_teams.svg.png" decoding="async" width="550" height="428" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Locations_of_National_Hockey_League_teams.svg/825px-Locations_of_National_Hockey_League_teams.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Locations_of_National_Hockey_League_teams.svg/1100px-Locations_of_National_Hockey_League_teams.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="836" data-file-height="651" /></a> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:516px; top:119px"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Bruins</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:449px; top:135px"><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Sabres</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:378px; top:148px"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Red Wings</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:473px; top:354px"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Panthers</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:448px; top:86px"><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Canadiens</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:412px; top:103px"><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Senators" title="Ottawa Senators">Senators</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:389px; top:335px"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Lightning" title="Tampa Bay Lightning">Lightning</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:405px; top:124px"><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leafs" title="Toronto Maple Leafs">Maple Leafs</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:431px; top:236px"><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Hurricanes</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:378px; top:179px"><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Blue_Jackets" title="Columbus Blue Jackets">Blue Jackets</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:458px; top:155px"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">Devils</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:504px; top:155px"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Islanders" title="New York Islanders">Islanders</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:477px; top:145px"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">Rangers</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:491px; top:176px"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Flyers</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:424px; top:165px"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Penguins</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:477px; top:192px"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Capitals" title="Washington Capitals">Capitals</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:321px; top:174px"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Blackhawks</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:169px; top:204px"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Avalanche" title="Colorado Avalanche">Avalanche</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:265px; top:296px"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Stars" title="Dallas Stars">Stars</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:284px; top:133px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wild" title="Minnesota Wild">Wild</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:355px; top:247px"><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Predators" title="Nashville Predators">Predators</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:311px; top:211px"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Blues" title="St. Louis Blues">Blues</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:109px; top:183px"><a href="/wiki/Utah_Hockey_Club" title="Utah Hockey Club">Utah HC</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:249px; top:69px"><a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Jets" title="Winnipeg Jets">Jets</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:61px; top:246px"><a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Ducks" title="Anaheim Ducks">Ducks</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:131px; top:32px"><a href="/wiki/Calgary_Flames" title="Calgary Flames">Flames</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:116px; top:10px"><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Oilers" title="Edmonton Oilers">Oilers</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:18px; top:242px"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Kings" title="Los Angeles Kings">Kings</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:31px; top:194px"><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Sharks" title="San Jose Sharks">Sharks</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:66px; top:66px"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Kraken" title="Seattle Kraken">Kraken</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:67px; top:44px"><a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Canucks" title="Vancouver Canucks">Canucks</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:72px; top:202px"><a href="/wiki/Vegas_Golden_Knights" title="Vegas Golden Knights">Golden Knights</a></div> </div> From the <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NHL_season" title="2017–18 NHL season">2017–18 season</a> to the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_NHL_season" title="2019–20 NHL season">2019–20 season</a>, the NHL consisted of 31 teams—24 based in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL divided the 31 teams into two conferences: the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NHL)" title="Eastern Conference (NHL)">Eastern Conference</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NHL)" title="Western Conference (NHL)">Western Conference</a>. Each conference was split into two <a href="/wiki/Division_(sport)" title="Division (sport)">divisions</a>: the Eastern Conference contained 16 teams (eight per division), while the Western Conference had 15 teams (seven in the Central and eight in the Pacific). The league temporarily realigned for the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_NHL_season" title="2020–21 NHL season">2020–21 season</a> but returned to the previous alignment the following year. With the addition of the Seattle Kraken in 2021–22 to the Pacific Division and the Arizona Coyotes' move from the Pacific to the Central, all four divisions now have eight teams each and both conferences have 16 teams. The number of NHL teams held constant at 30 teams from the <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_NHL_season" title="2000–01 NHL season">2000–01 season</a>, when the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wild" title="Minnesota Wild">Minnesota Wild</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Blue_Jackets" title="Columbus Blue Jackets">Columbus Blue Jackets</a> joined the league as expansion teams, until 2017. That expansion capped a period in the 1990s of rapid expansion and relocation, when the NHL added nine teams to grow from 21 to 30 teams, and relocated four teams mostly from smaller, northern cities to larger, more southern metropolitan areas (<a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> to <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a> to <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg" title="Winnipeg">Winnipeg</a> to <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford</a> to <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a>). The league has not contracted any teams since the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Barons_(NHL)" title="Cleveland Barons (NHL)">Cleveland Barons</a> were merged into the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_North_Stars" title="Minnesota North Stars">Minnesota North Stars</a> in 1978. The league expanded for the first time in 17 years<a href="#cite_note-86">[85]</a> to 31 teams with the addition of the <a href="/wiki/Vegas_Golden_Knights" title="Vegas Golden Knights">Vegas Golden Knights</a> in 2017,<a href="#cite_note-Vegas_expansion-56">[55]</a> then to 32 with the addition of the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Kraken" title="Seattle Kraken">Seattle Kraken</a> in 2021.<a href="#cite_note-Seattle_expansion-57">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[86]</a> In April 2024, a <a href="/wiki/Utah_Hockey_Club" title="Utah Hockey Club">new expansion team in Utah</a> was created, after <a href="/wiki/Alex_Meruelo" title="Alex Meruelo">Alex Meruelo</a> sold the hockey assets of the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Coyotes" title="Arizona Coyotes">Arizona Coyotes</a> to <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Smith_(businessman)" title="Ryan Smith (businessman)">Ryan Smith</a>, owner of the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BOG_announcement-58">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-THN-Utah-sale-59">[58]</a> Meruelo was granted until 2029 to secure an arena in Arizona in order to re-activate the team, bringing the total number of franchises in the NHL up to 33; however, these efforts were abandoned two months later, leaving the NHL at 32 franchises once again.<a href="#cite_note-defunct?-60">[59]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a>, in 2023, the top five most valuable teams were four of the "<a href="/wiki/Original_Six" title="Original Six">Original Six</a>" teams and the Los Angeles Kings: <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leafs" title="Toronto Maple Leafs">Toronto Maple Leafs</a> – US$2.8 billion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a> – US$2.65 billion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> – US$2.3 billion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Kings" title="Los Angeles Kings">Los Angeles Kings</a> – US$2 billion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> – US$1.9 billion</li></ol> The remaining members of the Original Six, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Blackhawks</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a>, respectively ranked sixth at US$1.87 billion and hypothetically 12th at US$1.3 billion. Compared with 2022, the Maple Leafs surpassed the Rangers as the most valuable NHL team, and Los Angeles overtook both Chicago and Boston, making its way into the top five.<a href="#cite_note-88">[87]</a> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_teams">List of teams</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: List of teams">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"> <caption>Overview of NHL teams </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" align="center">Conference </th> <th scope="col" align="center">Division </th> <th scope="col" align="center">Team </th> <th scope="col" align="center">City </th> <th scope="col" align="center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Hockey_League_arenas" title="List of National Hockey League arenas">Arena</a> </th> <th scope="col" align="center">Capacity </th> <th scope="col" align="center">Founded </th> <th scope="col" align="center">Joined </th> <th scope="col" align="center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_NHL_general_managers" title="List of current NHL general managers">General manager</a> </th> <th scope="col" align="center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_NHL_head_coaches" class="mw-redirect" title="List of current NHL head coaches">Head coach</a> </th> <th scope="col" align="center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_NHL_captains_and_alternate_captains" title="List of current NHL captains and alternate captains">Captain</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="16"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NHL)" title="Eastern Conference (NHL)">Eastern</a> </th> <th rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Division_(NHL)" title="Atlantic Division (NHL)">Atlantic</a> </th> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston, Massachusetts</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TD_Garden" title="TD Garden">TD Garden</a> </td> <td align="center">17,850 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1924 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Sweeney" title="Don Sweeney">Don Sweeney</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Sacco_(ice_hockey)" title="Joe Sacco (ice hockey)">Joe Sacco</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Marchand" title="Brad Marchand">Brad Marchand</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KeyBank_Center" title="KeyBank Center">KeyBank Center</a> </td> <td align="center">19,070 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevyn_Adams" title="Kevyn Adams">Kevyn Adams</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lindy_Ruff" title="Lindy Ruff">Lindy Ruff</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rasmus_Dahlin" title="Rasmus Dahlin">Rasmus Dahlin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Little_Caesars_Arena" title="Little Caesars Arena">Little Caesars Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">19,515 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1926 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Yzerman" title="Steve Yzerman">Steve Yzerman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Lalonde" title="Derek Lalonde">Derek Lalonde</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dylan_Larkin" title="Dylan Larkin">Dylan Larkin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Florida Panthers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunrise,_Florida" title="Sunrise, Florida">Sunrise, Florida</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amerant_Bank_Arena" title="Amerant Bank Arena">Amerant Bank Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">19,250 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Zito" title="Bill Zito">Bill Zito</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Maurice" title="Paul Maurice">Paul Maurice</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aleksander_Barkov" title="Aleksander Barkov">Aleksander Barkov</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal, Quebec</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bell_Centre" title="Bell Centre">Bell Centre</a> </td> <td align="center">21,105 </td> <td align="center">1909 </td> <td align="center">1917 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent_Hughes_(ice_hockey)" title="Kent Hughes (ice hockey)">Kent Hughes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_St._Louis" title="Martin St. Louis">Martin St. Louis</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Suzuki" title="Nick Suzuki">Nick Suzuki</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Senators" title="Ottawa Senators">Ottawa Senators</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa, Ontario</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Tire_Centre" title="Canadian Tire Centre">Canadian Tire Centre</a> </td> <td align="center">19,347 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Staios" title="Steve Staios">Steve Staios</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Travis_Green" title="Travis Green">Travis Green</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brady_Tkachuk" title="Brady Tkachuk">Brady Tkachuk</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Lightning" title="Tampa Bay Lightning">Tampa Bay Lightning</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa, Florida</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amalie_Arena" title="Amalie Arena">Amalie Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">19,092 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Julien_BriseBois" title="Julien BriseBois">Julien BriseBois</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jon_Cooper_(ice_hockey)" title="Jon Cooper (ice hockey)">Jon Cooper</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victor_Hedman" title="Victor Hedman">Victor Hedman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leafs" title="Toronto Maple Leafs">Toronto Maple Leafs</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto, Ontario</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotiabank_Arena" title="Scotiabank Arena">Scotiabank Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">18,819 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1917 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Treliving" title="Brad Treliving">Brad Treliving</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Craig_Berube" title="Craig Berube">Craig Berube</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Auston_Matthews" title="Auston Matthews">Auston Matthews</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Division" title="Metropolitan Division">Metropolitan</a> </th> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lenovo_Center" title="Lenovo Center">Lenovo Center</a> </td> <td align="center">18,700 </td> <td align="center">1972 </td> <td align="center">1979* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Tulsky" title="Eric Tulsky">Eric Tulsky</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rod_Brind%27Amour" title="Rod Brind'Amour">Rod Brind'Amour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Staal" title="Jordan Staal">Jordan Staal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Blue_Jackets" title="Columbus Blue Jackets">Columbus Blue Jackets</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus, Ohio</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nationwide_Arena" title="Nationwide Arena">Nationwide Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">18,144 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Waddell" title="Don Waddell">Don Waddell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dean_Evason" title="Dean Evason">Dean Evason</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boone_Jenner" title="Boone Jenner">Boone Jenner</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prudential_Center" title="Prudential Center">Prudential Center</a> </td> <td align="center">16,514 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1974* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Fitzgerald_(ice_hockey)" title="Tom Fitzgerald (ice hockey)">Tom Fitzgerald</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Keefe" title="Sheldon Keefe">Sheldon Keefe</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nico_Hischier" title="Nico Hischier">Nico Hischier</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Islanders" title="New York Islanders">New York Islanders</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Elmont,_New_York" title="Elmont, New York">Elmont, New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UBS_Arena" title="UBS Arena">UBS Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">17,255 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1972 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lou_Lamoriello" title="Lou Lamoriello">Lou Lamoriello</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Roy" title="Patrick Roy">Patrick Roy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anders_Lee" title="Anders Lee">Anders Lee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York, New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> </td> <td align="center">18,006 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1926 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Drury" title="Chris Drury">Chris Drury</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Laviolette" title="Peter Laviolette">Peter Laviolette</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Trouba" title="Jacob Trouba">Jacob Trouba</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a> </td> <td align="center">19,500 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bri%C3%A8re" title="Daniel Brière">Daniel Briere</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Tortorella" title="John Tortorella">John Tortorella</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sean_Couturier" title="Sean Couturier">Sean Couturier</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PPG_Paints_Arena" title="PPG Paints Arena">PPG Paints Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">18,387 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Dubas" title="Kyle Dubas">Kyle Dubas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Sullivan_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Sullivan (ice hockey)">Mike Sullivan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Crosby" title="Sidney Crosby">Sidney Crosby</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Capitals" title="Washington Capitals">Washington Capitals</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Capital_One_Arena" title="Capital One Arena">Capital One Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">18,573 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Patrick_(ice_hockey)" title="Chris Patrick (ice hockey)">Chris Patrick</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Carbery" title="Spencer Carbery">Spencer Carbery</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ovechkin" title="Alexander Ovechkin">Alexander Ovechkin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="16"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NHL)" title="Western Conference (NHL)">Western</a> </th> <th rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Central_Division_(NHL)" title="Central Division (NHL)">Central</a> </th> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Blackhawks</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Center" title="United Center">United Center</a> </td> <td align="center">19,717 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1926 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Davidson" title="Kyle Davidson">Kyle Davidson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_Richardson" title="Luke Richardson">Luke Richardson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Foligno" title="Nick Foligno">Nick Foligno</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Avalanche" title="Colorado Avalanche">Colorado Avalanche</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver, Colorado</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ball_Arena" title="Ball Arena">Ball Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">17,809 </td> <td align="center">1972 </td> <td align="center">1979* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_MacFarland" title="Chris MacFarland">Chris MacFarland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jared_Bednar" title="Jared Bednar">Jared Bednar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Landeskog" title="Gabriel Landeskog">Gabriel Landeskog</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Stars" title="Dallas Stars">Dallas Stars</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas, Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a> </td> <td align="center">18,532 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1967* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nill" title="Jim Nill">Jim Nill</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_DeBoer" title="Peter DeBoer">Peter DeBoer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Benn" title="Jamie Benn">Jamie Benn</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wild" title="Minnesota Wild">Minnesota Wild</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul, Minnesota</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xcel_Energy_Center" title="Xcel Energy Center">Xcel Energy Center</a> </td> <td align="center">17,954 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Guerin" title="Bill Guerin">Bill Guerin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hynes_(ice_hockey)" title="John Hynes (ice hockey)">John Hynes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jared_Spurgeon" title="Jared Spurgeon">Jared Spurgeon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Predators" title="Nashville Predators">Nashville Predators</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena" title="Bridgestone Arena">Bridgestone Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">17,159 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barry_Trotz" title="Barry Trotz">Barry Trotz</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Brunette" title="Andrew Brunette">Andrew Brunette</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roman_Josi" title="Roman Josi">Roman Josi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Blues" title="St. Louis Blues">St. Louis Blues</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis, Missouri</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Enterprise_Center" title="Enterprise Center">Enterprise Center</a> </td> <td align="center">18,724 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doug_Armstrong" title="Doug Armstrong">Doug Armstrong</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Montgomery_(ice_hockey)" title="Jim Montgomery (ice hockey)">Jim Montgomery</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brayden_Schenn" title="Brayden Schenn">Brayden Schenn</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Utah_Hockey_Club" title="Utah Hockey Club">Utah Hockey Club</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City, Utah</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a> </td> <td align="center">14,000 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">2024 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Armstrong_(ice_hockey,_born_1970)" title="Bill Armstrong (ice hockey, born 1970)">Bill Armstrong</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Tourigny" title="André Tourigny">Andre Tourigny</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clayton_Keller" title="Clayton Keller">Clayton Keller</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Jets" title="Winnipeg Jets">Winnipeg Jets</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Winnipeg" title="Winnipeg">Winnipeg, Manitoba</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada_Life_Centre" title="Canada Life Centre">Canada Life Centre</a> </td> <td align="center">15,321 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1999* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Cheveldayoff" title="Kevin Cheveldayoff">Kevin Cheveldayoff</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Arniel" title="Scott Arniel">Scott Arniel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adam_Lowry" title="Adam Lowry">Adam Lowry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Division_(NHL)" title="Pacific Division (NHL)">Pacific</a> </th> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Ducks" title="Anaheim Ducks">Anaheim Ducks</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Anaheim,_California" title="Anaheim, California">Anaheim, California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Honda_Center" title="Honda Center">Honda Center</a> </td> <td align="center">17,174 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Verbeek" title="Pat Verbeek">Pat Verbeek</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Cronin" title="Greg Cronin">Greg Cronin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Radko_Gudas" title="Radko Gudas">Radko Gudas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Calgary_Flames" title="Calgary Flames">Calgary Flames</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary">Calgary, Alberta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotiabank_Saddledome" title="Scotiabank Saddledome">Scotiabank Saddledome</a> </td> <td align="center">19,289 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1972* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Craig_Conroy" title="Craig Conroy">Craig Conroy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Huska" title="Ryan Huska">Ryan Huska</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mikael_Backlund" title="Mikael Backlund">Mikael Backlund</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Oilers" title="Edmonton Oilers">Edmonton Oilers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Edmonton" title="Edmonton">Edmonton, Alberta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Place" title="Rogers Place">Rogers Place</a> </td> <td align="center">18,347 </td> <td align="center">1972 </td> <td align="center">1979 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stan_Bowman" title="Stan Bowman">Stan Bowman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kris_Knoblauch" title="Kris Knoblauch">Kris Knoblauch</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connor_McDavid" title="Connor McDavid">Connor McDavid</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Kings" title="Los Angeles Kings">Los Angeles Kings</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles, California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crypto.com_Arena" title="Crypto.com Arena">Crypto.com Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">18,230 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rob_Blake" title="Rob Blake">Rob Blake</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Hiller" title="Jim Hiller">Jim Hiller</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/An%C5%BEe_Kopitar" title="Anže Kopitar">Anze Kopitar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Sharks" title="San Jose Sharks">San Jose Sharks</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SAP_Center" title="SAP Center">SAP Center</a> </td> <td align="center">17,562 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Grier" title="Mike Grier">Mike Grier</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Warsofsky" title="Ryan Warsofsky">Ryan Warsofsky</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Logan_Couture" title="Logan Couture">Logan Couture</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Kraken" title="Seattle Kraken">Seattle Kraken</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle, Washington</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Climate_Pledge_Arena" title="Climate Pledge Arena">Climate Pledge Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">17,151 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Francis" title="Ron Francis">Ron Francis</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Bylsma" title="Dan Bylsma">Dan Bylsma</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Eberle" title="Jordan Eberle">Jordan Eberle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Canucks" title="Vancouver Canucks">Vancouver Canucks</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver, British Columbia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Arena" title="Rogers Arena">Rogers Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">18,910 </td> <td align="center">1945 </td> <td align="center">1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrik_Allvin" title="Patrik Allvin">Patrik Allvin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Tocchet" title="Rick Tocchet">Rick Tocchet</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Hughes" title="Quinn Hughes">Quinn Hughes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Vegas_Golden_Knights" title="Vegas Golden Knights">Vegas Golden Knights</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Paradise,_Nevada" title="Paradise, Nevada">Paradise, Nevada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T-Mobile_Arena" title="T-Mobile Arena">T-Mobile Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">17,500 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kelly_McCrimmon" title="Kelly McCrimmon">Kelly McCrimmon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Cassidy" title="Bruce Cassidy">Bruce Cassidy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Stone" title="Mark Stone">Mark Stone</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> Notes: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ol><li>An asterisk (*) denotes a franchise move. See the respective team articles for more information.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Oilers" title="Edmonton Oilers">Edmonton Oilers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Whalers" title="Hartford Whalers">Hartford Whalers</a> (now Carolina Hurricanes), <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Nordiques" title="Quebec Nordiques">Quebec Nordiques</a> (now Colorado Avalanche), and <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Jets_(1972%E2%80%9396)" class="mw-redirect" title="Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)">original Winnipeg Jets</a> (relocated as Arizona Coyotes) all joined the NHL in 1979 as part of the <a href="/wiki/NHL%E2%80%93WHA_merger" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL–WHA merger">NHL–WHA merger</a>.</li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Timeline">Timeline</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Timeline">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_organizational_changes_in_the_NHL" title="History of organizational changes in the NHL">History of organizational changes in the NHL</a></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_lcnckb1776yjsb8ifazpmduq9a6hl43"></map><img usemap="#timeline_lcnckb1776yjsb8ifazpmduq9a6hl43" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/lcnckb1776yjsb8ifazpmduq9a6hl43.png" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organizational_structure">Organizational structure</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Organizational structure">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Board_of_Governors">Board of Governors</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Board of Governors">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_NHL_franchise_owners" title="List of current NHL franchise owners">List of current NHL franchise owners</a></div> The Board of Governors is the ruling and governing body of the National Hockey League. In this context, each team is a member of the league, and each member appoints a Governor (usually the owner of the club), and two alternates to the Board. The current chairman of the Board is Boston Bruins owner <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Jacobs" title="Jeremy Jacobs">Jeremy Jacobs</a>. The Board of Governors exists to establish the policies of the league and to uphold its constitution. Some of the responsibilities of the Board of Governors include:<a href="#cite_note-89">[88]</a> <ul><li>review and approve any changes to <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League_rules" title="National Hockey League rules">the league's rules</a>.</li> <li>hiring and firing of the commissioner.</li> <li>review and approve the purchase, sale or <a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_and_relocated_National_Hockey_League_teams" title="List of defunct and relocated National Hockey League teams">relocation of any member club</a>.</li> <li>review and approve the <a href="/wiki/Salary_cap" title="Salary cap">salary caps</a> for member clubs.</li> <li>review and approve any changes to the structure of the game schedule.</li></ul> The Board of Governors meets twice per year, in the months of June and December, with the exact date and place to be fixed by the Commissioner. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Executives">Executives</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Executives">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/NHL_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL Commissioner">NHL Commissioner</a></div> The chief executive of the league is commissioner <a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettman" title="Gary Bettman">Gary Bettman</a>. Some other senior executives include chief legal officer <a href="/wiki/Bill_Daly" title="Bill Daly">Bill Daly</a>, director of hockey operations <a href="/wiki/Colin_Campbell_(ice_hockey,_born_1953)" title="Colin Campbell (ice hockey, born 1953)">Colin Campbell</a>, and senior vice president of player safety <a href="/wiki/George_Parros" title="George Parros">George Parros</a>.<a href="#cite_note-90">[89]</a> A committee led by Bettman and chairman <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Jacobs" title="Jeremy Jacobs">Jeremy Jacobs</a> is responsible for vetting new ownership applications, collective bargaining, and league expansion. Other members include <a href="/wiki/Mark_Chipman" title="Mark Chipman">Mark Chipman</a>, <a href="/wiki/N._Murray_Edwards" title="N. Murray Edwards">N. Murray Edwards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Craig_Leipold" title="Craig Leipold">Craig Leipold</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Leonsis" title="Ted Leonsis">Ted Leonsis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Molson" title="Geoff Molson">Geoff Molson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Samueli" title="Henry Samueli">Henry Samueli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Tanenbaum" title="Larry Tanenbaum">Larry Tanenbaum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Vinik" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeff Vinik">Jeff Vinik</a>, and <a href="/wiki/David_Blitzer" title="David Blitzer">David Blitzer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-91">[90]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rule_differences_with_international_hockey">Rule differences with international hockey</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Rule differences with international hockey">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League_rules" title="National Hockey League rules">National Hockey League rules</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NHL_Hockey_Rink.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/NHL_Hockey_Rink.svg/220px-NHL_Hockey_Rink.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="363" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/NHL_Hockey_Rink.svg/330px-NHL_Hockey_Rink.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/NHL_Hockey_Rink.svg/440px-NHL_Hockey_Rink.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="392" data-file-height="647" /></a><figcaption>The current markings of an NHL hockey rink</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rink_-_IIHF_vs_NHL.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Rink_-_IIHF_vs_NHL.jpg/220px-Rink_-_IIHF_vs_NHL.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Rink_-_IIHF_vs_NHL.jpg/330px-Rink_-_IIHF_vs_NHL.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Rink_-_IIHF_vs_NHL.jpg/440px-Rink_-_IIHF_vs_NHL.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1295" data-file-height="1352" /></a><figcaption>Size difference between a hockey rink used in <a href="/wiki/International_Ice_Hockey_Federation" title="International Ice Hockey Federation">IIHF</a>-sanctioned games and an NHL hockey rink</figcaption></figure> The National Hockey League's rules are one of the two standard sets of professional ice hockey rules in the world, the other being the rules of the <a href="/wiki/International_Ice_Hockey_Federation" title="International Ice Hockey Federation">International Ice Hockey Federation</a> (IIHF), as used in tournaments such as the <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_Olympic_Games" title="Ice hockey at the Olympic Games">Olympics</a>. The IIHF rules are derived from the Canadian amateur ice hockey rules of the early 20th century,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPodnieksSzemberg2007198-92">[91]</a> while the NHL rules evolved directly from the <a href="/wiki/First_indoor_hockey_game" class="mw-redirect" title="First indoor hockey game">first organized indoor ice hockey game</a> in Montreal in 1875, updated by subsequent leagues up to 1917, when the NHL adopted the existing NHA set of rules. The NHL's rules are the basis for rules governing <a href="/wiki/List_of_ice_hockey_leagues#Minor_professional" title="List of ice hockey leagues">most professional</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Hockey_League" title="Canadian Hockey League">major junior ice hockey leagues</a> in North America. The NHL <a href="/wiki/Hockey_rink" class="mw-redirect" title="Hockey rink">hockey rink</a> is 200 by 85 feet (60.96 m × 25.91 m),<a href="#cite_note-rink-93">[92]</a> approximately the same length but much narrower than IIHF standards. A <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_rink#Goaltender_trapezoid_("Martin_Brodeur"_Rule)" title="Ice hockey rink">trapezoidal area</a> appears behind each goal net.<a href="#cite_note-crease-94">[93]</a> The goaltender can play the puck only within the trapezoid or in front of the goal line; if the goaltender plays the puck behind the goal line and outside the trapezoidal area, a <a href="/wiki/Delay_of_game_(ice_hockey)" title="Delay of game (ice hockey)">two-minute minor penalty for delay of game</a> is assessed.<a href="#cite_note-crease_penalty-95">[94]</a> The rule is unofficially nicknamed the "<a href="/wiki/Martin_Brodeur" title="Martin Brodeur">Martin Brodeur</a> rule"; Brodeur at the time was one of the best goaltenders at getting behind the net to handle the puck.<a href="#cite_note-Diamos2007-96">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-Brodeur_hopes_NHL_banishes_trapezoid-98">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-NHL_decides_to_keep_trapezoid-99">[98]</a> Since the 2013–14 season, the league trimmed the goal frames by 4 inches (10 cm) on each side and reduced the size of the goalies' leg pads.<a href="#cite_note-100">[99]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruins_at_Devils_on_Apr_2_2008_(85).jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Bruins_at_Devils_on_Apr_2_2008_%2885%29.jpeg/220px-Bruins_at_Devils_on_Apr_2_2008_%2885%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Bruins_at_Devils_on_Apr_2_2008_%2885%29.jpeg/330px-Bruins_at_Devils_on_Apr_2_2008_%2885%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Bruins_at_Devils_on_Apr_2_2008_%2885%29.jpeg/440px-Bruins_at_Devils_on_Apr_2_2008_%2885%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a> goaltender <a href="/wiki/Martin_Brodeur" title="Martin Brodeur">Martin Brodeur</a> (top left) positions himself along the net during a 2008 game against the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a>. Brodeur's exploits led the NHL in 2005 to delineate the trapezoidal area behind the net to limit where the goaltender can legally play the puck behind the goal line.</figcaption></figure> The league has regularly modified its rules to counter perceived imperfections in the game. The penalty shot was adopted from the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Hockey_Association" title="Pacific Coast Hockey Association">Pacific Coast Hockey Association</a> to ensure players were not being blocked from opportunities to score. For the 2005–06 season, the league changed some of the rules regarding being offside. First, the league removed the "offside pass" or "two-line pass" rule, which required a stoppage in play if a pass originating from inside a team's <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_rink#Zones" title="Ice hockey rink">defending zone</a> was completed on the offensive side of the centre line, unless the puck crossed the line before the player.<a href="#cite_note-newoffside-101">[100]</a> Furthermore, the league reinstated the "tag-up offside" which allows an attacking player a chance to get back onside by returning to the neutral zone.<a href="#cite_note-newoffside-101">[100]</a> The changes to the offside rule were among several rule changes intended to increase overall scoring,<a href="#cite_note-newoffside-101">[100]</a> which had been in decline since the expansion years of the mid-nineties and the increased prevalence of the <a href="/wiki/Neutral_zone_trap" title="Neutral zone trap">neutral zone trap</a>. Since 2005, when a team is guilty of <a href="/wiki/Icing_(ice_hockey)" title="Icing (ice hockey)">icing the puck</a> they are not allowed to make a line change or skater substitution of any sort before the following <a href="/wiki/Face-off" title="Face-off">face-off</a> (except to replace an injured player or re-install a <a href="/wiki/Extra_attacker" title="Extra attacker">pulled goaltender</a>).<a href="#cite_note-icing-102">[101]</a> Since 2013, the league has used hybrid icing, where a <a href="/wiki/Official_(ice_hockey)#Linesman" title="Official (ice hockey)">linesman</a> stops play due to icing if a defending player (other than the goaltender) crosses the imaginary line that connects the two face-off dots in their defensive zone before an attacking player is able to. This was done to counter a trend of player injury in races to the puck.<a href="#cite_note-icing-102">[101]</a> <a href="/wiki/Fighting_in_ice_hockey" title="Fighting in ice hockey">Fighting in the NHL</a> leads to major penalties while IIHF rules, and most amateur rules, call for the ejection of fighting players.<a href="#cite_note-major-103">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-fighting_iihf-104">[103]</a> Usually, a penalized team cannot replace a player that is penalized on the ice and is thus <a href="/wiki/Short-handed" title="Short-handed">short-handed</a> for the duration of the penalty,<a href="#cite_note-minor-105">[104]</a> but if the penalties are coincidental, for example when two players fight, both teams remain at full strength. Also, unlike minor penalties, major penalties must be served to their full completion, regardless of number of goals scored during the power play.<a href="#cite_note-minor-105">[104]</a> The league also imposes a conduct policy on its players. Players are banned from <a href="/wiki/Gambling" title="Gambling">gambling</a> and criminal activities have led to the suspension of players. The league and the Players' Association agreed to a stringent anti-doping policy in the 2005 collective bargaining agreement. The policy provides for a twenty-game suspension for a first positive test, a sixty-game suspension for a second positive test, and a lifetime suspension for a third positive test.<a href="#cite_note-106">[105]</a> At the end of regulation time, the team with the most goals wins the game. If a game is tied after regulation time, <a href="/wiki/Overtime_(ice_hockey)" title="Overtime (ice hockey)">overtime</a> ensues. During the regular season, overtime is a five-minute, three-on-three <a href="/wiki/Sudden_death_(sport)" title="Sudden death (sport)">sudden-death</a> period, in which whoever scores a goal first wins the game. If the game is still tied at the end of overtime, the game enters a <a href="/wiki/Overtime_(ice_hockey)#North_American_shootouts" title="Overtime (ice hockey)">shootout</a>. Three players for each team in turn take a <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shot_(ice_hockey)" title="Penalty shot (ice hockey)">penalty shot</a>. The team with the most goals during the three-round shootout wins the game. If the game is still tied after the three shootout rounds, the shootout continues but becomes sudden-death. Whichever team ultimately wins the shootout is awarded a goal in the game score and thus awarded two points in the standings. The losing team in overtime or shootout is awarded one point.<a href="#cite_note-107">[106]</a> Shootout goals and saves are not tracked in hockey statistics; shootout statistics are tracked separately. There are no shootouts during the <a href="/wiki/NHL_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL Playoffs">playoffs</a>. Instead, multiple sudden-death, 20-minute five-on-five periods are played until one team scores. Two games have reached six overtime periods, but none have gone beyond six.<a href="#cite_note-108">[107]</a> During playoff overtime periods, the only break is to clean the loose ice at the first stoppage after the period is halfway finished.<a href="#cite_note-109">[108]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_structure">Season structure</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Season structure">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Season_structure_of_the_NHL" title="Season structure of the NHL">Season structure of the NHL</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_seasons" title="List of NHL seasons">List of NHL seasons</a></div> The National Hockey League season is divided into a preseason (September and early October), a regular season (from early October through early to mid-April) and a postseason (the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="Stanley Cup playoffs">Stanley Cup playoffs</a>). Teams usually hold a summer showcase for prospects in July and participate in prospect tournaments, full games that do not feature any veterans, in September. Full training camps begin in mid-to-late September, including a preseason consisting of six to eight <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_game" title="Exhibition game">exhibition games</a>. Split squad games, in which parts of a team's regular season roster play separate games on the same day, are occasionally played during the preseason. During the regular season, clubs play each other in a predefined schedule. Since 2021, in the regular season, all teams play 82 games: 41 games each of home and road, playing 26 games in their own geographic division—four against five of their seven other divisional opponents, plus three against two others; 24 games against the eight remaining non-divisional intra-conference opponents—three games against every team in the other division of its conference; and 32 against every team in the other conference twice—home and road.<a href="#cite_note-110">[109]</a> The league's regular season standings are based on a point system. Two points are awarded for a win, one point for losing in overtime or a shootout, and zero points for a loss in regulation. At the end of the regular season, the team that finishes with the most points in each division is crowned the division champion, and the league's overall leader is awarded the <a href="/wiki/Presidents%27_Trophy" title="Presidents' Trophy">Presidents' Trophy</a>. The Stanley Cup playoffs, which go from April to the beginning of June, are an elimination tournament where two teams play against each other to win a <a href="/wiki/Best-of-seven_playoff" class="mw-redirect" title="Best-of-seven playoff">best-of-seven</a> series in order to advance to the next round. The final remaining team is crowned the Stanley Cup champion. Eight teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs: the top three teams in each division plus the two conference teams with the next highest number of points.<a href="#cite_note-nhl_playoff_format-111">[110]</a> The two conference champions proceed to the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="Stanley Cup Finals">Stanley Cup Finals</a>. In all rounds, the higher-ranked team is awarded home-ice advantage, with four of the seven games played at this team's home venue. In the Stanley Cup Finals, the team with the most points during the regular season has home-ice advantage. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Entry_draft">Entry draft</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Entry draft">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/NHL_entry_draft" title="NHL entry draft">NHL entry draft</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2017_NHL_Entry_Draft_(35513218745).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/2017_NHL_Entry_Draft_%2835513218745%29.jpg/220px-2017_NHL_Entry_Draft_%2835513218745%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/2017_NHL_Entry_Draft_%2835513218745%29.jpg/330px-2017_NHL_Entry_Draft_%2835513218745%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/2017_NHL_Entry_Draft_%2835513218745%29.jpg/440px-2017_NHL_Entry_Draft_%2835513218745%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/2017_NHL_entry_draft" title="2017 NHL entry draft">2017 NHL entry draft</a></figcaption></figure> The annual NHL entry draft consists of a seven-round off-season <a href="/wiki/Draft_(sports)" title="Draft (sports)">draft</a> held in June on a date of the commissioner's choosing.<a href="#cite_note-112">[111]</a> Early NHL drafts took place at the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Hotel" title="Queen Elizabeth Hotel">Queen Elizabeth (currently Fairmont) Hotel</a> in Montreal.<a href="#cite_note-113">[112]</a> Amateur players from junior, collegiate, or European leagues are eligible to enter the entry draft.<a href="#cite_note-114">[113]</a> The selection order is determined by a combination of the standings at the end of the regular season, playoff results, and a draft lottery. The 16 teams that did not qualify for the playoffs are entered in a weighted lottery to determine the initial draft picks in the first round, with the last place team having the best chance of winning the lottery. Once the lottery determines the initial draft picks, the order for the remaining non-playoff teams is determined by the standings at the end of the regular season. For those teams that did qualify for the playoffs, the draft order is then determined by total regular season points for non-division winners that are eliminated in the first two rounds of the playoffs, then any division winners that failed to reach the Conference Finals. Conference finalists receive the 29th and 30th picks depending on total points, with the Stanley Cup runner-up given the 31st pick and the Stanley Cup champions the final pick. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Trophies_and_awards">Trophies and awards</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Trophies and awards">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Hockey_League_awards" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Hockey League awards">List of National Hockey League awards</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Teams_2">Teams</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Teams">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <caption>Stanley Cup championships <a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_NHL_teams" class="mw-redirect" title="List of defunct NHL teams">Defunct teams</a> not included. </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col">Titles </th></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> </td> <td>24* </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leafs" title="Toronto Maple Leafs">Toronto Maple Leafs</a> </td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a> </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Blackhawks</a> </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Oilers" title="Edmonton Oilers">Edmonton Oilers</a> </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a> </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Islanders" title="New York Islanders">New York Islanders</a> </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a> </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Avalanche" title="Colorado Avalanche">Colorado Avalanche</a> </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a> </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Lightning" title="Tampa Bay Lightning">Tampa Bay Lightning</a> </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Kings" title="Los Angeles Kings">Los Angeles Kings</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Ducks" title="Anaheim Ducks">Anaheim Ducks</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Calgary_Flames" title="Calgary Flames">Calgary Flames</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Florida Panthers</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Stars" title="Dallas Stars">Dallas Stars</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Blues" title="St. Louis Blues">St. Louis Blues</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Vegas_Golden_Knights" title="Vegas Golden Knights">Vegas Golden Knights</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Capitals" title="Washington Capitals">Washington Capitals</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="6">* Includes one pre-NHL championship. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Stanley_Cup_champions" title="List of Stanley Cup champions">List of Stanley Cup champions</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanly_Cup_in_Hockey_Hall_of_Fame_(may_2008)_edit1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Stanly_Cup_in_Hockey_Hall_of_Fame_%28may_2008%29_edit1.jpg/170px-Stanly_Cup_in_Hockey_Hall_of_Fame_%28may_2008%29_edit1.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Stanly_Cup_in_Hockey_Hall_of_Fame_%28may_2008%29_edit1.jpg/255px-Stanly_Cup_in_Hockey_Hall_of_Fame_%28may_2008%29_edit1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Stanly_Cup_in_Hockey_Hall_of_Fame_%28may_2008%29_edit1.jpg/340px-Stanly_Cup_in_Hockey_Hall_of_Fame_%28may_2008%29_edit1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1756" data-file-height="1967" /></a><figcaption>The Stanley Cup, shown here on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame, is awarded annually to the league champion.</figcaption></figure> The most prestigious team award is the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a>, which is awarded to the league champion at the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The team that has the most points in the regular season is awarded the <a href="/wiki/Presidents%27_Trophy" title="Presidents' Trophy">Presidents' Trophy</a>. The Montreal Canadiens are the most successful franchise in the league. Since the formation of the league in 1917, they have 25 NHL championships (three between 1917 and 1925 when the Stanley Cup was still contested in an interleague competition, twenty-two since 1926 after the Stanley Cup became the NHL's championship trophy). They also lead all teams with 24 <a href="/wiki/List_of_Stanley_Cup_champions" title="List of Stanley Cup champions">Stanley Cup championships</a> (one as an NHA team, twenty-three as an NHL team). Of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, the Montreal Canadiens are surpassed in the number of championships only by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>, who have three more. The longest streak of winning the Stanley Cup in consecutive years is five, held by the Montreal Canadiens from 1955–56 to 1959–60.<a href="#cite_note-list_stanley_cup-115">[114]</a> The 1977 edition of the Montreal Canadiens, the second of four straight Stanley Cup champions, was named by ESPN as the second greatest sports team of all time.<a href="#cite_note-greatest_team-116">[115]</a> The next most successful NHL franchise is the Toronto Maple Leafs with 13 Stanley Cup championships, most recently in 1967. The Detroit Red Wings, with 11 Stanley Cup championships, are the most successful American franchise. The same trophy is reused every year for each of its awards. The Stanley Cup, much like its <a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup" title="Grey Cup">counterpart</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a> (CFL), is unique in this aspect, as opposed to the <a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi_Trophy" title="Vince Lombardi Trophy">Vince Lombardi Trophy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_O%27Brien_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Larry O'Brien Trophy">Larry O'Brien Trophy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/World_Series_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="World Series Trophy">Commissioner's Trophy</a>, which have new ones made every year for that year's champion. Despite only one trophy being used, the names of the teams winning and the players are engraved every year on the Stanley Cup. The same can also be said for the other trophies reissued every year. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Division_titles">Division titles</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Division titles">edit</a>]</div> Apart from the NHL-sanctioned trophies, which teams often recognize by putting up banners in the rafters of their arenas, many teams also claim titles which are not represented by trophies, often also by putting up banners in their rafters. One example is the division title or division championship.<a href="#cite_note-banners-117">[116]</a> The term unambiguously refers to the team that received the most points in its division at the end of the regular season,<a href="#cite_note-regular_season_division_title-118">[117]</a> but in some previous seasons, for example, from 1926–27 to 1927–28 and from 1981–82 to 1992–93, when the playoffs where organized along divisions, the term without qualification could also refer to the team which won the corresponding playoff series.<a href="#cite_note-playoff_division_title-119">[118]</a> The NHL has made clear in the past that it only allows teams to recognize regular season division titles.<a href="#cite_note-division_titles_nyt-120">[119]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Players">Players</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Players">edit</a>]</div> There are numerous trophies that are awarded to players based on their statistics during the regular season; they include, among others, the <a href="/wiki/Art_Ross_Trophy" title="Art Ross Trophy">Art Ross Trophy</a> for the league scoring champion (goals and assists), the <a href="/wiki/Maurice_%22Rocket%22_Richard_Trophy" title="Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy">Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy</a> for the goal-scoring leader, and the <a href="/wiki/William_M._Jennings_Trophy" title="William M. Jennings Trophy">William M. Jennings Trophy</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Goaltender" title="Goaltender">goaltender</a>(s) for the team with the fewest goals against them. The other player trophies are voted on by the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Hockey_Writers%27_Association" title="Professional Hockey Writers' Association">Professional Hockey Writers' Association</a> or the team general managers.<a href="#cite_note-awards-121">[120]</a> These individual awards are presented at a formal ceremony held in late June after the playoffs have concluded. The most prestigious individual award is the <a href="/wiki/Hart_Memorial_Trophy" title="Hart Memorial Trophy">Hart Memorial Trophy</a> which is awarded annually to the <a href="/wiki/Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Most Valuable Player">Most Valuable Player</a>; the voting is conducted by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association to judge the player who is the most valuable to his team during the regular season. The <a href="/wiki/Vezina_Trophy" title="Vezina Trophy">Vezina Trophy</a> is awarded annually to the person deemed the best goaltender as voted on by the general managers of the teams in the NHL. The <a href="/wiki/James_Norris_Memorial_Trophy" title="James Norris Memorial Trophy">James Norris Memorial Trophy</a> is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's top defenceman, the <a href="/wiki/Calder_Memorial_Trophy" title="Calder Memorial Trophy">Calder Memorial Trophy</a> is awarded annually to the top rookie, and the <a href="/wiki/Lady_Byng_Memorial_Trophy" title="Lady Byng Memorial Trophy">Lady Byng Memorial Trophy</a> is awarded to the player deemed to combine the highest degree of skill and sportsmanship; all three of these awards are voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association. In addition to the regular season awards, the <a href="/wiki/Conn_Smythe_Trophy" title="Conn Smythe Trophy">Conn Smythe Trophy</a> is awarded annually to the most valuable player during the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs. Furthermore, the top coach in the league wins the <a href="/wiki/Jack_Adams_Award" title="Jack Adams Award">Jack Adams Award</a>, as selected by a poll of the National Hockey League Broadcasters Association. The National Hockey League publishes the names of the top three vote getters for all awards, and then names the award winner during the NHL Awards Ceremony.<a href="#cite_note-awards-121">[120]</a> Players, coaches, officials, and team builders who have had notable careers are eligible to be voted into the <a href="/wiki/Hockey_Hall_of_Fame" title="Hockey Hall of Fame">Hockey Hall of Fame</a>. Players cannot enter until three years have passed since their last professional game, currently tied with the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[121]</a> for the shortest such time period of any major sport. One unique consequence has been Hall of Fame members (specifically, <a href="/wiki/Gordie_Howe" title="Gordie Howe">Gordie Howe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guy_Lafleur" title="Guy Lafleur">Guy Lafleur</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mario_Lemieux" title="Mario Lemieux">Mario Lemieux</a>) coming out of retirement to play once more.<a href="#cite_note-123">[122]</a> If a player was deemed significant enough, the three-year wait would be waived; only ten individuals have been honoured in this manner.<a href="#cite_note-waiver-124">[123]</a> In 1999, <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky" title="Wayne Gretzky">Wayne Gretzky</a> joined the Hall and became the last player to have the three-year restriction waived.<a href="#cite_note-waiver-124">[123]</a> After his induction, the Hall of Fame announced that Gretzky would be the last to have the waiting period waived. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin_of_players">Origin of players</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Origin of players">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_statistical_leaders_by_country" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NHL statistical leaders by country">List of NHL statistical leaders by country</a></div> In addition to Canadian- and American-born and trained players, who have historically composed a large majority of NHL rosters, the NHL also draws players from an expanding pool of other nations where organized and professional hockey is played. Since the <a href="/wiki/Revolutions_of_1989" title="Revolutions of 1989">collapse of the Soviet Bloc</a>, political/ideological restrictions on the movement of hockey players from this region have disappeared, leading to a large influx of players mostly from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Russia into the NHL. Swedes, Finns, and Western European players, who were always free to move to North America, came to the league in greater numbers than before. Many of the league's top players in recent years have come from these European countries including <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Alfredsson" title="Daniel Alfredsson">Daniel Alfredsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erik_Karlsson" title="Erik Karlsson">Erik Karlsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Sedin" title="Henrik Sedin">Henrik Sedin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Sedin" title="Daniel Sedin">Daniel Sedin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Lundqvist" title="Henrik Lundqvist">Henrik Lundqvist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jarom%C3%ADr_J%C3%A1gr" title="Jaromír Jágr">Jaromir Jagr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrik_Eli%C3%A1%C5%A1" title="Patrik Eliáš">Patrik Elias</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zdeno_Ch%C3%A1ra" title="Zdeno Chára">Zdeno Chara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pavel_Datsyuk" title="Pavel Datsyuk">Pavel Datsyuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evgeni_Malkin" title="Evgeni Malkin">Evgeni Malkin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicklas_Lidstr%C3%B6m" title="Nicklas Lidström">Nicklas Lidstrom</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ovechkin" title="Alexander Ovechkin">Alexander Ovechkin</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Europe-125">[124]</a> European players were drafted and signed by NHL teams in an effort to bring in more "skilled offensive players",<a href="#cite_note-europe2-126">[125]</a> although as of 2008 there has been a decline in European players as more American players enter the league.<a href="#cite_note-More_Americans?-127">[126]</a> The addition of European players changed the style of play in the NHL and European style hockey has been integrated into the NHL game.<a href="#cite_note-Europe-125">[124]</a> As of the 2017–18 season, the NHL has players from 17 countries, with 46.0% coming from Canada and 26.0% from the United States, while players from a further 15 countries make up 26.4% of NHL rosters.<a href="#cite_note-quanthockey.com-128">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-europe_players-129">[128]</a> The following table shows the seven countries that make up the vast majority of NHL players. The table follows the <a href="/wiki/Hockey_Hall_of_Fame" title="Hockey Hall of Fame">Hockey Hall of Fame</a> convention of classifying players by the currently existing countries in which their birthplaces are located, without regard to their citizenship or where they were trained. <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; padding: 1px; border-spacing: 1px;"> <caption>Nationality of NHL players </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Country </th> <th scope="col">Players <a href="#cite_note-130">[129]</a> (<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NHL_season" title="1988–89 NHL season">1988–89</a>) </th> <th scope="col">% </th> <th scope="col">Players <a href="#cite_note-131">[130]</a><a href="#cite_note-132">[131]</a> (<a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NHL_season" title="2002–03 NHL season">2002–03</a>) </th> <th scope="col">% </th> <th scope="col">Players <a href="#cite_note-133">[132]</a><a href="#cite_note-134">[133]</a> (<a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NHL_season" title="2006–07 NHL season">2006–07</a>) </th> <th scope="col">% </th> <th scope="col">Players <a href="#cite_note-135">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a> (<a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NHL_season" title="2010–11 NHL season">2010–11</a>) </th> <th scope="col">% </th> <th scope="col">Players <a href="#cite_note-quanthockey.com-128">[127]</a> (<a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NHL_season" title="2017–18 NHL season">2017–18</a>) </th> <th scope="col">% </th> <th scope="col">Players <a href="#cite_note-2324playernationalities-8">[7]</a> (<a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_NHL_season" title="2023–24 NHL season">2023–24</a>) </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> </td> <td>551</td> <td>75.4 </td> <td>488</td> <td>49.8 </td> <td>495</td> <td>52.7 </td> <td>521</td> <td>53.3 </td> <td>446</td> <td>45.3 </td> <td>321</td> <td>41.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td>112</td> <td>15.3 </td> <td>140</td> <td>14.3 </td> <td>182</td> <td>19.3 </td> <td>234</td> <td>23.9 </td> <td>269</td> <td>27.3 </td> <td>220</td> <td>28.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> </td> <td>23</td> <td>3.1 </td> <td>58</td> <td>5.9 </td> <td>49</td> <td>5.2 </td> <td>63</td> <td>6.4 </td> <td>98</td> <td>9.9 </td> <td>76</td> <td>9.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /> <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> </td> <td>18</td> <td>2.5 </td> <td>38</td> <td>3.9 </td> <td>42</td> <td>4.5 </td> <td>30</td> <td>3.1 </td> <td>42</td> <td>4.3 </td> <td>38</td> <td>5.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a> </td> <td>11</td> <td>1.5 </td> <td>73</td> <td>7.4 </td> <td>65</td> <td>6.9 </td> <td>42</td> <td>4.3 </td> <td>37</td> <td>3.8 </td> <td>24</td> <td>3.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0.1 </td> <td>57</td> <td>5.8 </td> <td>35</td> <td>3.7 </td> <td>32</td> <td>3.3 </td> <td>39</td> <td>4.0 </td> <td>47</td> <td>6.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>0.8 </td> <td>36</td> <td>3.7 </td> <td>26</td> <td>2.8 </td> <td>14</td> <td>1.4 </td> <td>13</td> <td>1.3 </td> <td>6</td> <td>0.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Total </th> <th>731</th> <th>100.0 </th> <th>980</th> <th>100.0 </th> <th>942</th> <th>100.0 </th> <th>978</th> <th>100.0 </th> <th>985</th> <th>100.0 </th> <th>766</th> <th>100.0 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_sponsors">Corporate sponsors</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Corporate sponsors">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NHL_faceoff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/NHL_faceoff.jpg/220px-NHL_faceoff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/NHL_faceoff.jpg/330px-NHL_faceoff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/NHL_faceoff.jpg/440px-NHL_faceoff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Logos of corporate sponsors are visible on the boards and ice in an NHL hockey rink.</figcaption></figure> The NHL lists its several official corporate partners into three categories: North American Partners, USA Partners and Canada Partners.<a href="#cite_note-NHL.comPartners-137">[136]</a> <a href="/wiki/Discover_Card" title="Discover Card">Discover Card</a> is the league's official credit card in the United States, while competitor <a href="/wiki/Visa_Inc." title="Visa Inc.">Visa</a> is an official sponsor in Canada.<a href="#cite_note-138">[137]</a> Likewise, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Hortons" title="Tim Hortons">Tim Hortons</a> is the league's official <a href="/wiki/Coffee_and_doughnuts" title="Coffee and doughnuts">coffee and doughnuts</a> chain in Canada, while <a href="/wiki/Dunkin%27_Donuts" title="Dunkin' Donuts">Dunkin' Donuts</a> is the NHL's sponsor in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-139">[138]</a> Among its North American corporate sponsors, <a href="/wiki/Kraft_Heinz" title="Kraft Heinz">Kraft Heinz</a> sponsors <a href="/wiki/Kraft_Hockeyville" title="Kraft Hockeyville">Kraft Hockeyville</a>, an annual competition in which communities compete to demonstrate their commitment to the sport of <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a>. The winning community gets a cash prize dedicated to upgrading their local home arena, as well as the opportunity to host an NHL pre-season game. Two contests are held, one for communities across Canada and a separate competition for communities in the US. At least two of the North American corporate sponsors have ties to <a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_franchise_owners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NHL franchise owners">NHL franchise owners</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Molson_family" title="Molson family">Molson family</a>, founders of <a href="/wiki/Molson_Brewery" title="Molson Brewery">Molson Brewery</a>, has owned the Montreal Canadiens for years, while <a href="/wiki/SAP_SE" class="mw-redirect" title="SAP SE">SAP</a> was co-founded by <a href="/wiki/Hasso_Plattner" title="Hasso Plattner">Hasso Plattner</a>, the current majority owner of the San Jose Sharks. Many of these same corporate partners become the title sponsors for the league's All-Star and <a href="/wiki/NHL_outdoor_games" title="NHL outdoor games">outdoor games</a>. Beginning in the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_NHL_season" title="2020–21 NHL season">2020–21 NHL season</a>, the league allowed for advertising on its gameday uniforms for the first time, starting with helmet ads. The NHL has had advertising on the front of team jerseys starting from the 2022–23 season.<a href="#cite_note-140">[139]</a> On May 14, 2021, NHL and the sports-betting company <a href="/wiki/Betway" title="Betway">Betway</a> announced a multi-year partnership in which Betway became the official sports betting partner to the NHL in North America.<a href="#cite_note-141">[140]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_coverage">Media coverage</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Media coverage">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League_on_television" title="National Hockey League on television">National Hockey League on television</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_National_Hockey_League_broadcasters" title="List of current National Hockey League broadcasters">List of current National Hockey League broadcasters</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Ovechkin_Sergei_Fedorov_(3485559648).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Alexander_Ovechkin_Sergei_Fedorov_%283485559648%29.jpg/220px-Alexander_Ovechkin_Sergei_Fedorov_%283485559648%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Alexander_Ovechkin_Sergei_Fedorov_%283485559648%29.jpg/330px-Alexander_Ovechkin_Sergei_Fedorov_%283485559648%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Alexander_Ovechkin_Sergei_Fedorov_%283485559648%29.jpg/440px-Alexander_Ovechkin_Sergei_Fedorov_%283485559648%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2905" data-file-height="1799" /></a><figcaption>Members of the media interviewing players on ice after a game in 2009</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canada">Canada</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Canada">edit</a>]</div> Broadcasting rights in Canada have historically included the <a href="/wiki/CBC_Television" title="CBC Television">CBC</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Hockey_Night_in_Canada" title="Hockey Night in Canada">Hockey Night in Canada</a> (HNIC), a Canadian tradition dating to 1952,<a href="#cite_note-hnic1-142">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-hnic2-143">[142]</a> and even prior to that on radio since the 1920s. The current national television and digital rightsholder is <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Communications" title="Rogers Communications">Rogers Communications</a>, under a 12-year deal valued at <a href="/wiki/Canadian_dollar" title="Canadian dollar">C</a>$5.2 billion which began in the <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NHL_season" title="2014–15 NHL season">2014–15 season</a>, as the national broadcast and cable television rightsholders. National <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_Sportsnet" title="NHL on Sportsnet">English-language coverage</a> of the NHL is carried primarily by Rogers' <a href="/wiki/Sportsnet" title="Sportsnet">Sportsnet</a> group of specialty channels; Sportsnet holds national windows on Wednesday and Sunday nights. Hockey Night in Canada was maintained and expanded under the deal, airing up to seven games nationally on Saturday nights throughout the regular season. CBC maintains Rogers-produced NHL coverage during the regular season and playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-gandm-howcbclost-144">[143]</a> Sportsnet's networks also air occasional games involving all-U.S. matchups.<a href="#cite_note-145">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-gandm-rogersnhl14-146">[145]</a><a href="#cite_note-cbcnews-rogersnhl-147">[146]</a><a href="#cite_note-torstar-hugeblow-148">[147]</a><a href="#cite_note-cbcsports-rogers14-149">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-gandm-hnicnewgame-150">[149]</a> <a href="/wiki/Quebecor_Media" title="Quebecor Media">Quebecor Media</a> holds national <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French-language</a> rights to the NHL, with all coverage airing on its specialty channel <a href="/wiki/TVA_Sports" title="TVA Sports">TVA Sports</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nhl-tvasports-151">[150]</a><a href="#cite_note-torstar-rogersnhl14-152">[151]</a> Games that are not broadcast as part of the national rights deal are broadcast by Sportsnet's regional feeds, <a href="/wiki/The_Sports_Network" title="The Sports Network">TSN</a>'s regional feeds, and <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_des_sports" title="Réseau des sports">RDS</a>. Regional games are subject to <a href="/wiki/Blackout_(broadcasting)#NHL" title="Blackout (broadcasting)">blackout</a> for viewers outside of each team's designated market.<a href="#cite_note-fagstein-habs15-153">[152]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: United States">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Hockey_League_on_United_States_television" title="History of the National Hockey League on United States television">History of the National Hockey League on United States television</a></div> Historically, the NHL has never fared well on American television in comparison to the other American professional leagues. The league's American broadcast partners had been in flux for decades prior to 1995. Hockey broadcasting on a national scale was particularly spotty prior to 1981; <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_NBC" title="NHL on NBC">NBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_CBS" title="NHL on CBS">CBS</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_ABC" title="NHL on ABC">ABC</a> held rights at various times during that period but with limited schedules during the second half of the regular season and the playoffs, along with some (but not all) of the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="Stanley Cup Finals">Stanley Cup Finals</a>. The NHL primarily was then only available on <a href="/wiki/Cable_television_in_the_United_States" title="Cable television in the United States">cable television</a> after 1981, airing on the <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_USA" title="NHL on USA">USA Network</a>, <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_SportsChannel_America" title="NHL on SportsChannel America">SportsChannel America</a>, and <a href="/wiki/ESPN_National_Hockey_Night" class="mw-redirect" title="ESPN National Hockey Night">ESPN</a> at various times. Since 1995, national coverage has been split between broadcast and cable, first with <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_Fox" title="NHL on Fox">Fox</a> and ESPN from 1995 to 1999, then followed by ABC and ESPN from 1999 to 2004. The U.S. national rights were then held by NBC and <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_Versus" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL on Versus">OLN</a> (later renamed <a href="/wiki/Versus_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Versus (TV channel)">Versus</a>, then <a href="/wiki/NBCSN" title="NBCSN">NBCSN</a>) between the <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NHL_lockout" title="2004–05 NHL lockout">2004–05 NHL lockout</a> and 2021. The <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_NHL_season" title="2021–22 NHL season">2021–22 season</a> marks the first year of seven-year agreements with <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_ESPN" title="NHL on ESPN">ESPN</a> and <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_TNT" title="NHL on TNT">TNT (formerly Turner) Sports</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CNBC2021-154">[153]</a> ESPN's deal includes 25 regular season games on ABC or ESPN, and 75 exclusive games streamed on <a href="/wiki/ESPN%2B" title="ESPN+">ESPN+</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hulu" title="Hulu">Hulu</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ESPN_announcement-155">[154]</a> Turner Sports' coverage includes up to 72 regular season games on TNT, with early round playoff coverage split between TNT and <a href="/wiki/TBS_(American_TV_channel)" title="TBS (American TV channel)">TBS</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Turner_announcement-156">[155]</a> The playoffs will be split between ESPN and TNT, with ABC televising the Stanley Cup Finals during even years and TNT (simulcast with TBS and <a href="/wiki/TruTV" title="TruTV">TruTV</a>) televising the championship series during odd years.<a href="#cite_note-CNBC2021-154">[153]</a> As in Canada, games not broadcast nationally are aired regionally within a team's home market and are subject to <a href="/wiki/Blackout_(broadcasting)#MLB/NHL_blackout_policies" title="Blackout (broadcasting)">blackout</a> outside of them. These broadcasters include <a href="/wiki/Regional_sports_network" title="Regional sports network">regional sports network</a> chains. Certain national telecasts are non-exclusive, and may also air in tandem with telecasts of the game by local broadcasters. However, national telecasts of these games are blacked out in the participating teams' markets to protect the local broadcaster. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NHL_Network">NHL Network</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: NHL Network">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/NHL_Network_(American_TV_channel)" title="NHL Network (American TV channel)">NHL Network (American TV channel)</a> and <a href="/wiki/NHL_Network_(Canadian_TV_channel)" title="NHL Network (Canadian TV channel)">NHL Network (Canadian TV channel)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NHL_Network_at_the_2019_NHL_Entry_Draft.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/NHL_Network_at_the_2019_NHL_Entry_Draft.jpg/220px-NHL_Network_at_the_2019_NHL_Entry_Draft.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/NHL_Network_at_the_2019_NHL_Entry_Draft.jpg/330px-NHL_Network_at_the_2019_NHL_Entry_Draft.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/NHL_Network_at_the_2019_NHL_Entry_Draft.jpg/440px-NHL_Network_at_the_2019_NHL_Entry_Draft.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2127" data-file-height="1418" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/NHL_Network_(American_TV_channel)" title="NHL Network (American TV channel)">NHL Network</a>'s television panel at the <a href="/wiki/2019_NHL_entry_draft" title="2019 NHL entry draft">2019 NHL entry draft</a> at <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Arena" title="Rogers Arena">Rogers Arena</a> in Vancouver</figcaption></figure> The league co-owns the NHL Network, a television specialty channel devoted to the NHL. Its signature show is <a href="/wiki/NHL_Tonight" title="NHL Tonight">NHL Tonight</a>. The NHL Network also airs live games, but primarily simulcasts of one of the team's regional broadcasters. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Out-of-market_packages">Out-of-market packages</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Out-of-market packages">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/NHL_Centre_Ice" title="NHL Centre Ice">NHL Centre Ice</a> in Canada<a href="#cite_note-157">[156]</a> and <a href="/wiki/NHL_Center_Ice" title="NHL Center Ice">NHL Center Ice</a> in the United States<a href="#cite_note-158">[157]</a> are the league's subscription-based, <a href="/wiki/Out-of-market_sports_package" title="Out-of-market sports package">out-of-market sports packages</a> that offer access to out-of-market feeds of games through a cable or satellite television provider. The league originally launched NHL GameCenter Live in 2008, allowing the streaming of out-of-market games over the internet.<a href="#cite_note-159">[158]</a> <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Advanced_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball Advanced Media">MLB Advanced Media</a> then took over of its day-to-day operations in 2016, renaming it NHL.tv.<a href="#cite_note-NHL-MLBAM-deal-160">[159]</a> Under its contract, <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Communications" title="Rogers Communications">Rogers Communications</a> distributes the service in Canada as NHL Live;<a href="#cite_note-np-everygame-161">[160]</a> it will be incorporated into Sportsnet Now Premium for the 2022–23 season.<a href="#cite_note-162">[161]</a> Under <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>'s contract, the league's out-of-market streaming package was incorporated into <a href="/wiki/ESPN%2B" title="ESPN+">ESPN+</a> for those viewers in the United States in 2021.<a href="#cite_note-ESPN_announcement-155">[154]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International">International</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: International">edit</a>]</div> Outside of Canada and the United States, NHL games are broadcast across Europe, in the Middle East, in Australia,<a href="#cite_note-163">[162]</a> and in the Americas across Mexico, Central America, Dominican Republic, Caribbean, South America and Brazil, among others.<a href="#cite_note-164">[163]</a> NHL.tv is also available for people in most countries to watch games online, but blackout restrictions may still apply if a game is being televised in the user's country. For those in selected international markets where ESPN also holds the streaming rights, they must instead access games on the ESPN platform used in that particular country: ESPNPlayer, ESPN Play, the ESPN App, or <a href="/wiki/Disney%2B" title="Disney+">Disney+</a> (previously <a href="/wiki/Star%2B" title="Star+">Star+</a>). And those in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom must use <a href="/wiki/Viaplay" title="Viaplay">Viaplay</a>.<a href="#cite_note-165">[164]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_competitions">International competitions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: International competitions">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club_participation">Club participation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Club participation">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_international_games_played_by_NHL_teams" title="List of international games played by NHL teams">List of international games played by NHL teams</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Challenge_Cup_1979.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Challenge_Cup_1979.jpg/170px-Challenge_Cup_1979.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Challenge_Cup_1979.jpg/255px-Challenge_Cup_1979.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Challenge_Cup_1979.jpg/340px-Challenge_Cup_1979.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1064" data-file-height="1676" /></a><figcaption>Challenge Cup Trophy for the <a href="/wiki/1979_Challenge_Cup_(ice_hockey)" title="1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey)">1979 Challenge Cup series</a> between NHL All Stars and the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_national_ice_hockey_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Union national ice hockey team">Soviet national team</a></figcaption></figure> NHL teams have occasionally participated in international club competitions. Most of these competitions were arranged by the NHL or NHLPA. The first international club competition was held in <a href="/wiki/Super_Series_%2776" title="Super Series '76">1976</a>, with eight NHL teams playing against the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Championship_League" title="Soviet Championship League">Soviet Championship League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/HC_CSKA_Moscow" title="HC CSKA Moscow">HC CSKA Moscow</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Krylya_Sovetov_Moscow" title="Krylya Sovetov Moscow">Krylya Sovetov Moscow</a>. Between 1976 and 1991, the NHL, and the Soviet Championship League would hold several exhibition games between the two leagues known as the <a href="/wiki/Super_Series" title="Super Series">Super Series</a>.<a href="#cite_note-166">[165]</a> No NHL club had played a Soviet or Russian-based club from the end of the Super Series in 1991 to 2008 when the New York Rangers faced <a href="/wiki/Metallurg_Magnitogorsk" title="Metallurg Magnitogorsk">Metallurg Magnitogorsk</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Victoria_Cup" title="2008 Victoria Cup">2008 Victoria Cup</a>.<a href="#cite_note-167">[166]</a> In addition to the Russian clubs, NHL clubs had participated in several international club exhibitions and competitions with various European-based clubs. The first exhibition game to feature an NHL team against a European-based team (aside from clubs based in the former Soviet Union) was in December 1977, when the New York Rangers faced <a href="/wiki/HC_Kladno" class="mw-redirect" title="HC Kladno">Poldi Kladno</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovak_First_Ice_Hockey_League" title="Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League">Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League</a>. In the 2000s, the NHL organized four <a href="/wiki/NHL_Challenge" title="NHL Challenge">NHL Challenge</a> series between NHL and European clubs.<a href="#cite_note-168">[167]</a> The NHL continued to organize exhibition games between NHL and European teams before the beginning of the NHL season; those games were known as the NHL Premiere from 2007 to 2011 and as the NHL Global Series since 2017.<a href="#cite_note-169">[168]</a> The last exhibition game between an NHL and European club occurred during the <a href="/wiki/List_of_international_games_played_by_NHL_teams#2024_NHL_Global_Series" title="List of international games played by NHL teams">2024 NHL Global Series</a>.<a href="#cite_note-170">[169]</a> NHL clubs have also participated in IIHF-organized club tournaments. The most recent IIHF-organized event including an NHL club was the <a href="/wiki/2009_Victoria_Cup" title="2009 Victoria Cup">2009 Victoria Cup</a>, between the Swiss <a href="/wiki/National_League_A" class="mw-redirect" title="National League A">National League A</a>'s <a href="/wiki/ZSC_Lions" title="ZSC Lions">ZSC Lions</a> and the Chicago Blackhawks. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Permittance_of_NHL_players_in_international_competitions">Permittance of NHL players in international competitions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Permittance of NHL players in international competitions">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_international_ice_hockey_competitions_featuring_NHL_players" title="List of international ice hockey competitions featuring NHL players">List of international ice hockey competitions featuring NHL players</a></div> The NHL has also permitted its players to participate in international competitions among <a href="/wiki/List_of_national_ice_hockey_teams" title="List of national ice hockey teams">national teams</a>. The annual <a href="/wiki/Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="Ice Hockey World Championships">Ice Hockey World Championships</a> is held every May, at the same time as the Stanley Cup playoffs. Because of its timing, NHL players generally only join their respective country's team in the World Championships if their respective NHL team has been eliminated from Stanley Cup contention.<a href="#cite_note-171">[170]</a> From 1998 to 2014, during the year of the quadrennial <a href="/wiki/Winter_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter Olympics">Winter Olympics</a>, the NHL suspended its all-star game and expanded the traditional all-star break to allow NHL players to participate in the Olympic ice hockey tournament. In 2018, the NHL did not schedule an Olympic break, resulting in their players not participating in that year's Olympic tournament.<a href="#cite_note-172">[171]</a> An Olympic break was also not scheduled in 2022, with the NHL opting to not permit its players to participate due to a shortened NHL season that year, and concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.<a href="#cite_note-173">[172]</a> The NHL and the NHLPA also organize the <a href="/wiki/World_Cup_of_Hockey" title="World Cup of Hockey">World Cup of Hockey</a>. Unlike the Ice Hockey World Championships and the Olympic tournament, the World Cup of Hockey is played under NHL rules and not those of the IIHF.<a href="#cite_note-sn-wch2016-174">[173]</a> In 2007, the <a href="/wiki/International_Ice_Hockey_Federation" title="International Ice Hockey Federation">International Ice Hockey Federation</a> (IIHF) formalized the "<a href="/wiki/Triple_Gold_Club" title="Triple Gold Club">Triple Gold Club</a>", the group of players and coaches who have won an Olympic gold medal, a World Championship gold medal and the Stanley Cup.<a href="#cite_note-175">[174]</a><a href="#cite_note-expands-176">[175]</a><a href="#cite_note-177">[176]</a> The term had first entered popular use following the <a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Winter Olympics</a>, which saw the addition of the first Canadian members.<a href="#cite_note-178">[177]</a><a href="#cite_note-179">[178]</a><a href="#cite_note-180">[179]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popularity">Popularity</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Popularity">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/NHL_attendance" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL attendance">NHL attendance</a></div> The NHL is considered one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, along with <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>. The league is very prominent in Canada, where it is the most popular of these four leagues.<a href="#cite_note-Canadian_Press_2006-06-08-181">[180]</a> Overall, hockey has the smallest total fan base of the four leagues and receives the smallest <a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_leagues_by_revenue" title="List of professional sports leagues by revenue">annual revenue</a>; the league earns the least from the television rights sale and has the lowest sponsorship.<a href="#cite_note-affluent-182">[181]</a> The NHL had been the sport holding the most affluent fan base of the top four,<a href="#cite_note-affluent-182">[181]</a> but it slid behind the MLB and leveled off with the NFL in recent years.<a href="#cite_note-ipsos-183">[182]</a> A study done by the <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Graduate_School_of_Business" title="Stanford Graduate School of Business">Stanford Graduate School of Business</a> in 2004, found that NHL fans in the United States were the most educated of the four major leagues. Further, it noted that season-ticket sales were more prominent in the NHL than the other three because of the financial ability of the NHL fan to purchase them.<a href="#cite_note-affluent-182">[181]</a> The NHL has the most white-based audience among the four.<a href="#cite_note-ipsos-183">[182]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>, in 2010, the largest demographic of NHL fans was males aged 18–34.<a href="#cite_note-184">[183]</a> The NHL estimates that half of its fan base roots for teams in outside markets. So, beginning in 2008, the NHL started to shift toward using digital technology to market to fans to capitalize on this. The debut of the <a href="/wiki/NHL_Winter_Classic" title="NHL Winter Classic">Winter Classic</a>, an outdoor regular season NHL game held on <a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a> in <a href="/wiki/2008_NHL_Winter_Classic" title="2008 NHL Winter Classic">2008</a>, was a significant success for the league. The game has since become an annual staple of the NHL schedule. Coverage of "Hockey Day in America", later rebranded as <a href="/wiki/Hockey_Weekend_Across_America" title="Hockey Weekend Across America">Hockey Weekend Across America</a> with TNT, allowed for multiple games to be broadcast in the United States on the national rights holder.<a href="#cite_note-185">[184]</a> These improvements led NBC and the cable channel <a href="/wiki/Versus_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Versus (TV channel)">Versus</a> to sign a 10-year broadcast deal, paying US$200 million per year for both American cable and broadcast rights; the deal will lead to further increases in television coverage on the NBC channels. This television contract has boosted viewership metrics for the NHL. The <a href="/wiki/2010_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2010 Stanley Cup playoffs">2010 Stanley Cup playoffs</a> saw the largest audience in the sport's history "after a regular season that saw record-breaking business success, propelled largely by the NHL's strategy of engaging fans through big events and robust digital offerings."<a href="#cite_note-186">[185]</a> This success has resulted in a 66 percent rise in NHL advertising and sponsorship revenue. Merchandise sales were up 22 percent, and the number of unique visitors on the NHL.com website was up 17 percent during the playoffs after rising 29 percent in the regular season.<a href="#cite_note-187">[186]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output 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The Canadiens won a Stanley Cup championship in <a href="/wiki/1916_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1916 Stanley Cup Finals">1916</a> as a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_Association" title="National Hockey Association">National Hockey Association</a>, and 23 Cups as a member of the NHL. Montreal also won the NHL championship twice without winning the Stanley Cup: in <a href="/wiki/1919_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1919 Stanley Cup Finals">1918–19</a> when the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_flu" title="Spanish flu">Spanish flu</a> caused the cancellation of the Stanley Cup Finals against the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Metropolitans" title="Seattle Metropolitans">Seattle Metropolitans</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Hockey_Association" title="Pacific Coast Hockey Association">Pacific Coast Hockey Association</a> and in <a href="/wiki/1925_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1925 Stanley Cup Finals">1924–25</a> when they lost in the Stanley Cup Finals to the <a href="/wiki/Western_Canada_Hockey_League" title="Western Canada Hockey League">Western Canada Hockey League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cougars" title="Victoria Cougars">Victoria Cougars</a>. </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Footnotes">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKreiser2017" class="citation news cs1">Kreiser, John (November 25, 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-celebrates-100th-anniversary-of-founding/c-293253526">"NHL turns 100 years old"</a>. 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Doubleday Canada. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-385-66324-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-385-66324-3"><bdi>978-0-385-66324-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Montreal+Canadiens%3A+100+Years+of+Glory&rft.pub=Doubleday+Canada&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-385-66324-3&rft.aulast=Jenish&rft.aufirst=D%27Arcy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DDFLcnuvieV0C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHolzmanNieforth2002" class="citation book cs1">Holzman, Morey; Nieforth, Joseph (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=COb82MiKyGQC">Deceptions and Doublecross: How the NHL Conquered Hockey</a>. Toronto: Dundurn Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55002-413-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-55002-413-2"><bdi>1-55002-413-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Deceptions+and+Doublecross%3A+How+the+NHL+Conquered+Hockey&rft.place=Toronto&rft.pub=Dundurn+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=1-55002-413-2&rft.aulast=Holzman&rft.aufirst=Morey&rft.au=Nieforth%2C+Joseph&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DCOb82MiKyGQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcFarlane1997" class="citation book cs1">McFarlane, Brian (1997). Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-57167-145-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-57167-145-5"><bdi>1-57167-145-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Brian+McFarlane%27s+History+of+Hockey&rft.place=Champaign%2C+Illinois&rft.pub=Sports+Publishing+Inc&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=1-57167-145-5&rft.aulast=McFarlane&rft.aufirst=Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcKinley2006" class="citation book cs1">McKinley, Michael (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fCAL2ysKFWoC">Hockey: A People's History</a>. McClelland & Stewart. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7710-5769-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-7710-5769-5"><bdi>0-7710-5769-5</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230123144119/https://books.google.com/books?id=fCAL2ysKFWoC">Archived</a> from the original on January 23, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hockey%3A+A+People%27s+History&rft.pub=McClelland+%26+Stewart&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-7710-5769-5&rft.aulast=McKinley&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfCAL2ysKFWoC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050925113900/http://www.nhl.com/rules/index.html">"2005–06 NHL Official Rules"</a>. National Hockey League. 2005. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nhl.com/rules/index.html">the original</a> on September 25, 2005. Retrieved June 10, 2006.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Hockey+League&rft.atitle=2005%E2%80%9306+NHL+Official+Rules&rft.date=2005&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhl.com%2Frules%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPincus2006" class="citation book cs1">Pincus, Arthur (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/officialillustra0000pinc">The Official Illustrated NHL History</a>. Reader's Digest. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88850-800-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-88850-800-X"><bdi>0-88850-800-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Official+Illustrated+NHL+History&rft.pub=Reader%27s+Digest&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-88850-800-X&rft.aulast=Pincus&rft.aufirst=Arthur&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fofficialillustra0000pinc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPodnieksSzemberg2007" class="citation book cs1">Podnieks, Andrew; Szemberg, Szymon (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/worldofhockeycel0000unse">World of hockey: celebrating a century of the IIHF</a>. Fenn Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781551683072" title="Special:BookSources/9781551683072"><bdi>9781551683072</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=World+of+hockey%3A+celebrating+a+century+of+the+IIHF&rft.pub=Fenn+Publishing&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9781551683072&rft.aulast=Podnieks&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rft.au=Szemberg%2C+Szymon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fworldofhockeycel0000unse&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoss2015" class="citation book cs1">Ross, J. Andrew (2015). Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League to 1945. Syracuse University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8156-3383-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8156-3383-9"><bdi>978-0-8156-3383-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Joining+the+Clubs%3A+The+Business+of+the+National+Hockey+League+to+1945&rft.pub=Syracuse+University+Press&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-0-8156-3383-9&rft.aulast=Ross&rft.aufirst=J.+Andrew&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSandor2005" class="citation book cs1">Sandor, Steven (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151016020327/https://books.google.com/books?id=WpI_rzHaT8oC">The Battle of Alberta: A Century of Hockey's Greatest Rivalry</a>. Heritage House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-894974-01-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-894974-01-8"><bdi>1-894974-01-8</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WpI_rzHaT8oC">the original</a> on October 16, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Battle+of+Alberta%3A+A+Century+of+Hockey%27s+Greatest+Rivalry&rft.pub=Heritage+House&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-894974-01-8&rft.aulast=Sandor&rft.aufirst=Steven&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWpI_rzHaT8oC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWong2005" class="citation book cs1">Wong, John Chi-Kit (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8uKWKUOl5LkC">Lords of the Rinks</a>. University of Toronto Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8020-8520-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-8020-8520-2"><bdi>0-8020-8520-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lords+of+the+Rinks&rft.pub=University+of+Toronto+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-8020-8520-2&rft.aulast=Wong&rft.aufirst=John+Chi-Kit&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8uKWKUOl5LkC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Bass, Alan (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JgLqzbebH4gC&q=The%20NHL&pg=PP1">The Great Expansion: The Ultimate Risk That Changed the NHL Forever</a>. Iuniverse Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4502-8605-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4502-8605-3"><bdi>978-1-4502-8605-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Great+Expansion%3A+The+Ultimate+Risk+That+Changed+the+NHL+Forever&rft.pub=Iuniverse+Inc&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-4502-8605-3&rft.aulast=Bass&rft.aufirst=Alan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJgLqzbebH4gC%26q%3DThe%2520NHL%26pg%3DPP1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Fischler, Stan & Shirley (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wpbLnSHBNHgC&pg=PA1">Who's Who in Hockey</a>. Andrews McMeel Pub. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7407-1904-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7407-1904-1"><bdi>0-7407-1904-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Who%27s+Who+in+Hockey&rft.pub=Andrews+McMeel+Pub&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-7407-1904-1&rft.aulast=Fischler&rft.aufirst=Stan+%26+Shirley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DwpbLnSHBNHgC%26pg%3DPA1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Holzman, Morey; Nieforth, Joseph (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=COb82MiKyGQC&pg=PP1">Deceptions and doublecross : how the NHL conquered hockey</a>. Dundurn Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55002-413-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-55002-413-2"><bdi>1-55002-413-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Deceptions+and+doublecross+%3A+how+the+NHL+conquered+hockey&rft.pub=Dundurn+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=1-55002-413-2&rft.aulast=Holzman&rft.aufirst=Morey&rft.au=Nieforth%2C+Joseph&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DCOb82MiKyGQC%26pg%3DPP1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoss2015" class="citation book cs1">Ross, J. Andrew (2015). Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League to 1945. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8156-3383-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8156-3383-9"><bdi>978-0-8156-3383-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Joining+the+Clubs%3A+The+Business+of+the+National+Hockey+League+to+1945&rft.place=Syracuse%2C+New+York&rft.pub=Syracuse+University+Press&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-0-8156-3383-9&rft.aulast=Ross&rft.aufirst=J.+Andrew&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Weekes, Don (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=31znPJH56zAC&pg=PP1">The Big Book of Hockey Trivia</a>. Greystone Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55365-119-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-55365-119-7"><bdi>1-55365-119-7</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230123144508/https://books.google.com/books?id=31znPJH56zAC&pg=PP1">Archived</a> from the original on January 23, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Big+Book+of+Hockey+Trivia&rft.pub=Greystone+Books&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-55365-119-7&rft.aulast=Weekes&rft.aufirst=Don&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D31znPJH56zAC%26pg%3DPP1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Wright, Marshall D (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5BwMfrkN1SQC&pg=PP1">The National Hockey League, 1917–1967: A Year-by-Year Statistical History</a>. McFarland & Co. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-4444-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-4444-1"><bdi>978-0-7864-4444-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+National+Hockey+League%2C+1917%E2%80%931967%3A+A+Year-by-Year+Statistical+History&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Co&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-4444-1&rft.aulast=Wright&rft.aufirst=Marshall+D&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D5BwMfrkN1SQC%26pg%3DPP1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Hockey+League" class="Z3988"></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Hockey_League_(1942%E2%80%931967)" title="History of the National Hockey League (1942–1967)">1942–1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Hockey_League_(1967%E2%80%931992)" title="History of the National Hockey League (1967–1992)">1967–1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Hockey_League_(1992%E2%80%932017)" title="History of the National Hockey League (1992–2017)">1992–2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Hockey_League_(2017%E2%80%93present)" title="History of the National Hockey League (2017–present)">Since 2017</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_all-time_NHL_standings" title="List of all-time NHL standings">All-time standings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_playoff_series" title="List of NHL playoff series">All-time playoff series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_organizational_changes_in_the_NHL" title="History of organizational changes in the NHL">Organizational changes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_and_relocated_National_Hockey_League_teams" title="List of defunct and relocated National Hockey League teams">defunct and relocated teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Original_Six" title="Original Six">Original Six</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_NHL_expansion" title="1967 NHL expansion">1967 expansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">WHA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NHL%E2%80%93WHA_merger" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL–WHA merger">merger</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potential_National_Hockey_League_expansion" title="Potential National Hockey League expansion">potential expansion</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#eee;">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#eee;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_National_Hockey_League_arenas" title="List of National Hockey League arenas">Arenas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League_rules" title="National Hockey League rules">Rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighting_in_ice_hockey" title="Fighting in ice hockey">Fighting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Violence_in_ice_hockey" title="Violence in ice hockey">Violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHL_uniform" title="NHL uniform">Uniforms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_in_Canada" title="Ice hockey in Canada">Ice hockey in Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_in_the_United_States" title="Ice hockey in the United States">Ice hockey in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_teams_by_valuation" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NHL teams by valuation">Valuations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHL_Collective_Bargaining_Agreement" title="NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement">Collective bargaining agreement</a></li> <li><a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_pre-NHL_seasons" title="List of pre-NHL seasons">Pre-NHL seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_Association" title="National Hockey Association">National Hockey Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Hockey_League_(1917%E2%80%931942)" title="History of the National Hockey League (1917–1942)">1917–1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Hockey_League_(1942%E2%80%931967)" title="History of the National Hockey League (1942–1967)">1942–1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Hockey_League_(1967%E2%80%931992)" title="History of the National Hockey League (1967–1992)">1967–1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Hockey_League_(1992%E2%80%932017)" title="History of the National Hockey League (1992–2017)">1992–2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Hockey_League_(2017%E2%80%93present)" title="History of the National Hockey League (2017–present)">2017–present</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_all-time_NHL_standings" title="List of all-time NHL standings">All-time standings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_seasons" title="List of NHL seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_playoff_series" title="List of NHL playoff series">Playoff series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHL_playoff_ties" title="NHL playoff ties">Tied games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_franchise_post-season_appearance_streaks" title="List of NHL franchise post-season appearance streaks">Streaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_franchise_post-season_droughts" title="List of NHL franchise post-season droughts">Droughts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Hockey_League_retired_numbers" title="List of National Hockey League retired numbers">Retired numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_with_their_first_National_Hockey_League_player" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries with their 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franchise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_head_coaches" title="List of NHL head coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_NHL_general_managers" title="List of current NHL general managers">General managers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_franchise_owners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NHL franchise owners">Owners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_family_relations_in_the_NHL" title="List of family relations in the NHL">Notable families</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHL_commissioner" title="NHL commissioner">Presidents and Commissioners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_on-ice_officials" title="List of NHL on-ice officials">Referees and linesmen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Records</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:NHL_statistical_records" title="Category:NHL statistical records">League records</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_records_(individual)" title="List of NHL records (individual)">individual</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_records_(team)" title="List of NHL records (team)">team</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_statistical_leaders" title="List of NHL statistical leaders">Statistical leaders</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_statistical_leaders_by_country" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NHL statistical leaders by country">by country of birth</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_players_with_1,000_points" title="List of NHL players with 1,000 points">Points, career (min. 1,000)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_career_assists_leaders" title="List of NHL career assists leaders">Assists, career (min. 600)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_players_with_500_goals" title="List of NHL players with 500 goals">Goals, career (min. 500)</a></li> <li><a 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more goals in an NHL game">5+ goals, game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_players_with_eight_or_more_points_in_an_NHL_game" title="List of players with eight or more points in an NHL game">8+ points, game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_goaltenders_with_300_wins" title="List of NHL goaltenders with 300 wins">Goaltender wins, career (min. 300)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_goalscoring_NHL_goaltenders" title="List of goalscoring NHL goaltenders">Goaltenders who have scored</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_career_achievements_by_Wayne_Gretzky" title="List of career achievements by Wayne Gretzky">Wayne Gretzky's records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordie_Howe#Records" title="Gordie Howe">Gordie Howe's records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_longest_winning_streaks" title="List of NHL longest winning streaks">Longest winning streaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_longest_losing_streaks" title="List of NHL longest losing streaks">Longest losing 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mascots">Mascots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Analytics_(ice_hockey)" title="Analytics (ice hockey)">Advanced statistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHL_uniform" title="NHL uniform">NHL uniform</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Links_to_related_articles" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><div id="Links_to_related_articles" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Links to related articles</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-size:114%"><div style="padding:0px"> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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0 #999999;">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_ice_hockey_champions" title="List of South African ice hockey champions">South Africa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #fd3c50;">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Canada & United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_Mexicana_%C3%89lite" class="mw-redirect" title="Liga Mexicana Élite">Mexico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #ffcc00;">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Ice_Hockey_Championship" title="Chinese Ice Hockey Championship">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Ice_Hockey_League" title="Hong Kong Ice Hockey League">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ice_Hockey_Championship" title="Indian Ice Hockey Championship">India</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indonesia_Ice_Hockey_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Indonesia Ice Hockey League (page does not exist)">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_League_(ice_hockey)" title="Israeli League (ice hockey)">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asia_League_Ice_Hockey" title="Asia League Ice Hockey">Japan & South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_Hockey_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Kazakhstan Hockey Championship">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan_Championship_(ice_hockey)" title="Kyrgyzstan Championship (ice hockey)">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Macau_Ice_Hockey_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Macau Ice Hockey League (page does not exist)">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Ice_Hockey_League" title="Malaysian Ice Hockey League">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolia_Hockey_League" title="Mongolia Hockey League">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korean_Championship_(ice_hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="North Korean Championship (ice hockey)">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Hockey_League" title="Philippine Hockey League">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_International_Ice_Hockey_League" title="Qatar International Ice Hockey League">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapore_National_Ice_Hockey_League" title="Singapore National Ice Hockey League">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_Ice_Hockey_League" title="Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey League">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_World_Hockey_League" title="Thai World Hockey League">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Ice_Hockey_Super_League" title="Turkish Ice Hockey Super League">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan_Championship" title="Turkmenistan Championship">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirates_Ice_Hockey_League" title="Emirates Ice Hockey League">United Arab Emirates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #3399cc;">Europe (international)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alps_Hockey_League" title="Alps Hockey League">Alps Hockey League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic_Hockey_League" title="Baltic Hockey League">Baltic Hockey League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BeNe_League_(ice_hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="BeNe League (ice hockey)">BeNe League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champions_Hockey_League" title="Champions Hockey League">Champions Hockey League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erste_Liga_(ice_hockey)" title="Erste Liga (ice hockey)">Erste Liga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICE_Hockey_League" title="ICE Hockey League">ICE Hockey League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kontinental_Hockey_League" title="Kontinental Hockey League">Kontinental Hockey League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #3399cc;">Europe (national)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Hockey_League" title="Armenian Hockey League">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Extraleague" title="Belarusian Extraleague">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_Hockey_League" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina Hockey League">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> 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href="/wiki/Icelandic_Men%27s_Hockey_League" title="Icelandic Men's Hockey League">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Hockey_League_-_Serie_A" title="Italian Hockey League - Serie A">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Ice_Hockey_League" title="Irish Ice Hockey League">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Hockey_Higher_League" title="Latvian Hockey Higher League">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuania_Hockey_League" title="Lithuania Hockey League">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_Cup_(ice_hockey)" title="Luxembourg Cup (ice hockey)">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GET-ligaen" class="mw-redirect" title="GET-ligaen">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polska_Hokej_Liga" title="Polska Hokej Liga">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Hockey_League" title="Romanian Hockey League">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Hockey_League" title="Serbian Hockey League">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Extraliga" title="Slovak 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title="Major League Eating">Major League Eating</a> (MLE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Gaming" title="Major League Gaming">Major League Gaming</a> (MLG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /> <a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Professional sports leagues in the United States">USA</a></li> <li><img alt="" 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title="United States men's national under-16 ice hockey team">U-16</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_ice_sledge_hockey_team" title="United States men's national ice sledge hockey team">Para ice hockey team</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="United States women's national ice hockey team">National team</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_under-18_ice_hockey_team" title="United States women's national under-18 ice hockey team">U-18</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_ice_sledge_hockey_team" title="United States women's national ice sledge hockey team">Para ice hockey team</a></li></ul> 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States ice hockey structure">Structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hockey_Weekend_Across_America" title="Hockey Weekend Across America">Hockey Weekend Across America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice" title="Miracle on Ice">Miracle on Ice</a> <ul><li>Film: <a href="/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice_(1981_film)" title="Miracle on Ice (1981 film)">Miracle on Ice (1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miracle_(2004_film)" title="Miracle (2004 film)">Miracle (2004)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_men%27s_ice_hockey_players_for_the_United_States" title="List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for the United States">List of Olympic men's players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_women%27s_ice_hockey_players_for_the_United_States" title="List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for the United States">List of Olympic women's players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_national_ice_hockey_team_rosters" title="List of United States national ice hockey 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