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style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1926</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Ceased</th><td class="infobox-data">1938</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most titles</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> (7)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a>'s <b>American Division</b> was formed after expansion in 1926. 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title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a></li> <li>Pittsburgh Pirates</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Changes_from_the_1925–26_season"><span id="Changes_from_the_1925.E2.80.9326_season"></span>Changes from the 1925–26 season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Division_(NHL)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Changes from the 1925–26 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The American Division is formed as the result of NHL realignment.</li> <li>The Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Pirates join the American Division.</li> <li>The Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Cougars and New York Rangers are admitted as expansion teams. (The Black Hawks and Cougars acquired the contracts of the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Rosebuds_(ice_hockey)" title="Portland Rosebuds (ice hockey)">Portland Rosebuds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cougars" title="Victoria Cougars">Victoria Cougars</a>, respectively, from the disbanding <a href="/wiki/Western_Canada_Hockey_League" title="Western Canada Hockey League">Western Hockey League</a> however the league does not consider the Chicago and Detroit franchises to be continuations of the defunct WHL teams.)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1930–1931"><span id="1930.E2.80.931931"></span>1930–1931</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Division_(NHL)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1930–1931"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 332px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="width: 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style="top:57.842%;left:34.933%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Black Hawks"><img alt="Black Hawks" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/8px-Black_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/12px-Black_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/16px-Black_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Black_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Black Hawks">Black Hawks</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:51.98%;left:49.863%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Falcons"><img alt="Falcons" 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York Rangers">New York Rangers</a></li> <li>Philadelphia Quakers</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Changes_from_the_1929–30_season"><span id="Changes_from_the_1929.E2.80.9330_season"></span>Changes from the 1929–30 season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Division_(NHL)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Changes from the 1929–30 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Detroit Cougars change their name to the Detroit Falcons</li> <li>The Pittsburgh Pirates moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to become the Philadelphia Quakers</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1931–1933"><span id="1931.E2.80.931933"></span>1931–1933</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Division_(NHL)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 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class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Falcons"><img alt="Falcons" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/8px-Black_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/12px-Black_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/16px-Black_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Falcons_(NHL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit Falcons (NHL)">Falcons</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:54.215%;left:81.304%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Rangers"><img alt="Rangers" 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Bruins</a></li> <li>1933 – <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a></li> <li>1934 – <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Black Hawks</a></li> <li>1936 – <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a></li> <li>1937 – <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a></li> <li>1938 – <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Black Hawks</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Division_(NHL)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Hockey_League" title="History of the National Hockey League">History of the National Hockey 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