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The NHL first expanded into the United States in 1924 with the founding of the Boston Bruins, and by 1926 consisted of ten teams in Ontario, Quebec, the Great Lakes region, and the Northeastern United States.
The first NHL games were played on December 19, 1917. The NHL expanded to the United States for the first time, with the Boston Bruins making their League debut in 1925-26. The Chicago...
The season will start in North America on Tuesday, Oct. 8 with a tripleheader broadcast exclusively on ESPN highlighted by the Florida Panthers raising their first Stanley Cup championship...
When the National Hockey League formed in late 1917, few could imagine the importance it would have in the fabric of Canadian life. On 22 November, a group of team owners from the struggling National Hockey Association (NHA) gathered for a meeting in the Windsor Hotel in Montréal.
National Hockey League (NHL), organization of professional ice hockey teams in North America, formed in 1917 by four Canadian teams, to which the first U.S. team, the Boston Bruins, was added in 1924.
Hockey seasons traditionally started in January and ended in March until the 1910–11 season which was the first to start before the new year. The 1911–12 season saw the elimination of the rover position, reducing number of skaters per side to six, and changing the game to three 20-minute periods from two 30-minute periods.
On December 19, 1917, Montreal teams win the first two NHL games played. In a 7-4 win over the Ottawa Senators, the Canadiens' Joe Malone scores five goals.
The National Hockey League (NHL) was established on November 26, 1917, in Montreal, Canada. It was formed as a result of the merger between the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the rival Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA).
The NHL came into existence from a National Hockey Association (NHA) owners meeting at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal in 1917.
Since the first round of expansion in 1967, the League has grown from the Original Six to 31 teams. Here's a brief history of expansion in the NHL: 1942: With the demise of the Brooklyn...