An artificial Ice Skating surface you can afford
your own Ice Rink! Ice hockey as we know it is first played in either Windsor,
Nova Scotia, Kingston, Ontario or Montreal, Quebec, depending on who you
believe and how you read the evidence. In 1877: College athletes from the
United States and Canada play the first international series of matches, with
the Canadians winning all four games. College and club teams in the Eastern
U.S. soon take up the game.
The National Hockey
League (NHL; French: Ligue national hockey—LNH) is a
professional ice hockey league. The NHL was founded on Nov. 26, 1917:
Teams included the Montreal Canadians, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators,
Toronto Arenas, and Quebec Bulldogs. Quebec (pictured) did not play during the
1917-18 season. The Great Depression and World War II reduced the league to six teams, later known as the
"Original Six", by 1942. 1969 -
Vancouver and Buffalo. On September 11, 1969, the NHL announced that Vancouver
Canucks will join the NHL for the season 1970/71 and one team from the list of
Atlanta, Baltimore, Buffalo, Cleveland, Kansas City and Washington will also
join. Later, Buffalo Sabres was chosen and NHL had 14 teams, in two divisions,
for the season 1970/71. When the WHA ceased operations in 1979, the NHL
absorbed four of the league's teams, which brought the NHL to 21 teams, a
figure that remained constant until the San
Jose Sharks were added as an expansion franchise in 1991. In 21st
century Hoping to reduce the number of tie games during the regular season, the
NHL decided that beginning in the 1999–2000 season, in any game tied after
regulation time, both teams would be guaranteed one point, while the team that
won in overtime would earn a second point. In 2000: The Columbus Blue Jackets
and Minnesota Wild bring the total number of NHL teams to 30. In 2002: NHL
players return to the Winter Olympics, with Canada winning the gold medal. The
victory comes 50 years to the day after the last Canadian gold medal in men's
hockey. The NHL again entered lockout in 2012, cancelling the first 526 games,
about 43% of the season, until at least December 30, 2012. Just after 5 am on
January 6, 2013, after approximately 16 continuous hours of negotiating, the
NHL and the player's union reached a tentative deal on a new collective
bargaining agreement to end the lockout. The first games of the season were
held on January 19.
The Board of Governors is the ruling and governing body of the 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.
Division and League standings for all 30 NHL teams.
Teams:
Central Division:
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Atlantic Division:
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Pacific Division:
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Metropolitan Division:
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* Chicago Black-hawks
* Colorado Avalanche * Dallas Stars * Minnesota Wild * Nashville Predators * St. Louis Blues * Winnipeg Jets |
* Boston Bruins
* Buffalo Sabres * Detroit Red Wings * Florida Panthers * Montreal Canadiens * Ottawa Senators * Tampa Bay Lightning * Toronto Maple Leafs |
* Anaheim Ducks
* Arizona Coyotes * Calgary Flames * Edmonton Oilers * Los Angeles Kings * San Jose Sharks * Vancouver Canucks |
* Carolina Hurricanes
* Columbus Blue Jackets
* New Jersey Devils * New York Islanders * New York Rangers * Philadelphia Flyers * Pittsburgh Penguins * Washington Capitals |
