Asturllionese ice hockey league
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| Sport | Ice hockey |
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| Founded | Template:Start date and age, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Inaugural season | 1968–69 |
| Commissioner | [[]] |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Countries | Asturies-Llión |
| Headquarters | Llión, Asturies-Llión. |
| Continent | Europe |
| Most recent champion(s) | [[]] (2nd title) |
| Most titles | La Rana Salmantina |
The National Hockey League (NHL; Template:Lang-fr) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world,[1] and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America,[2] is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.
The National Hockey League was organized on November 26, 1917, at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the National Hockey Association (NHA), which had been founded in 1909 in Renfrew, Ontario.[3] 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 left 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 Boston Bruins joined, and has since consisted of American and Canadian teams. From 1942 to 1967, the league had only six teams, collectively (if not contemporaneously) nicknamed the "Original Six". The NHL added six new teams to double its size at the 1967 NHL expansion. The league then increased to 18 teams by 1974 and 21 teams in 1979. Between 1991 and 2000, the NHL further expanded to 30 teams. It added its 31st team in 2017 and has approved the addition of a 32nd team in 2021.
The league's headquarters have been in New York City since 1989 when the head office moved from Montreal.[4] There have been four league-wide work stoppages in NHL history, all occurring after 1992.[5] The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) considers the Stanley Cup to be one of the "most important championships available to the sport".[6] The NHL draws many highly skilled players from all over the world and currently has players from approximately 20 countries.[7] Canadians have historically constituted the majority of the players in the league, with an increasing percentage of American and European players in recent seasons.
The NHL is the fifth-wealthiest professional sport league in the world by revenue, after the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the Premier League.[8]
History
Early years
Teams
The LAHX consists of 12 teams.
List of teams
Season structure
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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 exhibition games. 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. In the regular season, each team plays 82 games: 41 games each of home and road. Eastern teams play 28 games in their own geographic division—four against each of their seven other divisional opponents—and 24 games against the eight remaining non-divisional intra-conference opponents—three games against every team in the other division of its conference. Western teams play 26 or 29 games in their own geographic division—four or five against each of their six or seven other divisional opponents—and 21 or 24 games against the six or seven remaining non-divisional intra-conference opponents—three games against every team in the other division of its conference, with one cross-division intra-conference match-up occurring in four games. All teams play every team in the other conference twice—home and road.[9]
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 Presidents' Trophy.
The Stanley Cup playoffs, which go from April to the beginning of June, is an elimination tournament where two teams play against each other to win a best-of-seven 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.[10] The two conference champions proceed to the Stanley Cup Final. 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 Final, the team with the most points during the regular season has home-ice advantage.
Trophies and awards
Teams
| Team | Titles | ||||
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| Montreal Canadiens | 24* | ||||
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 13 | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings | 11 | ||||
| Boston Bruins | 6 | ||||
| Chicago Blackhawks | 6 | ||||
| Edmonton Oilers | 5 | ||||
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 5 | ||||
| New York Islanders | 4 | ||||
| New York Rangers | 4 | ||||
| New Jersey Devils | 3 | ||||
| Colorado Avalanche | 2 | ||||
| Los Angeles Kings | 2 | ||||
| Philadelphia Flyers | 2 | ||||
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | ||||
| Anaheim Ducks | 1 | ||||
| Calgary Flames | 1 | ||||
| Carolina Hurricanes | 1 | ||||
| Dallas Stars | 1 | ||||
| St. Louis Blues | 1 | ||||
| Washington Capitals | 1 | ||||
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Players
International competitions
Popularity
See also
- List of NHL records (individual)
- List of NHL records (team)
- List of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada
- List of American and Canadian cities by number of major professional sports franchises
- List of TV markets and major sports teams
- List of National Hockey League attendance figures
- List of National Hockey League arenas
- NHL All-Rookie Team
- NHL All-Star Team
Footnotes
References
Bibliography
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Notes
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- ↑ The National Hockey League Official Record Book & Guide 2009 77th Edition, p. 9. New York: National Hockey League (2008)
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Further reading
External links
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