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debuted in 2005, replacing the orange and black shield, which had been used since the league's inception. The silver color is a homage to the Stanley Cup, the trophy awarded to the NHL champion.]]
The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional sports organization composed of hockey teams in the United States and Canada, where it is also known by its French name, Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH). It is generally regarded as the premier professional ice hockey league in the world. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues of North America.
History
The National Hockey League was found in 1917 in Monteal, Canada after a series of disputes in the Canadian National Hockey Association (NHA) between Edward J. Livingstone, owner of the Toronto Blueshirts, and owners of other teams. The owners met at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal to talk about the NHA's future. Livingstone was unable to go to the meeting because of an illness he had and was amazed to learn that the team owners had decided to effectively release him and the Toronto Blueshirts from the NHA. Discussions eventually led to the creation of the National Hockey League and got the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs and newly-renamed Toronto Arenas as founding teams.
The NHL had a rough first season starting with the temporary chattering of the Bulldogs. On January 2, 1918, the Westmount Arena in Montreal, Canada, home to the Montreal Wanderers and Montreal Canadiens, was destroyed in a fire. The Montreal Wanderers, already folded in the track of the fire which ended one of the most storied franchises in the early years of Canadian professional hockey. So with the Bulldogs and Wanderers out, the NHL operated with only three teams for the remainder of its opening year, and throughout second season.
Even though the league struggled to stay in business during its first decade, the NHL's teams happened to be very successful on the ice, thew NHL's teams won the Stanley Cup seven out of the first nine years. Competition was cancelled in the near future because of the Spanish Flu that had hit Seattle, Washington. By 1926, player salaries increased to a level that couldn't be matched by any of the Canadian hockey leagues, the NHL was alone in Stanley Cup competition. The league had also expanded into the United States with the Boston Bruins in the 1924-25 season , the New York Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1925-26 season and the New York Rangers , Detroit Cougars(now known as the Red Wings), and the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1926-27 season. Additions were also made in which included the Montreal Maroons and Hamilton Tigers. By the end of the 1930-31 season, the NHL had a total of 10 teams. However, the Great Depression took a toll on the league many of the teams such as the Pittsburg Pirates, New York Americans and Ottawa Senators went out of business. With these developments and World War II, the NHL was reduced to six teams during its twenty-fifth season. The teams remaining are now known today as the Original Six. The teams were the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, and Chicago Blackhawks.
Expansion: 1967 and beyond
The rise of the Western Hockey League, which many pundits thought planned to transform into a major league and challenge for the Stanley Cup, spurred the NHL in 1967 to undertake its first expansion since the 1920s. Six new teams were added to the NHL roster, and placed in their own newly-created division. They were the Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues, Minnesota North Stars, Los Angeles Kings, Oakland Seals, and Pittsburgh Penguins. Three years later, the NHL added the Vancouver Canucks and Buffalo Sabres as franchises.
In 1972, the World Hockey Association (WHA) was formed. Though it never challenged for the Stanley Cup, its status as a viable NHL rival was unquestionable. In response to that, the NHL decided to rush its own expansion plans by adding the New York Islanders and Atlanta Flames that year, along with the Kansas City Scouts and Washington Capitals two years later. The dilution of the talent pool, however, caused the overall quality of play to suffer. The two leagues fought for the services of hockey players and fans until the WHA folded in 1979. Four of the remaining six WHA teams merged with the NHL: The Hartford Whalers, Québec Nordiques, Edmonton Oilers, and Winnipeg Jets. As of 1997, the Oilers are the last remaining original WHA franchise still playing in the city where they began in the NHL.
In the early 90's the NHL expanded further with five new franchises. The San Jose Sharks debuted in 1991, a season later the Ottawa Senators would join the NHL along with the Tampa Bay Lightning. In 1993, the NHL added an additional two teams, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks and the Florida Panthers. Approaching the new millennium, the NHL added another four teams; the Nashville Predators (1998), the Atlanta Thrashers (1999), the Minnesota Wild and the Columbus Blue Jackets (both added in 2000) bringing the total to 30 teams.
Labour Issues
There have been three work stoppages in NHL history, all happening between 1992 and 2005.
The first was a strike by the National Hockey League Players Association in April 1992 which lasted for 10 days, but the strike was settled quickly and all affected games were rescheduled.
A lockout at the start of the 1994-95 forced the league to reduce the schedule from 84 games to just 48, with the teams playing only intra-conference games during the reduced season. The resulting collective bargaining agreement was set for renegotiation in 1998 and extended to September 15, 2004.
Negotiations to replace the contract that expired in 2004 turned into one of the most contentious collective bargaining sessions in the history of professional sports. The league vowed to install what it dubbed "cost certainty" for its teams, but the National Hockey League Players Association countered that the move was little more than a euphemism for a salary cap, which the union initially said it would not accept. With no new agreement in hand when the existing contract expired on September 15, 2004, league commissioner Gary Bettman announced a lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office, causing the NHL to lose an entire season.
A new collective bargaining agreement was ratified in July 2005 with 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 NHL to resume as of the 2005-06 season.
Post Lockout
On October 5, 2005, the first post-lockout NHL season got under way with 15 games. Of those 15 games, 11 were in front of sell out crowds. The NHL, despite negative press generated during the lockout, has success attracting fans to the initial games of the season and extends fan bases into non-traditional markets in the US such as Nashville, Atlanta, and the Carolinas.
Current organization
The National Hockey League currently has 30 teams divided into two conferences, each with three divisions, an organization that started in the year 2000. Over the years many different divisional alignments have existed.
* For a list of previous teams see List of defunct NHL teams.
* For the franchise histories of the NHL, see Timeline of the National Hockey League.
Eastern Conference
| Northeast Division | Atlantic Division | Southeast Division |
| Boston Bruins | New Jersey Devils | Atlanta Thrashers |
| Buffalo Sabres | New York Islanders | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Montreal Canadiens | New York Rangers | Florida Panthers |
| Ottawa Senators | Philadelphia Flyers | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | Pittsburgh Penguins | Washington Capitals |
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Western Conference
| Northwest Division | Central Division | Pacific Division |
| Calgary Flames | Chicago Blackhawks | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
| Colorado Avalanche | Columbus Blue Jackets | Dallas Stars |
| Edmonton Oilers | Detroit Red Wings | Los Angeles Kings |
| Minnesota Wild | Nashville Predators | Phoenix Coyotes |
| Vancouver Canucks | St. Louis Blues | San Jose Sharks |
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Season structure
Regular season
Each team in the NHL plays 82 regular season games, 41 games at home and 41 on the road. Teams play 32 games within their division (8 games against four other teams), 40 games against non-divisional, conference opponents (4 games against 10 other teams) and 10 interconference games, 1 game against each team in two of the three divisions in the opposite conference. The two divisions from the opposite conference which each team plays against will be rotated every year, much like interleague play in baseball.
Points are awarded for each game as follows:
*Two points are awarded for a win
*One point for losing in overtime or a shootout
*Zero points for a loss in regulation time.
At the end of the regular season, the team that finishes with the most points in each division is crowned the division champion.
Stanley Cup playoffs
At the end of the regular season, the three division champions and the five other teams in each conference with the highest number of points, 8 teams in each conference, qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. The division winners are seeded one through three, and the next five teams with the best records in the conference are seeded four through eight.
The Stanley Cup Playoffs is an elimination tournament, where two teams battle to win a best-of-seven series in order to advance to the next round. The first round of the playoffs, or conference quarterfinals, consists of the first seed playing the eighth seed, the second playing the seventh, third playing the sixth, and the fourth playing the fifth. In the second round, or conference semifinals, the NHL re-seeds (unlike the NBA) the teams, with the top remaining conference seed playing against the lowest remaining seed, and the other two remaining conference teams pairing off. In the third round, the conference finals, the two remaining teams in each conference play each other, with the conference champions proceeding to the Stanley Cup Finals.
In each round the higher-ranked team is said to be the team with the home-ice advantage. Four of the seven games are played at this team's home venue - the first and second, and, where necessary, the fifth and seventh, with the other games played at the lower-ranked team's home venue.
During playoff games if the score is tied at the end of the third period an overtime period is played. If the score is tied at the end of an overtime period, additional overtime periods are played until a winner is determined. Overtimes are also full periods of twenty minutes (of five-on-five hockey), rather than the five minutes (of four-on-four hockey, followed by a shootout) in the regular season. The overtime is sudden death with the game ending when either team scores a goal.
Rules
While the National Hockey League follows the general rules of Ice hockey, it differs slightly from those used in international games organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation such as the Olympics.
Game timing
Each game is 60 minutes composed of three 20 minute periods. Between each period there is a 15 minute intermission. Between stoppages of play, teams have 25 seconds before substituting their players except for referee stoppages for TV commercials.
Each team may also take one 30 second time-out which may only be taken during a normal stoppage of play.
Hockey rink
The hockey rink is an ice rink which is rectangular with rounded corners and surrounded by a wall . The red line divides the ice in half lengthwise. The red line is used to judge icing violations. There are two blue lines that divide the rink roughly into thirds. They divide the ice into zones. Near each end of the rink, there is a thin red goal line spanning the width of the ice. It is used to judge goals and icing calls.
New for this year, due to testing in minor league hockey, is a trapezoid behind each goalie net. The goalie can only play the puck within that area or in front of the goal line. If he plays the puck behind the goal line and not in the trapezoid, it is considered a 2 minute minor penalty for delay of game. (need a new picture of the rink)
Scoring and winning
A goal is scored when the puck passes the goal line and enters the net. The team that has the most goals at the end of 60 minutes wins the game. If the game is tied at the end of regulation time, a 5 minute, 4-on-4 sudden death overtime period is played, where the first team that scores a goal wins the game. If the game is still tied at the end of overtime, the game enters a shootout. Three players for each team in turn perform a penalty shot. The team with the most goals during this shootout wins the game. If the game is still tied after the three shootout rounds, the shootout continues, but becomes sudden death.
Offside
In ice hockey, play is said to be offside if a player on the attacking team enters the attacking zone before the puck. When an offside violation occurs, the linesman blows play dead, and a faceoff is conducted in the neutral zone.
The NHL in 2006 removed the offside pass or two-line pass which was a pass from inside a team's defending zone that crosses the red line.
Icing
Icing occurs when a player shoots the puck across both the red line and the opposing team's goal line without the puck going into the net. When icing occurs, a linesman stops play. Play is resumed with a faceoff in the defending zone of the team that committed the infraction. A short handed team is not penalized for clearing the puck out of its zone during a powerplay. If the goalie on the side of the ice where the puck is being sent touches the puck, the icing is waved off.
Under the rules following the 2004-2005 lockout, if a team ices the puck under five-on-five conditions, they are not allowed to make a line change for the following faceoff.
Penalties
A penalty is a punishment for inappropriate behaviour. An referee makes all penalty calls. An linesman may call only obvious technical infractions such as too many men on the ice. In the NHL, the Linesman may call major intent-to-injure penalties that the referee may have missed.
Different Kinds of Penalties:
Two-minute Minors:
High Sticking: Careless use of a player's stick beyond neck level and coming into contact with opposition player(s), commonly happens when a player does a bodycheck on another player. Special note: If a player is cut, in which the slightest blood can be seen, as a result of a high stick, it is a four-minute (or a double minor) penalty.
Tripping: Intentional or unintentional use of a stick to make a opposition player fall down.
Hooking: Intentional or unintentional use of the blade of the stick to slow an opposition player from skating, commonly happens when one player feels overly anxious to prevent a goal/offensive rush.
Slashing: Intentional or unintentional use of the stick in which the stick be used to strike an opposition player, especially around the wrists and knee areas.
Boarding: Intentional or unintentional body check in which the player who is hit has the back facing the hitter, which could result in a serious injury.
Delay of Game: Unintentional clearout of the puck, which usually occurs when there is pressure in-game. There will be no penalty if the puck was tipped by another opposition stick.
Cross-Checking: Intentional use of the stick as a hit. It can easily be distinguished when two hands are held on the stick horizontally. It is considered to be a dangerous penalty.
Majors:
Fight: Intentional fist-to-fist combat, in which both players drop the gloves and helmet to throw so-called "haymakers". Usually is five minutes each per penalty.
Instigator Penalty: Intentional provoking of an unnecessary fight (i.e. a fight retaliating a hit). Extra 2 minutes added.
During a penalty, the player who committed the infraction is sent to the penalty box. In most cases, the penalized team cannot replace that player and is thus shorthanded for the duration of the penalty. Normally, hockey teams have five skaters (excluding the goaltender), so if one penalty is called, play becomes five-on-four.
This is called a power play for the attackers and a penalty kill for the defenders. A team is far more likely to score on a power play than during normal play. If the penalized team is scored on during a minor penalty, the penalty immediately ends.
Trophies and awards
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The National Hockey League presents numerous trophies per year; some are given to teams, and other are given to players.
Trophies awarded to teams
* Stanley Cup -- overall playoff champion.
* Clarence S. Campbell Bowl -- Western conference playoff champion.
* Prince of Wales Trophy -- Eastern conference playoff champion.
* Presidents' Trophy (1986 - present) - best regular season by a team
* The O'Brien Trophy was awarded in the NHL before it was retired following the 1949-50 NHL season.
Trophies awarded to individuals
* Art Ross Memorial Trophy (1948 - present) -- regular season league scoring champion
* Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy (1968 - present) -- perseverance and sportsmanship
* Calder Memorial Trophy (1933 - present) -- rookie of the year
* Conn Smythe Trophy (1965 - present) -- most valuable player during the playoffs
* Frank J. Selke Trophy (1978 - present) -- top defensive forward
* Hart Memorial Trophy (1924 - present) -- most valuable player during the regular season
* Jack Adams Award (1974 - present) -- coach of the year
* James Norris Memorial Trophy (1954 - present)-- most outstanding defenceman
* King Clancy Memorial Trophy (1988 - present) -- leadership and humanitarian contribution
* Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (1925 - present) -- player combining ability and sportsmanship
* Lester B. Pearson Award (1971 - present) -- most outstanding player as selected by peers
* Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy (1999 - present) -- to the goal-scoring leader during the regular season
* NHL Plus/Minus Award (1968 - present) -- highest plus/minus statistic
* Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award (2000 - present) -- best save percentage by a goalkeeper
* Vezina Trophy (1927 - present) -- voted to be the most outstanding goaltender
* William M. Jennings Trophy (1982 - present) -- goalkeeper(s) for the team with the fewest goals against them
* The Lester Patrick Trophy has been presented by the National Hockey League since 1966 to honour a recipient's contribution to hockey in the United States.
Three years after retirement, players are eligible to be voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In the past, if a player was deemed significant enough, the pending period would be waived. However, only 10 individual have been honoured in this manner. In 1999 Wayne Gretzky became the last player to have the three years waived. After Gretzky's induction, the NHL declared that he would be the last one to have the waiting period omitted.
NHL: An International League
NHL is very proud of its players coming from all around the world. Since the 1990s, the league has tried to promote itself throughout Europe with ads, media, and magazines. The league also voluntarily stops its season so that its players can play in the Winter Olympics to have the players represent their own country. While the league has always had a strong Canadian majority, the percentage of Canadian players has gone down slowly in the past 20 years since the arrival of European players.
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| width=10%|Percent | width=10%| | !width=30%|Country | !width=10%|Number of Players | width=30%|Teams with Highest |
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| align=center|53.1 | align=center| | Canada | align=center|389 | align=left|Minnesota Wild - 74% |
| align=center|18.3 | align=center| | USA | align=center|134 | align=left|New Jersey Devils - 52% |
| align=center|6.8 | align=center| | Czech Republic | align=center|50 | align=left|New York Rangers - 29% |
| align=center|5.7 | align=center| | Sweden | align=center|42 | align=left|Detroit Red Wings - 28% |
| align=center|4.4 | align=center| | Finland | align=center|32 | align=left|Dallas Stars - 30% |
| align=center|4.2 | align=center| | Russia | align=center|31 | align=left|Montreal Canadiens - 15% |
| align=center|3.1 | align=center| | Slovakia | align=center|23 | align=left| |
| align=center|1.0 | align=center| | Germany | align=center|7 | align=center| |
| align=center|1.0 | align=center| | Ukraine | align=center|7 | align=center| |
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See also
NHL personnel
* List of NHL players
* List of NHL statistical leaders
* List of NHL players with 1000 points
* List of famous NHL linemates
* List of NHL head coaches
* Notable families in the NHL
* NHL Presidents
* NHL Commissioners
History and records
* List of NHL seasons
* Original Six
* 1967 NHL Expansion
* List of most common NHL playoff series
* List of Stanley Cup champions
* National Hockey League rivalries
* List of defunct NHL teams
* NHL team records
* List of NHL franchise post-season droughts
* Wayne Gretzky's records
* 50 goals in 50 games
Related leagues, tournaments and games
* World Professional Hockey Championships
* National Women's Hockey League
* World Cup of Hockey
* NHL Challenge
* NHL All-Star Celebrity Challenge
* National Hockey League All-Star Game
* List of ice hockey leagues
* World Hockey Association
Other
* Violence in ice hockey
* NHL video game series
* Sports league attendances
* NHL Entry Draft
* NHL All-Rookie Team
* NHL's official website
* NHL Player's Association (NHLPA)
* National Hockey League Fan's Association
* The Internet Hockey Database
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