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FirstOntario Centre has been suggested as a potential venue for a Hamilton-based NHL team. Under NHL rules, an expansion or relocation of a team to Hamilton could potentially be blocked by the Buffalo Sabres or the Toronto Maple Leafs, because FirstOntario Centre, the likely venue for a Hamilton NHL team, is located less than 50 miles (80 ...
During a pre-All Star Game news conference Friday to announce NHL's involvement in the 2026 and 2030 Olympic Winter Games, Bettman was asked whether the league currently has plans to expand or ...
The team began play in Phoenix for the 1996-97 season as part of the NHL's effort to put teams in the West and Southwest regions of the United States. Attendance has been an issue for the ...
In 1966, the National Hockey League consisted of six teams. The following year, the league doubled to 12. Now, the NHL might be moving toward an eye-popping 32 teams by the 2017-18 season ...
After six additional expansion teams, the merger of the Cleveland Barons with the Minnesota North Stars, and the NHL–WHA merger, the league had expanded to 21 teams by 1979. Three of the four teams from the NHL–WHA merger relocated to other cities: the Quebec Nordiques, the original Winnipeg Jets, and the Hartford Whalers. [15]
An expansion team is a new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area. Sporting leagues also hope that the expansion of their competition will grow the popularity of the sport generally.
2000 NHL expansion draft; 2017 NHL expansion draft; 2021 NHL expansion draft This page was last edited on 31 March 2024, at 22:51 (UTC). Text ...
The NHL's 32nd franchise — the Seattle-based expansion team set to start play in 2021 — is expected to reveal its highly anticipated name and colour scheme on Thursday.