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2. 1979–80 NHL season - Wikipedia

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   The 1979 expansion or NHL–WHA merger was the culmination of several years of negotiations between the NHL and the World Hockey Association (WHA). The result of the negotiations was that the WHA folded, and four of its six surviving teams - the Edmonton Oilers, New England Whalers, Quebec Nordiques, and Winnipeg Jets – entered the NHL as expansion teams prior to the start of the 1979–80 ...

3. 1980 Stanley Cup Finals - Wikipedia

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   The 1980 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1979–80 season, and the culmination of the 1980 Stanley Cup playoffs.It was contested by the New York Islanders in their first-ever Finals appearance and the Philadelphia Flyers, in their fourth Finals appearance, and first since 1976.

4. NHL on Hughes - Wikipedia

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   The program aired under the title The NHL '80. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Hughes broadcast [ 4 ] eight Friday night games, [ 5 ] two Thursday night games [ 6 ] (on March 20 and April 3, 1980), [ 7 ] the All-Star Game , [ 8 ] some playoff games, and the first five games [ 9 ] of the Stanley Cup Finals [ 10 ] (the final game, Game 6, was broadcast by CBS ).

5. 1979 Stanley Cup Finals - Wikipedia

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   The 1979 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1978–79 season, and the culmination of the 1979 Stanley Cup playoffs. The New York Rangers challenged the defending champion Montreal Canadiens , who made their fourth straight appearance.

6. History of the National Hockey League on television - Wikipedia

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   The National Hockey League (NHL) is shown on national television in the United States and Canada. With 25 teams in the U.S. and 7 in Canada, the NHL is the only one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada that maintains separate national broadcasters in each country, each producing separate telecasts of a slate of regular season games, playoff games, and ...

7. 1980 Stanley Cup playoffs - Wikipedia

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   The 1980 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 8, after the conclusion of the 1979–80 NHL season.This season saw the addition of four teams from the disbanded World Hockey Association (WHA) as expansion franchises, and thus the playoffs were also expanded from 12 to 16 teams.

8. Bob Nystrom - Wikipedia

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   On May 24, 1980, in game six of the Stanley Cup finals against the Philadelphia Flyers, Nystrom scored the game winner at 7:11 of overtime on an assist from John Tonelli to secure the first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Nystrom was part of the first NHL team (1979–80 New York Islanders) to win a Stanley Cup with Europeans on its roster. [5]

9. 1979 NHL expansion - Wikipedia

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   The agreement resulted in the Oilers, Whalers, Nordiques, and Jets joining the NHL for the 1979–80 NHL season, increasing the league's membership to 21 teams following the prior merger between the Barons and North Stars franchises. The NHL, however, insisted on treating the WHA teams' arrival as an expansion, not a merger, and refused to ...