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] NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly stated in 2008 that expansion into Europe was a possibility "within 10 years' time." [113] In August 2010, the International Ice Hockey Federation president René Fasel stated that he would strongly oppose any expansion by the NHL into European markets. [114] Time zone complications would also be an obstacle.
Prior to 2017, the NHL's last expansion was in 2000, adding the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild to bring the number of teams to thirty. After the Atlanta Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg in 2011, sixteen of the teams in the league were in the Eastern time zone, and the conferences remained balanced with fifteen teams each until the league realigned in 2013.
The NL granted New York City a new expansion franchise, the New York Mets, in 1962. 1961: Washington Senators moved to the Twin Cities area and became the Minnesota Twins. Not wishing to alienate Washington, D.C., the American League (AL) granted the city a new expansion franchise, also called the Washington Senators.
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 ...
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The Original Six era ended when the NHL expanded twofold in 1967. Two teams from the expansion—the California Golden Seals and the Minnesota North Stars—relocated to other cities. The Golden Seals moved after nine seasons in Oakland to become the Cleveland Barons; this was the first time in four decades the NHL approved a franchise ...
The Houston Aeros started out as an expansion franchise in the International Hockey League (IHL) in 1994 with home games at The Summit.The team's name was a tribute to the original Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association in the 1970s, who won the Avco World Trophy twice with hockey legend Gordie Howe anchoring the team.
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 ...