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The relocation of the former Atlanta Thrashers franchise to the current Winnipeg Jets in 2011 prompted the league to discuss realignment. On December 5, 2011, the NHL Board of Governors approved a conference realignment plan that would eliminate the current six-division setup and move into a four-conference structure from the 2012–13 season. [1]
In professional sports, this occurs when a league decides to change which teams are in which divisions, usually by creating new divisions.In all of the four major North American sports leagues, all of the teams are grouped into one of two conferences (or leagues in baseball) while each conference/league is further subdivided into divisions.
Locations of National Hockey League (NHL) teams, marked by conference, of the proposed 2013–2014 realignment. US states/Canadian provinces with teams marked. (New York State has teams in two different divisions, so it has been marked with stripes) Date
The league was founded in 1951 as the Midwest Collegiate Hockey League (MCHL), [2] then was known as the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League (WIHL) until 1958. The WIHL disbanded in 1958 after Minnesota and the three Michigan schools withdrew in protest of Colorado College, Denver and North Dakota recruiting overage Canadians.
The first decade of the 21st century saw significant changes to hockey's conference landscape. After the 2002–03 season, the MAAC hockey programs split from the league to form the Atlantic Hockey Association. CHA stopped sponsoring men's hockey after the 2009–10 season, but continued to operate as a women's league through the 2023–24 season.
Last we left off in March, Duxbury hoisted the Div. 2 state title trophy at TD Garden for the first time since 2014. The Dragons defeated its South Shore acquaintance, Canton, by a 5-2 margin to ...
Plus, the inspiring message that this sends to a younger generation.
The 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season begin in October, 2013, and ended with the 2014 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 23, 2014. Offseason [ edit ]