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] NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly stated in 2008 that expansion into Europe was a possibility "within 10 years' time." [114] 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. [115] Time zone complications would also be an obstacle.
With a win at San Jose on December 14, the team became the first NHL expansion franchise to win six consecutive road games in their first year. They also broke the record for longest road winning streak by an expansion franchise in its first season at 7 consecutive games, passing the Minnesota North Stars' 5-game road win streak in 1967.
The 2024–25 NHL season is the ongoing 108th season of operation (107th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season started on October 4, 2024, when the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils played the first of two games in Prague, Czech Republic, as a part of the 2024 NHL Global Series. [1]
NHL features one expansion team, sort of, in Utah as 82-game season gets under way in Prague. ... Schedules, TV channel, rules changes for new season. Gannett. Bret Bloomquist, El Paso Times ...
The franchise joined the league as an expansion team for the 2024–25 season. The team plays its home games at the Delta Center, an arena they share with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was created on April 18, 2024, with the NHL Board of Governors granting an expansion franchise to Jazz owner Ryan Smith.
The National Hockey League rules are the rules governing the play of the National Hockey League (NHL), a professional ice hockey organization. Infractions of the rules, such as offside and icing , lead to a stoppage of play and subsequent face-offs , while more serious infractions lead to penalties being assessed to the offending team.
The WNBA will hold an expansion draft for the Golden State Valkyries, the 13th and newest franchise in the league, in December.
The league added six new teams to double its size as a result of the 1967 NHL expansion, then increased to 18 teams by 1974, and to 21 teams due to the 1979 NHL expansion. Between 1991 and 2000, the NHL further expanded to 30 teams. It added its 31st and 32nd teams in 2017 and 2021, respectively.