| The creation of the National Hockey
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| | Blackhawks, Boston Bruins and New York
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| League began as the result of a dispute.
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| | Rangers) were known as the Original Six.
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| The owner of the Toronto Blueshirts
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| | For next 25 years, they were the only
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| didn't get along with the owners who
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| | members of the National Hockey League.
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| owned the league called the National
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| | The NHL had to expand 25 years later
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| Hockey Association. All the teams in this
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| | since it was facing the competition from
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| league were Canadian. The NHA met in the
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| | the Western Hockey League and the World
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| Windsor Hotel in Montreal to see how they
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| | Hockey Association. It added the
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| could their dispute. Their solution was
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| | Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues,
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| to dissolve the NHA and create the
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| | Minnesota North Stars, Los Angles Kings,
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| National Hockey League. The teams that
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| | Oakland Seals, Pittsburgh Penguins,
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| were part of this league were the
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| | Vancouver Canucks and Buffalo Sabres to
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| Montreal Canadians, the Montreal
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| | beat its competition. Throughout the
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| Wanderers, the Ottawa Senators, the
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| | 1970s, the WHA and the NHL competed for
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| Quebec Bulldogs and the Toronto Arenas.
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| | fans and players with the NHL winning.
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| After seven years of its existence, the
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| | The WHA teams called the Hartford
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| NHL started to expand. The Hamilton
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| | Whalers, Quebec Nordiques, Edmonton
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| Tigers joined in 1920. The Boston Bruins
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| | Oilers and Winnipeg Jets joined the NHL
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| and Montreal Maroons became part of the
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| | after WHA folded in 1979.
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| league in 1924. The New York Americans
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| | In the early 1990s, the NHL expanded ever
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| and the Pittsburgh Pirates joined in
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| | further. The San Jose Sharks became part
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| 1925. The New York Rangers, Chicago
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| | of the league in 1991. Ottawa Senators
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| Blackhawks and the Detroit Cougars (later
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| | and the Tampa Bay Lightning entered the
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| renamed to become the Red Wings) became
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| | league in 1992. In 1993, the Mighty Ducks
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| part of the league in 1926. By 1930, the
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| | of Anaheim and the Florida Panthers
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| NHL had a total of 10 teams. The Great
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| | joined the league. By the new millennium,
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| Depression and World War II were not a
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| | four more teams called the Nashville
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| great help to the league. By 1942, the
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| | Predators, Atlanta Thrashers, Minnesota
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| NHL was only made up of 6 teams. These
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| | Wild and the Columbus Blue Jackets joined
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| 1942 teams (Montreal Canadians, Toronto
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| | the league and brought the grand total of
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| Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, Chicago
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| | teams in the league to 30.
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