- Many NHL teams have experimented with their looks. Some believed a refreshing new look was integral to their success on the ice. Some believed a new look would attract new fans. Some believed it would attract new players from around the league. One...
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- Hockey started in Atlanta in 1972 as the Flames.The team’s colours were red, yellow and white. The jersey had a triple band stripe on the sleeves and lower torso.The front logo is a big blocked letter “A”, and the key feature was a...
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- Washington was awarded an N.H.L. expansion franchise for the 1974-75 season. The team name, Capitals, comes from its location, Washington D.C. being America’s capital city. The Capitals would further build on its American patriotism with red,...
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- The Vancouver Canucks story starts in 1967. The struggle to get an NHL team in Vancouver was a long and expensive one. But finally in 1970, after paying $4 million over the normal $2 million it cost for a franchise then, the Canucks were born. A...
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- Hockey in Toronto has a long history and it starts in 1906 with the “Toronto Professional Hockey Club.” The clubs full seasons were in 1908 and 1909 in the Ontario Professional Hockey League (OPHL).
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- In 1992, the Tampa Bay Lightning came bolting in to the NHL. Led by former great Phil Esposito and his brother Tony, hockey would have a home in the sun drenched south east. In early October, fans crammed into the tiny 11,000 seat Expo Hall to get...
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- Hockey in St. Louis started in 1934 but was short lived. The St Louis Eagles would play only for a single season. The Eagles jersey was white with three blue stripes with red numbering and lettering. The logo was a flying Eagle with a hockey stick...
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- San Jose and the Bay Area had its first taste for hockey in the 60’s with the California Golden Seals. However, hockey as it is known today in San Jose wouldn’t get its face until 1991 with the Sharks.
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- The Penguins franchise started in 1967 as part of the National Hockey League expansion. However, the Penguins were not the first N.H.L. team to play in Pittsburgh; it was first the Pirates in 1925.
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- The Philadelphia Flyers were a part of the N.H.L. expansion and have been in the league since 1967. The city had to wait 36 years to see hockey again after its first taste with the Quakers. The team’s name, colour, and logo were all...
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- Professional hockey has been in Ottawa for over a hundred years. Ottawa had a team in the National Hockey League, called the Senators. This team won eleven Stanley Cups prior to joining the NHL and during its early years in the NHL. Poor performance...
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- With the in New York Americans proving to be a big success in the Big Apple, a second NHL team was pursued; with the end result being the New York Rangers. The New York Rangers had a similarly designed jersey akin to the Americans jersey...
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- The Islanders started in 1972 as a bid to keep the WHA’s (World Hockey Association) New York Raiders away. The Islanders current home, the Nassau Coliseum (which was brand new at the time) was trying to be pirated by the Raiders but the NHL...
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- In May 1998 the Nashville Predators were unveiled as the 27th NHL franchise. The logo created for the Predators was actually created before the team name was even chosen.
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- The Montreal Canadiens start with a storied history incomparable to any other NHL team. It all starts in the Great White North in 1909 with the Montreal Canadiens being a charter member of the NHA (National Hockey Association) predecessor of the...
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- In 1997, the National Hockey League announced that a franchise would return to the Twin Cities. The new team, the Minnesota Wild, would drop the puck for its first season in 2000.
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- 1966, was a year of change and new beginnings. Of all the places in North America to get an ice hockey team who would have thought that sunny southern California would be an option. Canadian Jack Kent Cooke decided to bring his love of the game...
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- The Panthers franchise began when the National Hockey League awarded Miami a new expansion team in 1992. The team was named after the endangered panthers that reside in the Florida Everglades.
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- The Oilers have called Edmonton their home since 1972; even though they joined the National Hockey League in 1979. Up until the leagues merged, the Oilers played in the World Hockey Association (W.H.A.).
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- The history of the famed Detroit Red Wings actually started in Canada in 1926. The Red Wings originally were located in Victoria, British Columbia and known as the Cougars. Moving to Detroit the Cougars would only last four seasons. Through each of...
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