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The history and development of the National Hockey League (Part 2)
That’s right, World War II had its own adjustments for the organization of the Stanley Cup, then only 6 teams in the NHL. And the Great Depression forced some owners to simply disband their clubs.
Expanding tournaments abroad
Since the mid-60s, more and more new teams from lower divisions began to participate in the National Hockey League, where fully competing with clubs from the start was part of NHL. Another hockey association, VHA, which appeared in those years, could compete with the NHL, and so it was decided to expand the league further.
The NHL clubs were in better financial shape, and by the end of the 70s the HAA was gone, losing more than half of its teams. The last component of the NHL was fully formed in 2001, consisting of 30 teams from Canada and the United States.
NHL beginners
Due to the fact that in recent years the popularity of hockey has decreased and baseball and basketball have taken first place, the NHL management decided to recruit some newcomers to their ranks. Of the teams that have applied in the NHL, so far only one club has been decided.
In the 2017/2018 season, a team from Las Vegas will participate in the National Hockey League. An application from Quebec has been delayed so far, and a decision on the club is likely to be made by the end of 2017.
NHL clubs are becoming more and more attractive each year to hockey players from other countries, as the salary the NHL player receives is many times higher than in other tournaments.
Of the NHL clubs representing Canadian cities, Montreal Canadiens has the most trophies, with 24 Stanley Cups in their entire history. Of the teams playing in the US, the Montreal club’s closest pursuer almost doubled. On account of the Detroit Detroit Red Wings 11 11 Stanley account.
The early history of ice hockey and NHL tournaments (Part 2)
Stanley Cup
The popularity of this sport continues to grow. In the beginning, even amateurs could fight for it. Since 1927, ownership of the Stanley Cup has been disputed by representatives of the National Hockey League.
Revolutionary innovation of ice hockey
The history of ice hockey in the early twentieth century is characterized by constant innovations. Specifically, in 1900, they started to install a network on the target, so the number of contests on a recorded target actually dropped to zero.
Since the metal whistle stuck to the judge’s lips, he traded for a bell for the first time and even then for a plastic analog. At that time, the face also appeared. To increase speed and entertainment, in 1910, it was decided to allow in-game replacements.
Under the \ u200b \ u200b initiative of the three Patrick brothers, hockey players started to be assigned numbers, goalkeepers were allowed to tear their skates, and players were allowed to get ahead. Furthermore, it was they who proposed limiting the duration of the match to three twenty-minute periods.
In 1929, Clint Benedict, goalkeeper of the Montreal Maroons team, used the mask for the first time. Multicolored lanterns with sirens to accurately calculate g targets started being used in 1945. At the same time, the rules for the three arbitrators were revised.
The first arena
Hockey’s history is simply unthinkable without the right infrastructure being built. Originally, the competitive arena was an ice rink with natural ice. To prevent it from melting, cracks are created on the walls of the buildings, through which cold air flows in.
In 1899, the first artificial ice rink was built in Montreal. In the thirties of the twentieth century, sizable arenas began to be erected in Canada and the United States. One of the most notable of them is the “Sports Palace”, built in Chicago in 1938. The arena has a total of 15,000 seats.
The early years of the National Hockey League
The National Hockey League was founded in 1917 as the successor to the National Hockey Association (NHA). Founded in 1909, NHA had its first season in 1910 with seven teams from Ontario and Québec, and was one of the first professional hockey tournaments. But in the eighth season, a series of disputes with Toronto Blueshirts owner Eddie Livingstone led owners of Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, and Quebec Bulldogs to hold a discussion about the future. hybrid of the tournament. Realizing that NHA’s rules did not allow them to remove Livingstone from the tournament, the four teams agreed to stop NHA’s operation, and on November 26, 1917, formed the National Hockey League. Frank Calder was elected the first president, and held this position until 1943.
The Bulldogs were unable to compete, so the remaining bosses decided to form a new team in Toronto, called Toronto Arenas, to compete with Canadiens, Wanderers and Senators. The first matches were held on December 19, 1917. When the Montreal Arena burned down in January 1918, causing the Wanderers to shut down, NHL was forced to continue with his father. The team remained until the Bulldogs returned in 1919.
NHL replaces NHA to become one of the Stanley Cup competitive tournaments; At that time Stanley Cup acted as a common title for the strong teams of the major hockey leagues across North America. Toronto won the NHL championship first, and then the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) at the 1918 Stanley Cup Final The Canadiens won the NHL in 1919; however, the Stanley Cup Final Stanley Cup Final against Seattle Metropolitans was canceled due to the Spanish flu. In 1924 Montreal won the Stanley Cup for the first time as a member of the NHL. Hamilton Tigers, who won the regular season 1924-25 season, refused to compete in the Championship Series unless they were rewarded with an additional $ 200. NHL rejected and declared Canadiens the champion after it defeated Toronto St. Patricks (formerly Arenas) in the semi-final. Montreal then lost to the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) Victoria Cougars in the Stanley Cup Final of 1925. This was the last time a non-NHL team won the Stanley Cup, after the Stanley Cup became the NHL championship in 1926 after. when WCHL was dissolved.
The National Hockey League began an expansion in the 1920s with the joining of Montreal Maroons and Boston Bruins in 1924. The Bruins team was the first US team to compete. New York Americans started playing in 1925 after acquiring Hamilton Tigers, with a new team called the Pittsburgh Pirates. The New York Rangers joined in 1926. Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Cougars (later changed to Red Wings) also joined the tournament after NHL acquired WCHL. A corporation quickly goes to Toronto St. Patricks in 1927 and renamed the team to Maple Leafs.
Paul Coffey as one of the most promising NHL player in the world (Part 2)
Career at NHL
In the first round of the 1980 draft, a talented young man was selected by Canadian club Avon Oilers as number six. It is a mutually beneficial deal. Oilmen have built a new team and Paul Coffey fits ideally with the chosen game model of the Canadian club.
Already in his first season, Coffey confidently won a spot in the first team. You can’t call a bright first season – only 32 points scored in the regular championship, plus 7 points in play-off matches. But the second season at adult level allows us to reveal more fully about potential. Coffey scored 89 points, which is a great result for this defender.
Having played during Edmonton’s summer 7, Paul Coffey moved to Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Penguins, where he was lucky again with his partners. The penguins gathered around their star Mario Lemieux, a group of like-minded people, players, honed for their actions. This is exactly what Coffey has. He is not difficult to join the Pittsburgh team and win another Stanley Cup with this club.
The career ends
Having played five seasons for The Penguins of Pittsburgh, Paul Coffey moved to the Los Angeles Kings. As time has shown, this transition can be called a mistake. After the attacking style of Pittsburgh, it was hard for Coffey to change lanes to another game model.
In addition, injuries are beginning to affect, resulting in a loss of speed. Paul continues to be one of the tournament’s best defenders, despite the fact that its performance has dropped markedly.
Next is the trip to Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and finally to Boston. (Sauna Boston Bruins). Paul 39 years old due to numerous injuries did not achieve good results. In 18 matches, he only had 4 assists. The contract with Boston Bruins has been broken. At the age of forty, Coffey decided to end his professional career.
Achievements
For 20 years at NHL, Paul Coffey has established himself as a very versatile player. Speaking as a defender, where reliability is more valuable when playing in defending his own goals, Paul is still a very strong attacking player. Proof of this is scored 1531 points – the second number in NHL history among defenders.
Among his club accomplishments, four have won the Stanley Cup, in the Coffey national team three times becoming the owners of the Canadian Cup. Paul Coffey is a hockey player who received the James Norris Trophy award, being the best defender of the tournament three times at the end of the season. For outstanding accomplishments in 2004, Coffey was included in the Hockey Stadium.
NHL teams that have never won the Stanley Cup in the history
There are 11 NHL teams that currently have never won the Stanley Cup. All are teams participating in the tournament since 1967.
The most senior team that hasn’t won the Stanley Cup is St. Louis Blues, who participated in the tournament in 1967-68 season. The Blues expressed their promise early, fulfilling the Stanley Cup final in their first three seasons. Vancouver Canucks, who joined the NHL in the 1970-71 season, also went to the Stanley Cup final three times, once in three different decades.
Four of the 11 teams have never reached the Stanley Cup final including franchise Winnipeg Jets / Phoenix Coyotes, franchise Atlanta Thrashers / Winnipeg Jets, Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets.
In 2018, Washington Capital, who participated in the NHL in the 1974-75 season, finally ended the Stanley Cup drought, beating the tournament’s newest team, the Golden Vegas Knights. The capital had been in the Stanley Cup Final just once before, losing to the Red Wings in 1998
NHL teams have never won the Stanley Cup representing most areas of the United States and western Canada. The year they joined NHL is in parentheses.
The majority of the Stanley Cup won by the team
The Stanley Cup, awarded to the National Hockey champion at the end of each season, is the oldest professional sports tournament in North America. The Amateur Montreal Sports Association was the first club to win the Stanley Cup in 1893.
The national hockey tournament has been the owner of the Stanley Cup since 1910, and since 1926, new NHL teams have been able to compete for the biggest prize in professional hockey.
Some may think it is appropriate (or predictable) that Canadiens Montreal has won the Stanley Cup more than any other team – 23 times since the founding of the National Hockey League.
Unlike every other professional sport, every player of the championship team is named into the Stanley Cup, and then every player and staff can hold the title for 24 hours, which is also a Unique tradition with NHL.
NHL mourns the legend that has won a record 11 Stanley Cup
Henri Richard lifted the Stanley Cup for the NHL hockey champion overseas eleven times and became the decisive goal scorer in the play-off final. Henri Richard, Maurice Richard’s younger brother, died on Friday at the age of 84, after which the best profile shooter was named.
Henri Richard is a native of Montreal and a whole career with the Canadiens there. Debuted in the most prestigious competition, he graduated in 1955/56 and played the last match of the season 1974/75. With “Habs” going through the most successful phase of the club, the team also completes the role of captain.
He has played 1258 regular matches at the NHL for twenty seasons, it is the most in club history. He scored 1046 points and scored 358 hits exactly.
I always had in mind to play for Canadiens and be with my brother Maurice. People told me that if I got in the car, I would feel pressure, but I never felt any. I joined the team like 19-year-old Montreal had some great players then. Except for Maurice Jean Beliveau, Bernard Geoffrion, Doug Harvey or Jacques Plante . In 1979, he was introduced to hockey stadium.
A dozen years later, he became part of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame and ranked among the top 100 NHL leaders in history competition. He was called “Pocket Rocket” because of his short stature.
Many NHL players are quarantined recently
In hockey in Boston, they dealt with a coronavirus-related crisis in a good mood. Evidence is also a spy for the Slovak defender and captain of the “bear” Zdena Chára in place of Finnish goalkeeper Tuukku Raska. Chara said with a smile that he would not want to go to quarantine with Rask, and gave an explanation.
Chara attended a video meeting with three other hockey players from the Atlantic Division of the Eastern NHL Conference. His companion in the video call is Toronto Maple Leafs striker John Tavares, Dylan Larkin from Detroit Red Wings and Brady Tkachuk from Senator Ottawa.
Chára first answered the question of which of his teammates he wanted quarantine. This will be Charlie Coyle and Kevan Miller for them ability to talk about anything. They can comment anything on the topic, Leo Chara explained.
Boston had 825 known coronavirus infections on March 30, 59 people were formally recovered and two died.
