Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/FTD history layout
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This is a potential organization of major topics for the History of the National Hockey League series of articles. This list is presently broken into three major sections, each of which could be its own article.
Outstanding tasks:
- Fill in obvious gaps
- Determine how many articles are necessary
I. Early-history (1917–1942)
- 1. Previous amateur leagues
- 2. National Hockey Association
- 3. Founding of the NHL
- a. Toronto Blueshirts removed from league
- b. Demise of the Montreal Wanderers
- 4. 1920s expansion/1930s contraction
- 5. Competition from the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and Western Canada Hockey League
II. Original Six (1942–1972)
- 1. NHL gains control of the Stanley Cup
- 2. Richard Riot
- 3. Willie O'Ree - first black player
- 4. First players association
- 5. 1967 expansion
- 6. 1970, 1972 expansions
III. Modern era (1972–present)
- 1. World Hockey Association
- a. Competition
- b. demise --> merge with NHL
- 2. Summit Series --> Canada Cup --> World Cup of Hockey
- 3. Franchise shifts
- 4. Dynasties (Montreal, New York, Edmonton)
- 5. High-scoring 1980s
- a. Wayne Gretzky vs. Mario Lemieux
- 6. 1990s and the decline in offence
- 7. Labour strife (1994–95 NHL lockout, 2004–05 NHL lockout)
- 8. Post lockout
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[edit] Potential division of articles
[edit] I. Early-history (1917–1942)
Focus on the demise of the National Hockey Association, founding of the NHL, Expansion into the US, absorbtion of the WCHL, decline to six teams.
Timeline:
- 1909 - Montreal Canadiens founded as part of the National Hockey Association
- 1917 - NHA disbands as a means of ejecting the Toronto Blueshirts
- 1917 - NHL is formed out of four former NHA clubs: Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators (original), Quebec Bulldogs, plus the Toronto Arenas as a replacement franchise. Quebec does not participate in the first two seasons
- 1917ish - Livingston sues the NHL and the Arena Gardens over the replacement franchise
- 1918 - Montreal Arena burns down, forcing the Wanderers to suspend operations; NHL plays with three teams for next two years
- 1918 - Toronto wins first league title and Stanley Cup
- 1919 - Quebec rejoins league
- 1919 - Stanley Cup final suspended due to influenza outbreak
- 1920 - Quebec becomes the Hamilton Tigers
- 1924 - First American team, the Boston Bruins created along with the Montreal Maroons
- 1924 - Montreal Forum built to house the Maroons
- 1924 - First individual award created, the Hart Trophy. Frank Nighbor won it
- 1925 - Hamilton becomes the New York Americans
- 1925 - Pittsburgh Pirates founded
- 1925 - Victoria Cougars become last non-NHL team to win the Cup
- 1926 - Western Canada Hockey League folds, leaving the NHL as the only major league
- 1926 - WCHL's Portland Rosebuds' players bought by the expansion Chicago Black Hawks; Victoria Cougars' players bought by the expansionDetroit Cougars
- 1926 - New York Rangers created
- 1930 - Pittsburgh becomes the Philadelphia Quakers
- 1931 - Philadelphia folds
- 1934 - Ottawa becomes the St. Louis Eagles
- 1934 - First All-Star Game played - Ace Bailey benefit
- 1935 - St. Louis folds
- 1936 - First coast to coast radio broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada
- 1938 - Montreal Maroons fold
- 1942 - New York (Brooklyn) Americans fold
[edit] II. Original Six (1942–1967)
Focus on the Original Six era, Willie O'Ree, the attempts at unionizing, and the 1967 expansion
Timeline:
- 1943 - Hockey Hall of Fame approved
- 1943 - Red Dutton replaces Frank Calder as President
- 1945 - Maurice Richard first player to score 50 goals in a season
- 1946 - Clarence Campbell becomes third President
- 1947 - First official all-star game
- 1948 - NHL formally takes control of the Stanley Cup
- 1955 - Richard Riot in Montreal
- 1957 - Ted Lindsay attempts to form a players union
- 1958 - Willie O'Ree becomes first black player in NHL
- 1961 - Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto
- 1963 - First Amateur draft
- 1966 - Bobby Hull sets NHL record with 54 goals
- 1967 - Toronto Maple Leafs last Cup win (heh)
- 1967 - NHL doubles in size, placing six new teams in the West Division - Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues, Minnesota North Stars, Oakland Seals and Los Angeles Kings
- 1967 - National Hockey League Players Association formed
[edit] III. Expansion (1967–1992)
Focus on the growth from six teams to 16 in five years, the competition from the World Hockey Association and it's effects, highest scoring era in history, Gretzky.
Timeline:
- 1969 - Phil Esposito first player to score 100 points
- 1970 - NHL expands to 14 teams, adding the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks (note: controversy over no Canadian teams in first expansion, criticism of Montreal and Toronto)
- 1972 - World Hockey Association formed
- 1972 - Atlanta Flames and New York Islanders created as a strike against the WHA
- 1972 - Summit Series played against the Soviets
- 1974 - Flyers first expansion team to win the Cup
- 1975 - Washington Capitals and Kansas City Scouts created
- 1976 - Golden Seals become the Cleveland Barons
- 1976 - Darryl Sittler sets record with 10 points in one game
- 1977 - Scouts become the Colorado Rockies
- 1977 - Montreal sets record with 60 wins
- 1978 - Barons merge with the North Stars
- 1979 - WHA folds
- 1979 - NHL absorbs four WHA franchises: Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Hartford Whalers and Quebec Nordiques
- 1979 - Billy Smith becomes first goaltender credited with scoring a goal
- 1980 - Atlanta becomes the Calgary Flames
- 1982 - Wayne Gretzky scores 92 goals and 212 points
- 1982 - Colorado becomes the New Jersey Devils
- 1988 - Gretzky traded to Los Angeles
- 1991 - San Jose Sharks begin play
[edit] IV. Modern era (1992–present)
Focus on expansion from 22 to 30 teams, labour struggles, decline in offense, influx of European talent, Olympics and the after-effects of the lockout
Timeline:
- 1992 - Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning begin play
- 1992 - Gary Bettman named first commissioner
- 1992 - 1992 NHL strike
- 1993 - North Stars become the Dallas Stars
- 1994 - Gretzky scores 804th goal, NHL record
- 1994 - Rangers end 54 year Cup drought
- 1994 - 1994–95 NHL lockout shortens season to 48 games
- 1995 - Nordiques become the Colorado Avalanche
- 1996 - Jets become the Phoenix Coyotes
- 1997 - Whalers become the Carolina Hurricanes
- 1998 - Nashville Predators begin play
- 1998 - Gretzky scores 1000th goal
- 1998 - NHLers play in Olympics for the first time
- 1999 - Atlanta Thrashers begin play
- 1999 - Gretzky retires
- 2000 - Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets begin play
- 2004 - 2004–05 NHL lockout
- 2005 - Season canceled; first time Stanley Cup not awarded since 1919
- 2005 - Crosby lottery
