Slide 1

By Corey Fossa
From NHA to NHL
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The National Hockey Association (NHA) was
actually from Canada, not the USA
NHA switched to NHL when their were financial
disputes
3 teams from the NHA stayed for the NHL, and
1 joined
Canadians
Wonderers
Senators
Arenas (joined; now the Maple Leafs)
The NHL
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The National Hockey League (NHL) was
formed on November 26, 1917
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The first NHL team
Montreal Canadians
More Disputes
financial disputes almost ended the NHL
 The Wonders and the Senators had to
drop out of the league
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 Not
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enough money
Canadians and Arenas stayed
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just played each other for 2 years
The Original 6
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United States expansion teams joined the NHL
The new NHL consisted of 6 teams known as
the Original 6
Montreal Canadians (joined 1917)
Toronto Maple Leafs (joined 1917)
Boston Bruins (joined 1924)
Detroit Red Wings (joined 1926)
Chicago Black Hawks (joined 1926)
New York Rangers (joined 1926)
NHL today
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NHL now contains 30 teams
 24
United States
 6 Canada
The NHL’s change over time
Other things besides living organisms can
have evolution
 The NHL went from 5 teams in the NHA to
4 teams in the NHL to 6 teams to 30
 NHL is a good example to show how
money plays a big role in evolution of
things besides living organisms
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NHL today
NHL now much more popular then it used
to be
 NHL got me into hockey
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 Gets
many more kids involved in hockey
Just kidding
Done
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http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/National_
Hockey_League#H
istory
http://www.angelfir
e.com/ca/CANprid
e/report02.html
http://www.nhl.com
/hockeyu/history/in
dex.html
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