The NHL started in 1917. Before the NHL there was the NHA. There were Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, and Toronto Arenas. The NHL caame from the NHA to the NHL because of one person. Eddie Livingstone. He owned the Toranto Blue Shirts. And the Toranto Shamrocks. Yes he owen both. But it was hard for him to take care of both of them. So insted of leting go of one of the teams. He dicited to make another leage. The NHL. With the same teams, but not the Shamrocks.
The winter classic in hockey is a really cool tradition in NHL history. The winter classic is a game in New Years day. Two teams play in a baseball stadium. Or football. This year the winter classic is the Blackhawks vs the Blues in Chicago. But havee you every wonder how it started. It started because a Sports Executive VP Jon Miller had a crazy idea. To play a NHL outdoors. Like how Hockey started. It was originally just a joke. But people like the idea so much and it became so populare, On the first day of 2008 the first winter classic was played. The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabers 2-1 in the shout out.
During the regulare season the only thiing you get if your team comes oon top is the Presidents Trophy. Then The playoffs start. The top 8 teams from the East and the West enter the Playoffs. Each seires is a best out of 7 seires games. But once one team from the East and the West are left, they play a best out of 7 seirse games to win the Stanley Cup. but have you ever wonder how it all started. In 1892 Lord Stanley Presond wanted to make a trophy for Canada's best hockey league. So he got one. Worth $50 back then. Back then the Stanley Cup was not called that. Then it was called the Dominion Cup. But the reason why it changed it's name was because the first tine a team won the cup was the Montreal Hockey Club. In and article about the MHC winning the cup, the person that wrote it didn't know what the troph was called. So he just called it the Stanley Cup because of Stanley Preston.
| Wayne Gretzky | 894 goals | 1968 asists | 2857 points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaromir Jagr | 766 goals | 1,155 asists | 1,921 points |
| Mark Messier | 694 goals | 1,193 asists | 1,887 points |