What Are The Canadian Hockey Teams In The Nhl?
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There are seven Canadian teams in the NHL: the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Winnipeg Jets, and Toronto Maple Leafs.
NHL Teams
There are seven Canadian teams in the NHL: the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, Winnipeg Jets, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, and Vancouver Canucks. All seven teams are in the playoff hunt this season and it should be a great race to the finish. Who will come out on top?
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place, which has an official capacity of 18,910. Henrik Sedin is the captain of the team, while Ryan Kesler serves as the alternate captain.
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Oilers were founded on November 1, 1971, with the team playing its first season in 1972, as one of the twelve founding franchises of the major professional World Hockey Association (WHA). They were originally intended to be one of two WHA teams in Alberta, however, when the Broncos relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, before the WHA’s first season began, they became the only team based in Alberta.
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The club is owned by Nolan Ryan and Mark Cuban. The Flames began play in the World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1972.
Winnipeg Jets
The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team is owned by True North Sports & Entertainment and plays its home games at Bell MTS Place.
The Jets began play as the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999–2000 NHL season.True North Sports & Entertainment purchased the team in May 2011 and relocated it to Winnipeg prior to the 2011–12 season. The franchise has been known as the Atlanta Flames (1972–80), Calgary Flames (1980–88), and briefly as the Winnipeg Jets (2011–12).
Canadian Hockey Teams
There are seven Canadian teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). They are the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, Winnipeg Jets, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, and Vancouver Canucks. These teams are all part of the NHL’s Eastern or Western Conference.
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario. They are members of the National Hockey League’s Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The Maple Leafs have won thirteen Stanley Cup championships, second only to the 24 championships of the Montreal Canadiens.
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens (French: Les Canadiens de Montréal) are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The club’s official name is le Club de hockey Canadien. The team is frequently referred to in English and French as the Habs. French nicknames for the team include Les Glorieux (The Glorious One), Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge (The Blue-White-Red), La Sainte-Flanelle (The Holy Flanelle), Le Tricolore (The Tri-colour), and Les Habitués de la Coupe Stanley (The Stanley Cup Regulars).
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Senators play their home games at the 17,373-seat Canadian Tire Centre, which opened in 1996 as the Palladium. They had been known as the Ottawa Hockey Club and then the Ottawa Senators until 1934. In the Elliott era, which began in 1992, they have been known as simply “the Sens”, a play on words from French “les Sénateurs”.
The franchise was founded and first operated by Ottawa real estate developer Bruce Firestone. The team’s official colours are red and black, with white accents. The club’s principal ownership group is composed of senators Eugene Melnyk and Cyril Leeder, with Jim Little as president and CEO. Tom Ansell is chairman of their board of governors; while Pierre Dorion is their general manager.
Winnipeg Jets
The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team is owned by True North Sports & Entertainment and plays its home games at Bell MTS Place.
The Jets began play as the Atlanta Thrashers in 1999. True North acquired the Thrashers in May 2011 and relocated the franchise to Winnipeg on July 1, 2011. The Jets name returned to Winnipeg for the first time since 1996, when it was shared by two former World Hockey Association (WHA) teams, including Winnipeg’s original Jets.
