History of the NHL By kirbyl20 Nov 26, 1917 NHL was founded History of the NHL Period: Nov 26, 1917 to Nov 12, 2015 HISORY OF THE NHL Dec 15, 1917 First NHL exhibition games Mar 22, 1923 First broadcasted NHL game May 15, 1926 New York Rangers become franchise Oct 5, 1932 Detroit becomes the redwings Feb 14, 1934 NHL holds first all star game Feb 25, 1940 1st televised hockey game in the U.S. Sep 11, 1943 Hockey Hall of fame is approved Apr 16, 1949 leafs win 3rd strait stanley cup Oct 8, 1950 first televised all star game Sep 3, 1966 Bobby Orr signs with Bruins May 22, 1970 Buffalo and Vancover join the NHL Nov 9, 1971 Atlanta and islanders join the NHL Feb 24, 1980 Wane Gretzky becomes the youngest player to reach 100 points May 27, 1982 Colorado moves to New Jersey Dec 16, 1991 Lightening and Senators join the NHL Nov 18, 2015 NHL expands to 30 teams by 2000 NHL link
