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conception date
On november 26th in 1917 the NHL was founded, it had six teams, the Boston Bruins, Detroit Redwings, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and the Toronto Maple Leafs -
ottowa sentaors
April 4, 1921
Ottawa 1st back-to-back Cup champions, the ottowa senators won 11 stanley cups in seventeen years -
first broadcast
March 22, 1923
Hewitt broadcasts 1st hockey game
this was the first hockey game that the public could keep up to date on if they couldnt go to the game -
first all star game
Feb. 14, 1934
NHL holds first All-Star Game
The NHL held its first All-Star Game as a benefit for injured star Ace Bailey -
first televisied game
Feb. 25, 1940
1st televised hockey game in U.S. The New York Rangers faced the Canadiens in the first hockey game televised in the U.S. The game aired on station W2XBS in New York, with one camera in a fixed position, to 300 TV receivers in New York. The Rangers won 6-2 for their 14th straight home win -
opening of the hall of fame
Aug. 26, 1961
Hockey Hall of Fame opens. The original Hockey Hall of Fame building had its official opening on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. Originally open only during the three weeks in the summer when the CNE was on, the hall gradually began to open on weekends and then became a year-round tourist attraction -
expansion
June 5, 1967
NHL expands with six new franchises. The Pittsburgh Penguins, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Oakland Seals and St. Louis Blues officially received their NHL franchises. -
dodge
Dodge becomes the official car of the NHL -
steadily telivised season
Fox and ESPN are the first televisors to steadily televise all of the seasons games, Fox attempted to make the game more viewer friendly, but their attempts failed in the US and in Canada -
final expansion
June 25, 1997
NHL expands to 30 teams by 2000. he NHL officially approved expansion to 30 teams by the year 2000 with the announcement of new clubs in Atlanta, Columbus, Minnesota and Nashville. The Nashville Predators entered the League in 1998-99, with the Atlanta Thrashers coming on board in 1999-2000. The Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets begin play in 2000-01. -
Honda
NHL ends their 13 year deal with Dodge and starts a 3 year agreement with honda for 4 million dollars a year -
crosby and reebok
Crosby’s new deal with Reebok is said to be worth almost $10 million over the next seven years. Sources say the deal is for between five and seven years and will pay him $1.4 million a season -
MillerCoors
NHl lands a 400 million dollar contract with MillerCoors beer in the united states and MolsonCoors in Canada -
demographics
What does the NHL’s television audience look like?
white and increasingly female. (from a yahoo sports article). . African Americans made up between 1% and 5% of the audience for a game, Hispanics made up between 2% and 6%, Asian viewers made up between 3% and 4%. the demographics made up just 6-13% of the audience for each game. 41% of the nhls viewers are 50+ With an average income of 35k-75k -
rogers and scotia bank
Late last year Rogers signed a 12-year, C$5.2 billion ($4.78 billion) deal with the NHL for exclusive Canadian broadcast and multimedia rights to league games. -
further expansion?
As of right now the nhl does not plan on expanding so anybody who wants to start a franchise is pretty much out of luck
