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The NHL was founded. Teams included the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Arenas, and Quebec Bulldogs.
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Foster Hewitt was the NHL's first regular radio announcer. He used a telephone to broadcast the first hockey game between teams from Kitchner and Toronto Parkdale. This game was held took at Toronto's Mutual Street Arena.
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The NHL approved the new rule of allowing a player who was fouled in a "good scoring position" to take penatly shot within a 10-foot circle 38 feet out from the goaltender.
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Thefirst televised game in the U.S. was between the New York Rangers and the Canadiens. The game was aired on the station W2XBS in New York. One camera filmed the game in a fixed positiona and broadcasted it to 300 TV receivers in New York.
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While Toronto played at Montreal, the Zamboni made its mark as the biggest name in the game. This ice-cleaning machine made its oficial NHL debut.
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The Hockey Hall of Fame building officially opened at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.
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The first amateur draftwas held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Twenty-one players were selected and Montreal chose Garry Monahan as the first draft pick.
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Sponsors such as Gatorade, Coors Light, Lays, Kraft, Advil and Reebok partnered up with the NHL to advertise and promote their products through marketing partnerships. Within the NHL, players from all teams have endorsments with many different companies which further sponsor and advertise the NHL.
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Media oultes associated witht he NHL include TV stations like NBC, NBCSP.
Hockey magazines such as US Hockey and The Hockey News.
Other media outlets for the NHL are EA Sports video games and games such as NHL 2014 and Gretzky 2006 -
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