San Jose Sharks Logo — San Jose Sharks is a professional team of ice hockey in the United States located in San Jose (California). The team plays in the National Hockey League framed in the Pacific Division. Before the Sharks, the area where the house the franchise and had a team in the NHL. The California Golden Seals, who played from 1967 to 1976, moved to Cleveland to merge in 1978 with the Minnesota North Stars. During the 1980 Howard Baldwin, former owner of the Hartford Whalers, led a group that lobbied the NHL to get a new franchise in San Jose (California). After several trade agreements with the owners of the North Stars, San Jose got an expansion franchise in the NHL for the 1991-92 season. The name of the franchise became the San Jose Sharks, referring to the sharks of the Pacific Ocean.

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In his first two seasons, the Sharks played at the Cow Palace in Daly City, just outside San Francisco. The team debuted with a negative record of 71 defeats, with a streak of 17 straight losses, and did not work good performances. From 1993 the Sharks moved to San Jose Arena and, under the leadership of Kevin Constantine began to soar making its first playoff qualifiers. The streak lasted until 1996, when they finished in last place in the Pacific Division two seasons. More

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Phoenix Coyotes Logo — Phoenix Coyotes and the Phoenix Coyotes is a team of professional ice hockey located in Glendale, outside Phoenix, Arizona (United States). He currently plays in the National Hockey League, framed in the Pacific Division. The team was founded in 1996 following the transfer of a franchise to Arizona before, Winnipeg Jets. Throughout its history, has never won a Stanley Cup or a division championship, although it has been ranked several times for the playoff for the title. In May 2009, Phoenix Coyotes declared bankruptcy and became administered by the NHL, looking for a buyer to keep the franchise in Arizona.

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The club moved within the deadlines set in Glendale, near Phoenix, and debuted in the 1996-97 season. The franchise saw the Jets’ star players like Teemu Selanne and Alexei Zhamnov were leaving for other teams. To fix this, the new owners decide to sign the star of the Chicago Blackhawks, Jeremy Roenick, that liderase the Coyotes, along with other players like Tkachuk, Toochet or Mike Gartner. In his first season the team offered a dynamic game with a solid defense and failed to qualify for the playoffs, but fell in the first round. The club reached the final rounds in following seasons, but the trend of falling into the first season of the playoff was a constant. More

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Los Angeles Kings Logo — Los Angeles Kings is a professional team of ice hockey in the United States located in Los Angeles (California). The franchise was founded in 1967 as an expansion team, and settled in Inglewood until 1999, when they moved to Staples Center in downtown. The team plays in the National Hockey League framed in the Pacific Division.

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The city of Los Angeles was interested in hosting a franchise in the NHL, as the state of California and had several hockey teams in various local leagues. When the National League decided to expand, the Canadian entrepreneur Jack Kent Cooke, owner of Los Angeles Lakers, paid two million dollars for having one of the six seats that were granted. Cooke decided to install its equipment in the city angelina, as the community of hockey fans had to add a significant number of citizens from northern states of the west coast in the United States and Canada. The new club was called the Los Angeles Kings, adopted the purple and gold as primary colors and would play in The Forum. More

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Dallas Stars Logo — Dallas Stars is a professional team of ice hockey in the United States located in Dallas (Texas). Although the city is settled in Texas in 1993, was created in 1967 as an expansion franchise under the name Minnesota North Stars. They have a Stanley Cup, obtained in 1999. The team plays in the National Hockey League framed in the Pacific Division.

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The transfer of franchise to Dallas was pretty controversial, so much promise that the NHL to Minnesota fans a new franchise in the future. Such equipment would be Minnesota Wild who began competing in the year 2000. The franchise slashed its name to Dallas Stars after his move to the southern city, and kept the original set block. Norman Green, who promoted the move to Dallas, he stayed only a year at the helm, selling its shares in 1994 to businessman Tom Hicks. More

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Anaheim Ducks Logo — Anaheim Ducks is a professional team of ice hockey in the United States located in Anaheim (California). The club was founded in 1993 by the Walt Disney Company under the name Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, based on the movie The Mighty Ducks. Since 2004 the team belongs to Henry Samueli and his wife Susan, who changed the name of the club in 2006 to present. The team plays in the National Hockey League framed in the Pacific Division.

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During the summer of 2004, the strike of NHL players who came to completely paralyze the championship meant that Disney wanted to get rid of the club. The company sold the Ducks by a bid of $ 75 million to the founder of Broadcom, Henry Samueli and his wife Susan. The new owners expressed their desire to keep the franchise in Anaheim and they signed Brian Burke, former director of the Vancouver Canucks, as the new Director General. His new manager would be Randy Carlyle, from a minor league team affiliated with the Canucks. More

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Vancouver Canucks Logo — Vancouver Canucks is a professional team of ice hockey Canada which sits in the city of Vancouver (British Columbia). It was created in 1945 as an amateur team, and after passing through two minor league reached the National Hockey League in 1970. His nickname Canuck is a slang term used to refer to any individual in Canada. The team plays in the National Hockey League, framed in the Northwest Division.

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Although the Vancouver franchise entered the NHL in 1970, the city had its first professional team in 1911 : the Vancouver Millionaires, who got in its history five Stanley Cup, being the last one in 1915. When that team disappeared in 1926, the town had several minor league teams. One of them, the Vancouver Canucks, was established in 1945 as a whole amateur racing in the Pacific Coast Hockey League. In 1952 he joined the so-called Western Hockey League (not to be confused with the WHL professional), which won four titles in 1958, 1960, 1969 and 1970. More

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