Minnesota Wild Logo — Minnesota Wild is a team of professional ice hockey U.S. which sits in the city of Saint Paul (Minnesota). Was created in 2000 as expansion franchise. The club plays in the National Hockey League framed in the Northwest Division.

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Previously, the state of Minnesota had a hockey team in the NHL, known as the Minnesota North Stars. This franchise was based in the state from 1967 until 1993, when they moved to Dallas to be called the Dallas Stars. In 1997, four years after the departure of the North Stars, the organization of the NHL decided to grant a new franqucia in that area would begin play in 2000-01. The new team would be called Minnesota Wild, and play within the metropolitan area of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. More

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Edmonton Oilers Logo — The Edmonton Oilers are a team of ice hockey in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the city of Edmonton, Canada, which joined in 1979, after seven years of membership in the World Hockey Association. The Oilers have won the Stanley Cup five times: 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1990. They have also won the Presidents Trophy for best regular season team in 1984, 1986 and 1987. In 1983 they lost the final of the Stanley Cup against the New York Islanders. And in 2006 they lost the seventh game against Carolina Hurricanes.

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Wayne Gretzky won the Hart Trophy as most valuable player eight times with the Oilers. He has also won the Art Ross Trophy seven times in Edmonton, the honor of being the top scorer (now known as Maurice Richard Trophy) 5 times, and the Conn Smythe Trophy as best player in the playoffs twice. Gretzky has established many records in the league over the Oilers, including the most goals (92), assists (163) and points (215) in a single season. More

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Colorado Avalanche Logo — Colorado Avalanche are a professional team of ice hockey in the United States, located in Denver (Colorado). It was founded in 1995 following the transfer of the previous franchise, the Quebec Nordiques, and in his first season of existence managed to take over the Stanley Cup. During the years 1990 Colorado was one of the rulers of the championship, and currently holds the record for victories in consecutive Division (nine from 1995 to 2003). The team plays in the National Hockey League framed in the Northwest Division.

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The team was welcomed in the new city, and his first game was at the McNichols Sports Arena on October 6 of 1995 against the Detroit Red Wings team that later became one of its main rivals in the league. His first stars were Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote, coached by Pierre Lacroix as CEO and Marc Crawford as coach. In December, the club signed goalkeeper Patrick Roy, from Montreal Canadiens, who became Sakic with one of the banners of the first team in Denver. More

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Calgary Flames Logo — Calgary Flames are a professional team of ice hockey Canada which sits in the city of Calgary (Alberta). Founded in 1972 as the Atlanta Flames in Atlanta, the team moved in 1980 to its current city. The team plays in the National Hockey League framed in the Northwest Division. The history of the franchise began in 1968, when businessman Tom Cousins ​​and the Governor of the State of Georgia, Carl Sanders, bought the St. Louis Hawks of the NBA and moved the franchise to the city of Atlanta. The construction of the Omni Coliseum, multipurpose pavilion to house the basketball team, led to the possibility of an ice hockey team will settle in the city.

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This was confirmed in November 1971 when the National Hockey League expansion franchise secured a group of Cousins ​​for the 1972-73 season, which meant further expansion to the south of the championship. The team hired Cliff Fletcher as general manager and former Canadian star Bernie Geoffrion as a coach. During the first season the team gave a good image, but failed to qualify in his debut season if he did a year later, falling in the quarterfinals against Philadelphia Flyers. In 1974-75 again left out. More

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St. Louis Blues Logo — St. Louis Blues are a professional team of ice hockey in the United States located in St. Louis (Missouri). Founded in 1967 as an expansion team, and owes its name to the song St. Louis Blues, from WC Handy. The team plays in the National Hockey League framed in the Central Division.

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St. Louis Blues was one of six eqiupos created for the expansion of the NHL in 1967, along with Minnesota North Stars, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Seals California. The franchise was originally scheduled for Baltimore, but the owners of Chicago Blackhawks interceded for the new equipment is housed in the St. Louis Arena, golf property. Thus, the city of St. Louis got the franchise despite never made ​​a formal request to host a team. The owners were Salomon family, owners of several insurers, while his coach was Lynn Patrick. More

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Nashville Predators Logo — Nashville Predators is a professional team of ice hockey in the United States located in Nashville (Tennessee). The team plays in the National Hockey League framed in the Central Division. After several attempts to establish a strong hockey team in the state of Tennessee, news began to emerge in 1995 on a hypothetical transfer of the New Jersey Devils to the city of Nashville and his new stadium, Nashville Arena. The city of Nashville offered $ 20 million the team would move to the city, but the Devils finally remained in New Jersey. After this attempt, the commissioner Gary Bettman of the NHL reported that Nashville could be a strong candidate as an “expansion team” in the future.

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In January 1997 a group of investors led by businessman Craig Leipold made ​​a formal proposal before the NHL draft should ask for a possible expansion team, and in June secured the league franchises in the cities of Nashville, Columbus, Atlanta and Minnesota. The Nashville club, which already had the stage for two years, was the first to start its activities from 1998 provided that guarantee a sale of 12,000 tickets for this season before March 31. In addition, they signed David Polie (from Washington Capitals) as the first Director General. More

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