The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season. The National Hockey League was organized on November 26, 1917, at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal, after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the National Hockey Association, which had been founded in 1909 in Renfrew, Ontario. The NHL immediately took the NHA's place as one of the leagues that contested for the Stanley Cup in an annual interleague competition before a series of league mergers and foldings left the NHL as the only league left competing for the Stanley Cup in 1926.
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Founded | November 26, 1917, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Inaugural season | 1917–18 |
| Commissioner | Gary Bettman |
| No. of teams | 31 (32 in 2021–22) |
| Countries | Canada (7 teams), United States (24 teams) |
| Headquarters | 1185 6th Ave, New York, NY 10036. |
| Most recent, champion(s) | Tampa Bay Lightning, (2nd title) |
| Most titles | Montreal Canadiens, (25 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | Canada, Sportsnet/CBC/TVA Sports, United States, NBC/NBCSN, ABC/ESPN (starting in 2021—22), TNT/TBS (starting in 2021—22), NHL Network, International, Broadcasters |
| Official website | NHL.com |
About NHL
Franchise of professional ice hockey simulation video games. The games are published annually under the EA Sports brand. The games are officially licensed, and as such are able to use the names and likeness of real athletes.
Achievement of NHL
In late 2020, the NHL 21 iteration was released on the Playstation 4 and Xbox One video game consoles.
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