82 regular season games exist in a season.
In the 1980 NHL season, each of the 21 teams played 80 games.
With the current league format, each team plays 82 games in a NHL season. With 30 teams in the league, that's 2460 total games played.
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The NHL expanded from 6 to 12 teams for the 1967-68 season.
The length of a hockey season depends upon the level of the game you are thinking of. There are 82 games in an NHL season.
82 regular season games
The NHL plays an 82 game season.
NBA teams play 82 games in the regular season.
In the current 2008-2009 season, there are 30 teams in the league.
there are 30 hockey teams in the nhl
30 hockey teams in the league
82 Regular season Games then the top 8 from both conferences got to playoffs.