In 1917, four teams -- the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Arenas (later the St. Patricks, finally the Maple Leafs) -- joined together to form the National Hockey League.
1979 as one of 4 teams of the WHA that joined the NHL.
Well, the NHL originally started with 4 teams (although some would argue it really began with the 'Original Six'). Toronto Ottawa Montreal (Wanderers) Montreal (Canadiens) The first game played that season (which would tell you the first 2 teams....) was between Toronto and Montreal (Wanderers).
No there are only 30 NHL teams.
There are currently 30 teams in the NHL.
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In 2005, there were 30 NHL teams.
There are 30 teams currently in the NHL.
The NHL is comprised of 30 teams - 24 in the United States and 6 in Canada.
there were none.
There are no NHL teams in Utah
ARe u asking how many teams are in the NHL because there are 30 in all. there are 6 Canadian teams and 24 American teams.
In the 1980 NHL season, each of the 21 teams played 80 games.