There were 7 teams in 1940, but it returned to the original 6 throughout the rest of the decade.
The NHL began with 6 teams. They are called the Original 6. The teams are as follows: New York Rangers Detroit Red Wings Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Blackhawks Boston Bruins Montreal Canadiens
It was back in 1996.
The NHL is comprised of 30 teams - 24 in the United States and 6 in Canada.
6. The famed "Original six" teams: Montreal Canadiens Detroit Red Wings Toronto Maple Leafs Boston Bruins New York Rangers Chicago Blackhawks
The second set of six nhl teams (1967-68) are as follows: Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins St Louis Blues Minnesota North Stars Los Angeles Kings California Seals
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.
The NHL added 6 new teams to start in the 1967/68 season: Los Angeles Kings, Oakland Seals, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Minnesota North Stars, and the St.Louis Blues.
Wendel Clark has played for 6 different NHL teams
there are 30 current teams in the current format. the Original 6 format ended in 1967, and since then, there has been a series of expansions ever since, up until the 2000-01 season. so there have never been 32 teams in the nhl.
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