NHL Teams List

2 Sep 2010

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The Hockey Writers covers every team in the National Hockey League. We recognize that some of our visitors are relatively new to the game of hockey and to the NHL and may not be aware of all 30 NHL Teams. For your convenience here is our List of NHL teams – each team name is clickable and will bring you to all of the latest stories about that team.

Current List of NHL Teams (2013)

And to make our NHL Teams List as complete as possible we will also include a list of the teams that once played in the NHL.

Atlanta Flames – 1972 – 1980, they became the Calgary Flames
Atlanta Thrashers – 1999 – 2011, moved to Winnipeg and were renamed The Jets
California Golden Seals – were active from 1967 to 1976 when they became the Cleveland Barons
Cleveland Barons – active from 1976 to 1978 when they merged with the Minnesota North Stars
Colorado Rockies – 1976 to 1982 when they became the New Jersey Devils
Hamilton Tigers – 1920 – 1925
Hartford Whalers – 1980 – 1997 when they became the Carolina Hurricanes
Kansas City Scouts – were active from 1974 until 1976 when they moved to Colorado (Colorado Rockies)
Minnesota North Stars – 1967 to 1993 when they became the Dallas Stars
Montreal Wanderers – 1917- 1918
Montreal Maroons – 1924- 1938
New York Americans – 1925 – 1942
Ottawa Senators – 1917 – 1934
Philadelphia Quakers – 1930 – 1931
Pittsburgh Pirates – 1925 – 1930
Quebec Bulldogs – 1919 – 1920
Quebec Nordiques – 1980 to 1995 when they became the Colorado Avalanche
St Louis Eagles – 1934 – 1935
Winnipeg Jets – 1980 – 1996 when they became the Coyotes

There were also the Toronto Arenas (1918-1919) and the Toronto St. Patricks (1919-1927) which are still alive today and know of course as the Toronto Maple Leafs.