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In North America, although there were dark clouds of postwar, hockey was flourishing. In 1924, NHL expanded to six teams, joined the first United States team and named Boston Bruins. Montreal developed its second team, Pirates. Before long NHL grew up in Chicago, Detroit, New York and Pittsburgh, then joined more and more American teams. We can say that the 1920s witnessed the NHL as a Hockey League was mature. At present, the League possesses the property of the Stanley Cup. The Stanley Cup also owned by the championships. But, the difficult period of the Great Depression after the prosperous twenty years. Like other unions, the National Hockey League was also affected by the recession of North American; because the league had some burden. The period of World War was another difficult period, but NHL survived and won its foundation.Experienced the first 25 years of variation and tribulation, NHL faced its golden time in the 1940s. During this period, the league composed of six teams, including Boston Bruins, the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadians, the New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs. The talented players of these six teams combated to each other for some decades. In the years of 1950s to 1960s, hockey was considered as the best. Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadians teams won eleven tournament titles from1955 to 1967 in twelve competitions. In the season of 1967-1968, the team developed into twelve, opened a new era for NHL. It also encouraged and gave the low level players chances to play in NHL. World Hockey Association was founded in 1972; it trained many stars of the future, such as Gordy Howe, Bobby Hull, Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier. In 1979, the league almost died in the financial crisis, but the new team joined and did not make the tragedy staged. The 1970s and 1980s witnessed three generations of NHL Dynasty. Some teams attracted a lot of fans all over the world, such as Montreal Canadians of 1970s, New York Island at the end of the 1910s to 1980s and the Edmund Oil Production team.In the 1990s, NHL stood at the top of the world's hockey league. As more teams joined in, NHL became a place where the international players were all eager for a try. In 1990 s and the new century, labor disputes were brought to the league. Because of Sharp increase in wages, unstable investors and financial difficulties, the league has experienced two crises. From the late 1990s to the new millennium, NHL has thirty teams; players' salary has reached a high record. But not everyone was satisfied. Fans seemed to be tired of the watered game, so they began to leave the stadium, which made the bosses faced bankruptcy. After the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup after the 2003 to 2004 season, NHL experienced the darkest period of its history. Normal 0 7.8 Å 0 2 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:nh<; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;}

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