Hockey History: In 1999 ... But what the latest news does indicate is that the NHL isn’t turning away potential expansion owners. To the contrary – hockey’s top league is expected by ...

The expansion fee gets them in, but doesn't equip them with anything else. And there's no way around it. The Minnesota Wild paid a steep price to enter the NHL. A couple of years ago, two ...

The ECHL's Nashville Knights played seven seasons at Municipal Auditorium and helped build interest in the Nashville Predators prior to their arrival.

"In speaking to Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly and other sources involved, I can confirm that there was a recent meeting in NYC with a group expressing their interest in bringing an NHL expansion ...

It might seem hard to believe, but the New York Rangers were once an NHL expansion team ... his own way and made his own mark on franchise history. Boucher epitomized the club’s style and ...

Columbus was awarded an NHL expansion franchise in 1997, and the Blue Jackets played their first game in 2000. These tributaries of our city’s sports history came to a confluence before a crowd ...

sparked excitement after posting about a meeting in New York about an NHL expansion team in New Orleans. “In speaking to Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly and other sources involved, I can confirm ...

“We just came off our most successful season in our history, we’ve got collective ... Other cities considered for possible NHL expansion include Atlanta, Houston and Quebec City.

But the cultural impact of hockey in Nashville stayed and many fans remained for NHL expansion into Nashville in 1997. One sect of particularly raucous fans, who named their sections with apt ...