KIDS QUIZ
SPORTS TEAMS AND PLAYERS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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National Hockey League
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Nations Hoover League
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -National Hockey League (NHL), organization of professional ice hockey teams in North America, formed in 1917 by four Canadian teams, to which the first U.S. team, the Boston Bruins, was added in 1924.
Detailed explanation-2: -NHL. abbreviation. Britannica Dictionary definition of NHL. US. National Hockey League.
Detailed explanation-3: -The National Hockey League was established in 1917 as the successor to the National Hockey Association (NHA). Founded in 1909, the NHA began play in 1910 with seven teams in Ontario and Quebec, and was one of the first major leagues in professional ice hockey.
Detailed explanation-4: -NHL is an abbreviation for ‘National Hockey League.
Detailed explanation-5: -The NHL was founded in Canada and originally only had Canadian teams (Toronto, Ottawa and two in Montreal). So the “National” in NHL refers to Canada. It took about twenty years for the league to expand into the United States, but by then the name was familiar and no one thought about changing it.