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Also Known As NHL
Date 1917 - present
Areas Of Involvement ice hockey • professionalism • Stanley Cup
Related People Sidney Crosby • Alex Ovechkin • Wayne Gretzky • Jaromir Jagr • Martin Brodeur • Slava Fetisov • Scotty Bowman • Jacques Plante • Maurice Richard • Frank A. Patrick • Willie O’Ree

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