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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. Pirates, is the second team of Montreal. Soon, with the rise of Chicago, Detroit, New York and Pittsburgh about NHL, more and more teams of the United States joined in. It can be said that the 1920s witnessed the mature period of NHL as a Hockey League. At present, the League possesses the property of the Stanley Cup. The Stanley Cup also owned by the championships. However, after twenty years prosperity, it comes the difficult times of the Great Depression. Like other unions, the National Hockey League was also affected by the recession of North American; because the league had some burden. Followed the Great Depression, another difficult period of World War came in, but NHL survived and laid a foundation.
After the first twenty-five years with all the changes and tribulations, NHL ushered in its golden age in the 1940s. This league included six teams, which were Boston Bruins, the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadians, the New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs. These six teams limited their talents, combated to each other for several decades. Hockey was considered to be the best during the period of 1950s to 1960s. From1955 to 1967, Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadians teams awarded eleven prizes in twelve seasons. The 1967-1968 season opened a new epoch and developed its teams into twelve. It also encouraged and gave the low level players chances to play in NHL. World Hockey Association was established in 1972, many future stars came from it, such as Bobby Hull, Gordy Howe, 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. In the season from 2003 to 2004, Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup, however, NHL experienced the history's darkest time.