history: My boyfriend wants me to go to an NHL game with him in Toronto - I don't even know much about hockey, but I guess I'll go
knowledge: The NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
response: Cool!  Well I can tell you a bit about it.  It's the premier league for ice hockey in the world!
history: My boyfriend wants me to go to an NHL game with him in Toronto - I don't even know much about hockey, but I guess I'll go
Cool!  Well I can tell you a bit about it.  It's the premier league for ice hockey in the world!
He's a big Leafs fan - I do know enough about the sport to know he's probably in for another year of disappointment  LOL
knowledge: The National Hockey League (NHL; ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada.
response: Oh think so?  Did you know there are 31 teams in teh NHL?  7 are in Canada, and 24 are in the US.
history: My boyfriend wants me to go to an NHL game with him in Toronto - I don't even know much about hockey, but I guess I'll go
Cool!  Well I can tell you a bit about it.  It's the premier league for ice hockey in the world!
He's a big Leafs fan - I do know enough about the sport to know he's probably in for another year of disappointment  LOL
Oh think so?  Did you know there are 31 teams in teh NHL?  7 are in Canada, and 24 are in the US.
Wow, that's a lot of teams!  My boyfriend told me that at one time there were only six teams - there's been a lot of expansion!
knowledge: At its inception, the NHL had four teams—all in Canada, thus the adjective ''National'' in the league's name.
response: Actually at the beginning there were four teams, and all of them were in Canada.
history: My boyfriend wants me to go to an NHL game with him in Toronto - I don't even know much about hockey, but I guess I'll go
Cool!  Well I can tell you a bit about it.  It's the premier league for ice hockey in the world!
He's a big Leafs fan - I do know enough about the sport to know he's probably in for another year of disappointment  LOL
Oh think so?  Did you know there are 31 teams in teh NHL?  7 are in Canada, and 24 are in the US.
Wow, that's a lot of teams!  My boyfriend told me that at one time there were only six teams - there's been a lot of expansion!
Actually at the beginning there were four teams, and all of them were in Canada.
Only four?  That wasn't much variety of opposing teams!  When did it expand into the U.S.?
knowledge: The league expanded to the United States in 1924, when the Boston Bruins joined, and has since consisted of American and Canadian teams.
response: The National Hockey League expanded in 1924 to the United States. The first American team to join was the Boston Bruins.
history: My boyfriend wants me to go to an NHL game with him in Toronto - I don't even know much about hockey, but I guess I'll go
Cool!  Well I can tell you a bit about it.  It's the premier league for ice hockey in the world!
He's a big Leafs fan - I do know enough about the sport to know he's probably in for another year of disappointment  LOL
Oh think so?  Did you know there are 31 teams in teh NHL?  7 are in Canada, and 24 are in the US.
Wow, that's a lot of teams!  My boyfriend told me that at one time there were only six teams - there's been a lot of expansion!
Actually at the beginning there were four teams, and all of them were in Canada.
Only four?  That wasn't much variety of opposing teams!  When did it expand into the U.S.?
The National Hockey League expanded in 1924 to the United States. The first American team to join was the Boston Bruins.
And somehow they ended up with more teams than Canada - something's wrong with that picture!  LOL
knowledge: The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.
response: Hah.  Oh another thing?  the NHL trophy is called the Stanley Cup.  It's the oldest North American professional sports trophy!  At the finish of each season, the playoff champion wins it.