National Hockey League

**National Hockey League** (skammstafað *NHL*) er atvinnudeild í íshokkí sem samanstendur af 31 félögum: 24 bandarískum og 7 kanadískum. Deildin hefur höfuðstöðvar í New York-borg og hún er víða talin besta íshokkí deild heims og ein stærsta atvinnumanna deild Bandaríkjanna og Kanada. Sigurvegari deildarinnar fær þáttökurétt í Stanley-bikarnum, elsta atvinnu íþróttabikar Norður-Ameríku.

Deildin var stofnuð 26. nóvember 1917 í Montreal, Quebec, Kanada eftir að móðurfélag þess, National Hockey Association (NHA) hætti störfum en félagið hafði verið stofnað 1909. Deildin byrjaði með fjórum liðum (öllum búsettum í Kanada) og eftir nokkrar stækkanir og yfirfærslur samanstendur hún nú af 30 félögum. Þjóðin sem er átt við í nafni deildarinnar var Kanada, þótt að deildin hefur verið á milli liða í tveim löndum síðan 1924, en þá byrjaði fyrsta lið Bandaríkjanna, Boston Bruins að leika í deildinni.

## Deildir
### Austurdeild

### Vesturdeild

## Meistarar í gegnum árin
* 1920 – Ottawa Senators
* 1921 – Ottawa Senators
* 1922 – Toronto St. Patricks
* 1923 – Ottawa Senators
* 1924 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1925 – Victoria Cougars 
* 1926 – Montreal Maroons
* 1927 – Ottawa Senators
* 1928 – New York Rangers
* 1929 – Boston Bruins
* 1930 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1931 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1932 – Toronto Maple Leafs
* 1933 – New York Rangers
* 1934 – Chicago Blackhawks
* 1935 – Montreal Maroons
* 1936 – Detroit Red Wings
* 1937 – Detroit Red Wings
* 1938 – Chicago Blackhawks
* 1939 – Boston Bruins
* 1940 – New York Rangers
* 1941 – Boston Bruins
* 1942 – Toronto Maple Leafs
* 1943 – Detroit Red Wings
* 1944 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1945 – Toronto Maple Leafs
* 1946 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1947 – Toronto Maple Leafs
* 1948 – Toronto Maple Leafs
* 1949 – Toronto Maple Leafs
* 1950 – Detroit Red Wings
* 1951 – Toronto Maple Leafs
* 1952 – Detroit Red Wings
* 1953 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1954 – Detroit Red Wings
* 1955 – Detroit Red Wings
* 1956 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1957 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1958 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1959 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1960 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1961 – Chicago Blackhawks
* 1962 – Toronto Maple Leafs
* 1963 – Toronto Maple Leafs
* 1964 – Toronto Maple Leafs
* 1965 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1966 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1967 – Toronto Maple Leafs
* 1968 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1969 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1970 – Boston Bruins
* 1971 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1972 – Boston Bruins
* 1973 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1974 – Philadelphia Flyers
* 1975 – Philadelphia Flyers
* 1976 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1977 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1978 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1979 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1980 – New York Islanders
* 1981 – New York Islanders
* 1982 – New York Islanders
* 1983 – New York Islanders
* 1984 – Edmonton Oilers
* 1985 – Edmonton Oilers
* 1986 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1987 – Edmonton Oilers
* 1988 – Edmonton Oilers
* 1989 – Calgary Flames
* 1990 – Edmonton Oilers
* 1991 – Pittsburgh Penguins
* 1992 – Pittsburgh Penguins
* 1993 – Montreal Canadiens
* 1994 – New York Rangers
* 1995 – New Jersey Devils
* 1996 – Colorado Avalanche
* 1997 – Detroit Red Wings
* 1998 – Detroit Red Wings
* 1999 – Dallas Stars
* 2000 – New Jersey Devils
* 2001 – Colorado Avalanche
* 2002 – Detroit Red Wings
* 2003 – New Jersey Devils
* 2004 – Tampa Bay Lightning
* 2006 – Carolina Hurricanes
* 2007 – Anaheim Ducks
* 2008 – Detroit Red Wings
* 2009 – Pittsburgh Penguins
* 2010 – Chicago Blackhawks
* 2011 – Boston Bruins
* 2012 – Los Angeles Kings
* 2013 – Chicago Blackhawks
* 2014 – Los Angeles Kings
* 2015 – Chicago Blackhawks
* 2016 – Pittsburgh Penguins
* 2017 – Pittsburgh Penguins
* 2018 – Washington Capitals
* 2019 – St. Louis Blues
* 2020 – Tampa Bay Lightning

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