Question: In what year was the National Hockey League team founded tht Karl Friesen played for?

Context articles: Bangladesh men's national field hockey team
Stacy Roest
Marcel Cousineau
Fred Doherty
Antoine Roussel
New Jersey Devils
Ronald Petrovický
Karl Friesen
Stockton Thunder
Wally Wilson (ice hockey)

The Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) was founded in 1972.
 The federation acquired full membership of the International Hockey Federation and of the Asian Hockey Federation in 1975.
 In 1987, a hockey stadium was built in Dhaka, which is now known as the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium.
 Since then it has been the home of hockey and the office of BHF in Bangladesh where all levels of hockey are being played and controlled.
 The Federation regularly arranges hockey leagues, tournaments and the National Youth and Senior Championships.
 At the home level, hockey matches including Premier Division Hockey League, First Division Hockey League, Second Division Hockey League, National Hockey League, National Youth Hockey League, Independence Day Hockey Tournament, National Hockey Championship, National Youth Hockey Championship, Victory Day Hockey Tournament, School Tournaments and hosted various international tournaments with distinction.
Stacy Roest (born March 15, 1974 in Lethbridge, Alberta) is a Canadian former professional hockey player who played five seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings and Minnesota Wild.
 He played the final nine seasons of his playing career with the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the National League A, the top league in Switzerland.
 He played in the Western Hockey League, the American Hockey League and the National Hockey League.
 He captained Team Canada at the Spengler Cup in 2012.
 He is currently Director of Player Development for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League.
Marcel Cousineau (born April 30, 1973) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 26 games in the National Hockey League.
 He was selected by Boston Bruins in third round of the NHL draft.
 As a rookie, he was named to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League All-Rookie Team.
 He also played professionally for the Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–98), New York Islanders (1998–99), Los Angeles Kings (1999-2000).
 Between his starts in the NHL he played stints in the minors (American Hockey League, International Hockey League, Quebec Senior Hockey League, Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey) and overseas Russia (Kontinental Hockey League):
Frederick "Doc" Doherty (June 15, 1887 – February 12, 1961) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.
 Doherty played hockey for several professional ice hockey teams from 1908 until 1916, including a stint with the Toronto Ontarios in the National Hockey Association (NHA).
 He also played in the Maritime Professional Hockey League and the Ontario Professional Hockey League.
 After returning from World War I duty, he played one game in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens to end his career.
 He played on several league champions, leading to play in several Stanley Cup championships, but was not a member of a Stanley Cup-winning team.
Antoine Roussel (born 21 November 1989) is a French/Canadian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 Born in France, Roussel first played hockey there before moving to Quebec at the age of 16.
 After four years in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), he turned professional and played in the American Hockey League (AHL) and ECHL, minor leagues in North America.
 Signed by the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2012, he made his NHL debut in 2013 for the club.
 Regarded as a physical player, Roussel has consistently been one of the NHL's leaders in penalty minutes throughout his career, though he has also scored at least 10 goals and 20 points in every season he has played in the NHL, except for his rookie season in 2012-13.
 Internationally Roussel has represented the French national team both at the junior and senior level, including multiple World Championships.
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey.
 They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 The club was founded as the Kansas City Scouts in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1974.
 The Scouts moved to Denver, Colorado in 1976 and became the Colorado Rockies.
 In 1982, they moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey and took their current name.
 For their first 25 seasons in New Jersey, the Devils were based at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford and played their home games at Brendan Byrne Arena (later renamed to Continental Airlines Arena).
 Beginning with the 2007–08 season, the Devils relocated to Newark and now play their home games at the Prudential Center.
Ronald Petrovický (born February 15, 1977 in Žilina, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey right wing formerly playing for Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) team Dinamo Riga.
 He is currently with the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League.
 He has played professionally in Europe and in North America in the National Hockey League (NHL) as well as international play for the Slovak national ice hockey team.
 Ronald last played in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks in National Hockey League preseason games on the basis of a try-out to obtain a contract, he failed to make the cut and was released by the team on September 24, 2009.
Karl Heinz Friesen (born June 30, 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a retired ice hockey goaltender.
 Friesen played mostly in Germany and the American Hockey League, but he also played four games in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils.
The Stockton Thunder was a minor league professional ice hockey team that was based in Stockton, California and a member of the ECHL.
 The Stockton Arena was their home ice, with a capacity of 9,737.
 The team was an affiliate team of the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League in their final two seasons.
 The team was purchased by the Calgary Flames and relocated to Glens Falls, New York as the Flames relocated their American Hockey League team to Stockton to become the Stockton Heat.
Wallace Lloyd Wilson (born May 25, 1921 in Berwick, Nova Scotia - d. August 15, 1995 in Clarington, Ontario) was a professional ice hockey player who played 53 games in the National Hockey League.
 He played with the Boston Bruins.
 Wally and his parents moved to Oshawa when he was only four.
 Wally developed his hockey skills in Oshawa and joined the Oshawa Generals for the 1939-1940 season helping lead them to the Memorial Cup Championship.
 He turned professional with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League in 1941-1942 before joining the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942 and playing for various R.C.A.F. teams the next four years, and joined the Quebec Aces of the Quebec Senior Hockey League to make an Allen Cup appearance in 1944-1945.
 In 1945, he was claimed by the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League and played for the Pittsburgh Hornets in the A.H.L. for two seasons, leading them in scoring in the 1945-1946 season.
 He was then traded to the Boston Bruins of the N.H.L. and played there in 1947-1948, before walking away from the second year of his contract to go into the business world (Cliff Mills Motors) back in Oshawa.