American Division

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The American Division was a former division of the National Hockey League that grouped several U.S.-based teams, including the Detroit Falcons, during the league’s early years.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
American Division canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf National Hockey League division ⓘ
defunct sports division ⓘ
competitionLevel top tier ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1938 ⓘ
era Original NHL expansion era of the 1920s and 1930s ⓘ
governingBody National Hockey League ⓘ
inception 1926 ⓘ
league National Hockey League ⓘ
memberTeam Boston Bruins ⓘ
Chicago Black Hawks ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Blackhawks

Detroit Cougars ⓘ
Detroit Falcons ⓘ
Detroit Red Wings ⓘ
New York Americans ⓘ
New York Rangers ⓘ
Philadelphia Quakers ⓘ
Pittsburgh Pirates ⓘ
St. Louis Eagles ⓘ
notableFranchise Boston Bruins ⓘ
Chicago Black Hawks ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Blackhawks

Detroit Red Wings ⓘ
numberOfTeamsAtCreation 5 ⓘ
parallelDivision Canadian Division ⓘ
playoffFormat participated in NHL Stanley Cup playoffs ⓘ
reasonForDissolution NHL realignment into Eastern and Western Divisions in 1938–39 ⓘ
region United States-based NHL franchises ⓘ
replacedBy NHL Eastern Division ⓘ
linked to: NHL East Division

NHL Western Division ⓘ
linked to: NHL West Division
sport ice hockey ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Detroit Falcons → division → American Division ⓘ
New York Americans → division → American Division ⓘ
1930–31 NHL season → division → American Division ⓘ