This is a list of National Hockey League seasons since inception of the league, and also of its predecessor, the National Hockey Association:

Contents 1 NHA 2 Early years 3 Original Six era 4 Expansion years 5 Post-lockout years to present 6 See also

[edit] NHA

1910 | 1910–11 | 1911–12 | 1912–13 | 1913–14 | 1914–15 | 1915–16 | 1916–19

Seasons started in January and ended in March until the 1910–11 season which was the first to start before the new year.

[edit] Early years

1917–18 | 1918–19 | 1919–20 | 1920–21 | 1921–22 | 1922–23 | 1923–24 | 1924–25 | 1925–26 | 1926–27 | 1927–28 | 1928–29 | 1929–30 | 1930–31 | 1931–32 | 1932–33 | 1933–34 | 1934–35 | 1935–36 | 1936–37 | 1937–38 | 1938–39 | 1939–40 | 1940–41 | 1941–42

[edit] Original Six era

1942–43 | 1943–44 | 1944–45 | 1945–46 | 1946–47 | 1947–48 | 1948–49 | 1949–50 | 1950–51 | 1951–52 | 1952–53 | 1953–54 | 1954–55 | 1955–56 | 1956–57 | 1957–58 | 1958–59 | 1959–60 | 1960–61 | 1961–62 | 1962–63 | 1963–64 | 1964–65 | 1965–66 | 1966–67

[edit] Expansion years

1967–68 | 1968–69 | 1969–70 | 1970–71 | 1971–72 | 1972–73 | 1973–74 | 1974–75 | 1975–76 | 1976–77 | 1977–78 | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 (NHL lockout)

[edit] Post-lockout years to present

2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10

[edit] See also

• NHL Entry Draft
• List of Stanley Cup champions
• Timeline of the National Hockey League
• National Hockey League All-Star Game
• List of pre-NHL seasons
• List of WHA seasons

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