The NHL's Northwest Division was formed in 1998 as part of the Western Conference due to expansion. The Northwest Division was split off from the Pacific Division, which provided all four of the initial teams in the Northwest Division. The division is also a descendant of the former Smythe Division, as three of its teams played in that division from 1981–1993. The Northwest Division has the greatest distances between teams in the entire NHL.

Contents 1 Current standings 2 Division lineups 2.1 1998–2000 2.1.1 Changes from the 1997–1998 season 2.2 2000–present 2.2.1 Changes from the 1998–1999 season 3 Northwest Division champions by year 4 Other playoff teams produced 5 Stanley Cup Winners produced 6 Northwest Division titles won by team 7 See also 8 References

[edit] Current standings

	Northwest Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	Colorado Avalanche	40	22	12	6	119	115	50
2	Calgary Flames	36	20	11	5	102	89	45
3	Vancouver Canucks	38	22	16	0	118	95	44
4	Minnesota Wild	38	19	16	3	100	107	41
5	Edmonton Oilers	38	15	19	4	109	127	34

After games of December 26, 2009.^[1]

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[edit] Division lineups

[edit] 1998–2000

• Calgary Flames
• Colorado Avalanche
• Edmonton Oilers
• Vancouver Canucks

[edit] Changes from the 1997–1998 season

• All teams move in from the Pacific Division

[edit] 2000–present

• Calgary Flames
• Colorado Avalanche
• Edmonton Oilers
• Minnesota Wild
• Vancouver Canucks

[edit] Changes from the 1998–1999 season

• The Minnesota Wild were announced as an expansion team to play their first game in the 2000–2001 season.

[edit] Northwest Division champions by year

Year	Winner	Points	Seed	Playoffs
1999	Colorado Avalanche	98	#2	Lost Western Conference Final to Dallas, 4–3
2000	Colorado Avalanche	96	#3	Lost Western Conference Final to Dallas, 4–3
2001	Colorado Avalanche	118	#1	Won Stanley Cup Final vs. New Jersey, 4–3
2002	Colorado Avalanche	99	#2	Lost Western Conference Final to Detroit. 4–3
2003	Colorado Avalanche	105	#3	Lost Western Conf. Quarter Final to Minnesota, 4–3
2004	Vancouver Canucks	101	#3	Lost Western Conf. Quarter Final to Calgary, 4–3
2005	None
2006	Calgary Flames	103	#3	Lost Western Conf. Quarter Final to Anaheim, 4–3
2007	Vancouver Canucks	105	#3	Lost Western Conf. Semifinals to Anaheim, 4–1
2008	Minnesota Wild	97	#3	Lost Western Conf. Quarter Final to Colorado, 4–2
2009	Vancouver Canucks	100	#3	Lost Wester Conf. Semifinals to Chicago, 4-2

[edit] Other playoff teams produced

Year	Winner	Points	Points Back	Seed	Playoffs
1999	Edmonton Oilers	78 points	20	#8	Lost Western Conf. Quarter Final to Dallas, 4–0
2000	Edmonton Oilers	88 points	8	#7	Lost Western Conf. Quarter Final to Dallas, 4–1
2001	Edmonton Oilers	93 points	25	#6	Lost Western Conf. Quarter Final to Dallas, 4–2
2001	Vancouver Canucks	94 points	5	#8	Lost Western Conf. Quarter Final to Colorado, 4–0
2002	Vancouver Canucks	90 points	28	#8	Lost Western Conf. Quarter Final to Detroit, 4–2
2003	Vancouver Canucks	104 points	1	#4	Lost Western Conference Semi-Final to Minnesota, 4–3
2003	Edmonton Oilers	92 points	13	#8	Lost Western Conf. Quarter Final to Dallas, 4–2
2003	Minnesota Wild	95 points	10	#6	Lost Western Conference Final to Anaheim, 4–0
2004	Colorado Avalanche	100 points	1	#4	Lost Western Conference Semi-Final to San Jose, 4–2
2004	Calgary Flames	94 points	8	#6	Lost Stanley Cup Final 4–3 to Tampa Bay
2006	Colorado Avalanche	95 points	8	#7	Lost Western Conference Semi-Final to Anaheim, 4–0
2006	Edmonton Oilers	95 points	8	#8	Lost Stanley Cup Final to Carolina, 4–3
2007	Minnesota Wild	104 points	1	#7	Lost Western Conference Quarter-Final to Anaheim, 4–1
2007	Calgary Flames	96 points	9	#8	Lost Western Conference Quarter-Final to Detroit, 4–2
2008	Colorado Avalanche	95 points	3	#6	Lost Western Conference Semi-Final to Detroit, 4-2
2008	Calgary Flames	94 points	4	#7	Lost Western Conference Quarter-Final to San Jose, 4-3
2009	Calgary Flames	98 points	2	#5	Lost Western Conference Quarter-Final to Chicago, 4–2

[edit] Stanley Cup Winners produced

• 2001 - Colorado Avalanche

[edit] Northwest Division titles won by team

Team	Number of Championships Won	Last Year Won
Colorado Avalanche	5	2003
Vancouver Canucks	3	2009
Calgary Flames	1	2006
Minnesota Wild	1	2008

[edit] See also

• Adams Division
• Norris Division
• Patrick Division
• Smythe Division
• Atlantic Division (NHL)
• Central Division (NHL)
• Northeast Division (NHL)
• Pacific Division (NHL)
• Southeast Division (NHL)

[edit] References

• NHL History

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