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The '''National Hockey League''' ('''NHL'''; {{lang-fr|Ligue nationale de hockey}} {{IPA|fr|liɡ nɑsjɔnal də ɔkɛ|}}, ''LNH'') is a professional [[ice hockey]] [[sports league|league]] in [[North America]] comprising 32 teams<ref group="nb" name="Teams"> In April 2024, the NHL announced that the [[Arizona Coyotes]] franchise would be deactivated with all players and hockey-related assets sold to an expansion franchise based in [[Salt Lake City]]. The current owner of the Arizona franchise, Alex Meruelo, has until 2029 to secure a suitable NHL arena in Arizona in order to reactivate the team. Thus as of 2024, of the NHL's 33 franchises, only 32 are part of the playing schedule.</ref>{{snd}}25 in the United States (plus an inactive franchise in Arizona) and 7<!--Per MOS:NUM, comparable quantities should all be in the same format, so the numeral 7 is correct here. Please do not change it to "seven".--> in Canada. The [[Stanley Cup]], the oldest professional sports trophy in North America,<ref>{{cite news|last=Roarke|first=Shawn P.|title=Stanley Cup has incredible history|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/stanley-cup-has-incredible-125-years-of-history/c-287633638|website=NHL.com|date=March 12, 2017|access-date=June 12, 2020|archive-date=May 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526114504/https://www.nhl.com/news/stanley-cup-has-incredible-125-years-of-history/c-287633638|url-status=live}}</ref> is awarded annually to the [[Stanley Cup playoffs|league playoff champion]] at the end of each season. The NHL is one of the [[major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada]] and is considered to be the
The National Hockey League was organized at the [[Windsor Hotel (Montreal)|Windsor Hotel]] in [[Montreal]] on November 26, 1917, after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the [[National Hockey Association]] (NHA), which had been founded in 1909 at [[Renfrew, Ontario]].<ref>''The National Hockey League Official Record Book & Guide 2009'' 77th Edition, p. 9. New York: National Hockey League (2008)</ref> The NHL immediately took the NHA's place as one of the leagues that contested for the Stanley Cup in an annual interleague competition before a series of league mergers and foldings left the NHL as the only league left competing for the Stanley Cup in 1926.
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