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Original Six

The Original Six (French: six équipes originales) are the teams that composed the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1942 and 1967. The six teams are the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Toronto Maple Leafs. After serving as the league's only teams for 25 seasons, they were joined by six…

Criticisms, End of era & Background

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End of era

Rivalries involving pairs of Original Six teams

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Original Six

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related to End of era · 49
Original Six → AFL, American Football League, American West Coast, As, Bobby Orr-led Bruins, Boston, Buffalo Sabres, By, Canadiens, CBS, Chicago's, Cup, During, February, Finals, Flyers, He, In, Indeed, Jennings
related to Criticisms · 17
Original Six → At, Black Hawks, Bruins, Canada, Chicago, Cup, Detroit, It, Montreal, NHL, Once, Rangers, Stanley Cup, The, The Original Six, Toronto, Usually
related to External links · 8
Original Six → Blackhawks, Canadiens, How, Maple Leafs, NamesBoston Bruins, Original Six Got Their, Red Wings, York Rangers

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six teams original nhl league expansion 1967 montreal toronto team cup era new stanley boston detroit bruins players final seasons

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Original Sixrelated to CriticismsThe Original Six0.60section
Original Sixrelated to CriticismsAt0.60section
Original Sixrelated to CriticismsMontreal0.60section
Original Sixrelated to CriticismsToronto0.60section
Original Sixrelated to CriticismsDetroit0.60section
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Original Sixrelated to CriticismsUsually0.60section
Original Sixrelated to CriticismsBlack Hawks0.60section
Original Sixrelated to CriticismsBruins0.60section
Original Sixrelated to CriticismsRangers0.60section
Original Sixrelated to CriticismsStanley Cup0.60section
Original Sixrelated to CriticismsCup0.60section

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