As we well know in Calgary, National Hockey League teams can relocate. Since the NHL’s formation in 1917, teams have relocated about a dozen times. While relocated teams have played each other quite often in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the qualifying round series between the Flames and the Winnipeg Jets will be a unicorn of a series: it’s the first time that two teams that relocated from the same city will ever meet in the post-season.
A brief history of relocations
- The Quebec Bulldogs move to Hamilton, become the Tigers (1920)
- The Pittsburgh Pirates move to Philadelphia, become the Quakers (1930)
- The Ottawa Senators move to St.