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- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) abstract "The Eastern Conference (French: Conférence de l'Est) is one of two conferences in the National Hockey League (NHL) used to divide teams. Its counterpart is the Western Conference.Previously known as the Prince of Wales Conference (or Wales Conference for short), it was created in 1974 when the NHL realigned its teams into two conferences and four divisions. Because the new conferences and divisions had little to do with North American geography, geographical references were removed. The conference was instead named for the Prince of Wales Trophy.. The current champions are the Tampa Bay Lightning, winning in 2014–15.The Prince of Wales Trophy dates back to 1925, when it was donated to the League by the then-current Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VIII. It was originally given to the NHL's champion. (Until 1926, the Stanley Cup was presented to the winner of a post-season playoff between the NHL and Western Hockey League champions.) Since 1926–27, the Stanley Cup has gone to the NHL's playoff champion. During the years when the NHL had no divisions, (i.e., 1927 and 1938 to 1967), the Prince of Wales Trophy was presented to the League's regular season champion (analogous to today's Presidents' Trophy). From 1928 to 1937, the Trophy went to the American Division regular season champion; from 1967 to 1974, it was presented to the East Division regular season champion; and from 1974 to 1981, it was presented to the Wales Conference regular season champion. The conferences and divisions were re-aligned for the 1981–82 to better reflect the geographical locations of the teams, but the existing names were retained with the Wales Conference becoming the conference primarily for the NHL's eastern teams. The names of conferences and divisions were changed for the 1993–94 season to reflect their geographic locations. Then-new NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman made the change to help non-hockey fans better understand the game, as the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB) all use geographic-based names for their conferences and divisions. However, the trophy awarded to the conference champion, the Prince of Wales Trophy, retains some connection to the heritage of the League. In 2005, following the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Bettman changed the Eastern Conference logo (along with the Western Conference and NHL logos) to its current format.".
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- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink 2014–15_NHL_season.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink 2015–16_NHL_season.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Adams_Division.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Atlantic_Division_(NHL).
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Boston_Bruins.
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- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Eastern_Conference_(NHL).
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Category:National_Hockey_League_divisions.
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- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Florida_Panthers.
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- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Ice_hockey.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Major_League_Baseball.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Metropolitan_Division.
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- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink National_Basketball_Association.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink National_Football_League.
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- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink New_Jersey_Devils.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink New_York_Islanders.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink New_York_Rangers.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Norris_Division.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Northeast_Division_(NHL).
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Ottawa_Senators.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Patrick_Division.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Philadelphia_Flyers.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Pittsburgh_Penguins.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Presidents_Trophy.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Prince_of_Wales.
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- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Southeast_Division_(NHL).
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Stanley_Cup.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Stanley_Cup_Finals.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Tampa_Bay_Lightning.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Toronto_Maple_Leafs.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Washington_Capitals.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Western_Canada_Hockey_League.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLink Western_Conference_(NHL).
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Conference".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "EAST".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "EC".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "East".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Eastern Conference (NHL)".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Eastern Conference Finals".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Eastern Conference Quarter-final".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Eastern Conference champions".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Eastern Conference".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Eastern Conference's".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Eastern".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "NHL Eastern Conference".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "NHL".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "NHL's Eastern Conference".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "PW".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Prince of Wales Conference".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Wales Conference".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Wales conference".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Wales".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Wales/Eastern Conference".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Western".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) caption "Eastern Conference logo, circa 2006".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) champion Tampa_Bay_Lightning.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) founded "1974".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) league National_Hockey_League.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) logo "NHL Eastern Conference.svg".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) pixels "200".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) sport Ice_hockey.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) teams "16".
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) title "Eastern Conference".
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- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) subject Category:Eastern_Conference_(NHL).
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) subject Category:National_Hockey_League_divisions.
- Eastern_Conference_(NHL) hypernym Conferences.