Se National Hockey League (NHL) (Frencisc: Ligue nationale de hockey – LNH; on Englisce hātte Þēodlic Hōciges Geþoftscipe) is unēacalic oferclīeƿen þe grēat andƿīs īshocigclīeƿen ƿielt, mid 32 tēamas; 25 in American and 7 in Canadan.[1] Mid his hēafodstōƿe in Nīƿeoforƿīcbyrig, þyncþ man se NHL se betst andƿīs īshocigclīeƿen þǣre ƿorulde,[2] and ān þāra Americanisca and Canadisca grēata andƿīsa indryhteclīeƿena. Se Stanley Cup, se ieldesta andƿīs indryhte herelof in Norðamerican,[3] is gēare giefen tō þǣm campscīroðes ceampmannum on þǣm tīman ende.
Se National Hockey League begann in 1917 mid fēoƿer tēamum, and þurh mæniȝum tēama hƿeorfunga, nū 31 tēamas hæfþ, 24 steald in American and 7 in Canadan. Þā Montreal Canadiens sind se mǣst siȝeful tēam mid 24 Stanley Cup ċeampscipum.
↑Þā Montreal Canadiens ƿann 23 Stanley Cups on hiera tīde in þǣm NHL. Þēah, se Stanley Cup ne āƿa efne ƿæs þæs NHLes ceampscipeherelof. Þā Canadiens ƿǣron ēac þæs clīeƿenes ceampmenn in 1918–19 hƿonne sēo Spēonisc sēocnes cƿellode þā Stanley Cup læstmæccan, and in 1924–25 hƿonne ƿǣron hīe sigelēas under þǣm Victoria Cougars in þǣm Stanley Cup læstmæccum, þe geþēoded mid þǣm WCHL ƿǣron.