Western Conference

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NHL conference sports conference

The Western Conference is one of the two primary competitive groupings of teams in the National Hockey League, comprising franchises mainly based in the western regions of North America.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Western Conference (NHL) 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NHL conference ⓘ
sports conference ⓘ
awardsQualification Stanley Cup Playoffs berth ⓘ
competitionType regular season and playoffs ⓘ
conferenceChampionTrophy Clarence S. Campbell Bowl ⓘ
conferenceFinalWinnerQualifiesFor NHL playoffs ⓘ
surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
foundedAsCurrentFormatIn 2013 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
governingBody NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
hasDivision Central Division ⓘ
surface form: Central Division (NHL)

Pacific Division ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Division (NHL)
hasPlayoffRound Western Conference Final ⓘ
Western Conference First Round ⓘ
Western Conference Second Round ⓘ
hasRivalConference NHL Eastern Conference ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Conference (NHL)
hasTeam Anaheim Ducks ⓘ
Arizona Coyotes ⓘ
Calgary Flames ⓘ
Chicago Blackhawks ⓘ
Colorado Avalanche ⓘ
Dallas Stars ⓘ
Edmonton Oilers ⓘ
Los Angeles Kings ⓘ
Minnesota Wild ⓘ
Nashville Predators ⓘ
San Jose Sharks ⓘ
Seattle Kraken ⓘ
St. Louis Blues ⓘ
Vancouver Canucks ⓘ
Vegas Golden Knights ⓘ
Winnipeg Jets ⓘ
league National Hockey League ⓘ
levelOnPyramid top tier ⓘ
numberOfDivisions 2 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 16 ⓘ
partOf National Hockey League ⓘ
playoffFormat best-of-seven series ⓘ
predecessor Campbell Conference ⓘ
professionalOrAmateur professional ⓘ
realignment 1993 NHL conference realignment ⓘ
seasonStructure balanced schedule within conference and league ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
teamsPrimarilyLocatedIn Western Canada ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form: Western United States
usesOvertimeFormat NHL regular season overtime rules ⓘ
usesPlayoffOvertimeFormat sudden-death overtime ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Hockey League → confederation → Western Conference ⓘ
1994 NHL All-Star Game → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
2001–02 AHL season → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
2008–09 NHL season → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Anaheim Ducks → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Arizona Coyotes → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Chicago Blackhawks → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Cleveland Monsters → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Colorado Avalanche → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Dallas Stars → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Edmonton Oilers → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Los Angeles Kings → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Minnesota Wild → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
NHL playoffs → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Nashville Predators → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Pacific Division → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
San Jose Sharks → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Seattle Kraken → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Spokane Chiefs → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
St. Louis Blues → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Vancouver Canucks → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Winnipeg Jets (2011–present) → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
NHL All-Star Game 1997 → conference2 → Western Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: 1997 NHL All-Star Game
Central Division → conferenceTitle → Western Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Division (NHL)
this entity surface form: Western Conference (NHL)
Campbell Conference → laterRenamedAs → Western Conference ⓘ
Eastern Conference → parallelTo → Western Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Conference (NHL)
this entity surface form: Western Conference (NHL)
Central Division → partOf → Western Conference ⓘ
Central Division → partOf → Western Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Division (NHL)
this entity surface form: Western Conference (NHL)
Ryan Miller → playedIn → Western Conference ⓘ
Shawn Horcoff → playedIn → Western Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Conference (NHL)
Connor McDavid → playsIn → Western Conference ⓘ
Norris Division → realignedInto → Western Conference ⓘ
Campbell Conference → successor → Western Conference ⓘ