Central Division (NHL)

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NHL division sports division

The Central Division is a grouping of teams in the National Hockey League’s Western Conference that compete against each other during the regular season and playoffs.

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Label Occurrences
NHL Central Division 3
Central Division (NHL) canonical 2

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NHL division ⓘ
sports division ⓘ
abbreviation CEN ⓘ
broadcastRegion North America ⓘ
championDesignation Central Division champion ⓘ
championshipTrophy none (division title only) ⓘ
competitionType professional sports league division ⓘ
conference Western Conference (NHL) ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
followsRulebook NHL rulebook ⓘ
surface form: NHL Official Rules
foundedAsCurrentAlignment 2013 ⓘ
gender men's professional ⓘ
governingBody National Hockey League ⓘ
hasRivalry Chicago Blackhawks–St. Louis Blues rivalry ⓘ
Colorado Avalanche–Detroit Red Wings rivalry (historical, pre-realignment) ⓘ
hasTeam Chicago Blackhawks ⓘ
Colorado Avalanche ⓘ
Dallas Stars ⓘ
Minnesota Wild ⓘ
Nashville Predators ⓘ
St. Louis Blues ⓘ
Winnipeg Jets ⓘ
language English ⓘ
league National Hockey League ⓘ
level top tier ⓘ
numberOfTeams 7 ⓘ
partOf National Hockey League ⓘ
Western Conference (NHL) ⓘ
playoffPath Western Conference Second Round ⓘ
surface form: Western Conference playoffs
playoffQualification top three teams qualify for playoffs ⓘ
predecessor Central Division ⓘ
surface form: Central Division (1993–2013 alignment)
realignment created in 2013 NHL realignment ⓘ
region central North America ⓘ
seasonStructure NHL playoffs ⓘ
surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs

regular season ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
teamRosterLimit 23-player active roster (per NHL rules) ⓘ
titleDeterminedBy regular season standings ⓘ
usesOvertimeFormat 3-on-3 overtime and shootout in regular season ⓘ
usesPointsSystem yes ⓘ
wildCardEligibility teams eligible for Western Conference wild card spots ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Shawn Horcoff → playedIn → Central Division (NHL) ⓘ
Brayden Schenn → playsInDivision → Central Division (NHL) ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHL Central Division
Western Conference → hasSubdivision → Central Division (NHL) ⓘ
NHL West Division → replacedBy → Central Division (NHL) ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHL Central Division
NHL Atlantic Division → hasRivalLeagueDivision → Central Division (NHL) ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHL Central Division