NHL Eastern Conference

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NHL conference sports conference

The NHL Eastern Conference is one of the two conferences in the National Hockey League, comprising teams primarily based in the eastern regions of North America that compete for a spot in the Stanley Cup Finals.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
NHL Eastern Conference canonical 5
Eastern Conference (NHL) 2
Eastern Conference of NHL 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NHL conference ⓘ
sports conference ⓘ
competition NHL playoffs ⓘ
surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs
conferenceCounterpart NHL Western Conference ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
finalSeriesQualifierFor Stanley Cup ⓘ
surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
foundedAsCurrentFormat 2013 ⓘ
genderCategory men's ⓘ
governingBody National Hockey League ⓘ
hasDivision Atlantic Division ⓘ
Metropolitan Division ⓘ
hasNumberOfTeams 16 ⓘ
hasTeam Boston Bruins ⓘ
Buffalo Sabres ⓘ
Carolina Hurricanes ⓘ
Columbus Blue Jackets ⓘ
Detroit Red Wings ⓘ
Florida Panthers ⓘ
Montreal Canadiens ⓘ
New Jersey Devils ⓘ
New York Islanders ⓘ
New York Rangers ⓘ
Ottawa Senators ⓘ
Philadelphia Flyers ⓘ
Pittsburgh Penguins ⓘ
Tampa Bay Lightning ⓘ
Toronto Maple Leafs ⓘ
Washington Capitals ⓘ
includesCanadianRegions Ontario ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
includesUSRegions Mid-Atlantic ⓘ
Northeast ⓘ
Southeast ⓘ
levelOnPyramid top tier ⓘ
partOf National Hockey League ⓘ
playoffFormat best-of-seven series ⓘ
playoffTrophy Prince of Wales Trophy ⓘ
previousName Prince of Wales Conference ⓘ
professionalStatus professional ⓘ
region Eastern United States ⓘ
surface form: Eastern North America
renamedToEasternConference 1993 ⓘ
seasonStructure regular season and playoffs ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
winnerAdvancesTo NHL playoffs ⓘ
surface form: Stanley Cup Finals

Referenced by (9)

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

John Carlson → playsIn → NHL Eastern Conference ⓘ
Metropolitan Division → regionLeague → NHL Eastern Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Conference of NHL
Western Conference → hasRivalConference → NHL Eastern Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Conference (NHL)
this entity surface form: Eastern Conference (NHL)
New York Rangers–New York Islanders rivalry → divisionContext → NHL Eastern Conference ⓘ
The Blue and White → associatedWithLeagueDivision → NHL Eastern Conference ⓘ
Eastern Conference All-Stars → playerSource → NHL Eastern Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHL Eastern Conference franchises
Caniacs → supportsConference → NHL Eastern Conference ⓘ
Moritz Seider → playsInConference → NHL Eastern Conference ⓘ
Paul Stastny → playedIn → NHL Eastern Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Conference (NHL)