Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ndị egwuregwu abụọ a mụrụ na United Kingdom sonyere na oge mbụ nke NHL. Ken Thompson na-egwuri egwu oge gara aga maka Montreal Wanderers na National Hockey Association (NHA), ma kpọọ otu egwuregwu na NHL tupu ndị Wanderers gbasasịa obere oge mgbe ụlọ ha gbara ọkụ. Joe Hall na-egwuri egwu na NHA tupu NHL: ọ nọrọ afọ asatọ na-egwu maka Montreal Shamrocks na Quebec Bulldogs, ma merie Stanley Cup ugboro abụọ na akụkụ nke ikpeazụ. Ọ sonyeere ndị Montreal Canadiens maka oge mbụ nke NHL. Hall gbara asọmpi n'asọmpi
1919 Stanley Cup Finals nke kagburu mgbe ọtụtụ n'ime ndị mmeri egwuregwu ya bụ ndị Canadiens butere Spanish influenza, Hall nwụkwara n'ihi ọrịa oyi baa n'akpa ume n'oge na-adịghị anya. Na 1961, ọ ghọrọ onye ọkpụkpọ nke abụọ a mụrụ na United Kingdom ka etinyere ya na Hockey Hall of Fame.