What is Potential National Hockey League expansion?
The [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) has gone through many rounds of expansion and other [[wikt:organization|organizational]] changes during its nearly 100-year history to reach its current number of thirty teams: [[twenty-three]] in the [[United States]], and [[seven]] in [[Canada]]. On June 22, 2016 the NHL officially approved expansion to Las Vegas starting in the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rosen|first=Dan|title=Las Vegas awarded NHL franchise|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-expands-to-las-vegas/c-281010682?tid=281011650|publisher=National Hockey League|date=June 22, 2016|accessdate=June 22, 2016}}</ref> The new Las Vegas team was unveiled as the [[Vegas Golden Knights]] on November 22 of that year.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-official-team-name/c-283981522?tid=281011650 |title=Vegas Golden Knights official team name |publisher=National Hockey League |date=November 22, 2016 |accessdate=November 22, 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{sport-stub}} [[Category:National Hockey League]]