NHL unveils realignment plan
- Published: 27 Feb 2013 at 12.43
- Online news: Sports
The National Hockey League unveiled a proposed realignment plan based on geographic proximity and featuring a playoff format that would include wild card entrants.
Goalkeeper Antti Niemi (R) of the San Jose Sharks defends the goal, stopping the shot of Cody McLeod of the Colorado Avalanche, during their NHL game in San Jose, California, on February 26, 2013. The National Hockey League has unveiled a proposed realignment plan based on geographic proximity and featuring a playoff format that would include wild card entrants.
The proposal calls for four groupings based primarily on geographic locations, divided into Atlantic, Central, Midwest and Pacific Divisions. The Eastern and Western Conference would keep their names.
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