Northwest Division (NHL)

The Northwest Division was a division in the North American Ice Hockey League National Hockey League , which was in the Western Conference and included five teams. The hometown of the teams in the Northwest Division was located in the geographic northwest of the densely populated areas of North America ( Colorado to British Columbia ).

In the NHL, the introduction of the Northwest Division in 1998 as part of the expansion ( Nashville Predators came new to the league) became necessary when the two conferences were too big for two divisions each. The Northwest Division was formed isochronously with the Southeast Division that year . After a reorganization of the divisions before the 2013-14 NHL season , the Northwest Division was dissolved.

Teams

1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13
Calgary Flames
Colorado Avalanche
Edmonton Oilers
Vancouver Canucks
		Minnesota Wild

master

year	Surname
1999	Colorado Avalanche
2000	Colorado Avalanche
2001	Colorado Avalanche
2002	Colorado Avalanche
2003	Colorado Avalanche
2004	Vancouver Canucks
2005	Lockout
2006	Calgary Flames
2007	Vancouver Canucks
2008	Minnesota Wild
2009	Vancouver Canucks
2010	Vancouver Canucks
2011	Vancouver Canucks
2012	Vancouver Canucks
2013	Vancouver Canucks