North Division | |
League: | National Hockey League |
Sport: | Ice hockey |
Founded: | 2020 |
Folded: | 2021 |
Teams: | 7 |
Champion: | Toronto Maple Leafs (1st title) |
The National Hockey League's North Division (branded as Scotia NHL North Division for sponsorship reasons)[1] was one of the four divisions used by the NHL for the 2020–21 NHL season.[2] This division was organized in 2020 as the result of the travel restrictions that had been in place since March 2020 between the Canada–United States border due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] [4] [5] The entirety of the 2020–21 regular season and first two rounds of the playoffs were played between seven Canadian-based teams in the NHL.[6]
Of the four divisions in 2020–21, the North Division was the only one with a name not previously used by the NHL. It was also the first all-Canadian NHL division to play since the league first expanded into the United States in 1924.
bgcolor=#FFCC00 align=center width=10px | (#) | Denotes team that won the Stanley Cup | |
bgcolor=#C0C0C0 align=center width=10px | (#) | Denotes team that won the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, but lost Stanley Cup Finals | |
bgcolor=#BBFFBB align=center width=10px | (#) | Denotes team that qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs | |
align=center width=10px | ‡ | Denotes winner of the Presidents' Trophy |