What was the 1972-73 NHL season?
Q: What was the 1972-73 NHL season?
A: It was the 56th season of the National Hockey League where sixteen teams played 78 games.
Q: What was the World Hockey Association?
A: It was a new professional hockey league that made its season debut with 12 new teams, many of which were based in the same cities as NHL teams, in 1972-73.
Q: Did the World Hockey Association challenge for the Stanley Cup?
A: No, unlike the Western Hockey League, the World Hockey Association would not challenge for the Stanley Cup.
Q: What was the NHL's response to the new league?
A: In response to the new league, the NHL hastily added two new teams in an unplanned expansion, the New York Islanders and Atlanta Flames, in an attempt to exclude the WHA from newly constructed arenas in those markets.
Q: Who was the first player the WHA signed?
A: The first thing the WHA did was sign Bobby Hull in 1972.
Q: Who were some of the players that followed Bobby Hull to the WHA?
A: Others soon followed Hull to the WHA, including Bernie Parent, J.C. Tremblay, Ted Green, Gerry Cheevers and Johnny McKenzie.
Q: How did the WHA affect the California Golden Seals?
A: The California Golden Seals lost eight key players to the WHA causing a negative impact on the team.
