How many teams played in the 1979-80 NHL season?
Q: How many teams played in the 1979-80 NHL season?
A: Twenty-one teams played in the 1979-80 NHL season.
Q: How many games did each team play in the 1979-80 NHL season?
A: Each team played 80 games in the 1979-80 NHL season.
Q: What happened to the World Hockey Association (WHA) teams from the previous season?
A: Four WHA teams (Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, New England Whalers, and Quebec Nordiques) joined the NHL as expansion teams, while the Birmingham Bulls and Cincinnati Stingers were paid to disband.
Q: What was the reason behind renaming New England Whalers to Hartford Whalers?
A: The team was renamed to Hartford Whalers at the insistence of the Boston Bruins.
Q: How many total teams were in the NHL after the addition of the four WHA teams?
A: There were 21 total teams in the NHL after the addition of the four WHA teams.
Q: Which team out of the four WHA teams to join the NHL, did not change its name afterwards?
A: There is no mention that any of the four WHA teams that joined the NHL changed their name, therefore, all four teams retained their original name.
Q: What was the significance of the 1979-80 NHL season?
A: The 1979-80 NHL season was significant for the addition of four new teams from the collapse of the World Hockey Association (WHA), which brought the NHL total to a new high of 21 teams.
