National Hockey League division
TheNational Hockey League 'sNorthwest Division was formed in 1998 as part of theWestern Conference due to expansion. The teams in thePacific Division were split up, with theCalgary Flames ,Colorado Avalanche ,Edmonton Oilers , and theVancouver Canucks becoming the newly formed Northwest Division. TheMinnesota Wild joined the division in 2000 as an expansion team. Like the Pacific Division, the Northwest Division is also a descendant of the formerSmythe Division , as three of its Canadian teams played in that division from1981 to1993 .
The Northwest Division existed for 14 seasons (not including the cancelled2004–05 season ) until 2013. During that time, it had the greatest distances between teams in the entire NHL.
1998-2000 Northwest Division Teams
[ edit ] The Northwest Division is formed as a result of NHL realignment The Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks come from thePacific Division 2000-2013 Northwest Division Teams
Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche Edmonton Oilers Minnesota Wild Vancouver Canucks [ edit ] The Minnesota Wild are added as an expansion team [ edit ] The Northwest Division was dissolved as the league realigned into two conferences with two divisions each. The division's Canadian teams (the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, and Vancouver Canucks) returned to the Pacific Division, while the division's American teams (the Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild) joined theCentral Division .
1999 –Colorado Avalanche (44–28–10, 98 pts) 2000 –Colorado Avalanche (42–28–11–1, 96 pts) 2001 –Colorado Avalanche (52–16–10–4, 118 pts) 2002 –Colorado Avalanche (45–28–8–1, 99 pts) 2003 –Colorado Avalanche (42–19–13–8, 105 pts) 2004 –Vancouver Canucks (43–24–10–5, 101 pts) 2005 – no season (NHL lockout ) 2006 –Calgary Flames (46–25–11, 103 pts) 2007 –Vancouver Canucks (49–26–7, 105 pts) 2008 –Minnesota Wild (44–28–10, 98 pts) 2009 –Vancouver Canucks (45–27–10, 100 pts) 2010 –Vancouver Canucks (49–28–5, 103 pts) 2011 –Vancouver Canucks (54–19–9, 117 pts) 2012 –Vancouver Canucks (51–22–9, 111 pts) 2013 –Vancouver Canucks (26–15–7, 59 pts) Season 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 1998–99 (2) Colorado (98)(8) Edmonton (78)Calgary (72) Vancouver (58) 1999–2000 (3) Colorado (96)(7) Edmonton (88)Vancouver (83) Calgary (77) 2000–01 (1) Colorado (118)‡ (6) Edmonton (93)(8) Vancouver (90)Calgary (73) Minnesota (68) 2001–02 (2) Colorado (99)(8) Vancouver (94)Edmonton (92) Calgary (79) Minnesota (73) 2002–03 (3) Colorado (105)(4) Vancouver (104)(6) Minnesota (95)(8) Edmonton (92)Calgary (75) 2003–04 (3) Vancouver (101)(4) Colorado (100)(6) Calgary (94)Edmonton (89) Minnesota (83) 2004–05 No season due to2004–05 NHL lockout 2005–06 (3) Calgary (103)(7) Colorado (95)(8) Edmonton (95)Vancouver (92) Minnesota (84) 2006–07 (3) Vancouver (105)(7) Minnesota (104)(8) Calgary (96)Colorado (95) Edmonton (71) 2007–08 (3) Minnesota (98)(6) Colorado (95)(7) Calgary (94)Edmonton (88) Vancouver (88) 2008–09 (3) Vancouver (100)(5) Calgary (98)Minnesota (89) Edmonton (85) Colorado (69) 2009–10 (3) Vancouver (103)(8) Colorado (95)Calgary (90) Minnesota (84) Edmonton (62) 2010–11 (1) Vancouver (117)‡ Calgary (94) Minnesota (86) Colorado (68) Edmonton (62) 2011–12 (1) Vancouver (111)‡ Calgary (90) Colorado (88) Minnesota (81) Edmonton (74) 2012–13 [a] (3) Vancouver (59)(8) Minnesota (55)Edmonton (45) Calgary (42) Colorado (39)
Notes a lockout .Stanley Cup winners produced [ edit ] [ edit ] Northwest Division titles won by team [ edit ]
Current Historic
1926–1938 1967–1974 1974–1981 1981–1993 1993–1998 1998–2013 2020–2021
