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2014–15 NHL season
The 2014–15 NHL season was the 98th season of the National Hockey League, won by the Chicago Blackhawks, who took the Stanley Cup over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
2015 Stanley Cup Final
2015 Stanley Cup Final: Chicago Blackhawks beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2, clinching 2-0 in Game 6 on June 15, 2015 at the United Center; Duncan Keith won the Conn Smythe, Crawford made 25 saves, Chicago's third Cup in six seasons.
2015 Stanley Cup playoffs
2015 Stanley Cup playoffs: NHL postseason won by the Chicago Blackhawks, who beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 for their sixth Cup; Duncan Keith won the Conn Smythe and scored the clinching goal.
2015–16 NHL season
2015-16 NHL season, 98th National Hockey League season; Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup, Washington Capitals had the best record (56-18-8), Patrick Kane won his first Art Ross with 106 points, and three-on-three overtime debuted.
2016 IIHF World Championship
2016 IIHF World Championship, 80th men's IIHF ice hockey tournament, held 6-22 May 2016 in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia. Canada beat Finland 2-0 for its 26th gold; Russia took bronze; Patrik Laine was MVP.
2016 Stanley Cup Finals
2016 Stanley Cup Finals: Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 for Pittsburgh's fourth Cup; Crosby won the Conn Smythe, Letang scored the Game 6 winner, Sullivan and Rutherford set records.
2016 Stanley Cup playoffs
2016 Stanley Cup playoffs: NHL postseason won by the Pittsburgh Penguins, who beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 in the Final; Crosby won the Conn Smythe, Sharks reached their first Final, no series ended in a sweep.
2016 World Cup of Hockey
2016 World Cup of Hockey, third World Cup, NHL/NHLPA best-on-best tournament in Toronto, September 2016; eight teams including Team Europe and Team North America; Canada beat Team Europe 2-1 to sweep the final, Crosby MVP.
2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2016 IIHF World Junior Championship, Helsinki, Finland, 26 Dec 2015 to 5 Jan 2016. Finland won gold on Kasperi Kapanen's overtime goal, 4-3 over Russia; USA took bronze; record European attendance of 215,225.
2016–17 NHL season
2016-17 NHL season, the league's centennial season (October 12, 2016 to April 9, 2017): Pittsburgh Penguins repeated as Stanley Cup champions over Nashville, Connor McDavid won the scoring title with 100 points, and Las Vegas was awarded its expansion franchise.
2017 IIHF World Championship
2017 IIHF World Championship, men's ice hockey worlds co-hosted by Cologne, Germany and Paris, France, 5-21 May 2017. Sweden won gold, beating Canada 2-1 in a shootout; Russia took bronze; 686,391 attendance.
2017 NHL entry draft
The 2017 NHL Entry Draft, held June 23-24 at United Center in Chicago, saw the Devils draft Nico Hischier first overall, the first Chicago-hosted draft, 217 selections, and the expansion Vegas Golden Knights picking sixth.
2017 Stanley Cup Finals
2017 Stanley Cup Final: Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 for a fifth Cup and second straight title; first Nashville Final, marked by offside and quick-whistle controversies.
2017 Stanley Cup playoffs
2017 Stanley Cup playoffs: NHL postseason for the 2016-17 season. Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators in six games for their fifth Cup; first round set an 18-overtime-game record.
2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2017 IIHF World Junior Championship (U20), held in Montreal and Toronto, Dec 26 2016-Jan 5 2017. United States won its fourth gold, beating Canada 5-4 in a shootout on Troy Terry's goal; Thomas Chabot was MVP.
2017–18 NHL season
2017-18 NHL season, the league's 100th and first with 31 teams; Vegas Golden Knights debuted, Washington Capitals won the Stanley Cup over Vegas in five games; McDavid led scoring with 108 points.
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup (Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018), 14th FIH men's field hockey world championship, 28 Nov-16 Dec 2018, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar; Belgium won its first title, beating the Netherlands 3-2 on penalties in the final; Australia took bronze.
2018 Stanley Cup Finals
2018 Stanley Cup Final: Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 for their first Cup in 43 seasons; Ovechkin won Conn Smythe with 15 playoff goals; Vegas reached the Final in its inaugural season.
2018 Stanley Cup playoffs
2018 Stanley Cup playoffs: NHL postseason won by the Washington Capitals, who beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 for their first Cup; Vegas reached the Final in its inaugural season.
2018 Women's Hockey World Cup
Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup London 2018, the 14th FIH women's field hockey World Cup, held 21 July to 5 August 2018 at Lee Valley, London; 16 teams, new four-pool format; Netherlands beat Ireland 6-0 for a record eighth title, Spain took bronze.
2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (42nd IIHF U20 World Championship) were held in Buffalo, New York, December 26, 2017 to January 5, 2018; Canada beat Sweden 3-1 for its 17th gold medal, with the United States taking bronze.
2018–19 NHL season
2018-19 NHL season: 31-team, 1,271-game regular season, Oct. 3, 2018 to April 6, 2019, with Winter Classic at Notre Dame Stadium; St. Louis Blues won their first Stanley Cup, beating Boston in Game 7.
2019 Stanley Cup Finals
2019 Stanley Cup Finals: the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 4-3, winning Game 7 4-1 on June 12, 2019 for their first Cup, ending a 52-year drought; O'Reilly won the Conn Smythe.
2019 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs were the NHL postseason won by the St. Louis Blues, who beat the Boston Bruins in seven games for their first championship.
2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship, held 26 December 2018 to 5 January 2019 in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, was won by Finland, which beat the United States 3–2 on Kaapo Kakko's late goal; Russia took bronze and Denmark was relegated.
2019–20 NHL season
2019-20 NHL season: paused March 12, 2020 by COVID-19 after 1,082 of 1,271 games; completed via 24-team Toronto/Edmonton bubble playoffs; Tampa Bay Lightning beat Dallas Stars in six games for their second Stanley Cup.
2020 Stanley Cup Finals
2020 Stanley Cup Final: Tampa Bay Lightning beat Dallas Stars 4-2, clinching 2-0 in Game 6 at Edmonton's Rogers Place bubble; Victor Hedman won the Conn Smythe, Vasilevskiy set goalie records, first neutral-site Cup since 1927.
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs: NHL's COVID-19 bubble postseason with 24 teams in Toronto and Edmonton hubs, best-of-5 qualifiers plus round-robin, re-seeded best-of-7 rounds; Tampa Bay Lightning beat Dallas Stars in six games for the Cup on Sept. 28, 2020.
2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2020 IIHF World Junior Championship, held Dec 26, 2019-Jan 5, 2020 in Ostrava and Trinec, Czech Republic; Canada beat Russia 4-3 on Akil Thomas's late goal for its 18th gold; Sweden took bronze; Lafreniere named MVP.
2020–21 NHL season
2020-21 NHL season: pandemic-shortened 56-game season, Jan 13 to May 8, 2021, with four realigned divisions including the first all-Canadian North Division; Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup over Montreal.