In the 1925-1926 season, the NHL consisted of seven teams - all located in places where winter temperatures could easily dip into single digits. Today, there are thirty franchises - some at home where the only ice fans will see is on the arena floor or in their soft drinks. No matter the locale, NHL hockey brings in the fans. ABC recorded approximately two million viewers for each NHL broadcast during the 2001-2002 regular season. The NHL.com Network ranked No. 8 in worldwide traffic among sports websites. For a seventh year, fans will be drawn to the fascinating info found in The National Hockey League Calendar. Readers will discover that Wayne Gretzky and Jose Theodore are the only players to win the Hart Trophy as league MVP, yet not be named a first-team all-star in the same season, and that in 1974, Pittsburgh's Andy Brown became the last goaltender to play without a mask. In Toronto or Tampa Bay, NHL hockey is the coolest game, and this is the coolest calendar.
