Western Conference
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one of two conferences in the National Hockey League
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Vinony's link graph records 1,596 inbound references to Western Conference, and connects out to National Hockey League, Eastern Conference and French.
It is catalogued under topics including National Hockey League divisions and Western Conference (NHL).
Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- League
- National Hockey League
- Sport
- Ice hockey
- Founded
- 1974 (as the Campbell Conference) Renamed as the Western Conference in 1993 Suspended for 2020–21 Reactivated in 2021
- Most recent champion
- Vegas Golden Knights (3rd title) , (2025–26)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- athletic conference
- Part of
- National Hockey League
- Has part
- Pacific Division
- Country
- United States
- Sport
- ice hockey
- Organizer
- National Hockey League
Show 3 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Western Conference (NHL)
- inception
- 1974-00-00
- event interval
- 1
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Encyclopedic overview
The Western Conference (French: Conférence de l'Ouest), originally the Clarence Campbell Conference (or Campbell Conference for short), is one of two conferences in the National Hockey League (NHL) used to divide teams. It and its counterpart, the Eastern Conference, each have 16 teams organized into two divisions. The Clarence S. Campbell Bowl is awarded annually to the Western Conference champion.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Western Conference” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.