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The Nashville Predators are a professional ___MASK75___ team based in Nashville , Tennessee . They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). The Predators joined the NHL as an expansion team in the 1998  99 season , and play their home games at Bridgestone Arena . The Capital Centre ( later known as USAir Arena ) was an indoor arena in the eastern United States , located in Landover , Maryland , a suburb east of Washington , D . C . Opened in late 1973 , it was the primary home for the Washington Bullets of the National ___MASK27___ Association and the Washington Capitals of the National ___MASK52___ League . The Bullets moved to the Washington area from nearby Baltimore , and the Capitals were an expansion team in the arena ' s second year . The seating capacity was 18 , 756 for basketball and 18 , 130 for ___MASK52___ . The major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada are the highest professional competitions of team sports in the United States and Canada . The four leagues universally included in the definition are Major League ___MASK73___ ( MLB ), the National Basketball Association ( NBA ), the National ___MASK14___ League ( NFL ), and the National Hockey League ( NHL ). Other prominent leagues include Major League Soccer ( MLS ) and the Canadian ___MASK14___ League ( CFL ). The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National ___MASK52___ League ( NHL ) playoff winner . Originally commissioned in 1892 as the " Dominion ___MASK52___ Challenge Cup ", the trophy is named for Lord Stanley of Preston , then  Governor General of Canada , who awarded it to Canada ' s top - ranking amateur ___MASK75___ club , which the entire Stanley family supported , with the sons and daughters playing and promoting the game . The first Cup was awarded in 1893 to Montreal HC , and subsequent winners from 1893 to 1914 were determined by challenge games and league play . Professional teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906 . In 1915 , the two professional ___MASK75___ organizations , the National ___MASK52___ Association ( NHA ) and the Pacific Coast ___MASK52___ Association ( PCHA ), reached a gentlemen ' s agreement in which their respective champions would face each other annually for the Stanley Cup . After a series of league mergers and folds , it was established as the " de facto " championship trophy of the NHL in 1926 and then the " de jure " NHL championship prize in 1947 . The 1981  82 NHL season was the 65th season of the National ___MASK52___ League . The William M . Jennings Trophy made its debut this year as the trophy for the goaltenders from the team with the fewest goals against . The New York Islanders won their third straight Stanley Cup by sweeping the Vancouver Canucks in four games . The American ___MASK52___ League ( AHL ) is a 30 - team professional ___MASK75___ league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for the National ___MASK52___ League ( NHL ). Since the 2010  11 season , every team in the league has an affiliation agreement with an NHL team ; before then , one or two NHL teams would not have an AHL affiliate and so assigned players to AHL teams affiliated with other NHL teams . Twenty - seven AHL teams are located in the United States and the remaining three are in Canada . The league offices are located in Springfield , Massachusetts , and its current president is David Andrews . The Milwaukee Admirals are a professional ___MASK75___ team in the American Hockey League . They play in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States at the University of Wisconsin  Milwaukee Panther Arena . They have been affiliated with the NHL ' s Nashville Predators since that team ' s founding in 1998 . The Montreal Forum was an indoor arena located facing Cabot Square in Montreal , Quebec , Canada . Called " the most storied building in ___MASK52___ history " by " Sporting News ", it was the home of the National ___MASK52___ League ' s Montreal Maroons from 1924 to 1938 and the Montreal Canadiens from 1926 to 1996 . The Forum was built by the Canadian Arena Company in 159 days . The National ___MASK52___ League ( NHL ) is a professional ___MASK75___ league currently composed of 31 member clubs . Of the 30 clubs currently playing , 23 are in the United States and 7 in Canada . Headquartered in New York City , the NHL is considered to be the premier professional ___MASK75___ league in the world , and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . The Stanley Cup , the oldest professional sports trophy in North America , is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season . The Washington Capitals ( often shortened to Caps ) are a professional ___MASK75___ team based in Washington , D . C . They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). Since their founding in , the Capitals have won one conference championship ( in 1998 ), and nine division titles . In , the team moved their home ___MASK75___ rink from the suburban Capital Centre ( located in Landover , Maryland ) to the new Verizon Center in Washington , D . C . ___MASK75___ is a contact team sport played on ice , usually in a rink , in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent ' s net to score points . ___MASK75___ teams usually consist of six players each : one goaltender , and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team . The 1982 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal , Quebec . The National ___MASK52___ League ( NHL ) teams selected 252 players eligible for entry into professional ranks , in the reverse order of the 1981  82 NHL season and playoff standings . This is the list of those players selected . Dean Clement Evason ( born August 22 , 1964 ) is a Canadian former National ___MASK52___ League player . He is currently the head coach for the Milwaukee Admirals of the American ___MASK52___ League ( AHL ) . Evason was selected by the Washington Capitals in the 5th round ( 89th overall ) of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft . Evason was born in Flin Flon , Manitoba , but grew up in Brandon , Manitoba .