drafted_by michel parizeau
The Original Six is a term for the group of six teams that made up the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the 25 seasons between the 1942  43 season and the 1967 NHL Expansion . These six teams are the ___MASK12___ , Chicago Black Hawks , Detroit Red Wings , Montreal Canadiens , ___MASK21___ , and the Toronto Maple Leafs , all of which are still active franchises in the league . The ___MASK50___ are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). Part of the 1967 NHL Expansion , the Flyers were the first expansion team in the post - Original Six era to win the Stanley Cup , victorious in 1973  74 and again in 1974  75 . Michel Gérard Parizeau ( born April 9 , 1948 ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and head coach who played two seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the St . Louis Blues and ___MASK50___ . Parizeau also played eight seasons in the World Hockey Association ( WHA ) for the Quebec Nordiques , Indianapolis Racers and Cincinnati Stingers .