2011–12 NHL season

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The 2011–12 NHL season was the 95th season of operation (94th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Los Angeles Kings defeated the New Jersey Devils in the Stanley Cup Final four games to two to win the team's first Stanley Cup in their second Stanley Cup Final appearance; they had lost to Montreal Canadiens in the 1993 Final. During the off-season, the Atlanta Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg, to become the "new" Winnipeg Jets, reviving the franchise that had last played in the 1995–96 season. It was the first NHL team relocation since the 1997–98 season, when the Hartford Whalers relocated to become the Carolina Hurricanes. The league did not change its divisional structure to accommodate the move, and the Jets took the place of the Thrashers in the Southeast Division. In December 2011, the board of governors eventually approved a proposed realignment for the following season, which would result in four conferences with the first two rounds of the playoffs being divisional...

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