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The World Hockey Association (French: Association mondiale de hockey) was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (NHL) since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926.
As part of the NHL-WHA merger, four WHA franchises moved to the National Hockey League for the 1979–80 NHL season: Edmonton, New England (renamed Hartford Whalers), Quebec, and Winnipeg. The other two WHA-enfranchised teams, Birmingham and Cincinnati, folded.
World Hockey Association Hall of Fame Carrying on the legacy established by the late Tim Gassen, the WHA Hall of Fame provides a comprehensive resource on the history of the league, including game results, summaries and player stats from its colorful seven-year history.
In 1972 the only real threat ever to the NHL's dominance of the hockey world began when Dennis Murphy and Gary Davidson concocted the World Hockey Association. No strangers to starting rebel sports leagues, they were also behind the defunct by now American Basketball Association, and would later start up the United States Football League.
Leagues -> WHA [1972-1979] The World Hockey Association was a Major League hockey league that operated from 1972 to 1979.
History of the defunct World Hockey Association that operated from 1972 until 1979 including a list of WHA franchises and AVCO Cup champions.
The World Hockey Association (French: Association mondiale de hockey) was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (NHL) since the collapse of the Western Hockey League (1952–74).
