Hockey Canada Shut Out of NHL Postseason For 1st Time Since 1970 Canadian based teams eliminated from contention. by Chip Gianni April 1, 2016 The 2015-2016 National Hockey League season will mark the first time in 46 years that postseason will not feature a team from the land to the north. All seven of the Canadian based teams were officially eliminated on Wednesday night, when the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the President’s Trophy winning Washing Capitals in shootouts. The Flyers 2-1 victory, put the final nail in the coffin of the last Canadian team standing, the Ottawa Senators, with 11 days left in the regular season. The last time that no Canadian team reached the NHL playoffs was in the 1969-1970 season. Back then, there were only 12 teams in the league and only the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens represented the Canadian markets in the NHL. With no Canadian market in this season’s playoffs, Commissioner Gary Bettman will presenting the silver chalice, known as the Stanley Cup, to the captain of a U.S. based team for the 22nd straight year. Last season five Canadian market teams skated fro the chance to hoist the Cup, which was an improvement from 2013-2014, when only the Canadiens made it to the postseason. Not only is this the first time since the 1970 postseason without a team from Canada, it is also the second time in the history of the NHL that it has happened. In that season the New York Rangers won tiebreaker over the Canadiens on the final day of the season. The last time a Canadian market team hoisted the cup was in the 1992-1993 season when the Canadiens defeated the Los Angeles Kings four games to one. The Vancouver Canuks came close in the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs, but fell to the Boston Bruins four games to three. While the teams that play their home games North of the Border may not be there in the playoffs, there are still many Canadian stars playing for teams on the US based teams to give hockey fans in Canada something to look forward to. Post Views: 1,153 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Chip Gianni Chip is a Staff Writer at DoubleGSports.com Latest posts by Chip Gianni (see all) NWHL Picks up Fourth NHL Partnership Agreement with Boston Pride and Boston Bruins - January 10, 2019 Metropolitan Riveters Acquire Goaltender Maria Sorokina from Connecticut Whale - January 3, 2019 Former New Jersey Devils Defenseman Named Head Coach of Metropolitan Riveters - September 21, 2018 Metropolitan Riveters Re-Sign MVP Alexa Gruschow - September 12, 2018 Related TopicsNational Hockey LeagueNHLNHL Playoffs Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Newsletter Subscription Can't Miss Posts! Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 From Paramus High School to CBS Sports, Spero Dedes is making waves in sports broadcasting by Sunil Sunder Raj | posted on October 27, 2020 Lochte, Dressel and Ledecky all Chasing Gold at 2021 Tokyo Olympics by Anthony Paradiso | posted on April 18, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 19, 2021 Women in Sports: Podcast Host, New York Riptide Sideline Reporter, Dani Wexelman by Luke Porco | posted on March 3, 2020 More in Hockey Tim Peel is Discharged After Caught on Hot Mic Tim Peel was Discharged from the NHL After He was Caught on the Hot... NHL, Amazon Web Services Partner to Develop New Stats, Data, and Insights The National Hockey League (NHL) is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in an... You Know I’m Right, Episode 81: ESPN’s Arda Ocal (Audio/Video) On the 81st episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 80: MSG Network’s Bill Pidto (Audio/Video) On the 80th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... Rangers Sign Draft Picks, Nieves and Fogarty NWHL Announces Free Agency Period