Columbus was awarded an NHL expansion franchise in 1997, and the Blue Jackets played their first game in 2000. These tributaries of our city’s sports history came to a confluence before a crowd of ...

Is it a bug? A Union soldier in the Civil War? A Shawnee war chief? When officials announced the name of Columbus' first major-league sports franchise, the Columbus Blue Jackets, in 1997, it wasn't ...

For the first time ever, women's hockey was included in NHL All-Star events in 1997. Here's a look back at that time from the THN Archive. In 1997, NHL all-star weekend included women's hockey.

NHL: Alexander Ovechkin is eight goals shy of tying Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record as the Washington Capitals face the San ...

But the cultural impact of hockey in Nashville stayed and many fans remained for NHL expansion into Nashville in 1997. One sect of particularly raucous fans, who named their sections with apt ...

Columbus was awarded an NHL expansion franchise in 1997, and the Blue Jackets played their first game in 2000. These tributaries of our city’s sports history came to a confluence before a crowd ...