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Metropolitan Division

National Hockey League division

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

The National Hockey League's Metropolitan Division was formed in 2013 as one of the two divisions in the Eastern Conference as part of a league realignment. It is also a successor of the original Atlantic Division and one of the two successors to the Southeast Division. Six of its teams were previously together in the Patrick Division from 1981 to 1993. It is the only NHL division without a Canadian team, with five of the division's clubs located in either the New York City area or in Pennsylvania and the other three in North Carolina, Ohio, and Washington, D.C.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Metropolitan Division” as national Hockey League division. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Metropolitan, Division and National.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2013, 1981, 1993—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Metropolitan, Division and National providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Metropolitan Division”, the useful work is to connect “national Hockey League division” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2013, 1981 and 1993.

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This entry incorporates text from “Metropolitan Division” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.