seventieslord
Student Of The Game
Thanks for the feedback seventieslord. I stated earlier that era is dependent on however you want to describe it, but it could be a good mini project to get something on this board we can all sort of agree on.
As I noted in 1926 the WHL disbanded but had the game changed that much? 1926 would be critical for the professional game development but I don’t think you can describe hockey as “modern†until the rules are the basic frame work it is today. Before the forward pass hockey was a little more like Rugby, so I think the style of play overshadows the NHL professional aspect and gives a good transition to what I labeled as Early Modern Hockey to what I label as the First Modern Era.
Whenever-1904 Pre Modern Hockey
1904-1930 Early Modern Hockey
1930-1945 First Modern Era
Would this make more sense?
Perhaps a little. I agree that your list was more of a hybrid between rule changes and league changes. But the fact that you included 1967 and 1980 as critical points shows that you consider league dynamics to still be an important factor in defining eras (which I would agree with) - so I still see 1926 as a season that should be the end of one era, personally.