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1979–80 NHL season

National Hockey League season
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Summary

1979–80 NHL season is a sports season[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of sports season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (893 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: New York Islanders[3]
  • Country: United States[4], Canada[5]
  • Follows: 1978–79 NHL season[6]
  • Followed by: 1980–81 NHL season[7]
  • Commons category: 1979-1980 National Hockey League season[8]
  • Sport: ice hockey[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1979–80 NHL season[10]
  • Number of matches played/races/starts: 80[11]
  • Time period: 1979-1980 one-year-period[12]
  • Sports season of league or competition: National Hockey League[13]

Why It Matters

1979–80 NHL season has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

FAQs

What awards did 1979–80 NHL season receive?

Honors received include New York Islanders[3].

Related Entities

Canada United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · TheaAlvaro · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'pt', 'ru', 'simple', 'sk', 'sv', 't
    Number of matches played/races/starts → {'amount': '+80'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Number of matches played/races/starts: 80, ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/harvesttemplates/61e750a0741b|details]])"
  2. 13w ago · JAnDbot bot · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sports season of league or competition → National Hockey League
    Instance of → —
    Country → United States, Canada
    Topic's main category → Category:1979–80 NHL season
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Follows: 1978–79 NHL season"
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