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The Original Six (French: six équipes originales) are the six teams that comprised the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1942 and 1967. The six teams are the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and the Toronto Maple Leafs. After serving as the league's only teams for 25 seasons, they were joined by six new franchises in the 1967 NHL expansion.
Contrary to the name, the Canadiens and Maple Leafs are the only charter members of the NHL. Despite this, the six are considered a traditional set for joining the league by 1926 and being the NHL's oldest active franchises. The term is not contemporaneous to the era, having been coined by Boston Globe reporter Tom Fitzgerald after the expansion draft.The Original Six have the most combined Stanley Cup titles among NHL franchises; the Canadiens hold the most wins at 24 and all but the Rangers have won the championship more than any franchise outside of the six. The Maple Leafs, who won the last Stanley Cup of the Original Six era, are the only Original Six franchise to have not returned to the Stanley Cup since the 1967 expansion.

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