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60-536: The NHL pre-season is generally held during the last two weeks of September. Each team plays roughly six to eight exhibition games. These games allow coaches to evaluate their teams, new players to try out for roster and position spots, and established players to practice prior to competitive play. Teams may also have split squad games, in which parts of a team's roster play separate games. Several pre-season games may be held at neutral sites. Since 2006 in Canada and 2015 in

120-510: A Rogers Media -produced broadcast under a sub-license agreement, with it streaming on Rogers Media's digital platform, and a simulcast on Sportsnet starting in 2017 . French-language broadcasts in Canada also began in 1953, with play-by-play commentator Rene Lecavalier and colour commentator Jean-Maurice Bailly on CBC's Télévision de Radio-Canada (SRC) division. SRC continued to be the exclusive French-language broadcaster until 2003 when Réseau des sports (RDS) took over. Since 2015, under

180-460: A write down of $ 3 billion and a stock value loss of $ 4.3 billion just a day before Berkshire Hathaway's quarterly earnings and annual report to investors. In September 2020, Kraft Heinz announced its new enterprise strategy, including plans to cut $ 2 billion in costs over five years, resulting in an estimated generation of 4% to 6% adjusted earnings per share growth. The announcement resulted in multiple stock upgrades by CFRA and Guggenheim due to

240-551: A Saturday, in which case no games would be played on December 23. The NHL also has a holiday roster freeze between December 18 and 27, in which in most cases, players cannot be traded, waived, or sent to the minor leagues. On the day of the Super Bowl (second Sunday of February), the league avoids scheduling any games that night, and will either have a blank slate that day or have a few afternoon games, usually starting no later than 3:00   p.m. EST. Two points are awarded for

300-577: A business focused on growing organic, natural, and "super-premium" food brands. Later that year, it was announced Kraft Heinz would acquire the Primal Kitchen brand as part of the company's Springboard Incubator. The $ 200 million deal was completed in early 2019 and was expected to generate $ 50 million in new annual revenue. On October 24, 2018, Kraft Heinz announced that it was selling its Indian nutritional beverage assets, including Complan and energy drink Glucon-D to Zydus Wellness . The sale

360-533: A deal to sell part of its cheese business to French multinational dairy product corporation Lactalis for $ 3.2 billion. The sale included the Breakstone's, Knudsen, Polly-O , Athenos, Hoffman's , and Cracker Barrel cheese brands for the United States, and Cheez Whiz outside of North America. Kraft Heinz then partnered with Lactalis to manufacture Kraft and Velveeta cheeses. On November 10, 2021,

420-625: A division, along with its wild card opponent and the second and third ranked teams of the same division comprise a group or bracket during the First Round, and the two winners will meet in the Second Round. The Western Conference (Pacific vs. Central divisional bracket winners) and Eastern Conference (Atlantic vs. Metropolitan divisional bracket winners) Finals will determine who faces off in the Stanley Cup Finals . Any ties in

480-608: A lawsuit against Cal-Maine Foods, Inc . and others over allegations of egg price fixing. Cal-Maine Foods, contesting the verdict, insists on its innocence and the absence of wrongdoing in its business practices. Stanley Cup Finals The Stanley Cup Finals in ice hockey (also known as the Stanley Cup Final among various media, French : Finale de la Coupe Stanley ) is the National Hockey League 's (NHL) annual championship series. The winner

540-582: A milestone in achieving a 100 percent Corporate Equality Index score from the Human Rights Campaign . The score recognized the company for its LGBTQ inclusion efforts and becoming a leader in the area among food CPG companies. On July 2, 2019, Kraft Heinz sold its Canadian natural cheese business, including the Cracker Barrel, P’tit Quebec, and aMOOza! brands to Parmalat for C$ 1.62 billion. In September 2020, Kraft Heinz reached

600-666: A new company purpose, " Let's Make Life Delicious " and an all-new vision, " To sustainably grow by delighting more consumers globally ." The next day Kraft Heinz also released its updated 2020 Environmental Social Governance (ESG) report with goals to make 100% of Kraft Heinz product packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable by 2025 and plans to sustainably source 100 percent of Heinz Ketchup tomatoes by 2025. On February 11, 2021, Kraft Heinz announced its Q4 2020 and full-year results, resulting in 6.2 percent increased sales and over $ 26 billion in revenue. The same day, Kraft Heinz announced their plans to sell its nuts business, including

660-575: A partial list of global brands included in the Kraft Heinz portfolio: Kraft and Heinz: Other: For the fiscal year 2017, Kraft Heinz reported earnings of US$ 11.0 billion, with annual revenue of US$ 26.2 billion, a decline of 0.6% over the previous fiscal cycle. Kraft Heinz's shares traded at over $ 61 per share, and its market capitalization was valued at over US$ 136 billion in September 2018. In February 2019, shares in Kraft Heinz fell to

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720-422: A record low of under $ 35 after the company reported a $ 10.2bn loss for the previous year as the company announced that it would take a $ 15.4 billion writedown of its Kraft and Oscar Mayer brands, cut its dividend, and acknowledged that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had opened a probe into its accounting practices. In August 2019, Kraft Heinz announced a further $ 1.22 billion in writedowns, as well as

780-492: A share to 40 cents. The company also announced a goodwill impairment charge that wrote down the value of the company's Kraft and Oscar Mayer brands of $ 15.4 billion in the fourth quarter, which resulted in a net loss of $ 12.61 billion. The all-resulting news made the company's stock crash more than 20% in after-hours trading. The stock plunge resulted in Berkshire Hathaway , the largest stockowner, recording

840-485: A sub-license agreement with Rogers, TVA has been the exclusive home of French-language broadcasts in Canada. The first television broadcast in the United States was in 1962 , covered by local Chicago station WGN , while network broadcasts started in 1966 on NBC . However, national coverage on American television, like the rest of the NHL season, remained in a state of flux for decades. From 1966 to 1975, NBC and CBS held

900-405: A win (including in overtime or shootout), one point for a loss in overtime or shootout, and no points for a loss in regulation time. If, however, a team pulls their goaltender for an extra attacker during overtime and gives up an empty net goal, the point normally awarded for losing in overtime is forfeited. Pulling a goaltender in overtime was occasionally attempted in certain situations prior to

960-414: Is a start-up with approximately €60 million annual sales. Its 170-plus product portfolio includes spice blends, salad dressings, easy-to-prepare "In Minutes" blends, and organic offerings for diverse meal occasions ranging from breakfast and light snacks to salads and baking, with a broad range of savory, sweet, classic, and exotic flavors. The proposed deal was first announced on Dec. 10, 2021. As of 2023,

1020-747: Is an American multinational food company formed by the merger of Kraft Foods and H.J. Heinz Company co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh . Kraft Heinz is the third-largest food and beverage company in North America and the fifth-largest in the world with over $ 26.0 billion in annual sales as of 2021. In addition to Kraft and Heinz, over 20 other brands are part of the company's profile, including Boca Burger , Gevalia , Grey Poupon , Oscar Mayer , Philadelphia Cream Cheese , Primal Kitchen, and Wattie's , eight of which have total individual sales of over $ 1 billion. Kraft Heinz ranked 114th in

1080-728: Is awarded the Stanley Cup , North America's oldest professional sports trophy, and one of the "most important championships available to the sport [of ice hockey]" according to the International Ice Hockey Federation . Originally inscribed the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup , the trophy was donated in 1892 by Lord Stanley of Preston , then– Governor General of Canada , initially as a " challenge trophy " for Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. The champions held onto

1140-513: The de facto championship trophy of the NHL. In 1947, the NHL reached an agreement with trustees P. D. Ross and Cooper Smeaton to grant control of the cup to the NHL, allowing the league itself to reject challenges from other leagues that may have wished to play for the Cup. A 2006 Ontario Superior Court case found that the trustees had gone against Lord Stanley's conditions in the 1947 agreement. The NHL has agreed to allow other teams to play for

1200-458: The 2004–05 NHL lockout near the end of a season if earning a single point in overtime would have been worthless for playoff qualification purposes, but with the introduction of the shootout it has not been attempted as often. At the end of the regular season, sixteen teams qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs, an elimination tournament consisting of three rounds of best-of-seven series to determine which team from each conference will advance to

1260-653: The Aon Center and in Pittsburgh at PPG Place , with other offices across the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The merger was completed on July 2, 2015. The merger in 2015 did not immediately affect the naming rights to Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers . In July 2022 reports leaked that the company did not renew the rights, which Heinz initially acquired in 2001. On February 17, 2017, it

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1320-735: The Planters brand to Hormel for $ 3.35 billion. The transaction was completed on June 7. In September 2021, Kraft Heinz announced that Hemmer , a Brazilian company focused on condiments and sauces, was being acquired for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition followed the recent agreement to purchase Assan Foods – a Turkish company focused on sauces – belonging to Kibar Holding , for approximately $ 100 million. On January 19, 2022, Kraft Heinz announced that it had completed its acquisition of an 85% stake in Germany-based Just Spices GmbH . Launched in 2014, Just Spices

1380-462: The U.S. Justice Department approved the acquisition on the condition that they divest the Athenos and Polly-O businesses. The sale was completed on November 29. The divestiture of Athenos to Emmi Roth was completed on December 1, while the divestiture of Polly-O to BelGioiso was completed on December 3. On September 15, 2020, Kraft Heinz announced its new Strategic Transformation Plan, including

1440-497: The 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations based on 2017 total revenue. The boards of both companies agreed to the merger of Kraft Foods and H.J. Heinz, with approval by shareholders and regulatory authorities in early 2015. The new Kraft Heinz Company became the world's fifth-largest food and beverage company and the third-largest in the United States. The Kraft Heinz co-headquarters are in Chicago at

1500-587: The Allan Cup became the highest prize for amateur hockey teams in Canada, the trustees had become dependent on the top two professional leagues to bolster the prominence of the trophy. After the Portland Rosebuds , an American-based team, joined the PCHA in 1914, the trustees issued a statement that the Cup was no longer for the best team in Canada, but now for the best team in the world. Two years later,

1560-604: The Cup should the league not be operating, as was the case in the 2004–05 NHL lockout . The first television broadcast of the Stanley Cup Finals in Canada was in 1953 . English-language coverage was aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), with Danny Gallivan calling the play-by-play, Keith Dancy providing the colour commentary, and Wes McKnight hosted. The Hockey Night in Canada team of Gallivan and Dancy called

1620-540: The Cup until they either lost their league title to another club, or a champion from another league issued a formal challenge and defeated the reigning Cup champion in a final game to claim their win. Professional teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906. Starting in 1915, the Cup was officially held between the champion of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and

1680-662: The Cup, the trophy was then awarded to the winner of the NHL's championship playoff round. This first took place in 1927 between the Boston Bruins and the Ottawa Senators , which was planned to be a best-of-three series, although the series allowed ties. The series ended after four games, when the Senators defeated the Bruins in the fourth game. The NHL has changed its playoff format several times since 1927, and thus

1740-688: The Cup. At the same time, the NHA concluded a similar agreement with the Maritime Hockey League but the MHL champions abandoned their 1914 challenge and did not challenge again. From 1914 onwards, the Stanley Cup championship finals alternated between the East and the West each year, with alternating games played according to NHA and PCHA rules. The Cup trustees agreed to this new arrangement, because after

1800-640: The Eastern champions have won 20 times. The Stanley Cup was first awarded to the Montreal Hockey Club in 1893 when the team won the 1893 AHAC season . The team then had to defend its champion-title both through league championships and challenge games organised by the Stanley Cup trustees. Until 1912, these challenges could take place before or during a league season. After 1912, the trustees ordered that challenges only take place after all league games were completed. The last challenge, in 1914,

1860-537: The Kraft Parmesan Cheese label was misleading was rejected by judges. The label reads "Kraft 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese". It was argued that a "reasonable consumer" would know the product could not be 100% cheese, as any dairy product degrades quickly without preservatives. On December 1, 2023, a federal jury in Illinois awarded $ 17.8 million to several large food companies, including Kraft Heinz, in

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1920-539: The NHL plays 82 regular season games, 41 each of home and road. In all, 1,312 games are scheduled (512 of them inter-conference). For the 2021–22 season the NHL regular season formula was adjusted to account for the addition of the Seattle Kraken . Each team plays either three or four games against the other teams in its division (a total of 26 games) as well as playing all non-divisional teams in their own conference three times (24 games). The remaining games of

1980-747: The Rosebuds became the first American team to play in the Stanley Cup championship finals. In 1917, the Seattle Metropolitans became the first American team to win the Cup. After that season, the NHA dissolved, and the National Hockey League (NHL) took its place. In 1919 , the Spanish influenza epidemic forced the Montreal Canadiens and the Seattle Metropolitans to cancel their series tied at 2–2–1, marking

2040-409: The Stanley Cup travel west, because they did not consider Victoria a proper challenger, as they had not verified themselves with the trustees. However, on March 18, trustee William Foran stated that it was a misunderstanding. PCHA president Lester Patrick, had not filed a challenge, because he had expected Emmett Quinn of the NHA to make all of the arrangements in his role as hockey commissioner, whereas

2100-498: The U.S., Kraft Heinz has sponsored the Kraft Hockeyville contests, in which communities compete for the opportunity to host a pre-season game; Kraft Hockeyville would be discontinued in the U.S. following the 2020 edition. Several pre-season games held at international sites have also been scheduled, including games between an NHL team and a club from another league overseas. Since the 1995–96 season , each team in

2160-510: The bye week. From 1998 to 2014, every four years in lieu of an All-Star break, there was a break for the Winter Olympic Games . However, the NHL prohibited players from participation in the 2018 Olympics and the 2022 Olympics . The league also schedules a three-day Christmas break (since 1971) when no regular season games are played on either Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Games are not played on December 26 unless it falls on

2220-555: The champion of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). After a series of league mergers and folds, it became the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1926. Starting in 1982 , the championship round of the NHL's playoffs has been a best-of-seven series played between the champions of the Eastern and Western Conferences . Since then, Western champions have won 21 times, while

2280-499: The championship reverted to a single series. After winning in the 1924–25 season, the Victoria Cougars became the last team outside the NHL to win the Stanley Cup. The WHL folded in 1926, and most of the players moved to the NHL. This left the NHL as the only league left competing for the Cup. Other leagues and clubs have issued challenges, but from that year forward, no non-NHL team has played for it, leading it to become

2340-408: The final round has not always pitted conference or division playoff champions against each other. In the playoff format used from 1929 to 1938, the two teams with identical division ranking would face each other (i.e. the first place teams played each other, the second place teams play each other, and likewise for the third place teams). The winner of the first place series would automatically advance to

2400-447: The final round, dubbed the Stanley Cup Finals. The top three teams in each division earn automatic berths (six teams per conference) and the next two teams in the conference earn wild-card spots. The First Round pits the top ranked team in the conference against the lower ranked wild-card and the other division winner against the higher ranked wild-card. The second and third place teams in each division play each other. The top ranked team in

2460-469: The final round. The winner of the second and third place series would then play each other, with the winner of that series earning the other berth to the championship round. During the Original Six era, the top four teams made the playoffs, with the first and third place teams battling in one semifinal series, while the second and fourth place teams battled in the other. And from 1975 to 1981 , all

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2520-631: The first time the Stanley Cup was not awarded. The format for the Stanley Cup championship changed in 1922 , with the creation of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). Now three leagues competed for the Cup and this necessitated a semi-final series between two league champions, with the third having a bye directly to the finals. In 1924 , the PCHA and the WCHL merged to form the Western Hockey League (WHL) and

2580-464: The next eight finals. Gallivan called his last championship series in 1978 . For decades, Hockey Night in Canada on CBC remained the exclusive English-language broadcaster across Canada, except in 1972 when a lengthy NABET strike forced coverage to be instead aired on CTV , and from 1985 to 1988 when the series was split between CBC and either CTV or Global TV . In 2015 , the CBC telecast became

2640-532: The playoff teams were seeded regardless of division or conference. From 1982 to 2020 , the NHL's final round pitted the league's two conference playoff champions. In 2021 , the league temporarily realigned due the COVID-19 pandemic , as a result the four playoff division champions were re-seeded and played in the Semifinals, with the winners of those series advancing to the finals. The league then returned to

2700-512: The potential deal. On October 19, 2017, Kraft Heinz announced that it was acquiring Cerebos Pacific , including the Saxa salt, Gregg's , and Bisto brands, from Suntory . On March 9, 2018, New Zealand's Commerce Commission approved the purchase, on the condition that they sell the licenses for Gregg's brand of sauces and the F. Whitlock Worcestershire sauce brand due to competition concerns. In May 2018, Kraft Heinz launched Springboard Brands,

2760-615: The previous conference based playoff format in 2022 . ^ 1. The NHL includes the Toronto Hockey Club ( Toronto Arenas ) 1918 win and the 1922 Toronto St. Patricks win in the Toronto Maple Leafs total. ^ 2. The Chicago Blackhawks were known as the Chicago Black Hawks before the 1986–87 season . ^ 3. The Montreal Canadiens totals include the 1919 finals that ended with

2820-400: The renewed positive financial outlook of the company. In September 2021, Kraft Heinz was fined $ 62m to settle the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission probe into an improper claim of $ 200m in cost savings . The $ 200 million in "bogus cost savings" (reportedly from merger) forced the company to restate its financial results for the years 2015 through 2018. In 2017, the claim that

2880-456: The representatives of the three pro leagues (NHA, PCHA and Maritime) to make all arrangements each season as to the series of matches to be played for the Cup." Victoria vs. Toronto All games played at Arena Gardens in Toronto. Part of their 1913 agreement to set up drafting and player rights ownership, the NHA and PCHA agreed to have their respective champions face each other for

2940-529: The return of its former CFO, Paulo Basilio, who held the position until 2017, to replace David Knopf, saying that it wanted a "seasoned veteran" following a series of accounting errors. On February 21, 2019, Kraft Heinz reported that they received a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) subpoena in October that aimed to look into the company's accounting policies and internal controls. Kraft Heinz also announced that they cut their dividend from 62.5 cents

3000-472: The rights at various times, but they each only covered selected games of the series. It was then carried on syndication from 1976 to 1979 through the 1970s NHL Network . In 1980, the Hughes broadcast network simulcast CBC's feed before the series was moved to cable. During its time on cable from 1980 to 1993, rights to the series was held at various times by USA , SportsChannel America , and ESPN , but there

3060-521: The season are inter-conference play (32 games), allowing every team in the league to play every other team twice. The schedule is structured so that every NHL team plays in every arena at least once per season, which also include regular season games played outside North America and games played in outdoor stadiums . Each team has a mandatory bye week near the midpoint of the season, during which no regular season games take place. The NHL All-Star Game and its accompanying festivities typically occur during

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3120-462: The series has been rotated annually between ABC in even years and the cable channel TNT in odd years (with the option for simulcasts on their respective sister cable networks or streaming platforms). The championship series began with the interleague 'World Series' played in one city. The series alternated between a rink of the NHA and later the NHL and a rink of the PCHA and later the WCHL/WHL. It

3180-534: The standings are broken using the following protocols: For the first two rounds, the higher-seeded team has home-ice advantage (regardless of point record). Thereafter, it goes to whoever has the better regular season record (no matter the seeding). The team with home-ice advantage hosts Games 1, 2, 5 and 7, while the opponent hosts Games 3, 4 and 6 (Games 5–7 are played "if necessary"). Kraft Heinz The Kraft Heinz Company ( KHC ), commonly known as Kraft Heinz ( / ˈ k r æ f t ˈ h aɪ n z / ),

3240-442: The trustees thought they were being purposely ignored. The Victoria challenge was accepted. Any tension was diffused as Toronto successfully defended the Cup by sweeping a best-of-five series in three games. This began the end of the influence of the Stanley Cup trustees on the challengers and series for the Cup. In March 1914, trustee William Foran wrote to NHA president Emmett Quinn that the trustees are "perfectly satisfied to allow

3300-560: Was completed on January 30, 2019. In April 2019, it was announced Miguel Patricio , former Chief Marketing Officer of InBev would replace Bernardo Hees as CEO of Kraft Heinz. Patricio took position of CEO in late June 2019 and Alex Behring remained chairman of the company. Later that year, Paulo Basilio returned to his role at Chief Financial Officer and Corrado Azzarita assumed the position of Chief Information Officer. Todd Kaplan has been named chief marketing officer of North America at Kraft Heinz. In June 2019, Kraft Heinz reached

3360-443: Was no exclusive coverage of games and thus local broadcasters could also still televise them regionally as well. In 1995 , Fox signed on to be the exclusive national broadcast network of selected games of the final round, splitting it with ESPN. This splitting of exclusive national coverage between a cable and a broadcast network was then passed to ABC and ESPN in 2000 , and then NBC and Versus (now NBCSN ) in 2006 . Since 2022 ,

3420-465: Was not until the demise of the WHL, that the final series alternated games between the two finalists' home ice. The series allowed ties until 1928. As the two and later three leagues differed, the series would alternate using each league's rules. The PCHA continued to use seven-man team play, and games would alternate with six and seven-man games. After the NHL became the last remaining league to compete for

3480-465: Was reported that Kraft Heinz Co. had made a $ 143 billion approach to take over the British-Dutch multinational Unilever , a significantly larger competitor with 126,000 more employees and £24bn larger revenue than Kraft Heinz. Unilever declined the initial proposal. The takeover was subsequently abandoned on February 19 soon after UK Prime Minister Theresa May had ordered regulators to examine

3540-498: Was the inauguration of the first "World Series" of ice hockey, a series between the Stanley Cup and league champion Toronto Hockey Club of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Victoria Aristocrats , champions of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). The series was pre-arranged between the two leagues before the season after post-season exhibitions held in their previous seasons. The inaugural series

3600-409: Was to be held in the city of the NHA champion, and alternate annually following the series. After the series got under way, there was some concern that the series would not produce an "official" Stanley Cup champion. The Victoria club had not formally applied to the Stanley Cup trustees to challenge for the Cup. A letter arrived from the Stanley Cup trustees on March 17, that the trustees would not let

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