Teams own their matching domain — 9 NHL

As we head into the playoffs, these teams have their matching domain name.

NHL logo The National Hockey League playoffs start this stretch. I think the energy of the NHL playoffs is more exciting than any major sport, and there’s nothing more exciting in sport than sudden death overtime in the NHL playoffs.

Just for fun this afternoon, I ran the NHL teams through a Whois and website check to see which teams own their exact match domain name. It appears that nine teams have their matching domain. Four of these (denoted by *) have masked Whois records so I’m making an assumption based on them forwarding to the team’s site on NHL.com.

Teams that own their domain name:

Hurricanes.com (Carolina)
Senators.com (Ottawa)
Blackhawks.com (Chicago) – obtained via UDRP last year
BlueJackets.com (Columbus)*
Sabres.com (Buffalo)*
Canadiens.com (Montreal)
Canucks.com (Vancouver)
MapleLeafs.com* (Toronto)
Wild.com* (Minnesota)

Some NHL teams have the same name as teams in other sports. Three teams’ matching domains are owned by the MLB, NFL and NBA.

Rangers.com (Fresh York) – Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers
Islanders.com (Fresh York) – Domain investor Michael Castello
Flyers.com (Philadelphia) – Ice House Sportscards in Pennsylvania. It’s a site regarding the Flyers.
Bruins.com (Boston) – GoDaddy’s NameFind. The domain has a minimum offer of $65,000.
Panthers.com (Florida) – National Football League for the Carolina Panthers
Ducks.com (Anaheim) – Bass Pro Outdoors
Flames.com (Calgary) – GoDaddy’s NameFind with a minimum offer of $65,000.
Oilers.com (Edmonton) – GoDaddy’s NameFind. Buy now of $30,000.
Kings.com (L.A.) – National Basketball League for the Sacramento Kings
Blues.com (St. Louis) – Blues Wireless purchased the domain this year.
Devils.com (Fresh Jersey) – Listed for sale
Penguins.com (Pittsburgh) – Parked
Capitals.com (Washington DC) – Parked
RedWings.com (Detroit) – Parked
Lightning.com (Tampa Bay) – Salesforce for its “Lightning Experience”
Stars.com (Dallas) – Parked
Predators.com (Nashville) – Parked
Jets.com (Winnipeg) – Private jet firm
Sharks.com (San Jose) – Parked
GoldenKnights.com (Las Vegas) – Parked
Coyotes.com (Phoenix) – Forwards to Skybridge.com

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