National Hockey League lore is a collection of information regarding the league that fans and personalities retain and share as memorable or otherwise notable during its history. The NHL was formed on November 17, 1917 after several team owners in the National Hockey Association had a falling out with Toronto Blueshirts owner Eddie Livingstone due to certain business practices. Being unable to kick him out of the league due to NHA rules forbidding such practice, they formed the NHL instead, leaving Livingstone and his Blueshirts in a one-team league. At the time, the Stanley Cup was contended by league champions across several leagues. The NHL, the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, and the Western Canada Hockey League among them. Once the PCHA and WCHL merged and ultimately folded in 1926,