Columbus Blue Jackets

American hockey team
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Quick Facts
Date:
2000 - present
Headquarters:
Columbus
Areas Of Involvement:
ice hockey

Columbus Blue Jackets, American professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, that plays in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blue Jackets joined the NHL in 2000 alongside fellow expansion team the Minnesota Wild. The franchise’s nickname, the product of a name-the-team contest, pays homage to the many Ohioans who served in the Union army during the American Civil War and to the manufacture in Columbus of many of the uniforms worn by that army. The Blue Jackets’ first three seasons ended in last-place divisional finishes. A highlight of that period came in 2002 when ...(100 of 352 words)