Global Hockey League

The Global Hockey League was a proposed hockey league in 1990. It was to compete with the NHL much like the original WHA did, although this league was to contain conferences based in North America and Europe. There were planned franchises for Birmingham, Los Angeles, Miami, Cleveland, Albany and Providence. Canada was to have franchises in Saskatoon and Hamilton. In Europe, potential franchise sites were Stockholm, Helsinki, Milan, Prague, Vienna, London, Paris, Bern, Munich, and Dusseldorf. Unfortunately, the new league couldn't find any financing and the GHL never set foot on the ice.

Sources

* [http://www.birminghamprosports.com/otherteamsghl.htm Birmingham Pro Sports]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5DB173AF932A25751C0A966958260 New York Times]