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Which team did the Islanders prevent from joining the NHL by being founded in 1972?

  • World Hockey Association

  • American Hockey League

  • East Coast Hockey League

  • Central Hockey League

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The New York Islanders were founded in 1972 as part of the NHL's maneuvers to keep a team from the rival league, the World Hockey Association (WHA), out of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in suburban Uniondale, New York.
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