![]() ![]() The Capitals had the worst season ever recorded in the history of major professional hockey, and the third worst in the postwar era the following season, while the Scouts the following season will have the fifth worst record of the postwar era. The West Division became the Clarence Campbell Conference and consisted of the Patrick Division and Smythe Division. The East Division became the Prince of Wales Conference and consisted of the Adams Division and Norris Division. Because the new conferences and divisions had little to do with North American geography, geographical references were also removed until 1993. With the addition of two new teams, the Washington Capitals and Kansas City Scouts, the NHL bumped up the number of games from 78 to 80 and split the previously two-division league into two conferences with four divisions. ![]()
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