Editing National Hockey League (section)

====Division titles====
Apart from the NHL-sanctioned trophies, which teams often recognize by putting up banners in the rafters of their arenas, many teams also claim titles which are not represented by trophies, often also by putting up banners in their rafters. One example is the division title or division championship.<ref name="banners">{{cite web | last = Gretz | first = Adam | title = When should your team hang a banner? | website = nbcsports.com | publisher = [[NBC]] | date = October 10, 2018 | url = https://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/news/when-should-your-team-hang-a-banner | access-date = November 4, 2023|url-status=live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231029193744/https://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/news/when-should-your-team-hang-a-banner | archive-date = October 29, 2023}}</ref> The term unambiguously refers to the team that received the most points in its division at the end of the regular season,<ref name="regular_season_division_title">{{cite web | title = Go Figure: Key Hockey Terms | website = nhl.com | publisher = National Hockey League | url = https://www.nhl.com/de/info/hockey-glossary | access-date = November 5, 2023 | archive-date = November 5, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231105172042/https://www.nhl.com/de/info/hockey-glossary | url-status = live }}</ref> but in some previous seasons, for example, from 1926–27 to 1927–28 and from 1981–82 to 1992–93, when the playoffs where organized along divisions, the term without qualification could also refer to the team which won the corresponding playoff series.<ref name="playoff_division_title">{{cite web | title = All-Time Playoff Formats | website = nhl.com | publisher = National Hockey League | url = https://records.nhl.com/history/playoff-formats | access-date = November 5, 2023 | archive-date = October 31, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201031051333/https://records.nhl.com/history/playoff-formats | url-status = live }}</ref> The NHL has made clear in the past that it only allows teams to recognize regular season division titles.<ref name="division_titles_nyt">{{cite web | last = Botta | first = Christopher | title = Islanders' 1993 Division Playoff Banner Lives in a Fan's Attic | website = [[The New York Times]] | date = October 27, 2011 | url = https://archive.nytimes.com/slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/islanders-1993-division-playoff-banner-lives-in-a-fans-attic/ | access-date = November 4, 2023|url-status=live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230517183337/https://archive.nytimes.com/slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/islanders-1993-division-playoff-banner-lives-in-a-fans-attic/ | archive-date = 17 May 2023 }}</ref>