NHL Conferences — nhl_conferences • fastRhockey

Returns a table of current NHL conferences derived from standings data.

The original NHL Stats API conferences endpoint is no longer available. This function now extracts conference information from the standings endpoint at api-web.nhle.com.

Usage

nhl_conferences(date = NULL)

Arguments

date: Character date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format. If NULL, returns current conferences.

Value

A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with the following columns:

col_name	types	description
conference_name	character	Conference name (e.g. "Eastern", "Western").

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(nhl_conferences())
#> ── NHL Conferences from NHL.com ─────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 03:24:53 UTC
#> # A tibble: 2 × 1
#>   conference_name
#>   <chr>          
#> 1 Western        
#> 2 Eastern        
# }