History
The Montreal Canadiens were the first team to track +/-, starting sometime in the 1950s. Other teams followed in the early 1960s, and the National Hockey League (NHL) started officially compiling the statistic in 1968. Emile Francis is often credited with devising the system, but he only popularized and adapted the system in use by the Canadiens.
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