Are the Quebec Bulldogs/Hamilton Tigers/NY Americans/Brooklyn Americans the same team?

Question

Or are their records considered separate?

Answer 1

No.

The Quebec Bulldogs were one of the founding franchises of the NHL (Quebec, Ottawa, and the two Montreal teams). For reasons I won't go into here, Quebec chose not to play in the NHL's first season and Toronto was admitted as the league's 5th team

(Pg 9, NHL Official Guide and Record Book).

At the end of the 1920 season, the Quebec franchise was sold for $5,000.00 to a private company in Hamilton where they became the Hamilton Tigers. (The NHL considers this to be a firm sale, yet the NHL Guide and Record Book has separate entries for the Quebec Bulldogs and Hamilton Tigers on the All-Time standings - unlike say...Winnipeg/Phoenix)

After the end of the 1924-25 season, William Dwyer of New York City was granted a franchise (April 17th). Shortly after this (May 3rd) Dwyer reached a deal to purchase the players from the Hamilton Tigers (the players were striking because they were owed $200 each for playoff pay which Percy Thompson refused to pay them). For the 1925-26 season the New York Americans were the NHL's 2nd American based team. During this time, Percy Thompson was still considered to be the owner of an NHL franchise in Hamilton and continued to attend meetings of the NHL governors. So, for this reason, the New York/Brooklyn Americans are considered a separate entry.

Answer 2

After the Tigers went on strike for higher pay, they were suspended. Bill Dwyer bought the rights to the players for 75,000 and moved them to newly built Madison Square Garden. The Tigers franchise was suspended and never returned. The NHL doesn't consider the Americans to be a continuation of the Tigers. Hope this helps