British Ice Hockey Players In Nhl

Of these players 23 are from england 21 from scotland 5 from northern ireland and 4 from wales.

British ice hockey players in nhl. Hockey reference utilizes official nhl data for. Since its inception in 1917 18 53 players born within the current borders of the united kingdom have taken part. Nhl network ranks the best players in the league right now and breaks them down by position. Nhl players born in british columbia canada show hide locations list.

Winger steve thomas of stockport england was the most successful nhl player from the uk when it comes to games played and points. The national hockey league is a major professional ice hockey league which operates in canada and the united states. Best british ice hockey players in the nhl jack beattie. Center ice name and logo nhl.

The elite ice hockey league eihl sometimes referred to as the british elite league is an ice hockey league in the united kingdom. Some hockey portraits on this site are licensed from images on ice hockey s photo agency. Formed in 2003 following the demise of the ice hockey superleague it is the highest level of ice hockey competition in the united kingdom. None of them however were trained within the country.

Overall time on ice goals assists. Overall time on ice goals assists points per 60 per game shots defensive faceoffs. Five foot nine inch left winger jack red beattie of ibstock england played in the nhl from 1930 to 1939. Data provided by the official stats partner of the nhl.

Chris donovan for the new york times a. Steve thomas and owen nolan played over 1 000 regular season games while thomas and steve smith are the. All time british nhl players scoring leaders nhl statistics for all british players. Central canada hockey league mhl russian junior hockey league u20.

The league currently consists of ten teams with representation from all four nations of the united kingdom the only.