Famous Ice Hockey Players

The arguments against gretzky s place as the best hockey player of all time are everywhere.

Famous ice hockey players. The official site of the national hockey league. The stanley cup final logo center ice name and. He played in the right era on the right team in the right system bad goalies etc. Thus it comes as no surprise that some of the best known ice hockey players like george abel martin brodeur charline labonté and kim st pierre hailed from the nation.

Yet no player. For many reasons mario is better than gretzky but i think orr is first mario second. Mario lemieux mario lemieux is a canadian former professional ice hockey player and current owner of the pittsburgh penguins. The 100 greatest nhl players is a centerpiece in honoring 100 years of nhl hockey.

Wayne gretzky and alexander ovechkin are included on this list. Louis jaques library and archives canada pa 209513 many people have called terry sawchuk the greatest goalie in hockey. Top 25 hockey players of all time. He played parts of 17 national hockey league seasons with the team from 1984 to 2006 assuming ownership in 1999.

This is the hockey news top 100 national hockey league players of all time the hockey news is a newspaper that write about ice hockey this list is included in the book the top 100 nhl players of all time isbn 978 07710 4175 4. A blue ribbon panel comprised of distinguished members of the hockey community including executives media. During a 21 year career he won four stanley cups three with the red wings 1952 1954 55 and one with the toronto maple leafs 1967 and four vezina trophies 1952 53 1955 1965. He also registered 447 career wins which included an unprecedented 103 shutouts a.

Hayley wickenheiser is known by many as a pioneer of women s hockey she is respected as the best women s hockey player of all time and she also was the first woman to register a point in a professional men s hockey league in finland. The judges who helped make the selections for this list included writers journalists and broadcasters don cherry john davidson milt dunnell stan.