Ice Hockey Player Canada

12 gordie howe of saskatchewan and bobby orr of ontario among many others.

Ice hockey player canada. Billy hughes canadian football bob bissonnette. Canada successfully defended gold at sochi 2014 becoming the first men s team to do so since the soviet union in 1988 the first to finish the tournament undefeated since 1984 and the first to do both with a full nhl participation. Find out more about the greatest canadian ice hockey players including wayne douglas gretzky wayne gretzky taylor kitsch sidney crosby and connor mcdavid. The largest cities are toronto maple leafs and montréal le canadien.

Canada is a north american country bordered by the united states. Canada has participated in 21 of 23 tournaments sending 38 goaltenders and 307 skaters. At the 2012 world championship in finland and sweden ryan murray became the first draft eligible prospect to represent canada at the ice hockey world championship. For the first 40 years of the tournament canada did not have a national team instead choosing to send a club team typically the allan cup winner.

Peter šťastný slovak pronunciation. He was a defenceman for 24 seasons in the national hockey league. Miles gilbert tim horton january 12 1930 february 21 1974 was a canadian professional ice hockey player. The men s tournament was introduced at the 1920 summer olympics and permanently added to the winter olympic games in 1924.

Men s ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the olympic games since 1920. The hall also honours the greatest ice hockey players inducting players annually. Its capital is ottawa ontario and there are a little over 35 million inhabitants. Some of the great canadian hockey players honoured in the hall include wayne gretzky of ontario who holds many nhl scoring records.

1 organisation 2 history of hockey in canada 2 1 the early years 2 2 professional hockey 3 international 3 1 olympics 4 some great canadian players 5 national championships. Ovechkin was the first player taken in the 2004 nhl draft and made an immediate impact in his first season by scoring 52 goals and 106 points in 2005 06 earning him the calder trophy as the nhl s. Born 18 september 1956 also known colloquially as peter the great and stosh is a slovakian canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the national hockey league nhl from 1980 to 1995. Douglas bennett canoeist brad bergen.

Stastny is the second highest scorer of the 1980s after wayne gretzky during his time with the quebec nordiques. To search for a nickname enter the nickname in the team name field. He died following a. In 1960 the kitchener waterloo dutchmen became the final c.

If the team is not located in the us or canada state represents the country. Maurice richard of montreal a hero in quebec who led the montreal canadiens to eight stanley cups.