

Alexander is the son of Tatiana and Mikhail Ovechkin. His mother, Tatiana, won two Olympic gold medals while competing for the Soviet basketball team in the 1976 Summer Olympics at Montreal and in 1980 at Moscow.


Bobby Clarke was born in Canada in August of 1949. At the young age of eight, Clarke began to play hockey for his home team, the Flin Flon Bombers.

Born in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, Orr's ice hockey talents were evident at a very early age, and he was signed by Boston Bruins' scout Wren Blair at the age of twelve

As the son of the "Golden Jet" Bobby Hull, the younger Brett came into the game with the disadvantage of having the pressure that a famous name can bring, pressure that he has shrugged off easily.



While growing up in the Edmonton suburb of St. Albert, Alberta, Iginla played many sports in addition to hockey.

When Jeremy Roenick plays hockey, it's rarely just a game. Instead, it's a technicolour event featuring passion, feisty opinions, drama, and plenty of flashy skill.

Jim Craig has been called the backbone of a team that accomplished one of the most extraordinary and memorable sports victories of all time.

Prior to coming to the NHL in the 1986-87 season, Joe Nieuwendyk attended Cornell University and while there, he played for their hockey team for three seasons. After university, he played for the Canadian National Team.

On December 21, 2005, Sakic was named captain of Team Canada for the 2006 Winter Olympics. He is the 11th all-time points scorer in the NHL and 2nd among active players (behind Steve Yzerman), and widely considered one of the NHL's most talented players.

John Davidson joined ABC Sports in September 1999 as a studio analyst for ABC Sports' National Hockey League game telecasts.Davidson is the respected voice of the New York Rangers on MSG Network.

Ken Dryden was elected rookie of the year and later became the first goalie in the NHL to get the Conn Smythe Trophy and then the Calder Trophy.

Ken Hitchcock began his coaching career during the 1984-85 season where he was coach of the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League.



The enthusiastic captain who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to its gold medal victory, Eruzione served as a sportscaster for both the 1984 and the 1988 Winter Olympic Games.


The most successful American-born goaltender in history, he is best known for having led the New York Rangers to the Stanley Cup title in 1994 and for repeatedly representing the United States in international play.



Ryan Miller is a American ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League.


Trevor Linden was drafted second overall in the 1988 Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks.

Zachary Andrew Parise is an ice hockey player and an alternate captain of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the US Olympic Team for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Alex Delvecchio, born December 4, 1931 in Fort William, Ontario, is a former ice hockey player and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.



Former National Hockey League All-Star Bill Clement, who played 11 years in the NHL with Philadelphia, Washington and Calgary, is a game analyst for ESPN's extensive schedule of National Hockey Night telecasts. In early 1990, Clement entered the world of motivational speaking and is now making corporate presentations on a national basis.


In just about any other era, Brad Park would have been considered the best defenseman of his generation.

Brian Burke was named the President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 29, 2008.



Chris Pronger was drafted second overall in the 1993 Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers.

One of the true "money" goalies of the 1990s, Curtis Joseph developed into an NHL star while guarding the net of the St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs.

Former NHL goaltender Darren Pang joined ABC Sports in January 2000 and serves as an analyst on ABC Sports' coverage of the National Hockey League.

Derian Hatcher was drafted in the first round by Minnesota, eighth overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.

Ed Jovanovski (born June 26, 1976 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey player of Ethnic Macedonian origin who plays in the National Hockey League for the Phoenix Coyotes.

Cheevers' professional hockey career began in 1956 at the age of 16 when he played for the St. Michael's Majors of the Ontario Hockey Association .

One of the most naturally gifted forwards in NHL history, Gilbert Perreault dazzled fans and the opposition defenses with his famed end-to-end rushes.


Grant Fuhr was the Edmonton Oilers first-round draft choice (eighth overall) in 1981 after an all-star season with Victoria of the Western Hockey League.

Guy Damien Lafleur, the Flower, had a 17-year NHL career spanning two decades, from 1971 until 1991.

Steve Carlson, his brother Jeff, and Dave Hanson were all professional hockey players when they were drafted to play the brawling, goonlike Hanson Brothers in the 1977 movie Slap Shot.

Julie Chu was born March 13 1982 and is an American Olympic ice hockey player who plays the position of forward on the Women's Ice Hockey team.

He was big and strong but rarely had to bully his way through defenders, sending them flying instead with deft fakes and dekes.

Mike Bossy (born in Montreal, Quebec, on January 22, 1957) was an ice hockey player who played for the New York Islanders during their four-year reign as Stanley Cup champions in the early 1980s. Known for his powerful shot, he was among the league's goal scoring leaders. His career was cut short by injuries.

Mike "Doc" Emrick (born August 1, 1946 in La Fontaine, Indiana) is an American sportscaster. In the United States, he is one of the most recognized announcers in professional ice hockey.

Mike Keenan became the sixth Head Coach in Panthers history on Dec. 3, 2001. He enters this season ranked fifth on the NHL's all-time coaching list in both games coached (1,069) and victories (539), and has a .562 lifetime winning percentage.


The date was Sunday, June 8, 1997, the night of the fourth game of the Stanley Cup finals between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings.

A perennial All Star in the National Hockey League, Pat enjoyed a 15-year career with the New Your Islanders, Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers. He represented the United States at the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo and at various World Cup tournaments throughout his career. He retired prematurely from the NHL in 1998 as a result of a series of concussions suffered though his career.

Coffey ended his NHL career with Boston having collected 1,531 career points, making him the second most prolific scoring defenseman in NHL history.

He was the centerman who held the greatest scoring record of them all before Wayne Gretzky came along and broke it - 76 goals in a single season in 1970-71.

Phil Kessel has decided to skip school in favour of an NHL career, signing a one-year deal with the Boston Bruins on Thursday.

Rod Gilbert was a consistent scorer during an excellent NHL career with the New York Rangers that lasted 18 seasons.

Scott Niedermayer was drafted third overall in the 1991 Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils.

In today's 'player-centred' sports world of multi-million dollar contacts and free agency, it's refreshing to pay tribute to greatness behind the hockey bench.

Every once in a while, a young sports phenon emerges with the talent and promise of few before him.

One of the most clever and successful forwards in league history, Stan "Stosh" Mikita won awards in numbers not seen again until Wayne Gretzky arrived in the NHL.

Steve Carlson, his brother Jeff, and Dave Hanson were all professional hockey players when they were drafted to play the brawling, goonlike Hanson Brothers in the 1977 movie Slap Shot.

As one half of perhaps the most colorful brother act in NHL history, Tony "0" revolutionized goaltending in the NHL with his legs-open "butterfly" style and his spectacular flop-on-the-ice saves during the 16 years he spent in the league, all except one with the Chicago Black Hawks.
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