- Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky, Ph.D (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, and a prolific author and lecturer. He is the Institute Professor Emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chomsky is credited with the creation of the theory of generative grammar, considered to be one of the most significant contributions to the field of linguistics made in the 20th century.
- George Galloway
George Galloway (born 16 August 1954 in Dundee) is a Scottish politician and author noted for his left wing views, confrontational style, and rhetorical skill. He is currently the Respect Member of Parliament (MP) for Bethnal Green and Bow, having previously been a Labour Party MP for Glasgow Hillhead and Glasgow Kelvin since 1987. Galloway is probably best known for his vigorous campaign to overturn economic sanctions against Iraq, …
- Ryan Malone
Ryan Malone (born December 1, 1979 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a professional ice hockey left winger/center who currently plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL.
- Brendan Shanahan
Brendan Frederick Shanahan (born 23 January 1969, in Mimico, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian ice hockey right wing and alternate captain for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. With his physical play and goal scoring ability, Shanahan has scored 600 goals in his career, and is the leader among active players for goals scored. He helped the Detroit Red Wings win three Stanley Cups. The son of Irish parents, Rosaleen and Donal, …
- Henrik Zetterberg
Henrik Zetterberg is a Swedish-born professional hockey player currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings. His natural position is center, but he has mostly played left wing since coming to the NHL in the 2002-03 NHL Season. He wears #40 in Detroit and wore #20 for Timrå IK.
- Craig Murray
Craig Murray (born February 22, 1979 in Penticton, British Columbia) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left wing. He played four years of college hockey at the University of Michigan for the Michigan Wolverines.
- Ryan Smyth
Ryan Alexander Gordon Smyth (b. February 21, 1976 in Banff, Alberta) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays left wing for the Colorado Avalanche. Smyth was selected 6th overall in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers, and he went on to play 12 seasons for the club he idolized as a child.
- Brian Rolston
Brian Rolston (Born February 21 1973 in Flint, Michigan) is a professional hockey player currently playing for the Minnesota Wild.
- Mathieu Darche
Mathieu Darche (born November 26, 1976 in St. Laurent, Quebec) is a professional ice hockey player. In 2006, he signed with the San Jose Sharks of the NHL; he also played for the team's AHL affiliate, the Worcester Sharks. He has played for the Duisburg Foxes of the elite German league DEL. He also split four seasons between the NHL and AHL with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Nashville Predators, and their affiliates.
- Ray Whitney
Ray Whitney (born May 8, 1972 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta) is an ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL) currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes. He has a son named Shayne. Before Ray Whitney played his first game on the ice, he was one of the Oilers' stick boys during Wayne Gretzky's late career in Edmonton; the other was Ryan Smyth. Ray was drafted in the second round (32nd overall) in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks.
- Brenden Morrow
Brenden Morrow (born 16 January, 1979 in Carlyle, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Dallas Stars of the NHL. He is the son-in-law of Montreal Canadiens coach and former Dallas Stars teammate Guy Carbonneau, having married Carbonneau's daughter Anne-Marie in 2003. They have one child, a two-year-old daughter.
- Keith Tkachuk
Keith Matthew Tkachuk (born March 28 1972, in Melrose, Massachusetts) is an American professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. He is currently playing center for the St. Louis Blues.
- Alexander Semin
Alexander Semin is a professional ice hockey player with Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League.
- Marco Sturm
Marco Sturm (born September 8 1978 in Dingolfing, West Germany; now Germany) is a professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League. A notoriously strong skater, he is often referred to as "the fastest German on ice." His forays into the offensive zone are known as the "blitzkrieg". In the 1999 All-star game, Marco Sturm had the second best time to Peter Bondra in the fastest skater competition.
- Pascal Dupuis
Pascal Dupuis (born 7 April, 1979 in Laval, Quebec) is a Canadian ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL.
- Kristian Huselius
Kristian Huselius is a professional ice hockey player.
- Chris Simon
Chris Simon (born January 30, 1972 in Wawa, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey player. He plays left wing.
- Daniel Sedin
Daniel Sedin is a professional ice hockey player for the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks. His identical twin brother Henrik Sedin also plays for the Canucks. Both played on a line with Anson Carter in 2005-06, sometimes known colloquially as the 'Brothers Line'. In that season, the Brother Line was the Canucks top-scoring line, passing the Markus Naslund/Todd Bertuzzi/Brendan Morrison line in points.
- Kirk Maltby
Kirk Maltby (born December 22, 1972 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian ice hockey winger. He currently plays for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. Having spent his junior years with the Owen Sound Platers of the OHL, Maltby was selected in the 3rd round, 65th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1992 Draft.
- Fredrik Modin
Fredrik Modin (born October 8, 1974 in Sundsvall, Medelpad) is a Swedish ice hockey left winger who is known for having one of the hardest slap shots in the NHL. Currently playing for Columbus Blue Jackets.
- Andrei Kostitsyn
Andriej Kástsitsyn or Andrei Kostitsyn is a Belarusian ice hockey forward. Andrei currently plays for the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens. He was selected in the first round (10th overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Habs. The consensus was he would have gone higher but teams were scared off by an epileptic condition that has been kept in check by medication. He is an active player of the Belarusian national men's ice hockey team.
- Jack Adams
Jack Adams was born 5 May, 1920 in Calgary, Alberta. He was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. *Position: Left wing *Shoots: Left *Height: 5 ft 11 in *Weight: 163 lb
- Peter Schaefer
Peter Schaefer (born July 12, 1977 in Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian ice hockey left winger. He currently plays for the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins. He was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. He was traded to the Senators in 2002 for Sami Salo. July 17th, 2007 Peter was traded to the Boston Bruins for RW Shean Donovan.
- John Leclair
John Clark LeClair (born July 5, 1969 in St. Albans, Vermont) is an American professional ice hockey player. He most recently played left wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL, who released him on December 14, 2006. He is currently an unrestricted free-agent.
- Ryan Hollweg
Ryan Hollweg (born April 23, 1983 in Downey, California) is a professional ice hockey forward for the New York Rangers of the NHL. His brother, Bryce Hollweg, is an alternate captain for the Army NCAA hockey team. As the son of a Brazilian father (of German descent) and Canadian mother, Hollweg chose hockey over soccer. Even as a young boy, he knew that someday he would be a professional hockey player.
- Alexei Ponikarovsky
Alexei Ponikarovsky (born April 9, 1980 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, SU, now Ukraine) is a professional ice hockey player in the NHL. Since 1998 he has played left wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs and their former AHL affiliate, the St. John's Maple Leafs. On June 7th, 2007 Ponikarovsky became a Canadian Citizen during a ceremony in Etobicoke, Ontario.
- Jussi Jokinen
Jussi Jokinen (born April 1, 1983 in Kalajoki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. Jussi is well know for being a shootout specialist. He can be seen pulling some unique dekes, such as the one handed slide in goal -- also known as "The Paralyzer" -- in shootouts to help his team. He set an NHL record by scoring in 9 straight overtime shootout attempts in the 2005-2006 NHL season.
- Matt Pettinger
Matt Pettinger (born October 22, 1980 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Washington Capitals of the NHL. Pettinger was drafted in the 2nd round, 43rd overall by the Washington Capitals in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Before his professional career, Pettinger played a season and half for the University of Denver Pioneers before joing the WHL's Calgary Hitmen.
- Darcy Hordichuk
Darcy Hordichuk (born August 10, 1980 in Kamsack, Saskatchewan) is a professional hockey player for the NHL's Nashville Predators. Hordichuk has also played with the Atlanta Thrashers, the Phoenix Coyotes, and the Florida Panthers. Hordichuk was drafted in 2000 by the Atlanta Thrashers as the 180th overall pick in the 6th round. He plays left wing. Hordichuk is well-known in the NHL for being a very physical player and an accomplished fighter.
- Antoine Vermette
Antoine Vermette (born July 20, 1982) is a National Hockey League player from St-Agapit, Quebec currently playing for the Ottawa Senators as a centreman. He is known for his speed, penalty kill ability and faceoff success.
- Matt Ellis
Matt Ellis (born August 31, 1981, in Welland, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey left winger. He currently plays as captain for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League.
- Scott Thornton
Scott Thornton (born January 9, 1971 in London, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey winger playing for the Los Angeles Kings. Thornton was drafted in the first round (3rd overall) by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He played thirty-three games for the team his rookie season, accumulating one goal and three assists. He also played left wing for the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks. He was signed by San Jose as a free agent on July 1, 2000.
- Loui Eriksson
Loui Eriksson (born July 17, 1985, in Gothenburg, Sweden) is an ice hockey left winger, currently a prospect under contract with the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. He spent his entire 2005-2006 season with the Iowa Stars, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Stars.
- Ethan Moreau
Ethan Moreau (born 22 September, 1975 in Huntsville, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey left wing. He was selected in the first round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, 14th overall, by the Chicago Blackhawks. Moreau and his wife Ornella have two children, Trey (b. 2001) and Mia (b. 2002).
- Daniel Paille
Daniel Paille (born April 15, 1984 in Welland, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL. He was drafted 20th overall by the Sabres in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. Paille played for the Ontario Hockey League's Guelph Storm. He was also the member of Team Canada for the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and the Team Canada Captain for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, …
- Chad Kilger
Chad Kilger (born 27 November, 1976 in Cornwall, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. On December 3, 2006, at a Toronto Maple Leaf's Skills Competition, Kilger's slapshot was clocked at 106.6 mph (faster than NHL All-Star skills competition record holder Al Iafrate's 105.2 mph).
- Daniel Carcillo
Daniel Carcillo (born January 28, 1985 in King City, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey player. On February 27, 2007, Carcillo was traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Phoenix Coyotes for Georges Laraque.
- Ben Eager
Ben Eager (born January 22, 1984 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL. He attended Immaculata High School in Ottawa.
- Milan Lucic
Milan Lucic (born June 7, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an ice hockey player. Lucic was selected 50th overall in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins. He is currently playing for the Vancouver Giants in the Western Hockey League (WHL). Milan was named Most Valuable Player of the 2007 Memorial Cup after tallying 7 points in 5 games and helping his team to win the 2007 Memorial Cup.
- Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams was born on March 20, 1977, in Fort St. James, British Columbia, Canada. He is an ice hockey player currently playing for the Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey League (DEL) in Germany. *Position: Left wing *Shoots: Left *Height: 6 ft *Weight: 180 lb