- Joe Hockey
Joseph Benedict "Joe" Hockey (born 2 August 1965), Australian politician, is the Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. He is a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of North Sydney since March 1996. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and attended St Aloysius' College and the University of Sydney, residing at St John's College, where he graduated with degrees in Arts and Law. - Trevor Hockey
Trevor Hockey (born May 1 1943 in Keighley, Yorkshire - April 2 1987) was a professional football player. His professional career spanned 16 years, seven clubs and almost 600 appearances. Born in Keighley, Hockey turned professional with Bradford City in May 1960. He left Valley Parade for Nottingham Forest in November 1961 but after just two years at the City Ground; Hockey was on the move again, … - Mario Lemieux
Mario Lemieux (born October 5, 1965, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey centre who played 17 seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League between 1984 and 2006. He is also the Penguins' principal owner and chairman of the board, having bought the team out of bankruptcy in 1999. Lemieux is generally regarded as one of the greatest players to ever play in the NHL. - Vincent Lecavalier
Vincent Lecavalier (born April 21, 1980 in Ile Bizard, Quebec) is a Canadian professional hockey player who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. - Ted Nolan
Ted Nolan (Born - April 7, 1958, on the Garden River Ojibwa First Nation Reserve outside of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada) is the Head Coach of the New York Islanders. Nolan, a retired Canadian professional hockey Left Winger played 3 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins. He also coached for 2 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Buffalo Sabres, … - Chris Pronger
Christopher Robert Pronger (born October 10, 1974, in Dryden, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey player for the NHL's Anaheim Ducks (2006-present). Chris was originally drafted into the NHL by the Hartford Whalers, in the 1st round, 2nd overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He has previously played for the Hartford Whalers (from 1993-95), St. Louis Blues (from 1995-2004), and the Edmonton Oilers (from 2005-06). Was also the cover athlete for NHL Hitz 20-03. - Joe Morgan
Joseph Michael Morgan (born November 19, 1930 in Walpole, Massachusetts) is a former infielder, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. Morgan attended Boston College, where he played baseball and varsity hockey, and signed his first baseball contract with the hometown Boston Braves of the National League. When he returned from military service and a long stint in the minor leagues, the team had become the Milwaukee Braves. - Dany Heatley
Daniel "Dany" James Heatley (born January 21, 1981, in Freiburg, West Germany) is a Canadian professional hockey player who currently plays for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. Heatley was born in Germany to Murray and Karin Heatley as his Canadian father, Murray Heatley, was then playing in a German hockey league. His mother is German. When Murray retired from hockey, the family settled in Calgary, where Dany was raised. - Dan Boyle
Daniel "Dan" Boyle (born July 12, 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a professional hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Florida Panthers in 1998. He won the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2004, after being traded from the Panthers during the 2001-02 NHL season. He played college hockey for the Redhawks of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. - Don Cherry
Donald Stewart "Grapes" Cherry, (born February 5, 1934 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada) is a hockey commentator for CBC Television. Cherry co-hosts the "Coach's Corner" intermission segment (with Ron MacLean) on the long running Canadian sports program "Hockey Night in Canada". Besides playing and coaching hockey, he is also well-known as an author, syndicated radio commentator for The Fan Radio Network, creator of the "Rock'em Sock'em Hockey" video series, … - Mike Babcock
Mike Babcock (born April 29, 1963 in Manitowadge, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian hockey head coach and former player. From 2002 to 2005 he was the head coach of the NHL's Anaheim Mighty Ducks, leading the Ducks to their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals in 2003, where they lost to the New Jersey Devils in seven games. In July 2005, he rejected a one-year extension offer to stay with the Ducks. On July 15, Babcock became the head coach for the Detroit Red Wings, … - Miikka Kiprusoff
Miikka "Kipper" Sakari Kiprusoff (born October 26, 1976 in Turku, Finland) is a professional hockey goaltender, currently playing for the Calgary Flames. He recently captured the 2006 Vezina Trophy as the National Hockey League's top goaltender. - Mike Smith
Mike Smith (born March 22, 1982 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian hockey goaltender playing in his rookie season for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. In his first-ever regulation NHL game on October 21, 2006, Smith stopped 22 shots to post a shutout against the Phoenix Coyotes. Smith began his hockey career in 1999 playing for his hometown Kingston Frontenacs of the OHL. - Ken Hitchcock
Ken Hitchcock (born December 17, 1951 in Edmonton, Alberta) also known as "Hitch" is an NHL hockey coach and pro scout, and current head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Hitchcock began his coaching career during the 1984-85 season where he was coach of the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League. Hitchcock spent six seasons with the Blazers, leading them to two WHL championship victories in 1985-86 and 1989-90. - Owen Nolan
Owen Liam Nolan (born February 12, 1972 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish-Canadian professional hockey player who is currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. He also played for the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Phoenix Coyotes. He was raised in Thorold, Ontario, Canada. Nolan is a prototypical power forward, and as such has struggled with injuries throughout his career. - Martin Biron
Martin Biron (born August 15, 1977 in Lac-St-Charles, Quebec, Canada) is a French Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers. His younger brother Mathieu Biron plays for the Hamilton Bulldogs. - Patrick Marleau
Patrick Marleau (born September 15 1979, in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey center in the NHL who currently plays for the San Jose Sharks. Most media guides incorrectly list his birthplace as Aneroid instead of his actual birthplace of Swift Current, although he grew up in the former. - Vesa Toskala
Vesa Tapani Toskala (born on May 20, 1977 in Tampere, Finland), is an ice hockey goaltender currently signed with the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs. - Barry Melrose
Barry Melrose (born July 15, 1956 in Kelvington, Saskatchewan) is a former hockey player, coach, and general manager, and is currently a commentator for ESPN. - Doug Smith
Doug Smith (born May 17, 1963 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a retired former professional ice hockey player who played for the Los Angeles Kings, Buffalo Sabres, Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins over the course of his career. He was selected second overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. - Paul Maurice
Paul Maurice (born January 30 1967 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a professional hockey coach. He is currently the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. In 1985, Paul played defence for the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League. He was struck in the eye by a puck, which had ricocheted off his stick, during a charity hockey game in which he was participating. - Sergei Gonchar
Sergei Gonchar (Сергей Гончар, "Sergej Gončar"; born 13 April 1974 in Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union now Russia) is a Russian ice hockey player who currently plays in the NHL. He was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 1st round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft as the 14th overall selection. On 3 March 2004 Gonchar was traded to the Boston Bruins for Shaone Morrisonn and two draft picks in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. - Georges Laraque
Georges Laraque is the first black hockey player from French Canada to play in the National Hockey League (NHL). From Montreal, Quebec, he was drafted in 1995 by the Edmonton Oilers. Working as his team's enforcer, Laraque is charged with retaliating against anyone who tries to intimidate with his teammates, which sometimes leads to him dropping his gloves to brawl with opponents. Such actions naturally lead Laraque to a significant amount of time in the penalty box. - Ed Belfour
Edward John "The Eagle" Belfour (born April 21, 1965 in Carman, Manitoba, Canada) is an NHL goaltender who, as of July 1st, is a free agent. Belfour was born in Carman, Manitoba and grew up playing hockey. He played junior hockey for the Winkler Flyers before going to the University of North Dakota where he helped the school win the NCAA championship in the 1986-87 season. - Michael Ryder
Michael Ryder (Born March 31, 1980, Bonavista, Newfoundland) is a hockey player who plays for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League at right wing. - Rod Brind'Amour
Rod Brind'Amour (born August 9, 1970 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey forward. He currently plays for the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes, with whom he won a Stanley Cup in 2006. - Alex Smith
Alex Smith (Born - April 2, 1904 in Bootle, England, UK, died 1963) is a retired British professional ice hockey defenceman who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators, Detroit Falcons, Boston Bruins and New York Americans. - Tim Horton
Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton (January 12, 1930, in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada-February 21, 1974 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian professional hockey defenseman from Cochrane, Ontario. He played 24 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres. He was also a businessman and the co-founder of Tim Hortons, Canada's largest coffee and doughnut store chain. - Bobby Hull
Robert Marvin "Bobby" Hull OC (born January 3, 1939) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. He is regarded as one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time and perhaps the greatest left winger to ever play the game. In his 23 years in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association, he played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Winnipeg Jets and Hartford Whalers. He also played for the New York Rangers in the DN-Cup in 1981. - David Brown
David Brown, (1985-), CCHA (Central Collegiate Hockey Association), Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey goalie. born in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL in 2004. The six-foot, 203-pound backstopper was named the team MVP for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey club in 2006. - Alexei Yashin
Alexei Valeryevich Yashin is a professional hockey player who is currently a free agent, born in Sverdlovsk, USSR, now Yekaterinburg, Russia, on November 5, 1973. He gained his initial fame after being the first ever draft pick of the expansion Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (2nd overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft). - Randy Carlyle
Randy Carlyle (born April 19, 1956 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a former hockey defenceman and currently the head coach of the Anaheim Ducks. He was raised in a town called Azilda, just northwest of Sudbury. - 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. - Ed Jovanovski
Ed Jovanovski is a Canadian professional hockey player of Ethnic Macedonian origin who plays in the National Hockey League for the Phoenix Coyotes. Jovanovski, whose parents immigrated to Canada from Yugoslavia, was drafted first overall by the Florida Panthers in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft and appeared in the Stanley Cup playoff finals with the Panthers in 1996. Known for his smooth skating, offensive flair and heavy body checks, Jovanovski was traded on January 17, … - Andrew Brunette
Andrew Brunette (born August 24, 1973 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada) is a professional hockey left winger who currently plays for the National Hockey League's Colorado Avalanche. - Claude Julien
Claude Julien (born April 23, 1960 in Blind River, Ontario, Canada) is a former National Hockey League defenceman and is the current head coach of the New Jersey Devils. Claude was announced as the head coach of the Devils on June 13, 2006. He is the 15th head coach in Devils history. He was the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens from January 17, 2003-January 14, 2006 when he was fired and replaced by GM Bob Gainey. - Phil Esposito
Philip Anthony "Espo" Esposito, OC (born February 20, 1942 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a retired professional hockey center who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. He is an Honoured Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and is considered to be one of the best to have ever played in the National Hockey League. Esposito is also the older brother of Tony Esposito. - Mike Commodore
Michael "Mike" Commodore (born November 7, 1979 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada) is a professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL. Commodore was drafted 42nd overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. After completing three collegiate seasons for the University of North Dakota and winning a NCAA championship in the process, Commodore decided to leave early for the NHL. - Nik Antropov
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Antropov (born February 18 1980, in Ust-Kamenogorsk, U.S.S.R., now Öskemen, Kazakhstan) is a professional Hockey centre in the National Hockey League who plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs. - Mark Bell
Mark Bell (born on August 5, 1980 in St. Paul's, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey forward currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Mark Bell played for four seasons with the Ottawa 67s, and was part of a Memorial Cup championship in 1998-99. He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft with the eighth overall pick. Mark was a bronze medalist with Team Canada at the 2000 World Junior championships.
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