Fans of ice hockey would definitely agree that it is such an interesting sport to watch, especially when the likes of Wayne Douglas Gretzky, Alexander Ovechkin, and Sidney Crosby are battling it out on the field! Though played across several countries, ice hockey is most popular in Canada where it is considered the official national winter sport. 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. Ice hockey, as a sport, is believed to have evolved in the 18th and 19th century United Kingdom before spreading to other countries. Canadian lawyer and athlete James George Aylwin Creighton is credited with popularising the sport in Canadian cities while American industrialist Malcolm Greene Chace is said to have pioneered the sport of ice hockey in the United States. Over the past few decades, the sport has become increasingly popular in the Nordic countries as well. Check out this section to know more about some of the greatest ice hockey players.
Taylor Kitsch(Canadian)
Alexander Ovechkin(Russian)
Marc-André Fleury(Canadian)
Henrik Sedin(Swedish)
Ilya Kovalchuk(Russian)
P. K. Subban(Canadian)
Rick Nash(Canadian)
Daniel Sedin(Swedish)
Mike Babcock(Canadian)
Pavel Datsyuk(Russian)
Erik Karlsson(Swedish)
Dion Phaneuf(Canadian)
Nazem Kadri(Canadian)
Evander Kane(Canadian)
Jordan Staal(Canadian)
Gordie Howe(Canadian)
Evgeni Malkin(Russian)
Jarome Iginla(Canadian)
Taylor Hall(Canadian)
Martin Brodeur(Canadian)
Roberto Luongo(Canadian)
Patrice Bergeron(Canadian)
Tuukka Rask(Finnish)
Filip Forsberg(Swedish)
Henrik Lundqvist(Swedish)
Peter Forsberg(Swedish)
Mike Comrie(Canadian)
T. J. Oshie(American)
Patrick Roy(Canadian)
Jonathan Toews(Canadian)
Tim Horton(Canadian)
Patrick Marleau(Canadian)
Joe Thornton(Canadian)
Pavel Bure(Russian)
Eric Lindros(Canadian)
Tyler Seguin(Canadian)
Eric Staal(Canadian)
Ray Bourque(Canadian)
Patrick Sharp(Canadian)
Steve Yzerman(Canadian)
Carey Price(Canadian)
Hayley Wickenheiser(Canadian)
Clint Malarchuk(Canadian)
Claude Giroux(Canadian)
Malcolm Subban(Canadian)
John Tortorella(American)
Steven Stamkos(Canadian)
Todd Bertuzzi(Canadian)
Blake Wheeler(American)
Joe Sakic(Canadian)
Brent Burns(Canadian)
Ryan McDonagh(American)
Pekka Rinne(Finnish)
Brett Hull(Canadian)
Tomáš Plekanec(Czech)
Mark Messier(Canadian)
Bobby Hull(Canadian)
Teemu Selänne(Finnish)
James van Riemsdyk(American)
Sheldon Souray(Canadian)
Johnny Gaudreau(American)
Ben Scrivens(Canadian)
Tie Domi(Canadian)
Milan Lucic(Canadian)
Sergei Fedorov(Russian)
Dany Heatley(Canadian,German)
Paul Maurice(Canadian)
Mats Sundin(Swedish)
Sean Avery(Canadian)
Anže Kopitar(Slovenian)
Derek Boogaard(Canadian)
Scotty Bowman(Canadian)
Maurice Richard(Canadian)
Phil Esposito(Canadian)
Natalie Spooner(Canadian)
Vincent Lecavalier(Canadian)
Drew Doughty(Canadian)
Aribert Heim(German)
Jarret Stoll(Canadian)
Curtis Joseph(Canadian)
Vladislav Tretiak(Russian)
Theoren Fleury(Canadian)
Sergei Bobrovsky(Russian)
Bruce Boudreau(Canadian)
Henrik Zetterberg(Swedish)
Wayne Simmonds(Canadian)
Ken Hitchcock(Canadian)
Thomas Vanek(Austrian)
Jordin Tootoo(Canadian)
Cam Neely(Canadian)
Shea Weber(Canadian)
Marty McSorley(Canadian)
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