50 Most Attractive Hockey Players in 2023

In North America, hockey is one of the most well-liked and competitive sports. Goaltender, left-wing, right-wing, center (also known as “first player”), left defenseman, and eight defensemen are the six distinct positions in professional hockey. Usually, each team has two goalkeepers. The National Hockey League (NHL), the top professional ice hockey league in North America, has 32 teams in the United States and 31 in Canada.

Hockey players are as diverse as the teams they represent. There are many hockey superstars to keep an eye out for. There are so many that it’s challenging to keep track of every famous player. For fans, both new and old, we therefore created a list of the 50 hottest NHL hockey players.

1. Joe Pavelski

Full Name	Joseph James Pavelski
Date of Birth	July 11, 1984
Place of Birth	Plover, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

Joseph James Pavelski was born in 1984. He is a  famous American professional ice hockey player who has played 3 World Championships and 2 World Junior Championships with the United States national team. He was named to the Olympic team in 2014. Now he is playing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League.

Pavelski has played hockey since he was four on his brother’s rink in Wisconsin. From 16 years old, he got to play with other future NHL players, including Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews. Pavelski dropped hockey after getting injured by joining the USA Hockey National Team Development Program for the 2000-2001 season. However, he soon returned to the rink and played on two separate teams at the University of Wisconsin for two seasons. He was chosen by the San Jose Sharks in 2003. He got married and has three kids.

2. Jonathan Toews

Full Name	Jonathan Bryan Toews
Date of Birth	April 29, 1988
Place of Birth	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)

Jonathan Bryan Toews was born in 1988. Jonathan is a Canadian professional ice hockey center for the Chicago Blackhawks. He has three Stanley Cups with Chicago (2010, 2013, and 2015) and one Olympic gold medal (in 2010). Jonathan Toews is the Blackhawks’ current captain.

Toews grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he played minor hockey for the AAA Midget Winnipeg Monarchs. In 2004-05, he led the Monarchs with 117 points in 72 games, trailing only Marc Savard. During the 2005 playoffs, he scored 33 points in 21 games as the Monarchs won the championship.

3. Carey Price

Full Name	Carey Price
Date of Birth	August 16, 1987
Place of Birth	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)

Carey Price (born August 16, 1987), he is a Canadian professional ice hockey goalkeeper for the National Hockey League’s Montreal Canadiens (NHL). Price’s family relocated to the rural hamlet of Anahim Lake in interior British Columbia when he was three years old, where he was reared. His father taught him to play goalkeeper on a frozen stream during the winter months, and he played organized hockey at Williams Lake, which was five hours and 320 kilometers (200 miles) away by automobile on Highway 20. Carey’s father finally purchased a Piper PA-28 Cherokee to fly him to practice and games after having to travel the ten-hour round journey three days a week.

4. Erik Karlsson

Full Name	Erik Sven Gunnar Karlsson
Date of Birth	May 31, 1990
Place of Birth	Landsbro, Sweden
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)

Erik Sven Gunnar Karlsson, a Swedish professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the National Hockey League’s San Jose Sharks, was born on May 31, 1990. (NHL). Karlsson spent his first nine NHL seasons with the Ottawa Senators, who selected him in the first round, 15th overall, at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. The James Norris Memorial Trophy, given to the NHL’s top defenseman, has been won by Karlsson twice, in 2012 and 2015.

5. Tom Wilson

Full Name	Thomas Wilson
Date of Birth	March 29, 1994
Place of Birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)

Thomas Wilson, a right winger with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League, was born in Canada on March 29, 1994. (NHL). In the opening round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, the Capitals picked him with the 16th overall pick.

Tom Fitzgerald, Shayne Corson, and Steve Thomas, all NHL players who had children about Wilson’s age and lived in Toronto, were among the NHL players whose boys Wilson grew up playing with. Both of his parents served as minor ice hockey coaches at North Toronto Memorial Arena: his mother Neville oversaw the house league while his father Keven oversaw competitive “rep” teams.

6. Patrick Kane

Full Name	Patrick Timothy Kane II
Date of Birth	November 19, 1988
Place of Birth	Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

Patrick Timothy Kane II who is an American professional ice hockey right wing extremist and the backup captain for the Chicago Blackhawks. He was born on November 19, 1988. (NHL). At the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, the Blackhawks selected him with the first overall choice. Additionally, Kane represented the US at the Winter Olympics in 2010 and 2014.

As a member of the Blackhawks, Kane has won three Stanley Cups in 2010, 2013, and 2015. In 2013, he also won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs’ most valuable player. Kane won the Art Ross Trophy for top scoring in the 2015–16 NHL season as well as the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league’s most valuable player.

7. Sidney Crosby

Full Name	Sidney Patrick Crosby
Date of Birth	August 7, 1987
Place of Birth	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

Sidney Patrick Crosby (born August 7, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey center and the captain of the National Hockey League’s Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL).

Crosby attended Astral Drive Junior High School from the age of 12 to 15. He was a straight shooter. A student and “great role model, who was particularly kind to youngsters in the learning center and special needs kids,” according to the vice-principal. He moved to Shattuck-Saint Mary’s in Faribault, Minnesota, at the age of 15 to play for the school’s hockey team. Crosby attended Harrison Trimble High School in Moncton, New Brunswick while playing with the Rimouski Océanic of the QMJHL.

8. Jamie Benn

Full Name	Jamie Randolph Benn
Date of Birth	July 18, 1989
Place of Birth	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)

Jamie Randolph Benn (born July 18, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger and the captain of the National Hockey League’s Dallas Stars (NHL).

Benn grew up playing minor hockey with the Peninsula Eagles and attended Stelly’s Secondary School as a youth. During the 2005-06 season, he was a member of the Peninsula Panthers of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League, a local Junior B club based in North Saanich, British Columbia. Following that, he spent parts of three seasons with the Victoria Grizzlies of the Junior A British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) from 2006 to 2008.

9. Jonathan Bernier

Full Name	Jonathan Bernier
Date of Birth	August 7, 1988
Place of Birth	Laval, Quebec, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)

Jonathan Bernier (born August 7, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goalkeeper for the National Hockey League’s New Jersey Devils (NHL).

Bernier played his whole junior career with the Lewiston Maineiacs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). On September 24, 2004, his brother, Marc-André Bernier, scored the first goal against him in the QMJHL at the Halifax Metro Centre. The goal came at 15:39 of the first period. Jonathan was playing in his debut QMJHL game. Bernier won the President’s Cup with the Maineiacs as the QMJHL champions in 2006-07.

10. Tyler Seguin

Full Name	Tyler Paul Seguin
Date of Birth	January 31, 1992
Place of Birth	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Tyler Paul Seguin (born January 31, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey center and alternate captain for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL).

When Seguin was five or six years old, he began playing hockey in a house league and developed an early love for the sport. Seguin began his minor ice hockey career with the Ontario Minor Hockey Association’s Wildcats, and after returning to Brampton at the age of 10, he spent three seasons with the Toronto Nationals of the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL), where he played alongside future Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner. Seguin also spent four years at St. Michael’s College School in Toronto.

11. Miles Wood 

Full Name	Miles William Wood
Date of Birth	September 13, 1995
Place of Birth	Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)

Miles William Wood (born September 13, 1995) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the National Hockey League’s New Jersey Devils (NHL).

Wood asked Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin to autograph his hockey card when he was 11 years old. In the letter, Wood pledged that if Ovechkin did not sign and return the card, he would verify him the first time he got a chance to play against him in the NHL. Although Ovechkin never returned the card, he did autograph a photo for Wood before their first meeting at the Verizon Center.

12. Alexander Wennberg

Full Name	Alexander Wennberg
Date of Birth	September 22, 1994
Place of Birth	Nacka, Sweden
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)

Alexander Wennberg, a Swedish professional ice hockey player with the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League, was born on September 22, 1994. (NHL).

Wennberg’s 37 points last season were actually his highest total since his time with Columbus in 2016–17, but the Kraken probably anticipated greater offensive output when they gave him a three-year, $13.5 million deal in the summer of 2021. On a more encouraging note, Wennberg played in 80 of Seattle’s 82 games while remaining healthy. Wennberg’s offensive potential will never be as high as it might be due to the fact that he can’t shoot the puck. Only once in his career has he had more than 100 shots on target. It’s difficult to see a situation in which Wennberg even comes close to creating fantasy value in conventional forms.

13. Jonathan Ericcson

Full Name	Jonathan Ericsson
Date of Birth	March 2, 1984
Place of Birth	Karlskrona, Sweden
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)

Jonathan Ericsson, a professional ice hockey defenseman from Sweden, was born on March 2, 1984. He is presently an unrestricted free agent.

With the exception of one game in the 2001–2002 season, Ericsson started off as a center for the junior squad of HC Vita Hästen. Håkan Andersson, a scout for the Detroit Red Wings, persuaded Ericsson to switch to defense permanently after Ericsson had played one game as a defenseman.

14. Henrik Lundqvist

Full Name	Henrik Lundqvist
Date of Birth	March 2, 1982
Place of Birth	Åre, Sweden
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Henrik Lundqvist, a former professional ice hockey goalie, was born in Sweden on March 2, 1982.

Joel and Henrik afterward joined the neighborhood team Rögle BK, and in 1995 they were both chosen for Scania’s regional squad in Sverigepucken. Joel and Henrik were both chosen to represent Scania in TV-pucken in 1996 and 1997, respectively. Henrik and Joel were heavily scouted by Frölunda during the 1997–98 season, and while representing Rögle in the 1998 Scandinavium Cup award in Gothenburg, Frölunda’s under-16 coach Janne Karlsson contacted their father, who then informed Henrik and Joel of Frölunda’s interest in them as they were making their way home to Båstad.

15. Roman Josi 

Full Name	Roman Josi
Date of Birth	June 1, 1990
Place of Birth	Bern, Switzerland
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Roman Josi, a Swiss professional ice hockey defenseman and team captain for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League, was born on June 1, 1990. (NHL). Roman Josi, the second son of Doris and Peter Josi, was born on June 1, 1990, in Bern, Switzerland. His mother was a former national team swimmer, and his father played competitive soccer, thus he grew up in an active family. Prior to deciding to play ice hockey at the age of 10, Josi played both soccer and hockey throughout his youth. Ice hockey is a sport that both his father and elder brother play; Yannic participated in SwissDiv3 with HC Bern Altstadt, while Peter sits on the board’s directors for SC Bern.

16. Brian Dumoulin

Full Name	Brian Joseph Dumoulin
Date of Birth	September 6, 1991
Place of Birth	Biddeford, Maine, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)

A professional ice hockey defenceman with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League, Brian Joseph Dumoulin was born in America on September 6, 1991. (NHL).

Dumoulin went back to Maine, but he wasn’t good enough to play on the inaugural Biddeford minor hockey team. He thus played pee wee and bantam with the Seacoast Spartans in New Hampshire. Dumoulin shared the ice with future NHLers Casey DeSmith and Garnet Hathaway while they were both playing in New Hampshire. In Maine, where Dumoulin was raised, he worked his first job cleaning dishes at Huot’s Seafood.

17. Michal Kempny

Full Name	Michal Kempný
Date of Birth	September 8, 1990
Place of Birth	Hodonín, Czechoslovakia
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)

A defenseman with HC Sparta Praha in the Czech Extraliga, Michal Kempn (born on September 8, 1990) is a professional ice hockey player from the Czech Republic (ELH).

Kempn made his professional debut with HK 36 Skalica in the Slovak Extraliga after playing for HC Dyje Béclav in the Czech Republic as a young player. Kempn switched teams to play for HC Kometa Brno in the Czech Extraliga in order to play more actively.

18. Ian McCoshen

Full Name	Ian James McCoshen
Date of Birth	August 5, 1995
Place of Birth	Anaheim, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)

American ice hockey defenseman Ian James McCoshen was born on August 5, 1995, and he is now playing for ssät in the Liiga.

Kevin and Colleen McCoshen are the parents of McCoshen. Colleen is a native of Menomonie, Wisconsin, and Kevin is a Wisconsin Superior Senior High School alum. Mary, Allyson, and Grace are three younger sisters of Ian. McCoshen was born in Anaheim, California, and his family spent 13 years living in Hudson, Wisconsin, before relocating to Faribault, Minnesota, where he attended Shattuck-Saint Mary’s and participated on the school’s bantam squad in 2009–2010.

19. Ryan Murray

Full Name	Ryan James Murray
Date of Birth	September 27, 1993
Place of Birth	Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)

A Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman with the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League, Ryan James Murray, was born on September 27, 1993. (NHL).

The last time Canada had a player eligible for the draft represent them in the World Championship was in 2012 when Murray did so. Murray entered the competition as the second-youngest member of Team Canada (the youngest was Paul Kariya in 1993). At the 2016 World Championship, Murray competed for Canada once more and won gold. Murray was also chosen to participate for Canada in Team IIHF World Championship 2018.

20. Nick Schmaltz

Full Name	Nick Schmaltz
Date of Birth	February 23, 1996
Place of Birth	Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)

Nick Schmaltz, an American professional ice hockey center with the National Hockey League’s Arizona Coyotes, was born on February 23, 1996. (NHL).

Schmaltz joined the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers, following in the footsteps of his elder brother (USHL). He joined the team as an affiliate player for the final 11 games of the regular season in 2011–12, helping the Gamblers win the 2012 Clark Cup with one postseason goal and three postseason assists.

21. Tyler Bozak

Full Name	Tyler Bozak
Date of Birth	March 19, 1986
Place of Birth	Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Tyler Bozak is a free-agent Canadian professional ice hockey center born on March 19, 1986. His most recent team in the National Hockey League was the St. Louis Blues (NHL).

Bozak has one sibling, Justin, and his parents are Mitch and Karon.

He completed his studies at Regina, Saskatchewan’s Sheldon-Williams Collegiate. He participated in the Raise a Reader program as a high school volunteer while also making the honor roll each of his three years. Bozak studied Business at the University of Denver.

22. Aaron Ekblad

Full Name	Aaron Ekblad
Date of Birth	February 7, 1996
Place of Birth	Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)

Aaron Ekblad, a professional ice hockey defenseman with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League, was born in Canada on February 7, 1996. (NHL).

The London Knights selected Darien Ekblad, a goalie, in the OHL draft. The Simcoe County District School Board’s honor roll student Aaron Ekblad attended Innisdale Secondary School. Ekblad was raised in Belle River, Ontario, despite being a Windsor native. Because of his Swedish great-grandfather, he was given the last name “Ekblad.”

23. Andrew Ference

Full Name	Andrew James Stewart Ference
Date of Birth	March 17, 1979
Place of Birth	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

Andrew James Stewart Ference (born on March 17, 1979) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman.

Ference was chosen 208th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Andrew split his rookie season between Pittsburgh and AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. In his third NHL season, he established himself as a full-time NHLer,and scoring 11 points in 75 games. Ference was traded to the Boston Bruins in 2007 and signed a three-year contract extension in 2010. Ference retired after 16 seasons to become the NHL’s first director of social impact, growth, and fan development.

24. Jared Boll

Full Name	Jared Rittenhouse Boll
Date of Birth	May 13, 1986
Place of Birth	Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)

Rittenhouse, Jared Boll (born May 13, 1986) is a former professional ice hockey player from the United States. Boll’s 11-year career with the Blue Jackets ended on June 30, 2016, when the team, facing a salary cap crunch, placed him on unconditional waiver in order to buy out the final year of his contract. Boll signed a two-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks as a free agent on July 5, 2016. The Ducks placed Boll on waiver on December 10, 2017, and he was demoted to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the San Diego Gulls, on December 11.

25. Patrick Sharp

Full Name	Patrick Sharp
Date of Birth	December 27, 1981
Place of Birth	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Patrick Sharp (born December 27, 1981) is a former ice hockey player from Canada who played 15 seasons in the NHL for the Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks, and Dallas Stars.

Sharp married his longtime girlfriend Abby, whom he met while attending college in Vermont, in July 2010. Their nuptials took place in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Sharp’s Blackhawks teammate Patrick Kane was also present. The couple’s first child was born in December 2011, and their second in October 2013.

26. Brendan Smith

Full Name	Brendan Smith
Date of Birth	February 8, 1989
Place of Birth	Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Brendan Smith (born February 8, 1989) who is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman for the National Hockey League’s New Jersey Devils (NHL).

Smith grew up in Etobicoke, Ontario, with his parents Deidre and Lester, as well as his two brothers, Rory and Reilly. The three all played minor hockey for the Faustina Sports Club in the Mimico neighborhood before moving on to the St. Michael’s Buzzers minor juniors. When Smith’s Red Wings faced Reilly’s Boston Bruins in the first round of Stanley Cup playoffs, he faced his brother Reilly.

27. Derick Brassard

Full Name	Derick Brassard
Date of Birth	September 22, 1987
Place of Birth	Hull, Quebec, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Derick Brassard, a professional ice hockey center from Canada, was born on September 22, 1987. He is a member of the National Hockey League’s Ottawa Senators. His father, a star junior ice hockey player for the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the Central Junior Hockey League, was signed by the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1976. However, Pierre did not participate in the NHL because the league released him after training camp. Brassard began learning to skate at the age of five, and he soon began participating in hockey. He frequently attended ice hockey games played at the Robert Guertin Centre because he grew up nearby. Brassard was a member of the junior hockey team for Gatineau L’Intrépide.

28. Chris Higgins

Full Name	Christopher Robert Higgins
Date of Birth	June 2, 1983
Place of Birth	Smithtown, New York, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)

Christopher Robert Higgins, an American who played professional ice hockey as a winger and is now the Vancouver Canucks’ Skills and Development Coach in the National Hockey League, was born on June 2, 1983. (NHL).

Higgins participated in the 1997 tournament with the New York Islanders minor team after competing in the 1996 tournament with the Connecticut Yankees minor ice hockey team. He played on teams as a youngster with future teammates Mike Komisarek of the Canadiens and Eric Nystrom of the Flames, with whom he is still close. In his teenage years, he attended hockey camps where Lithuanian coach Aleksey Nikiforov taught.

29. Joffrey Lupul

Full Name	Joffrey Lupul
Date of Birth	September 23, 1983
Place of Birth	Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Canadian former professional ice hockey forward Joffrey Lupul was born on September 23, 1983. Lupul competed in the NHL for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, Edmonton Oilers, and Anaheim Ducks during his professional career.

Lupul likes to play guitar, as seen in a video on NHL Network Online. His ancestors are from Ukraine. The Romanian minority in Ukraine is represented by his father’s family. Tom Mayson, Lupul’s maternal grandfather, had previously been a partner in the Edmonton Investors Group, the limited partnership that held the Edmonton Oilers’ ownership. Lupul’s last name translates to “the wolf” in Romanian.

30. Sean Monahan

Full Name	Sean Monahan
Date of Birth	October 12, 1994
Place of Birth	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)

Sean Monahan, a professional ice hockey center from Canada who plays for the National Hockey League’s Montreal Canadiens, was born on October 12, 1994. (NHL).

The Cathy’s son and John Monahan and the brother of Jacqueline, Sean is a native of Brampton, Ontario. His secondary school was St. Thomas Aquinas. For the Brampton Excelsiors, where Tyler Ennis, a former Syracuse and NBA guard, was a teammate, he participated in minor hockey and lacrosse.

31. Beau Bennett

Full Name	Beau Daniel Bennett
Date of Birth	November 27, 1991
Place of Birth	Gardena, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)

Right winger Beau Daniel Bennett, a former professional in American ice hockey, was born on November 27, 1991. In Cerritos, California, Bennett received his diploma from Valley Christian High School. Kirk and Louanna Bennett are his parents. Wade, Shane, and Bailey are his other three siblings.

Bennett has the nick name “Sunshine” after a character from the film Remember the Titans who is from the same state.

Bennett’s parents made him take music lessons so that he could be allowed to play hockey. From the age of eight to thirteen, Bennett played the piano.

32. Bobby Ryan

Full Name	Robert Shane Ryan
Date of Birth	March 17, 1987
Place of Birth	Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)

American former professional ice hockey winger Robert Shane Ryan was born on March 17, 1987, as Stevenson. He participated in the National Hockey League competition for the Anaheim Ducks, Ottawa Senators, and Detroit Red Wings (NHL). In the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim selected him as the second overall pick.

Prior to being traded to the Senators in 2013, he spent six seasons with the Ducks. He then spent one season with Detroit in 2020–21. In both international and Olympic hockey, he has represented the United States.

33. Brian Boyle

Full Name	Brian Paul Boyle
Date of Birth	December 18, 1984
Place of Birth	Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)

American professional ice hockey center Brian Paul Boyle was born on December 18, 1984, and he is currently a free agent. The Ottawa Senators selected Timothy Boyle, the younger brother of Boyle, in the fourth round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

In 2014, Boyle wed Lauren Bedford. The couple has a daughter and a son.

Boyle announced in a statement on September 19, 2017, that he had been given the diagnosis with chronic myelogenous leukemia, a type of blood and bone marrow cancer that is treatable with medication, and that this was the reason for his absence during training camp’s summer break. Boyle declared his leukemia to be in full molecular remission in 2018, but he would continue taking medication.

34. David Rundblad

Full Name	David Rundblad
Date of Birth	October 8, 1990
Place of Birth	Lycksele, Sweden
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)

David Rundblad, a Swedish professional ice hockey player who currently competes for Kärpät in the Liiga, was born on October 8, 1990.

In a playoff series against Linköpings HC on March 14, 2009, Rundblad scored his first Elitserien goal. In the European skater rankings for the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Rundblad was ranked sixth, one spot behind Tim Erixon of Skellefte AIK. The following year, Rundblad stayed with Skellefte and scored his first goal of the regular season against Mattias Modig of Lule HF on January 30, 2010, which proved to be the game-winning goal.

35. Erik Gudbranson

Full Name	Erik Donald Stanley Gudbranson
Date of Birth	January 7, 1992
Place of Birth	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)

Erik Donald Stanley Gudbranson, a professional ice hockey defenseman from Canada, was born on January 7, 1992. He is currently signed by the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL).

The Kingston Frontenacs selected Gudbranson’s younger brother Alex in the first round of the 2010 OHL Priority Selection Draft. Alex is currently a member of the ECHL’s Newfoundland Growlers. Dennis, the youngest brother of Gudbranson, overcame leukemia. Chantal, his sister, played hockey for the Guelph Gryphons and graduated from the University of Guelph with a degree in marine and freshwater biology. Because of his brother’s battle with leukemia, Gudbranson advocates for stem cell donation and supports Canadian Blood Services.

36. Gabriel Landeskog

Full Name	Gabriel Landeskog
Date of Birth	November 23, 1992
Place of Birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Sweden’s Gabriel Landeskog, a left winger for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League, was born on November 23, 1992. (NHL).

Landeskog is the son of Tony Landeskog, a former defenseman in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), who now works in the insurance industry, and Cecelia, a chef and cooking instructor.

He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, along with his twin sister Beatrice and older brother Adam Landeskog. At the age of 16, he moved to Canada on his own just in time for the 2009–10 OHL season.

37. John Tavares

Full Name	John Tavares
Date of Birth	September 20, 1990
Place of Birth	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Canadian professional ice hockey center John Tavares, who was born on September 20, 1990, serves as the team captain for the National Hockey League’s Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL).

Joe Tavares and Barbara Tavares, both of Portuguese and Polish ancestry, welcomed Tavares into the world on September 20, 1990, in Mississauga, Ontario. Boleslaw and Josephine Kowal, his maternal grandparents, emigrated from Poland to Sudbury, Ontario, and Manuel and Dorotea Tavares, his paternal grandparents, emigrated from Portugal to Toronto, Ontario. Tavares relocated to Oakville, Ontario, at a young age. Through the Minor Oaks Hockey Association, he first encountered minor hockey here.

38. Jordan Eberle

Full Name	Jordan Leslie Eberle
Date of Birth	May 15, 1990
Place of Birth	Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

Jordan Leslie Eberle (born May 15, 1990), he is a Canadian ice hockey right winger, and alternate captain for the National Hockey League’s Seattle Kraken (NHL).

Derek Eberle, Eberle’s cousin, also played junior for the Pats from 1990 to 1993. Dustin, his younger brother, was selected by the Pats in the 12th round of the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft.

Since high school, Eberle has been in a relationship with Lauren Rodych. In the summer of 2016, they got engaged. On July 22, 2017, the pair married in Calgary, Alberta.

39. Mike Fischer

Full Name	Michael Andrew Fisher
Date of Birth	June 5, 1980
Place of Birth	Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Michael Andrew Fisher (born June 5, 1980) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League with the Ottawa Senators and Nashville Predators (NHL).

During the off-season, Fisher volunteers with Hockey Ministries International at hockey camps in his hometown of Peterborough, Kingston, and Ottawa. Fisher has also taught at the Roger Neilson Hockey Camp as a guest teacher.

40. Patrik Berglund

Full Name	Patrik Berglund
Date of Birth	June 2, 1988
Place of Birth	Västerås, Sweden
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)

Patrik Berglund, a retired professional ice hockey center from Sweden, was born on June 2, 1988. He played for the Buffalo Sabres and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League (NHL).

In Sweden’s HockeyAllsvenskan, the second-highest division, Berglund competed for VIK Väster’s HK. He was a top prospect in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, and the St. Louis Blues selected him with the 25th overall pick.

41. P.K. Subban

Full Name	Pernell-Karl Sylvester Subban
Date of Birth	May 13, 1989
Place of Birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)

A former Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman named Pernell-Karl Sylvester Subban MSC OLY was born on May 13, 1989.

Subban did not grow up rooting for his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs. He claimed on the Montreal chat show Tout le monde en parle that he has always wanted to play for Montreal. One of his primary role models as a young player, according to him, was hockey great Jean Béliveau.

42. Ryan Kesler

Full Name	Ryan James Kesler
Date of Birth	August 31, 1984
Place of Birth	Livonia, Michigan, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)

Ryan James Kesler, a former professional ice hockey center from the United States, was born on August 31, 1984. Kesler spent the first ten years of his National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Vancouver Canucks after being selected by them in the first round, 23rd overall, in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

Mike, his father, spent 37 years as a supervisor with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association while also participating in collegiate hockey at Colorado College. Ryan remembers learning to skate when he was approximately four years old. He introduced his kids to the rink at a very young age. In addition, Mike operates a hockey school in Livonia, where Kesler went every summer from the time he was six years old until the age of seventeen. He also coaches a Junior B hockey team.

43. Jeff Skinner

Full Name	Jeffrey Scott Skinner
Date of Birth	May 16, 1992
Place of Birth	Markham, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

A left winger with the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League, Jeffrey Scott Skinner was born in Canada on May 16, 1992. (NHL).

Growing up, he competed in both ice hockey and figure skating, and in the 2004 Canadian Junior National Figure Skating Championships, he took home the bronze medal in the junior class. Soon after, he decided to concentrate only on hockey. Skinner played minor league ice hockey with the Markham Waxers of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association, Toronto Young Nationals of the Greater Toronto Hockey League, and the Toronto Jr. Skinner and future Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog were teammates in minor hockey. He participated with Markham in the 2005 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament.

44. Seth Jones

Full Name	Jared Seth Jones
Date of Birth	October 3, 1994
Place of Birth	Arlington, Texas, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)

Jared Seth Jones, a professional ice hockey defenceman with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League, was born on October 3, 1994. (NHL).

Ronald “Popeye” Jones, a former National Basketball Association (NBA) power player and current assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets, is Jones’ father. His two brothers are. Caleb, his younger brother, is a member of the Chicago Blackhawks.

45. Theoren Fleury

Full Name	Theoren Wallace Fleury
Date of Birth	June 29, 1968
Place of Birth	Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)

Canadian retired professional ice hockey player Theoren Wallace “Theo” Fleury who was born on June 29, 1968. He is also an author and motivational speaker.

With the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s the St. James Canadians, Fleury started his junior career in 1983–84 as a 15-year-old. In 22 games, he scored 33 goals and 64 points, an amazing rate of over three points per game. He joined the Moose Jaw Warriors in 1984–85, a team that had recently moved from Winnipeg, and in 71 games as a 16-year-old, he had 29 goals and 75 points. In each of Theoren’s four years in the WHL, he increased his totals, reaching a peak in 1987–88 with a 68–goal, 92–assist season.

46. Patrick Kane

Full Name	Patrick Timothy Kane II
Date of Birth	November 19, 1988
Place of Birth	Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

Patrick Timothy Kane II is an American professional ice hockey right winger and the backup captain for the National Hockey League’s the Chicago Blackhawks. He was born on November 19, 1988. (NHL).

He bought a home on the beaches of Lake Erie in March 2012 and now spends the off-seasons there in Hamburg, New York. Kane has lived in a two-bedroom apartment he bought in September 2008 at the Trump International Hotel and Tower throughout the NHL season. But in the summer of 2016, Kane put his penthouse in the Trump Tower up for sale.

Kane’s gloves, which he utilized to score the Stanley Cup Finals’ series-winning goal in 2010. He wore Bauer Hockey gloves, a brand with whom Kane has an endorsement agreement.

47. Taylor Hall

Full Name	Taylor Hall
Date of Birth	November 14, 1991
Place of Birth	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Taylor Hall (born November 14, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins (NHL).

In the mid-1980s, his father was a member of the Canadian national bobsleigh squad after playing for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Toronto Argonauts, and Ottawa Rough Riders in the CFL. His mother introduced him to organized hockey when he was five years old, and his father kept a backyard rink open all winter for Hall and his buddies to practice on. His family relocated to Kingston, Ontario, in 2005, where he attended Frontenac Secondary School until transferring to St. Anne’s Catholic High School in Tecumseh, Ontario, while playing with the Windsor Spitfires.

48. Nick Bjugstad

Full Name	Nicholas Jay Bjugstad
Date of Birth	July 17, 1992
Place of Birth	Blaine, Minnesota, U.S.
Height	6 ft 6 in (198 cm)

American forward Nicholas Jay Bjugstad, who was born on July 17, 1992, competes in the National Hockey League with the Arizona Coyotes (NHL).

Bjugstad’s uncle Scott played hockey at the University of Minnesota before moving on to play in the NHL, where he spent a chunk of his career with the Minnesota North Stars. Bjugstad’s father, Mike, played hockey in Division III at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Both Scott and Nick have played for the Pittsburgh Penguins; Scott appeared in 24 games and registered three goals for the team in the 1988–1989 campaign.

Bjugstad concluded his coursework during the 2013–14 campaign and received his University of Minnesota degree in Business Marketing.

49. Martin Havlat

Full Name	Martin Havlát
Date of Birth	April 19, 1981
Place of Birth	Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)

Martin Havlat, a retired professional ice hockey player from the Czech Republic who spent 14 seasons in the National Hockey League, was born on April 19, 1981. (NHL).

At the 2000 World Youngster Ice Hockey Championships in Skellefte and Ume, Sweden, Havlat was a junior who aided the Czech Republic in winning the gold medal. He also repeated his success with the senior Czech team in winning the gold medal in the comparable IIHF World Championship in Saint Petersburg in 2000.

Havlát later competed for the Czech Republic in the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002, scoring three goals throughout the competition. Due to a shoulder injury, he was unable to attend the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006.

50. Jaromir Jagr

Full Name	Connor Andrew McDavid
Date of Birth	January 13, 1997
Place of Birth	Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

The National Hockey League’s Edmonton Oilers is captained by Canadian professional ice hockey center Connor Andrew McDavid (NHL). He was born on January 13, 1997. In the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, the Oilers selected him first.

McDavid has won the Fastest Figure Skateer award three times at the NHL All-Star Skills Competition, and his competitors have praised his speed on the ice. He has been named to the NHL Team of the Year four times, won the Art Ross Trophy four times, won the Ted Lindsay Award three times and is one of only two players to have unanimously won the Hart Memorial Trophy, with Oilers captain Wayne Gretzky in 1982.