List of Famous Ice Hockey Players
Jason Zucker
Jason Alan Zucker is an American professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Mark Giordano
Mark Giordano is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played with the Calgary Flames for fifteen seasons, including eight seasons as team captain. An undrafted player, Giordano signed with the Flames as a free agent in 2004 after playing two seasons of major junior hockey with Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
Tomáš Tatar
Tomáš Tatar is a Slovak professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 60th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, with whom he spent the first part of his NHL career.
Deryk Engelland
Deryk Engelland is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman. Engelland played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames and Vegas Golden Knights over his eleven-season career in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Dennis Seidenberg
Dennis Marvin Seidenberg is a German former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, New York Islanders, and Boston Bruins, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2011. His younger brother Yannic plays for EHC Red Bull München in the DEL.
Colton Parayko
Colton Parayko is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). Growing up in St. Albert, Alberta, Parayko played minor ice hockey with the St. Albert Flyers and Fort McMurray Oil Barons before earning a scholarship to the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He went overlooked and undrafted in his first year of NHL eligibility before being selected 86th overall as a 19-year-old in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues. Following the draft, Parayko played three seasons with the Alaska Nanooks, earning All-Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) First Team and West Second-Team All-American honors. He concluded his collegiate career in 2015 to begin his professional career within the Blues organization.
Lars Eller
Lars Fosgaard Eller is a Danish professional ice hockey player for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "the Tiger", he was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round, 13th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. He later joined the Montreal Canadiens, where he played six seasons before being traded to the Capitals in 2016. He became the first person born in Denmark to win the Stanley Cup when the Capitals won in 2018, notably scoring the Stanley Cup-winning goal.
Jeremy Roenick
Jeremy Shaffer Roenick (; born January 17, 1970) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 8th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks, for whom he played from 1988 to 1996. Roenick subsequently played for the Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks over the course of his 20 NHL season career. He also represented Team USA in numerous international tournaments. On November 10, 2007, he became the third American-born player to score 500 goals.
Erich Goldmann
Erich Goldmann is a German former professional ice hockey defenceman. Goldmann was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 8th round in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He played one game in the National Hockey League for the team against the Nashville Predators. He did not register a point in his 9:44 of ice time. Most of his professional career was spent in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, most recently for the Iserlohn Roosters. He ended his playing career in the 2nd Bundesliga with a single season at EHC München.
Ron Francis
Ronald Michael Francis Jr. is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He is the general manager of the Seattle Kraken that plans to play its first season in 2021. Drafted fourth overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, Francis played 23 seasons in the NHL for the Hartford Whalers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes, and Toronto Maple Leafs. Upon retiring from professional ice hockey in 2004, Francis stood second all-time in career assists (1,249), behind only Wayne Gretzky; fifth in career points (1,798); third in games played (1,731); and 27th in career goals (549).