The Greatest Hockey Players of All-Time

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Tom BarrassoIlya KovalchukAdam OatesJoe Mullen
Clint BenedictPaul KariyaG. PerreaultCorey Perry
Frank BrimsekJohn LeclairJean RatelleMark Recchi
Turk BrodaBrad MarchandHenri RichardRob Blake
Grant FuhrMarkus NaslundJeremy RoenickG. Boucher
Charlie GardinerS. SchrinerDenis SavardKing Clancy
Herb GardinerDaniel SedinHenrik SedinDit Clapper
Ed GiacominB. ShanahanDarryl SittlerS. Cleghorn
G. HainsworthSteve ShuttPeter StastnyBill Gadsby
Curtis JosephKeith TkachukJonathan ToewsEddie Gerard
Harry LumleySid AbelPierre TurgeonE. Goodfellow
Carey PriceMax BentleyNorm UllmanTim Horton
Jonathan QuickFrank BoucherH. ZetterbergPhil Housley
Tiny ThompsonRussell BowieG. AndersonMark Howe
Mike VernonRod Brind’AmourHobey BakerChing Johnson
D. AndreychukBill CowleyDino CiccarelliJ. Laperierre
Jamie BennAlex DelvecchioCharlie ConacherLarry Murphy
Doug BentleyRyan GetzlafBill CookBabe Pratt
Johnny BucykDale HawerchukY. CournoyerB.Quackenbush
Bun CookDick IrvinJack DarraghBorje Salming
Cy DennenyDave KeonBabe DyeSerge Savard
Bob GaineyPat LafontaineTheo FleuryEarl Seibert
Clark GilliesJacques LemaireMike GartnerJack Stewart
Michel GouletMike ModanoMarian HossaPK Subban
Busher JacksonJ. NieuwendykJere LehtinenShea Weber
Aurel JoliatFrank NighborClaude LemieuxSergei Zubov

*Does not include active players

2 thoughts on “The Greatest Hockey Players of All-Time

    1. Hey! It’s a nod to his 3 Selke trophies (and 6 top-3 finishes). He was a strong two-way player for some really good Dallas teams in addition to four Finland teams that medaled at the Olympics. He’s certainly in the back quarter of the overflow but he has a sneaky impressive resume.

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