The Greatest Hockey Players of All-Time

The Overflow

Tom BarrassoJohn LeclairHenri RichardG. Boucher
Clint BenedictBrad MarchandJeremy RoenickBrent Burns
Frank BrimsekMarkus NaslundDenis SavardKing Clancy
Turk BrodaS. SchrinerMilt SchmidtDit Clapper
Grant FuhrDaniel SedinHenrik SedinS. Cleghorn
Charlie GardinerB. ShanahanDarryl SittlerBill Gadsby
Herb GardinerSteve ShuttPeter StastnyEddie Gerard
Ed GiacominKeith TkachukJonathan ToewsSergei Gonchar
G. HainsworthSid AbelPierre TurgeonE. Goodfellow
Curtis JosephSyl AppsNorm UllmanTim Horton
Harry LumleyMax BentleyH. ZetterbergPhil Housley
Carey PriceFrank BoucherG. AndersonMark Howe
Jonathan QuickRussell BowieHobey BakerChing Johnson
Tiny ThompsonRod Brind’AmourDino CiccarelliJ. Laperierre
Mike VernonBill CowleyCharlie ConacherKris Letang
D. AndreychukAlex DelvecchioBill CookLarry Murphy
Jamie BennRyan GetzlafY. CournoyerBabe Pratt
Doug BentleyDale HawerchukJack DarraghB.Quackenbush
Johnny BucykDick IrvinBabe DyeBorje Salming
Bun CookDave KeonTheo FleurySerge Savard
Cy DennenyPat LafontaineMike GartnerEarl Seibert
Bob GaineyJacques LemaireMarian HossaJack Stewart
Clark GilliesMike ModanoJere LehtinenPK Subban
Michel GouletJ. NieuwendykClaude LemieuxShea Weber
Busher JacksonFrank NighborJoe MullenSergei Zubov
Aurel JoliatAdam OatesCorey Perry
Ilya KovalchukG. PerreaultMark Recchi
Paul KariyaJean RatelleRob Blake

*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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