Best NHL Players From Your City...

[MrThomas]

Patrik Laine, Alexander Barkov, Tuukka Rask

Tuukka Rask is not from Tampere

 

[Sticktape]

This guy named Art Ross

 

[Jesus Take the Wheel]

Alltime: Zarly Zalapski

Currently: Martinook
H. Fluery
B. Hickey

 

[sabremike]

Ted Irvine.

YOU JUST MADE THE LIST!!!!!

 

[FinPanda]

I was born in Espoo but I don't live there anymore: Jere Lehtinen, Sami Lepistö, Jori Lehterä and Niklas Hagman.

I now live in Vaasa and we have Oskar Osala. 3 NHL games.

 

[Jyssy]

Vatanen, Määttä, Honka, Niku. Only dmen currently. A fifth one, Julius' brother Anttoni will very likely go in the first round in next years draft.

 

[Kevs Security]

Are there any NHLers from Wisconsin?

 

[DannyGallivan]

Winnipeg: Terry Sawchuk, Andy Bathgate, Jonathon Toews, Duncan Keith
Coach: Fred Shero

 

[topshelf15]

Yeah the GTA ,s list would be nuts....But most cities in Ontario would have a decent list..As would most big cities in Canada

 

[Reddawg]

Rochester, NY:

Ryan Callahan and the Gionta brothers

 

[Whaleafs]

If there's anyone from Halifax proper they are obscure. All the best players to come out of "Halifax" actually come from the surrounding suburbs (Crosby & MacKinnon from Cole Harbour, Marchand from Hammond's Plains)

 

[Whaleafs]

Are there any NHLers from Wisconsin?

Are you able to internet ?

 

[adsfan]

Milwaukee: Alex Galchenyuk, Drew Stafford and Hudson Fasching.

The first two are sons of Milwaukee Admirals players.

 

[adsfan]

Are there any NHLers from Wisconsin?

Gary Suter (Madison) and Joe Pavelski (Plover) come to mind.

 

[Iceman]

Stockholm, Sweden:

400+ games in NHL for skaters, 100+ for goalies

Retired (from NHL or career):
Michael Nylander
Bob Nystrom
Pelle Eklund
Johan Garpenlöv
Tommy Albelin
Viktor Stålberg
Mattias Norström
Henrik Tallinder
Niklas Grossman

Pelle Lindbergh
Tommy Söderström
Jhonas Enroth

Current:
Niklas Kronwall
Gabriel Landeskog
Mika Zibanejad
Johnny Oduya
Marcus Krüger


Players like Hörnqvist and Hagelin (a bit further away) are excluded for the same reason players from the GTA are excluded.

Pretty pale in relation to residents. We have a lot of players from the 50s and 60s that was from here though, like Sven Tumba, Roland Stoltz, Lars Björn etc. who were stars here back in the day and also on the international stage

 

[branch]

Victoria (birthplace):

Jamie Benn
Tyson Barrie
Jordie Benn
Matt Irwin

Can't think of any others off the top of my head.

Ottawa (now):

Err... Ceci
No clue. Been here for 5 years, but know little about Ottawa.

I would add Giroux. He has lived here since he was 12-13.

Pageau, Brassard, Methot

 

[Volica]

Calgary:
Taylor Hall
Brayden Point
William Nylander

I'm sure I'm missing a few, but we aren't as big as other Canadian cities when it comes to hockey players.

Taylor Hall - Brayden Point - William Nylander
Josh Morrissey - Mike Green/Tyler Myers

It's actually a pretty decent 5 man unit we have in the NHL right now. Arguably the best LW in the game helps.

 

[Iceman]

Anyone from Örnsköldsvik? Just a town of 30,000 people....

 

[CanadienShark]

I would add Giroux. He has lived here since he was 12-13.

Pageau, Brassard, Methot

Thanks. All names I forgot except Giroux. Giroux I was iffy on, but definitely a reasonable pick.

 

[tony d]

From Newfoundland and Labrador I'd say Danny Cleary, Keith Brown and Michael Ryder.

 

[HomeAndHome]

Our only notable NHLer is Joe Thornton (Corey Emmerton and Greg McKegg are the only other ones I can think of)

Ew Thornton’s from st Thomas?

Hey now! What's wrong with Jumbo being from St. T? We're about to rename our main arena to the Joe Thornton Community Center.

 

[DannyGallivan]

All time best: Billy Mosienko

Jonathan Toews
Mark Stone
Mike Keane

People who mention Keith and Sharp should give their heads a shake.

People who put Mosienko ahead of Sawchuk or Bathgate should give their head a shake (although I was remiss in not including him originally... he needs to be in the Winnipeg list for sure).

 

[Highmarker]

Glen Wesley
Kris Russel
Trent Hunter

 

[Ralph Spoilsport]

Toss up between Jay Wells and Kyle Clifford.

 

[saxonmiller]

Scott Stevens is the greatest athlete Kitchener has produced and it's not really close. Some people would say it's Lennox Lewis, but he wasn't born or raised here so screw those people.

Perhaps Scheifele in a decade or so? Haha