List a NHL player and who their favorite hockey player was.

[MyDogSparty]

I'll start...

Guy Lafleur's favorite player was Jean Beliveau

Steve Yzerman's favorite players were Bobby Orr and Bryan Trottier

Rod Gilbert's favorites were Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion and Andy Bathgate

Joe Sakic's favorite was Wayne Gretzky

Joe Thornton's favorite was also Wayne Gretzky

Sidney Crosby's favorite was Steve Yzerman

Jerome Iginla's favorite was Grant Fuhr

Rick Nash's favorite was Mats Sundin, Joe Sakic, Mike Modano and Mario Lemieux

Vincent Lecavalier's favorite was Steve Yzerman

Jonthan Toews's favorite was Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky's favorite was Gordie Howe


...can you add any to this list?

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[Howe Elbows 9]

Ilya Kovalchuk's and Evgeni Malkin's favorite was Valery Kharlamov.

 

[Heat McManus]

Ovechkin - Owen Nolan

 

[LennyV]

Henrik Zetterberg and Nicklas Bäckströms favorite player was Peter Forsberg

 

[kmad]

Alexei Yashin's favorite was Alexei Yashin

 

[captain AARON MAIDEN*]

Gabby-Bondra

 

[ck26]

Ron Ellis --> Gordie Howe
Marty Turco --> Kirk McLean

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

• Bernie Parent -- Jacques Plante
• Pelle Lindbergh -- Bernie Parent

 

[Felonious Python]

Chelios - Newsy Lalonde

 

[Jungosi]

Chelios - Newsy Lalonde

It's the other way around.

Peter Stastny - Vaclav Nedomansky and he also admired Gilbert Perreault and Stan Mikita

 

[Reds4Life]

Pavel Datsyuk - no favourite player
Jaromir Jagr - Mario Lemieux
Nicklas Lidstrom - Borje Salming
Henrik Zetterberg - Wayne Gretzky
Chris Chelios - Dick Butkus
Dan Cleary - Gary Roberts
Dallas Drake - Bryan Trottier
Kris Draper - Bryan Trottier
Valterri Filppula - Teemu Selanne
Johan Franzen - Peter Forsberg
Domik Hasek - Vladimir Martinec
Darren Helm - Joe Sakic
Tomas Holmstrom - Vladimir Krutov
Jiri Hudler - Jaromir Jagr
Jakub Kindl - Nicklas Lidstrom
Niklas Kronwall - Nicklas Lidstrom
Brett Lebda - Chris Chelios
Andreas Lilja - Borje Salming
Kirk Maltby - any Maple Leaf
Chris Osgood - Grant Fuhr
Brian Rafalski - Paul Coffey
Mikael Samuelsson - Hakan Loob & Mats Sundin
Brad Stuart - Al MacInnis

 

[DevzFan15]

Joe Nieuwendyk - Lanny McDonald

 

[Passchendaele]

Patrick Roy - Dan Bouchard & Rogie Vachon

 

[Diving Pokecheck*]

Kopitar: Forsberg, Sundin

 

[ObnoxiousPensFan*]

Marc-Andre Fleury-Patrick Roy/Martin Brouder
Kris Letang-Mario Lemieux
Mark Eaton-I think he said he was a big Paul Coffey fan on a talk show or some crap

 

[ObnoxiousPensFan*]

Pavel Datsyuk - no favourite player
Jaromir Jagr - Mario Lemieux
Nicklas Lidstrom - Borje Salming
Henrik Zetterberg - Wayne Gretzky
Chris Chelios - Dick Butkus
Dan Cleary - Gary Roberts
Dallas Drake - Bryan Trottier
Kris Draper - Bryan Trottier
Valterri Filppula - Teemu Selanne
Johan Franzen - Peter Forsberg
Domik Hasek - Vladimir Martinec
Darren Helm - Joe Sakic
Tomas Holmstrom - Vladimir Krutov
Jiri Hudler - Jaromir Jagr
Jakub Kindl - Nicklas Lidstrom
Niklas Kronwall - Nicklas Lidstrom
Brett Lebda - Chris Chelios
Andreas Lilja - Borje Salming
Kirk Maltby - any Maple Leaf
Chris Osgood - Grant Fuhr
Brian Rafalski - Paul Coffey
Mikael Samuelsson - Hakan Loob & Mats Sundin
Brad Stuart - Al MacInnis

great pick one of my fave players

 

[ColoradoSportsFan]

Brodeur - Patrick Roy

 

[ObnoxiousPensFan*]

Gary Roberts-Gary Roberts

 

[eltopinio]

Mario Lemieux --> Guy Lafleur

 

[skeena1]

Trevor Linden - Lanny McDonald

 

[Al Bundy*]

Kirk McLean - Bernie Parent

 

[Master_Of_Districts]

Matt Greene -- Bob Rouse

 

[cupcrazyman]

Chelios - Newsy Lalonde

good one .Newsy Lalonde was born in 1887 .played pro hockey from 1917/18 - 1927/28 and then retired .passed away in 1970

Chris Chelios was born in 1962.i'm sure he really admired his play.

 

[rmchahn]

Ilya Kovalchuk's and Evgeni Malkin's favorite was Valery Kharlamov.

Didn't Kharlamov die before they were born?

Also Lanny McDonald - Dave Keon

 

[Howe Elbows 9]

Didn't Kharlamov die before they were born?

I wasn't aware of this until you asked, but you are correct. Valeri died in 1981, Ilya was born in 1983 and Evgeni in 1986.