List of players not playing for their birth country

[Brad Tolliver]

I probably missed a few but here it goes anyway:

Canada:
Dany Heatley - Freiburg, Germany
Robyn Regehr - Recife, Brazil

Czech Republic:
None

Finland:
None

Germany:
Jan Benda - Reet, Belgium
Olaf Kolzig - Johannesburg, South Africa
Robert Leask - Toronto, Canada
Eduard Lewandowski - Krasnoturjinsk, Russia
Tomas Martinec - Pardubice, Czech Republic
Martin Reichel - Brux, Czech Republic

Russia:
Darius Kasparaitis - Elektrenai, Lithuania
Evgeni Nabokov - Ust. Kamenogorski, Kazakhstan
Oleg Tverdovsky - Donetsk, Ukraine
Vitali Vishnevski - Kharkov, Ukraine
Dainus Zubrus - Elektrenai, Lithuania

Slovakia:
Peter Bondra - Luck, Ukraine

Sweden:
None

USA:
Brett Hull - Bellville, Canada

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[wilka91*]

Regehr should play soccer

 

[Slick Nick]

Russia:
Darius Kasparaitis - Elektrenai, Lithuania
Evgeni Nabokov - Ust. Kamenogorski, Kazakhstan
Oleg Tverdovsky - Donetsk, Ukraine
Vitali Vishnevski - Kharkov, Ukraine
Dainus Zubrus - Elektrenai, Lithuania

Actually all of team Russia dosen't play for their birth county since they all were Born in USSR.

 

[Enoch]

I think Zidlicky should be on that list as well. Not sure, though.

 

[ES]

I think Zidlicky should be on that list as well. Not sure, though.

He was born in Most and it is in Czech Republic now. (Czechoslovakia back in 1977)

 

[iAvs]

Regehr should play soccer

Yea, I can see it now..."Regehr passes to Ronaldo......GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!"

 

[Petey21]

Maybe Dany Heatley and Robert Leask should switch teams, so they'll both play for their country of birth. :lol

 

[Fighter]

Why Bondra plays for Slovakia if he's ukranian???

 

[Sundried TOmato]

Why Bondra plays for Slovakia if he's ukranian???

Bondra's family moved to Slovakia when he was a baby. Dave Undreychuk is Ukrainian too (along with a bunch of other Russian and Canadian-born players), but doesn't play for Ukraine because he is a citizen of another country.

 

[Leaf Lander]

im pretty sure andreychuk was born in Canada


ancestry is different.

were al lfrom somewhere imo

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

im pretty sure andreychuk was born in Canada


ancestry is different.

were al lfrom somewhere imo

Correct you are. Super Dave was born in Hamilton.

 

[Papa Smurf]

Actually all of team Russia dosen't play for their birth county since they all were Born in USSR.

Which is why people shouldnt consider them not playing for their birth country. And actual Russian born player isnt eligable for the draft until 2009.

 

[Papa Smurf]

Is Dave Andreychuk of full-blooded Ukranian decent?