Iceland: Which team would the first Icelandic NHL player make?

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Just a guess in terms of location and culture alone, what team would the first Icelandic NHL player make? I'd say Minnesota or Winnipeg. However, that remains to be seen, as the chances of that happening might not be in the next who knows how many years.

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[Tulipunaruusu*]

I would say Florida.

 

[QuietContrarian]

So how far into the future are we talking here?

 

[Bagge]

Just a guess in terms of location and culture alone, what team would the first Icelandic NHL player make? I'd say Minnesota or Winnipeg. However, that remains to be seen, as the chances of that happening might not be in the next who knows how many years.

I am surprised none from the movie Mighty Ducks ever turned out to be prospects...

 

[HandsomeKessel]

Somewhere where everyone knows each other and a fairly small city. Minnesota, Colorado, or maybe Edmonton?

 

[Albatros]

Sigurður Friðriksson and Halldór Halldórsson played in the NHL for the Detroit Cougars in 1926, I'd give them the credit even if they were born in Winnipeg. Their Winnipeg Falcons that won Olympic gold for Canada in 1920 consisted of Icelanders anyway (all but one). That's also why the Icelandic national team uses the falcon in their logo today so it's a big part of Icelandic hockey heritage. But as they made it in Detroit maybe the next one will make it in Winnipeg then.