Wayne Douglas Gretzky is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "the Great One",he has been called the greatest ice hockey player ever by many sportswriters,players,The Hockey News,and the NHL itself,based on extensive surveys of hockey writers,ex-players,general managers and coaches. Gretzky is the leading career goal scorer,assist producer and point scorer in NHL history,and has more career assists than any other player has total points. He is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season,a feat he accomplished four times. In addition,Gretzky tallied over 100 points in 15 professional seasons,13 of them consecutive. At the time of his retirement in 1999,he held 61 NHL records:40 regular season records,15 playoff records,and 6 All-Star records.
Gordon Howe was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1946 to 1980,he played 26 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA);his first 25 seasons were spent with the Detroit Red Wings. Nicknamed "Mr. Hockey",Howe is often considered the most complete player to ever play the game and one of the greatest of all time. At his retirement,his 801 goals,1,049 assists,and 1,850 total points were all NHL records that stood until they were broken by Wayne Gretzky,who himself has been a major champion of Howe's legacy. A 23-time NHL All-Star,he shares the NHL record for seasons played with Chris Chelios,and his all-time NHL games played record of 1,767 was only surpassed in 2021 by Patrick Marleau. In 2017,Howe was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players".
Stephen Gregory Yzerman is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player currently serving as executive vice president and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings,with whom he spent all 22 seasons of his NHL playing career. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time,he is a Detroit sports icon and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. After his retirement as a player,he served in the front office of the Red Wings,and then as general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning,while also being executive director for Team Canada in two Olympics.
Jacques Martin is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach who is the interim head coach of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). In the NHL,he has served as the head coach of the St. Louis Blues,Montreal Canadiens and the Florida Panthers,as well as the Senators' permanent head coach in an earlier tenure. Martin also served as the general manager of the Panthers,and has served as an assistant coach with the Canadian men's national ice hockey team. Martin is a Franco-Ontarian,and a two-time Stanley Cup champion.
Patrick Jacques Roy is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former goaltender and executive. He is the head coach of the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Roy previously served as the head coach for the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL,as well as the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). In 2017,he was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history and was hailed in sports media as "king of goaltenders".
In ice hockey,the captain is the player designated by a team as the only person authorized to speak with the game officials regarding rule interpretations when the captain is on the ice. At most levels of play each team must designate one captain and a number of alternate captains who speak to the officials when the captain is on the bench. Captains wear a "C" on their sweaters,while alternate captains wear an "A".
William Scott Bowman is a Canadian former National Hockey League (NHL) head coach. He holds the record for most wins in league history,with 1,244 wins in the regular season and 223 in the Stanley Cup playoffs,thus ranking second of all time for most Stanley Cup victories by a player,coach or executive with fourteen. He coached the St. Louis Blues,Montreal Canadiens,Buffalo Sabres,Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings. He was most recently the senior advisor of hockey operations for the Chicago Blackhawks,until stepping down in July 2022. Bowman is often regarded as the greatest coach in NHL history.
The Indianapolis Racers were a major league ice hockey team that played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1974 to 1978. They competed in four full seasons before folding 25 games into the 1978–79 season. They played at Market Square Arena. They were the first professional team to secure Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier.
The 1992–93 NHL season was the 76th regular season of the National Hockey League. Each player wore a patch on their jersey throughout the season to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Stanley Cup. The league expanded to 24 teams with the addition of the Ottawa Senators and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association (1972–1979) and the National Hockey League (1979–1995). The franchise was relocated to Denver,Colorado in May 1995 and renamed the Colorado Avalanche. They played their home games at the Colisée de Québec from 1972 to 1995.
The 1993 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1992–93 season,and the culmination of the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Los Angeles Kings and the Montreal Canadiens. It was the first appearance in the Final for the Kings and the first appearance since the 1920 Stanley Cup Finals for a team based on the west coast of the United States. It was also the 34th appearance for Montreal,their first since the 1989 Stanley Cup Finals. The Canadiens won the series four games to one to win the team's 24th Stanley Cup. The year 1993 was the 100th anniversary of the first awarding of the Stanley Cup in 1893,and the first Finals to start in the month of June. To date,the 1993 Canadiens are the last Stanley Cup championship team to be composed solely of North American-born players,and the last Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup.
The 1988–89 NHL season was the 72nd season of the National Hockey League. The Calgary Flames won an all-Canadian Stanley Cup Finals against the Montreal Canadiens four games to two. This remains the last time two Canadian teams faced each other for the Stanley Cup.
The 1983–84 NHL season was the 67th season of the National Hockey League. The Edmonton Oilers de-throned the four-time defending Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders four games to one in the Cup finals.
The 1979–80 NHL season was the 63rd season of the National Hockey League. This season saw the addition of four teams from the disbanded World Hockey Association as expansion franchises. The Edmonton Oilers,Winnipeg Jets,New England Whalers,and Quebec Nordiques joined the NHL,bringing the total to 21 teams. The other two WHA teams were paid to fold.
Joseph Gérard Marquis Tardif is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA),principally for the Quebec Nordiques,and is the all-time leading goal scorer in the WHA.
Bryan Charles Fogarty was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played for the Quebec Nordiques,Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens. A great star in the junior leagues and a high draft choice in the National Hockey League (NHL),his career was marred by persistent alcohol and drug use,which prevented him from playing a full season at any point and led to him being frequently traded.
Cameron Duncan Connor is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward and a Stanley Cup winner.
Marty Gordon Howe is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey defenseman. Howe was drafted in the third round,51st overall in the 1974 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. From 2001 to 2006,he was an assistant coach for the Chicago Wolves of the AHL. He is the son of Colleen and Gordie Howe,older brother of Mark Howe,and nephew of Vic Howe. Howe now lives with his wife Mary in Glastonbury,Connecticut.
The 1992–93 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 76th season in the National Hockey League (NHL) and their 84th overall. Coming off of a disappointing second round playoff exit against the Boston Bruins during the 1991–92 season,the third-straight season Boston had defeated Montreal in the playoffs,the Canadiens were champions for the 1992–93 season.
Jonathan Drouin is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). After a stellar 2012-13 season with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)'s Halifax Mooseheads,in which he was named CHL Player of the Year and won the Memorial Cup,Drouin was selected in the first round,third overall,by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. On June 15,2017,Drouin was traded to the Montreal Canadiens where he played a total of six seasons,before signing with the Avalanche as a free agent on July 1,2023.
