This is a list of ice hockey players who died in wars. The team is the last team the person played for.
* : Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
Name | Age | Year died | Position | Team | Last year played | Service | Notes |
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Hobey Baker * [1] | 26 | 1918 | Right winger | St. Nicholas Hockey Club | 1916 | United States Army Air Service | Crashed while testing a repaired airplane. |
Scotty Davidson * [1] | 24 | 1915 | Right winger / defenceman | Toronto Blueshirts | 1914 | Canadian Expeditionary Force | There are several conflicting versions of how he died. |
Michael Joseph Hayes [2] | 24 | 1918 | Forward | Colgate University | 1917 | United States Army | Killed by machine-gun fire while assaulting the town of Saint-Juvin. |
Frank McGee * [1] | 33 | 1916 | Centre / rover | Ottawa HC | 1906 | Canadian Expeditionary Force | Killed in action during the Battle of the Somme. |
George Richardson * [1] | 29 | 1916 | Left winger | Kingston Frontenacs | 1912 | Canadian Expeditionary Force | Killed in action. |
Two National Hockey League players were killed in World War II. [3]
Name | Age | Year died | Position | Team | Last year played | Service | Notes |
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Dudley Garrett [4] | 20 | 1944 | Defenceman | New York Rangers | 1943 | Royal Canadian Navy | The corvette HMCS Shawinigan (K136) was torpedoed and sunk by the U-boat U-1228 , with the loss of all hands. |
Norbert Sterle [5] | 24 | 1943 | Forward | Kansas City Americans | 1942 | United States Army | Killed on a routine scouting mission in Italy after the Germans had been forced to abandon the Barbara Line. |
Joe Turner [3] | 25 | 1944 or 1945 | Goaltender | Detroit Red Wings | 1942 | United States Army | Initially listed as missing in action in the Battle of Hürtgen Forest. |
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