The IIHF All-Time Teams are the All-Time Teams of the countries that would have participated at the
2020 IIHF World Championship
The 2020 IIHF World Championship would have been hosted by Switzerland from 8 to 24 May 2020, as the IIHF announced on 15 May 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic.
The tournament was cancelled on 21 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ice Hockey World Championships
The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annua ...
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Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as the goalie) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays in or near t ...
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Centre
Center or centre may refer to:
Mathematics
*Center (geometry), the middle of an object
* Center (algebra), used in various contexts
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Left wing
Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
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Andrei Mezin
Andrei Anatolyevich Miezin ( be, Андрэй Анатольевiч Мезiн, russian: Андрей Анатольевич Мезин; born 8 July 1974) is a Belarusian ice hockey coach and a retired goaltender.
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Ruslan Salei
Ruslan Albertovich Salei ( Belarusian: Руслан Альбертавіч Салей; Russian: Руслан Альбертович Салей; November 2, 1974 – September 7, 2011) was a Belarusian professional ice hockey player. Salei pla ...
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Vladimir Kopat
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Alexei Kalyuzhny
Alexei Nikolayevich Kalyuzhny ( be, Аляксей Мікалаевіч Калюжны, Alaksej Mikałajevič Kalužny, russian: Алексей Николаевич Калюжный) (born June 13, 1977) is a Belarusian former professional ice hoc ...
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Vladimir Tsyplakov
Vladimir Viktorovich Tsyplakov ( be, Уладзiмiр Віктаравіч Цыплакоў; 18 April 1969 – 14 December 2019) was a Belarusian professional ice hockey player winger. He was drafted in the third round, 59th overall, by the L ...
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Mikhail Grabovski
Michail Jurjevič Hraboŭski ( Belarusian: Міхаіл Юр'евiч Грабоўскі; born 31 January 1984), better known as Mikhail Grabovski (Russian: Михаил Грабовский), is a German-born Belarusian professional ice hockey ...
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Sean Burke
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Chris Pronger
Christopher Robert Pronger ( or ; born October 10, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and a former advisor to the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky ( ; born January 26, 1961) 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 ...
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Mario Lemieux
Mario Lemieux (; ; born October 5, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played parts of 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins between 1984 and 2006, and he assumed ownership of the f ...
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Dominik Hašek
Dominik Hašek (, ; born January 29, 1965) is a Czech former ice hockey goaltender who mostly played for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). Widely regarded as one of the best goaltenders of all time, Hašek also played for t ...
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František Pospíšil
František Pospíšil (born April 2, 1944) is a Czech former ice hockey defenceman and coach.
He played in the Czechoslovak Elite League for Poldi Kladno from 1961 to 1978, then in Germany for EV Landshut in 1978–79. He won the Golden Hock ...
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Tomáš Kaberle
Tomáš Kaberle (; born March 2, 1978) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably for the Toronto Maple Leafs, as well as for the Boston Bruins, with whom he won the Stanley ...
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Jaromír Jágr
Jaromír Jágr (; born 15 February 1972) is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger for and the owner of Rytíři Kladno of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, ...
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Václav Nedomanský
Václav Nedomanský (born 14 March 1944) is a Czech former ice hockey forward. Nedomanský is best known as the first Czech hockey player to defect to North America to play. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019. He is also a membe ...
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Vladimír Martinec
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Frederik Andersen
Frederik "Freddie" Andersen (born 2 October 1989) is a Danish professional ice hockey goaltender for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Anaheim Ducks and Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Jesper Damgaard
Jesper Damgaard (born May 6, 1975) is a Danish retired ice hockey player who last participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Denmark men's national ice hockey team.
He was the first and so far only Danish player to have h ...
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Daniel Nielsen
Daniel Nielsen (born October 31, 1980) is a Danish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Herning Blue Fox of the Metal Ligaen. He played for German club Hamburg Freezers after spending the majority of his professional ...
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Frans Nielsen
Frans Nielsen (born 24 April 1984) is a Danish former professional ice hockey Forward who played with the New York Islanders and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League (NHL). Nielsen was the first Danish citizen to play in the NHL.
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Lars Eller
Lars Fosgaard Eller (born 8 May 1989) is a Danish professional ice hockey player for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "the Tiger", he was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round, 13th overall in th ...
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Morten Green
Morten Green (born 19 March 1981) is a Danish former professional ice hockey player who lastly played for the Danish team Rungsted IK. He participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Danish national team.
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Ben Bowns
Ben Bowns (born 21 January 1991) is a professional British ice hockey goaltender for UK Elite Ice Hockey League side Cardiff Devils and the Great Britain national team.
Playing career
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Carl Erhardt
Carl Alfred Erhardt (15 February 1897 in Beckenham, Kent, United Kingdom – 3 May 1988) was an English ice hockey player who captained the British national team to numerous international championships in the 1930s, including Olympic gold at the 19 ...
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Ben O'Connor
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Tony Hand
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Kevin Conway
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Robert Farmer
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Olaf Kolzig
Olaf or Olav (, , or British ; Old Norse: ''Áleifr'', ''Ólafr'', ''Óleifr'', ''Anleifr'') is a Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ancestor, grand-father" a ...
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Uwe Krupp
Uwe or UWE may refer to
* Uwe (given name)
* University of the West of England, Bristol
* UML-based web engineering
* University Würzburg's Experimental miniaturized satellites for space research UWE-1 and UWE-2
* Uwe - Wreck in Blankenese
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Christian Ehrhoff
Christian Ehrhoff (born 6 July 1982) is a German former professional ice hockey defenceman. In 2018, he won silver at the Winter Olympics. He played more than 800 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) and more than 300 in the Deutsche Eishoc ...
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Erich Kuhnhackl
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Leon Draisaitl
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Marco Sturm
Marco Johann Sturm (born September 8, 1978) is a German professional ice hockey coach and former winger who played in the National Hockey League and Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He is currently the Head Coach of the Ontario Reign.
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Pekka Rinne
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Teppo Numminen
Teppo Kalevi Numminen (born July 3, 1968) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for Tappara and TuTo of the SM-liiga and the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Sta ...
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Kimmo Timonen
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Jari Kurri
Jari Pekka Kurri (; born May 18, 1960) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey winger and a five-time Stanley Cup champion. In 2001, he became the first Finnish player to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2017 Kurri was named one ...
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Teemu Selanne
Teemu is a Finnish male given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Teemu Aalto (born 1978), Finnish professional ice hockey player
* Teemu Eronen (born 1990), professional ice hockey defenceman
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Saku Koivu
Saku Antero Koivu (; born November 23, 1974) is a Finns, Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1995–96 NHL season, 1995–96 after th ...
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Mike Rosati
Michael Anthony Rosati (born January 7, 1968) is a Canadians, Canadian-born Italy, Italian former professional ice hockey player. Rosati became the third Italian player to play in a game in the National Hockey League, NHL after earning an Italian ...
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Robert Oberrauch
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Armin Helfer
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Lucio Topatigh
Lucio Topatigh (born 19 October 1965) is a former Italian ice hockey player.
Born in Gallio, Vicenza, Topatigh spent all his career in Serie A league, with Asiago Hockey A.S., HC Devils Milano and Hockey Club Bolzano-Bozen. He won seven ti ...
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Mario Chitarroni
Mario Brian "Tiger" Chitaroni (born June 11, 1967) is an Italian-Canadian retired professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), winger. He played major junior with the Sudbury Wolves but went undrafted playing minor pro in the AHL before moving t ...
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Roland Ramoser
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Vitali Yeremeyev
Vitali Mikhailovich Yeremeyev (russian: Виталий Михайлович Еремееев; born September 23, 1975) is a Kazakhstani former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 4 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Ra ...
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Yevgeni Paladiev
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Alexei Troschinsky
Alexei Borisovich Troschinsky (russian: Алексей Борисович Трощи́нский; born October 9, 1973) is a Kazakhstani former professional ice hockey defenceman
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Talgat Zhailauov
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Nikolai Antropov
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Arturs Irbe
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Sandis Ozolins
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Karlis Skrastins
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Helmuts Balderis
Helmuts Balderis-Sildedzis (born 31 July 1952) is a Soviet former ice hockey player. He played right wing, participated in the Soviet team's losing effort in the Miracle on Ice, and played part of a single season in the NHL after being drafted in ...
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Sergejs Zoltoks
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Olegs Znaroks
Oleg Valerievich Znarok (russian: Олег Валерьевич Знарок, lv, Oļegs Znaroks; born 2 January 1963) is a Soviet-Latvian professional ice hockey player. In 2022, he was the head coach of Ak Bars Kazan in the Kontinental Hockey ...
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Lars Haugen
Lars Haugen (born 19 March 1987) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey goaltender who most recently played with Manglerud Star in the Eliteserien.
Playing career
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Jonas Holos
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Mats Trygg
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Patrick Thoresen
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Mathis Olimb
Mathis Olimb (born February 1, 1986) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey forward, currently playing for Vålerenga of the Fjordkraftligaen (Norway). He is the older brother of fellow Norwegian international Ken André Olimb.
Playing career
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Mats Zuccarello
Mats André Zuccarello Aasen (born 1 September 1987) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey winger for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the New York Rangers and Dallas Stars. Prior to joining the NHL ...
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Vladislav Tretiak
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Vyacheslav Fetisov
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Alexander Ragulin
Alexander Pavlovich "Rags" Ragulin (russian: Александр Павлович Рагулин; 5 May 1941 – 17 November 2004) was a Russian ice hockey player. He is considered one of the best defensemen in Soviet ice hock ...
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Vsevolod Bobrov
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Valeri Kharlamov
The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name ''Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The S ...
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Evgeni Malkin
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Vladimír Dzurilla
Vladimír Dzurilla (August 2, 1942 in Bratislava, Slovakia – July 27, 1995 in Düsseldorf, Germany) was a Slovak ice hockey goaltender playing for Czechoslovakia.
Dzurilla, a refrigerator repairman by profession, was goalie for the ...
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Ľubomír Višňovský
Ľubomír Višňovský (; born 11 August 1976) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey defenceman. He began and finished his career with his hometown club, HC Slovan Bratislava. He played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with th ...
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Zdeno Chára
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Peter Šťastný
Peter Šťastný (; born 18 September 1956), also known colloquially as "Peter the Great" and "Stosh", is a Slovak-Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1980 to 1995. Šťastný is the ...
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Miroslav Šatan
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Žigmund Pálffy
Žigmund "Ziggy" Pálffy (; born May 5, 1972) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. Along with his English nickname, he was nicknamed "Žigo" in Slovak.
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Henrik Lundqvist
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Borje Salming Borje may refer to:
* Börje, Swedish name
* Börje, a parish in the former Ulleråker Hundred of Sweden
* Borje (Foča), village in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Borje, Zagorje ob Savi, small settlement in Slovenia
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Nicklas Lidstrom Nicklas is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include the following:
Given name Sports Football
*Nicklas Bärkroth (born 1992), Swedish footballer
* Nicklas Bergh (born 1982), Swedish footballer
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Peter Forsberg
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Mats Sundin
Mats Johan Sundin (; born 13 February 1971) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL), retiring in 2009. Originally drafted first overall in 1989, Sundin played ...
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Sven Johansson
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Hans Banninger
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Mark Streit
Mark Thomas Streit (born 11 December 1977) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was formerly the captain of both the New York Islanders and the Swiss national team. Streit was one of the few swingmen in the NHL who could pl ...
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Mathias Seger
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Richard Torriani
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Hans-Martin Trepp
Hans-Martin Trepp (9 November 1922 – 17 August 1970) was an ice hockey player for EHC Arosa and the Swiss national team where he scored 83 goals in 94 matches. He won a bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics. He appeared in the World Ch ...
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Ferdinand Cattini
Ferdinand "Pic" Cattini (27 September 1916 in Grono, Switzerland – 17 August 1969 in Davos, Switzerland) was a Swiss ice hockey player who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and 1948 Winter Olympics.
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Gerry Cosby
Gerard Finton David Cosby (May 15, 1909 in Roxbury, Massachusetts – November 26, 1996) was an American ice hockey player and businessman. Cosby played goaltender for the Massachusetts Rangers, the team that won the 1933 World Ice Hockey ...
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Chris Chelios
Christos Kostas Chelios (born January 25, 1962) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was one of the longest tenured players in the National Hockey League, and is a three-time Stanley Cup champion—one with the Montreal Can ...
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Ryan Suter
Ryan Suter (born January 21, 1985) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Nashville Predators and Minnesota Wild.
Suter's father, Bob Suter, was ...
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John Mayasich
John Edward Mayasich (born May 22, 1933) is an American former ice hockey player of Croatian descent. He was a member of the U.S. ice hockey team that won a silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics. ...
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Patrick Kane
Patrick Timothy Kane II (born November 19, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey right winger and alternate captain for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blackhawks selected him with the first overall pick ...
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Herb Drury
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All-Time Teams
Ice hockey trophies and awards
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