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This is a list of family relations in the National Hockey League. Since the creation of the
National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...
in
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, family members have been involved in all aspects of the league. Although most connections are among players, there have been family members involved in coaching and managing as well. Since 1917, 47 pairs of brothers have played together on the same team; among them, ten have won the
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together. Brothers have also squared off against each other five times in the Stanley Cup Finals, most recently in
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. Twenty-six sons have followed in their fathers' footsteps and played for his team. Only once has a father played ''with'' his sons, when
Gordie Howe Gordon Howe (March 31, 1928 – June 10, 2016) 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 seaso ...
played with
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and Marty for one season with the
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. The
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have seen the most familial connections with 31: twenty sets of brothers, five father-son combinations, three uncle-nephew combinations, and three sets of cousins. The
Sutter family The Sutter family, originally from Viking, Alberta, Canada, are one of the most famous families in the National Hockey League (NHL). Six brothers: Brent Sutter, Brent, Brian Sutter, Brian, Darryl Sutter, Darryl, Duane Sutter, Duane, Rich Sutter, ...
has had the largest number of family members – nine – play, coach and manage in the NHL. The original six brothers ( Brent,
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, Duane,
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) and three of their sons (cousins Brandon,
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) result in multiple brother/father-son/uncle-nephew/cousin combinations. Below is a list of family relations throughout the NHL as players, head coaches, general managers, and officials. Owners are not included, as inheritance makes these relations more routine. Names in bold have won the Stanley Cup. Names in ''italics'' are members of the
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. An asterisk (*) denotes a current ( 2024–25 season) NHL player.


Siblings


Parent-children


Grandfather-grandsons

This category is for such pairings not already listed in the "Parent-Children" section above (i.e., maternal grandparents): grandfathers Paulin Bordeleau, Bernie Geoffrion, Bryan Hextall, Lester Patrick, Jerry Wilson.


Great-grandfather & great-grandson


Uncles-nephews

This category is for such pairings not already listed in the "Father-Son" & "Siblings" sections above.


Grand-uncle & grand-nephews


Great, grand-uncle & great, grand-nephew


Cousins


In-law

This category is for pairings of
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.


See also

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List of professional sports families This is a list of all familial relations in professional sports. Parents and children Couples See also *List of family relations in American football ** List of second-generation National Football League players * List of association f ...
*
List of family relations in American football The following is a list of family relations in American football. Please do not add relationships in which members did not make it to a professional sports league. List *Adamle – Tony Adamle (father), Mike Adamle (son) *Adams – Julius Ad ...
**
List of second-generation National Football League players The following is a partial list of National Football League players whose fathers also played professional football in the NFL or any league that merged with it. The list includes the son's name and position and the father's name and position. ...
* List of association football (soccer) families **
List of African association football families This is a list of association football (soccer) families. The countries are listed according to the national teams of the senior family member if the other family member played for a different country. A Algeria * Farès Bahlouli, Mohamed ...
** List of European association football families ***
List of English association football families This is a list of English association football (soccer) families. ;Families included on the list must have: # at least, one member of the family is capped by a national team on the senior level or an important person in the game of football (e ...
*** List of former Yugoslavia association football families ***
List of Scottish football families This is a list of Scottish football (soccer) families. ;Families included on the list must have: # at least, one member of the family is capped by a national team on the senior level or an important person in the game of football (e.g., notable ...
*** List of Spanish association football families ** :Association football families *
List of Australian rules football families This is a list of Australian rules football families, that is families who have had more than one member play or coach in the Australian Football League (previously the VFL) as well as families who have had multiple immediate family members wi ...
*
List of second-generation Major League Baseball players Dozens of father-and-son combinations have played or managed in Major League Baseball (MLB). The first was Jack Doscher, son of Herm Doscher, who made his debut in 1903. Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. became the first father-and-son duo t ...
*
List of second-generation National Basketball Association players The following is a list of father-and-son combinations who have played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The list includes players who played for the Basketball Association of America (BAA) before it was renamed NBA in 1949, as well as ...
*
List of boxing families This is a list of boxing families with two or more notable boxers. Many families have had multiple members become famous in the sport of boxing, with some having held multiple world titles. While this does not have extensive details, their highe ...
*
List of chess families Siblings Brothers *Espen Agdestein and Simen Agdestein *Alexander Alekhine and Alexei Alekhine *Dávid Bérczes and Csaba Bérczes *Jacobo Bolbochán and Julio Bolbochán *Olexandr Bortnyk and Mykola Bortnyk *Donald Byrne and Robert Byrne * ...
*
List of International cricket families List of International cricket families is a list of people grouped by family who are associated with Test, One Day International or Twenty20 International cricket. Afghanistan Malik/Abid/Sadiq/Alam * Taj Malik * Hasti Gul *Karim Sadiq * Aftab A ...
* List of family relations in rugby league *
List of international rugby union families The following is a list of related people who have played international rugby union. Argentina *Felipe Contepomi and Manuel Contepomi; twin brothers *Ignacio Fernández Lobbe and Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe; brothers *Juan Fernández Mirand ...
* List of professional wrestling families


References


External links


The Hockey Hall of FameHockey Draft Central
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