List of current NHL Defencemen

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Below is a list of all current NHL defencemen, along with some information about the players, listed in order by the team they play for and what conference their team is in.
Accurate as of different dates between November 1st and November 17th, 2006

[edit] Eastern Conference

#		Player (New Jersey Devils)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		David Hale	L	2000	Colorado Springs, Colorado
5		Colin White - A	L	1996	New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
7		Paul Martin	L	2000	Minneapolis, Minnesota
8		Alex Brooks	R	2002	Madison, Wisconsin
21		Brad Lukowich	L	2006	Cranbrook, British Columbia
24		Richard Matvichuk	L	2005	Edmonton, Alberta
28		Brian Rafalski	R	1999	Dearborn, Michigan
29		Johnny Oduya	L	2006	Stockholm, Sweden

#		Player (New York Islanders)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3		Tom Poti	L	2006	Worcester, Massachusetts
4		Joel Bouchard	L	2005	Montreal, Quebec
6		Sean Hill	L	2006	Duluth, Minnesota
8		Bruno Gervais	R	2003	Acadie, Quebec
14		Chris Campoli	L	2004	North York, Ontario
24		Radek Martinek	R	1999	Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia
32		Brendan Witt - A	L	2006	Humboldt, Saskatchewan
77		Alexei Zhitnik	L	2005	Kiev, U.S.S.R.

#		Player (New York Rangers)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3		Michal Rozsival	R	2005	Vlašim, Czechoslovakia
4		Aaron Ward	R	2006	Windsor, Ontario
6		Darius Kasparaitis	L	2002	Elektrėnai, U.S.S.R.
8		Marek Malik	L	2005	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
22		Thomas Pöck	L	2004	Klagenfurt, Austria
23		Karel Rachunek	R	2004	Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia
24		Sandis Ozolinsh	L	2006	Riga, U.S.S.R.
51		Fedor Tyutin	L	2001	Izhevsk, U.S.S.R.

#		Player (Philadelphia Flyers)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Derian Hatcher - A	L	2005	Sterling Heights, Michigan
3		Mike Rathje	L	2005	Mannville, Alberta
6		Randy Jones	L	2003	Quispamsis, New Brunswick
23		Denis Gauthier	L	2006	Montreal, Quebec
34		Freddy Meyer	L	2003	Sanbornville, New Hampshire
44		Joni Pitkanen	L	2002	Oulu, Finland
45		Alexandre Picard	L	2003	Gatineau, Quebec

#		Player (Pittsburgh Penguins)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Josef Melichar	L	1997	České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
3		Mark Eaton	L	2006	Wilmington, Delaware
4		Noah Welch	L	2001	Brighton, Massachusetts
5		Rob Scuderi	L	1998	Syosset, New York
19		Ryan Whitney	L	2002	Boston, Massachusetts
33		Eric Cairns	L	2006	Oakville, Ontario
44		Brooks Orpik	L	2002	San Francisco, California
55		Sergei Gonchar - A	L	2005	Chelyabinsk, U.S.S.R.

#		Player (Boston Bruins)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
6		Brad Stuart	L	2005	Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
21		Nathan Dempsey	R	2006	Spruce Grove, Alberta
23		Paul Mara	L	2006	Ridgewood, New Jersey
25		Jason York	R	2006	Nepean, Ontario
33		Zdeno Chara - C	L	2006	Trencin, Czechoslovakia
41		Andrew Alberts	L	2001	Minneapolis, Minnesota
68		Milan Jurcina	R	2001	Liptovsky Mikulas, Czechoslovakia

#		Player (Buffalo Sabres)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
5		Toni Lydman	L	2005	Lahti, Finland
6		Jaroslav Špaček	L	2006	Rokycany, Czechoslovakia
10		Henrik Tallinder	L	2001	Stockholm, Sweden
27		Teppo Numminen - A	R	2005	Tampere, Finland
33		Mike Card	R	2004	Kitchener, Ontario
38		Nathan Paetsch	L	2003	LeRoy, Saskatchewan
45		Dmitri Kalinin	L	1998	Cheljabinsk, U.S.S.R.
51		Brian Campbell	L	1997	Strathroy, Ontario

#		Player (Montreal Canadiens)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
6		Janne Niinimaa	L	2006	Raahe, Finland
8		Mike Komisarek	R	2001	West Islip, New York
25		Mathieu Dandenault	R	2005	Sherbrooke, Quebec
32		Mark Streit	L	2004	Englisberg, Switzerland
44		Sheldon Souray - A	L	2000	Elk Point, Alberta
51		Francis Bouillon	L	2002	New York City, New York
52		Craig Rivet - A	R	1992	North Bay, Ontario
79		Andrei Markov	L	1998	Voskresensk, U.S.S.R.

#		Player (Ottawa Senators)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
4		Chris Phillips - A	L	1996	Calgary, Alberta
5		Christoph Schubert	L	2001	Munich, Germany
6		Wade Redden - A	L	1996	Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
7		Joe Corvo	R	2006	Oak Park, Illinois
14		Andrej Meszaros	L	2004	Povazska Bystrica, Slovakia
24		Anton Volchenkov	L	2000	Moscow, Russia
42		Tom Preissing	R	2006	Arlington Heights, Illinois

#		Player (Toronto Maple Leafs)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3		Wade Belak	R	2001	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
7		Ian White	R	2002	Steinbach, Manitoba
15		Tomas Kaberle - A	L	1996	Rakovnik, Czechoslovakia
24		Bryan McCabe - A	L	2001	St. Catharines, Ontario
25		Hal Gill	L	2006	Concord, Massachusetts
45		Carlo Colaiacovo	L	2001	Toronto, Ontario
56		Andy Wozniewski	L	2003	Buffalo Grove, Illinois
73		Pavel Kubina	R	2006	Celadna, Czechoslovakia

#		Player (Atlanta Thrashers	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Garnet Exelby	L	1999	Craik, Saskatchewan
3		Vitaly Vishnevski	L	2006	Kharkiv, U.S.S.R.
5		Steve McCarthy	L	2006	Trail, British Columbia
7		Greg de Vries	L	2005	Sundridge, Ontario
25		Andy Sutton	L	2002	Kingston, Ontario
28		Niclas Havelid - A	L	2004	Stockholm, Sweden
34		Shane Hnidy	R	2005	Neepawa, Manitoba

#		Player (Carolina Hurricanes)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Glen Wesley - A	L	2003	Red Deer, Alberta
5		Frantisek Kaberle	L	2004	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
6		Bret Hedican	L	2002	St. Paul, Minnesota
7		Niclas Wallin	L	2000	Boden, Sweden
8		Tim Gleason	L	2006	Southfield, Michigan
22		Mike Commodore	R	2005	Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
28		Andrew Hutchinson	R	2005	Evanston, Illinois
45		David Tanabe	L	2006	White Bear Lake, Minnesota
48		Anton Babchuk	R	2006	Kiev, U.S.S.R.

#		Player (Florida Panthers)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Branislav Mezei	L	2002	Nitra, Slovakia
4		Jay Bouwmeester	L	2002	Edmonton, Alberta
5		Bryan Allen	L	2006	Kingston, Ontario
7		Steve Montador	R	2005	Vancouver, British Columbia
8		Joel Kwiatkowski	L	2004	Kindersley, Saskatchewan
24		Ruslan Salei - A	L	2006	Minsk, Belarus
26		Mike Van Ryn	R	2003	London, Ontario
55		Ric Jackman	R	2006	Toronto, Ontario

#		Player (Tampa Bay Lightning)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
5		Doug Janik	L	2006	Agawam, Massachussets
7		Luke Richardson	L	2006	Ottawa, Ontario
21		Cory Sarich	R	1999	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
22		Dan Boyle	R	2001	Ottawa, Ontario
44		Nolan Pratt	L	2001	Fort McMurray, Alberta
54		Paul Ranger	L	2002	Whitby, Ontario
71		Filip Kuba	L	2006	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

#		Player (Washington Capitals)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Brian Pothier	R	2006	New Bedford, Massachusetts
4		John Erskine	L	2006	Kingston, Ontario
6		Jamie Heward	R	2005	Regina, Saskatchewan
26		Shaone Morrisonn	L	2004	Vancouver, British Columbia
44		Steve Eminger	R	2002	Woodbridge, Ontario
47		Bryan Muir	L	2005	Winnipeg, Manitoba
52		Mike Green	R	2004	Calgary, Alberta

[edit] Western Conference

#		Player (Chicago Blackhawks)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Duncan Keith	L	2002	Winnipeg, Manitoba
5		Jassen Cullimore	L	2004	Simcoe, Ontario
6		Lasse Kukkonen	L	2006	Oulu, Finland
7		Brent Seabrook	R	2003	Richmond, British Columbia
23		Jim Vandermeer	L	2004	Caroline, Alberta
33		Adrian Aucoin - C	R	2005	Ottawa, Ontario
44		Danny Richmond	L	2005	Chicago, Illinois

#		Player (Columbus Blue Jackets)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Anders Eriksson	L	2006	Bollnas, Sweden
4		Bryan Berard	L	2005	Woonsocket, Rhode Island
6		Ron Hainsey	L	2005	Bolton, Connecticut
10		Duvie Westcott	R	2001	Winnipeg, Manitoba
44		Aaron Johnson	L	2001	Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
52		Adam Foote - C	R	2005	Toronto, Ontario
55		Ole-Kristian Tollefsen	L	2002	Oslo, Norway
97		Rostislav Klesla	L	2000	Novy Jicin, Czechoslovakia

#		Player (Detroit Red Wings)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Jiří Fischer	L	1998	Horovice, Czechoslovakia
3		Andreas Lilja	L	2005	Landskrona, Sweden
5		Nicklas Lidström - C	L	1989	Vasteras, Sweden
22		Brett Lebda	L	2004	Buffalo Grove, Illinois
23		Mathieu Schneider	L	2003	New York, New York
24		Chris Chelios	R	1999	Chicago, Illinois
55		Niklas Kronwall	L	2000	Stockholm, Sweden
95		Danny Markov	L	2006	Moscow, U.S.S.R.

#		Player (Nashville Predators)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Dan Hamhuis	L	2001	Smithers, British Columbia
3		Marek Zidlicky	R	2002	Most, Czechoslovakia
5		Greg Zanon	L	2004	Burnaby, British Columbia
6		Shea Weber	R	2003	Sicamous, British Columbia
20		Ryan Suter	L	2003	Madison, Wisconsin
42		Mikko Lehtonen	L	2001	Oulu, Finland
44		Kimmo Timonen - C	L	1998	Kuopio, Finland

#		Player (St. Louis Blues)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
4		Eric Brewer	L	2005	Vernon, British Columbia
5		Barret Jackman - A	L	1999	Trail, British Columbia
20		Jamie Rivers	L	2006	Ottawa, Ontario
25		Dennis Wideman	R	2004	Kitchener, Ontario
27		Bryce Salvador	L	1996	Brandon, Manitoba
28		Matt Walker	R	1998	Beaverlodge, Alberta
46		Roman Polak	R	2004	Ostrava, Czech Republic
55		Christian Backman	L	1998	Alingsas, Sweden
74		Jay McKee	L	2006	Kingston, Ontario

#		Player (Calgary Flames)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3		Dion Phaneuf	L	2003	Edmonton, Alberta
4		Roman Hamrlik	L	2005	Zlin, Czechoslovakia
5		Mark Giordano	L	2004	Toronto, Ontario
7		Andrei Zyuzin	L	2006	Ufa, U.S.S.R.
21		Andrew Ference	L	2003	Edmonton, Alberta
28		Robyn Regehr - A	L	1999	Recife, Brazil
44		Rhett Warrener - A	R	2003	Shaunavon, Saskatchewan

#		Player (Colorado Avalanche)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Ken Klee	R	2006	Indianapolis, Indiana
3		Kārlis Skrastiņš	L	2003	Riga, Latvia
4		John-Michael Liles	L	2000	Zionsville, Indiana
5		Brett Clark	L	2002	Wapella, Saskatchewan
27		Ossi Väänänen	L	2004	Vantaa, Finland
34		Kurt Sauer	L	2004	St. Cloud, Minnesota
44		Jordan Leopold	L	2006	Golden Valley, Minnesota
71		Patrice Brisebois	R	2005	Montreal, Quebec

#		Player (Edmonton Oilers)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Matt Greene	R	2002	Grand Ledge, Michigan
5		Ladislav Smid	L	2006	Frýdlant v Čechách, Czechoslovakia
21		Jason Smith - C	R	1999	Calgary, Alberta
24		Steve Staios - A	R	2001	Hamilton, Ontario
25		Jan Hejda	L	2006	Prague, Czechoslovakia
29		Daniel Tjarnqvist	L	2006	Umea, Sweden
47		Marc-Andre Bergeron	L	2001	Saint-Louis-de-France, Quebec

#		Player (Minnesota Wild)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3		Keith Carney	L	2006	Providence, Rhode Island
5		Kim Johnsson - A	L	2006	Malmö, Sweden
8		Brent Burns	R	2003	Ajax, Ontario
26		Kurtis Foster	L	2005	Carp, Ontario
33		Petteri Nummelin	L	2006	Turku, Finland
41		Martin Skoula	L	2006	Litomerice, Czechoslovakia
55		Nick Schultz	L	2000	Strasbourg, Saskatchewan

#		Player (Vancouver Canucks)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Mattias Öhlund	L	1994	Piteå, Sweden
3		Kevin Bieksa	R	2001	Grimsby, Ontario
5		Lukas Krajicek	L	2006	Prostějov, Czechoslovakia
6		Sami Salo	R	2002	Turku, Finland
8		Willie Mitchell	L	2006	Port McNeill, British Columbia
18		Rory Fitzpatrick	R	2006	Rochester, New York
23		Alexander Edler	L	2006	Östersund, Sweden
29		Patrick Coulombe	R	2006	St-Fabien, Quebec

#		Player (Anaheim Ducks)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
18		Ian Moran	R	2006	Cleveland, Ohio
21		Sean O'Donnell	L	2006	Ottawa, Ontario
23		François Beauchemin	L	2005	Sorel, Quebec
25		Chris Pronger - A	L	2006	Dryden, Ontario
27		Scott Niedermayer - C	L	2005	Edmonton, Alberta
33		Joe DiPenta	R	2005	Barrie, Ontario
37		Shane O'Brien	L	2003	Port Hope, Ontario

#		Player (Dallas Stars)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3		Stephane Robidas	R	2005	Sherbrooke, Quebec
5		Darryl Sydor	L	2006	Edmonton, Alberta
6		Trevor Daley	L	2002	Toronto, Ontario
42		Jon Klemm	R	2003	Calgary, Alberta
43		Philippe Boucher	R	2002	St. Appolinaire, Quebec
44		Jaroslav Modry	L	2006	Ceske-Budejovice, Czechoslovakia
56		Sergei Zubov - A	R	1996	Moscow, Russian Federation

#		Player (Los Angeles Kings)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3		Aaron Miller - A	R	2001	Buffalo, New York
4		Rob Blake - A	R	2006	Simcoe, Ontario
5		Brent Sopel	R	2006	Calgary, Alberta
8		Mike Weaver	R	2004	Bramalea, Ontario
14		Mattias Norström - C	L	1996	Stockholm, Sweden
17		Lubomir Visnovsky	L	2000	Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia
28		Oleg Tverdovsky	L	2006	Donetsk, U.S.S.R.
38		Kevin Dallman	R	2006	Niagara Falls, Ontario

#		Player (Phoenix Coyotes)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Keith Ballard	L	2004	Baudette, Minnesota
3		Keith Yandle	L	2005	Boston, Massachusetts
4		Zbynek Michalek	R	2005	Jindrichuv Hradec, Czechoslovakia
22		Dennis Seidenberg	L	2006	Schwenningen, West Germany
44		Nick Boynton	R	2006	Nobleton, Ontario
53		Derek Morris - A	R	2004	Edmonton, Alberta
55		Ed Jovanovski - A	L	2006	Windsor, Ontario

#		Player (San Jose Sharks)	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3		Doug Murray	L	1999	Bromma, Sweden
4		Kyle McLaren	L	2003	Humboldt, Saskatchewan
5		Rob Davison	L	1998	St. Catharines, Ontario
6		Josh Gorges	L	2003	Kelowna, British Columbia
10		Christian Ehrhoff	L	2001	Moers, Germany
18		Matt Carle	L	2003	Anchorage, Alaska
22		Scott Hannan - A	L	1997	Richmond, British Columbia
44		Marc-Edouard Vlasic	L	2005	Montreal, Quebec

[edit] See Also

List of NHL players