List of current NHL Defencemen
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Below is a list of all current NHL defencemen, listed in order by the team they play for and what conference their team is in. Names in bold represent captains and alternate captains.
Accurate as of different dates between November 1 and November 17, 2006
[edit] Eastern Conference
[edit] New Jersey Devils
Colin White
Paul Martin
Alex Brooks
Brad Lukowich
Richard Matvichuk
Brian Rafalski
Johnny Oduya
Kyle Turnbull
[edit] New York Islanders
Tom Poti
Joel Bouchard
Sean Hill
Bruno Gervais
Chris Campoli
Radek Martinek
Brendan Witt
Alexei Zhitnik
Marc-Andre Bergeron
[edit] New York Rangers
Michal Rozsival
Aaron Ward
Darius Kasparaitis
Marek Malik
Thomas Pöck
Karel Rachunek
Sandis Ozolinsh
Fedor Tyutin
David Liffiton
Dale Purinton
[edit] Philadelphia Flyers
Derian Hatcher Mike Rathje
Nolan Baumgartner
Randy Jones
Denis Gauthier
Martin Grenier
Freddy Meyer
David Printz
Lars Jonsson
Joni Pitkanen
Alexandre Picard
[edit] Pittsburgh Penguins
Josef Melichar
Mark Eaton
Noah Welch
Rob Scuderi
Ryan Whitney
Eric Cairns
Brooks Orpik
Sergei Gonchar
[edit] Boston Bruins
Andrew Ference
Nathan Dempsey
Paul Mara
Jason York
Zdeno Chara
Andrew Alberts
Milan Jurcina
Denis Wideman
[edit] Buffalo Sabres
Toni Lydman
Jaroslav Špaček
Henrik Tallinder
Teppo Numminen
Mike Card
Nathan Paetsch
Dmitri Kalinin
Brian Campbell
Anthony Doherty
[edit] Montreal Canadiens
Janne Niinimaa
Mike Komisarek
Mathieu Dandenault
Mark Streit
Sheldon Souray
Francis Bouillon
Josh Gorges
Andrei Markov
[edit] Ottawa Senators
Chris Phillips
Christoph Schubert
Wade Redden
Joe Corvo
Andrej Meszaros
Anton Volchenkov
Tom Preissing
[edit] Toronto Maple Leafs
Wade Belak
Ian White
Tomas Kaberle
Bryan McCabe
Hal Gill
Brendan Bell
Ian White
Carlo Colaiacovo
Andy Wozniewski
Pavel Kubina
[edit] Atlanta Thrashers
Garnet Exelby
Vitaly Vishnevski
Steve McCarthy
Greg de Vries
Andy Sutton
Niclas Havelid
Shane Hnidy
[edit] Carolina Hurricanes
Glen Wesley
Frantisek Kaberle
Bret Hedican
Niclas Wallin
Tim Gleason
Mike Commodore
Andrew Hutchinson
David Tanabe
Anton Babchuk
Luke Lewizal
[edit] Florida Panthers
Branislav Mezei
Jay Bouwmeester
Bryan Allen
Steve Montador
Joel Kwiatkowski
Ruslan Salei
Mike Van Ryn
Ric Jackman
[edit] Tampa Bay Lightning
Doug Janik
Luke Richardson
Cory Sarich
Dan Boyle
Nolan Pratt
Paul Ranger
Filip Kuba
[edit] Washington Capitals
Brian Pothier
John Erskine
Shaone Morrisonn
Steve Eminger
Bryan Muir
Mike Green
Jamie Hunt
[edit] Western Conference
[edit] Chicago Blackhawks
Duncan Keith
Jassen Cullimore
Lasse Kukkonen
Brent Seabrook
Jim Vandermeer
Adrian Aucoin
Danny Richmond
[edit] Columbus Blue Jackets
Anders Eriksson
Bryan Berard
Ron Hainsey
Duvie Westcott
Aaron Johnson
Adam Foote
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen
Rostislav Klesla
[edit] Detroit Red Wings
Jiří Fischer
Andreas Lilja
Nicklas Lidström
Brett Lebda
Mathieu Schneider
Chris Chelios
Kyle Quincey
Niklas Kronwall
Danny Markov
[edit] Nashville Predators
Dan Hamhuis
Marek Zidlicky
Greg Zanon
Shea Weber
Ryan Suter
Mikko Lehtonen
Kimmo Timonen
[edit] St. Louis Blues
Eric Brewer
Barret Jackman
Jamie Rivers
Dennis Wideman
Bryce Salvador
Matt Walker
Jeff Woywitka
Roman Polak
Christian Backman
Jay McKee
Tomas Mojzis
[edit] Calgary Flames
Dion Phaneuf
Roman Hamrlik
Mark Giordano
Andrei Zyuzin
Brad Stuart
Robyn Regehr
Rhett Warrener
David Hale
Richie Regehr
[edit] Colorado Avalanche
Ken Klee
Kārlis Skrastiņš
John-Michael Liles
Brett Clark
Ossi Väänänen
Kurt Sauer
Jordan Leopold
Patrice Brisebois
[edit] Edmonton Oilers
Matt Greene
Ladislav Smid
Jason Smith
Steve Staios
Jan Hejda
Daniel Tjarnqvist
Sebestian Bisallion Mathieu Roy
[edit] Minnesota Wild
Keith Carney
Kim Johnsson
Brent Burns
Kurtis Foster
Petteri Nummelin
Martin Skoula
Nick Schultz
[edit] Vancouver Canucks
Mattias Öhlund
Kevin Bieksa
Luc Bourdon
Lukas Krajicek
Sami Salo
Willie Mitchell
Rory Fitzpatrick
Alexander Edler
Yannick Tremblay
Patrick Coulombe
[edit] Anaheim Ducks
Ian Moran
Sean O'Donnell
François Beauchemin
Chris Pronger
Scott Niedermayer
Joe DiPenta
Shane O'Brien
[edit] Dallas Stars
Stephane Robidas
Darryl Sydor
Trevor Daley
Jon Klemm
Philippe Boucher
Jaroslav Modry
Sergei Zubov
[edit] Los Angeles Kings
Aaron Miller
Rob Blake
Brent Sopel
Mike Weaver
Jamie Heward
Mattias Norström
Lubomir Visnovsky
Oleg Tverdovsky
Kevin Dallman
[edit] Phoenix Coyotes
Keith Ballard
Keith Yandle
Zbynek Michalek
Dennis Seidenberg
Nick Boynton
Derek Morris
Ed Jovanovski
[edit] San Jose Sharks
Douglas Murray
Kyle McLaren
Rob Davison
Craig Rivet
Christian Ehrhoff
Matt Carle
Scott Hannan
Marc-Edouard Vlasic
