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This page provides the recommended format for articles about ice hockey players. Scott Walker's information is used to illustrate examples, except for some goaltender-specific information. Not all articles will slavishly conform to this standard; obviously, superstars such as Wayne Gretzky will have longer and more involved articles than less well-known players (ex. Sheldon Keefe).
[edit] Player Infobox
Use the Ice Hockey Player Infobox. Follow the instructions on the main page.
[edit] Article Sections
The first paragraph should be a very short introduction, including the player's position and notable teams for which he played. Do not say that the player "was" a hockey player unless he is deceased; rather say that he is a retired hockey player.
The following is a good example:
The next section should be in paragraph form and provide an overview of the player's career. It should note in which draft the player was drafted (or, if the player was undrafted, the article should note that fact). Drafts should be formated as: [[1999 NHL Entry Draft]].
When noting the year that player did something in the NHL, use the [[2001–02 NHL season]] tags.
The following is an example of a Playing Career section:
[edit] Playing career
Scott Walker was selected 124th overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He was selected as the 4th choice of the Vancouver Canucks on June 26, 1993. Exactly five years later on June 26, 1998 he was chosen by the Predators in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft. He currently plays for the Nashville Predators.
Walker became the Nashville Predators' career scoring leader during the 2003–04 NHL season. At that time he was one of only three remaining original Predators on the Nashville roster (along with Greg Johnson and Tomas Vokoun).
He played 589 regular season NHL games over ten seasons before making it to post season play. That is the second longest wait in NHL history. Only Guy Charron played more games without making the playoffs. Charron retired in 1981 after 734 games, before ever playing in a single post season game.
Walker has two career hat tricks. The first came December 26, 2000, against the Colorado Avalanche at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville. The first two goals were against David Aebischer and the third was into an empty net. His second came against the Phoenix Coyotes on December 22, 2002, also in Nashville. All three goals came against Brian Boucher.
He was the first person to ever score an NHL goal at Glendale Arena when on December 27, 2003, he got the puck past Sean Burke at 14:17 of the first period.
When Greg Johnson was sidelined with injuries, Walker served as the Predator's interim captain between January 12 and January 25, 2003.
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After the playing career comes the Awards section. This is a bulleted list of any awards the player has earned. Citations do not necessarily have to be major awards (like the Norris Trophy or Lady Byng), but they do have to be notable. Put them in chronological order if possible.
The following is an example of an Awards section:
[edit] Awards
- Named to the OHL Second All-Star Team in 1993.
- NHL's Offensive Player of the Week for December 22–28, 2003.
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The next section is be a bulleted list of any records the person holds. It is acceptable to list records the person no longer holds, as long is it is noted who took the record from them, and when the record was taken from them.
The records listed can be of any level of notoriety (obviously not everyone is Wayne Gretzky). They can be for a franchise, nation, or league. Be sure and note what type of record (team record, league record, etc.) the person holds, as well as the year in which they were set, if applicable.
The following is an example of a Records section:
[edit] Records
- Nashville Predators' franchise record for points in a season (67)
- Nashville Predators' franchise record for career points (231)
- Nashville Predators' franchise record for career goals (91)
- Nashville Predators' franchise record for penalty minutes (429)
- NHL record for games played before making the post season (589) -- (Guy Charron played 734 but he never appeared in the post season).
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The next section is a wikitable of the player's statistics. There can be more than one totals section, but be sure to include the NHL (or highest league played in) totals. Do not include statistics from international competition; these will be included in the International Competition section below. As well, please refrain from updating stats mid-season, as it complicates things and Wikipedia's purpose is not to provide up-to-the-date statistics. Make sure to link team, league, and season articles (assuming there are articles for them), and the headings G, A, Pts and PIM. Additionally refrain from using +/- statistics as well, and only Games Played (GP), Goals (G), Assists (A), Total points (Pts) and Penalty minutes (PIM).
Goalie stats and Skater stats are necessarily different.
The following is an example of a Career stats entry for a skater:
[edit] Career statistics
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Regular Season |
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Playoffs |
| Season |
Team |
League |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
| 1991–92 |
Owen Sound Platters |
OHL |
53 |
7 |
31 |
38 |
128 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
| 1992–93 |
Owen Sound Platters |
OHL |
57 |
23 |
68 |
91 |
110 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
16 |
| 1993–94 |
Hamilton Bulldogs |
AHL |
77 |
10 |
29 |
39 |
272 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
25 |
| 1994–95 |
Syracuse Crunch |
AHL |
74 |
14 |
38 |
52 |
334 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1994–95 |
Vancouver Canucks |
NHL |
11 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
33 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1995–96 |
Syracuse Crunch |
AHL |
15 |
3 |
12 |
15 |
52 |
16 |
9 |
8 |
17 |
39 |
| 1995–96 |
Vancouver Canucks |
NHL |
63 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
137 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1996–97 |
Vancouver Canucks |
NHL |
64 |
3 |
15 |
18 |
132 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1997–98 |
Vancouver Canucks |
NHL |
59 |
3 |
10 |
13 |
164 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1998–99 |
Nashville Predators |
NHL |
71 |
15 |
25 |
40 |
103 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1999–00 |
Nashville Predators |
NHL |
69 |
7 |
21 |
28 |
90 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2000–01 |
Nashville Predators |
NHL |
74 |
25 |
29 |
54 |
66 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2001–02 |
Nashville Predators |
NHL |
28 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
18 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2002–03 |
Nashville Predators |
NHL |
60 |
15 |
18 |
33 |
58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2003–04 |
Nashville Predators |
NHL |
75 |
25 |
42 |
67 |
94 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
| NHL Totals |
574 |
101 |
174 |
275 |
895 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
[edit] Blank version
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Regular Season |
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Playoffs |
| Season |
Team |
League |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
| year |
team name |
league |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1992–93 |
team |
league |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| NHL Totals |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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The following is an example of a Career Stats section for a goalie (from Tomas Vokoun):
[edit] Career statistics
[edit] Regular season
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| Season |
Team |
League |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
MIN |
GA |
SO |
GAA |
| 1993–94 |
Kladno |
Czech |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
2 |
0 |
6.00 |
| 1994–95 |
Kladno |
Czech |
26 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1368 |
70 |
-- |
3.07 |
| 1995–96 |
Wheeling Nailers |
ECHL |
35 |
20 |
10 |
2 |
1912 |
117 |
0 |
3.67 |
| 1996–97 |
Montreal Canadiens |
NHL |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
4 |
0 |
12.00 |
| 1996–97 |
Fredericton Canadiens |
AHL |
47 |
12 |
26 |
7 |
2645 |
154 |
2 |
3.49 |
| 1997–98 |
Fredericton Canadiens |
AHL |
31 |
13 |
13 |
2 |
1735 |
90 |
0 |
3.11 |
| 1998–99 |
Nashville Predators |
NHL |
37 |
12 |
18 |
4 |
1954 |
96 |
1 |
2.95 |
| 1998–99 |
Milwaukee Admirals |
IHL |
9 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
539 |
22 |
1 |
2.45 |
| 1999–00 |
Nashville Predators |
NHL |
33 |
9 |
20 |
1 |
1879 |
87 |
1 |
2.78 |
| 1999–00 |
Milwaukee Admirals |
IHL |
7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
364 |
17 |
0 |
2.80 |
| 2000–01 |
Nashville Predators |
NHL |
37 |
13 |
17 |
5 |
2088 |
85 |
2 |
2.44 |
| 2001–02 |
Nashville Predators |
NHL |
29 |
5 |
14 |
4 |
1471 |
66 |
2 |
2.69 |
| 2002–03 |
Nashville Predators |
NHL |
69 |
25 |
31 |
11 |
3974 |
146 |
3 |
2.20 |
| 2003–04 |
Nashville Predators |
NHL |
73 |
34 |
29 |
10 |
4221 |
178 |
3 |
2.53 |
| NHL Totals |
279 |
98 |
129 |
35 |
15606 |
662 |
12 |
2.55 |
[edit] Playoffs
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| Season |
Team |
League |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
MIN |
GA |
SO |
GAA |
| 1994–95 |
Kladno |
Czech |
5 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
240 |
19 |
-- |
4.75 |
| 1995–96 |
Wheeling Nailers |
ECHL |
7 |
4 |
3 |
-- |
436 |
19 |
0 |
2.61 |
| 1995–96 |
Fredericton Canadiens |
AHL |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-- |
59 |
4 |
0 |
4.09 |
| 1998–99 |
Milwaukee Admirals |
IHL |
2 |
0 |
2 |
-- |
149 |
8 |
0 |
3.22 |
| 2003–04 |
Nashville Predators |
NHL |
6 |
2 |
4 |
-- |
356 |
12 |
1 |
2.02 |
| NHL Totals |
6 |
2 |
4 |
-- |
356 |
12 |
1 |
2.02 |
The final section is the International Play section. If the player does not have a lot of international play, this can be a simple bullet list and stats. If the player has significant interational play (ie. Ivan Hlinka) then the section could be significantly larger, or the content could be included in Playing Career above.
Make sure to create a medal table for players who have made the top 3 on their respective team. Included must be the year and location, the medal (Gold, Silver, Bronze) and the row must be under a heading with its tournament type.
The following is an example of an International Play section. Note that the country name links to the page of the national team and the competition names link to the most specific page available - "2004 World Cup of Hockey" and "Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics", for example, and simply "Ice Hockey World Championships" before 2004. Captaincy, alternate captaincy, and a top 3 finish in the competition should be noted in brackets as well. If statistics cannot be found for all the competitions, include just the ones you can find in the table. This example is from Darius Kasparitis and includes most of the situations described:
[edit] International play
Played for the Soviet Union in:
Played for Russia in:
[edit] International statistics
| Year |
Team |
Comp |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
| 1998 |
Russia |
Oly |
6 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
| 2002 |
Russia |
Oly |
6 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
| 2004 |
Russia |
WCH |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
| 2006 |
Russia |
Oly |
8 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
[edit] Categories Used for Players
Most players will have several categories to which they will belong. Each player should have a category for their nationality and for each team that he or she has ever been a member. All NHL teams have categories, as well as most junior teams and many minor league and college teams.
For more information on ice hockey categorization see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Category structure.
The following is an example of the code for the categories:
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[[Category:Canadian ice hockey players|Walker, Scott]]
[[Category:Nashville Predators players|Walker, Scott]]
[[Category:Vancouver Canucks players|Walker, Scott]]
[[Category:Owen Sound Attack alumni|Walker, Scott]]
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[edit] If Player Articles are Not Formatted
If a player's article is not formatted according to this standard, then his or her name should be included at: Wikipedia:List of unformatted ice hockey players. Feel free to take any article on that list and properly format it!
[edit] Player Images
Do your best to find or produce free licensed images of players for the biographies article. You may want to upload pictures you've taken to Wikimedia Commons, so that they can be used in any international Wikipedia.
[edit] Images from NHLPA Website
Images from NHLPA Website are not free. They are copyrighted for The National Hockey League Players' Association, and any reproduction or publication of any part of the content of the NHLPA Website, without the express written permission of the NHLPA is prohibited. [1]. Moreover, even if NHLPA would give permission for the use of its images on Wikipedia, those images would still not be free, and could only be used in accordance to Wikipedia's policy on usage of unfree material, that among other things, forbids the use of unfree images where a free alternative "could be created" (which is the case for living players).
[edit] Notability standards for ice hockey players
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Ice hockey players shall be considered notable for purposes of the hockey project's scope if they fulfill one or more of the following and if they otherwise fulfill the requirements of WP:V:
- Played one or more games in the National Hockey League, the Elitserien, the SM-liiga, the Russian Super League or other such top national professional league;
- Played one or more games in a defunct league generally considered to have been a "major" professional league, such as the World Hockey Association, the National Hockey Association, the Czechoslovak Extraliga, the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and suchlike;
- Played one or more games in an amateur league considered, through lack of a professional league, the highest level of competition extant, such as the 19th century Amateur Hockey Association or the Soviet League;
- Played five or more seasons, and at least 100 games, in a fully professional minor league such as the American Hockey League, the International Hockey League, the ECHL, the Mestis, the HockeyAllsvenskan or other such league;
- Achieved preeminent honors (all-time top ten career scorer, league or playoff MVP, first team all-star, All-American) in a lower minor league such as the Central Hockey League or the United Hockey League, in a major junior league such as the Ontario Hockey Association or the Western Hockey League or in a major collegiate hockey league;
- Was a first-round draft pick in the NHL Entry Draft;
- Played on a national Olympic team; or
- Are Honoured Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
[edit] Diacritics
Diacritics shall be applied to all player pages, where appropriate as for the languages of the nationalities of the players in question. They shall also be applied to pages for international competitions and leagues where their use is commonplace, such as IIHF play, the World Championships, the Olympics and pages for European professional leagues and teams. They shall not be used for North American league and team pages, including all professional, junior and collegiate leagues, and associated pages such as Stanley Cup playoff pages, lists of awards and Hockey Hall of Fame-related pages, except where their use is likewise customary (specifically, in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey).
[edit] Nicknames
The use of player nicknames that are simple diminutives is discouraged.
[edit] References
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