List of NHL statistical leaders by country

This is a list of National Hockey League statistical leaders by country of birth, sorted by total points. The top ten players from each country are included. Statistics are current through the end of the 2010–11 NHL season and players currently playing in the NHL are marked in boldface.

All players are listed by the current country of the players' birth location, regardless of their citizenship or where they were trained in hockey.

Contents

Country
Canada
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Finland
United States
Sweden
Russia
United Kingdom
Ukraine
Serbia
Germany
France
Latvia
Lithuania
Paraguay
Poland
Kazakhstan
Austria
Switzerland
Slovenia
Republic of China
South Korea
Netherlands
Belarus
Brazil
Denmark
Brunei
Norway
Venezuela
Haiti
Ireland
Italy
South Africa
Tanzania
Jamaica
Lebanon
Japan
Nigeria
Indonesia
Belgium
Bahamas

See also
Notes
External links

Country

Canada

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Wayne Gretzky EDM, LAK, STL, NYR 1487 2857 1.92
2 Mark Messier EDM, NYR, VAN, NYR 1756 1887 1.07
3 Gordie Howe DET, HAR 1767 1850 1.05
4 Ron Francis HAR, PIT, CAR, TOR 1731 1798 1.04
5 Marcel Dionne DET, LAK, NYR 1348 1771 1.31
6 Steve Yzerman DET 1514 1755 1.16
7 Mario Lemieux PIT 915 1723 1.88
8 Joe Sakic QUE, COL 1378 1641 1.19
9 Phil Esposito CHI, BOS, NYR 1282 1590 1.24
10 Ray Bourque (D) BOS, COL 1612 1579 0.98

Czech Republic

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Jaromir Jagr PIT, WAS, NYR, PHI 1273 1599 1.26
2 Patrik Elias NJD 960 815 0.85
3 Milan Hejduk COL 909 755 0.83
4 Bobby Holik HAR, NJD, NYR, ATL, NJD 1314 747 0.57
5 Martin Straka PIT, OTT, NYI, FLA, PIT, LAK, NYR 954 717 0.75
6 Petr Nedved[1] VAN, STL, NYR, PIT, NYR, EDM, PHX, PHI, EDM 982 717 0.73
7 Robert Lang LAK, BOS, PIT, WAS, DET, CHI, MTL, PHX 989 703 0.71
8 Vaclav Prospal PHI, OTT, FLA, TBL, ANA, TBL, PHI, NYR, CBJ 978 680 0.70
9 Petr Sykora NJD, ANA, NYR, EDM, PIT, MIN, NJD 935 677 0.72
10 Robert Reichel CGY, NYI, PHX, TOR 830 630 0.76

Slovakia

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Stan Mikita[2] CHI 1394 1467 1.05
2 Peter Stastny[3] QUE, NJD, STL 977 1239 1.27
3 Marian Hossa OTT, ATL, PIT, DET, CHI 896 826 0.92
4 Pavol Demitra OTT, STL, LAK, MIN, VAN 847 768 0.91
5 Miroslav Satan EDM, BUF, NYI, PIT, BOS 1050 735 0.70
6 Ziggy Palffy NYI, LAK, PIT 684 713 1.04
7 Jozef Stumpel BOS, LAK, BOS, LAK, FLA 957 677 0.71
8 Anton Stastny QUE 650 636 0.98
9 Marian Gaborik MIN, NYR 640 571 0.89
10 Michal Handzus STL, PHX, PHI, CHI, LAK, SJS 844 435 0.52

Finland

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Jari Kurri EDM, LAK, NYR, ANA, COL 1251 1398 1.12
2 Teemu Selanne WIN, ANA, SJS, COL, ANA 1259 1340 1.06
3 Tomas Sandstrom[4] NYR, LAK, PIT, DET, ANA 983 856 0.87
4 Saku Koivu MTL, ANA 938 738 0.79
5 Teppo Numminen (D) WIN, PHX, DAL, BUF 1372 637 0.46
6 Esa Tikkanen EDM, NYR, STL, NJD, VAN, NYR, FLA, WAS, NYR 877 630 0.72
7 Olli Jokinen LAK, NYI, FLA, PHX, CGY, NYR, CGY 960 622 0.65
8 Jere Lehtinen DAL 875 514 0.59
9 Jyrki Lumme (D) MTL, VAN, PHX, DAL, TOR 985 468 0.48
10 Kimmo Timonen (D) NAS, PHI 894 464 0.52

United States

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Mike Modano MNS, DAL, DET 1498 1374 0.92
2 Phil Housley (D) BUF, WIN, STL, CGY, NJD, WAS, CGY, CHI, TOR 1495 1232 0.82
3 Jeremy Roenick CHI, PHX, PHI, LAK, PHX, SJS 1363 1216 0.89
4 Keith Tkachuk WIN, PHX, STL, ATL, STL 1201 1065 0.89
5 Joe Mullen STL, CGY, PIT, BOS, PIT 1062 1063 1.00
6 Doug Weight NYR, EDM, STL, CAR, STL, ANA, NYI 1238 1033 0.83
7 Brian Leetch (D) NYR, TOR, BOS 1205 1028 0.85
8 Pat LaFontaine NYI, BUF, NYR 865 1013 1.17
9 Chris Chelios (D) MTL, CHI, DET, ATL 1651 948 0.57
10 Neal Broten MNS, DAL, NJD, LAK, DAL 1099 923 0.84

Sweden

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Mats Sundin QUE, TOR, VAN 1346 1349 1.00
2 Nicklas Lidstrom (D) DET 1493 1108 0.74
3 Daniel Alfredsson OTT 1056 1023 0.97
4 Peter Forsberg QUE, COL, PHI, NAS, COL 708 885 1.25
5 Markus Naslund PIT, VAN, NYR 1117 869 0.78
6 Thomas Steen WIN 950 817 0.86
7 Borje Salming (D) TOR, DET 1148 787 0.69
8 Kent Nilsson ATF, CGY, MNS, EDM 553 686 1.24
9 Michael Nylander HAR, CGY, TBL, CHI, WAS, BOS, NYR, WAS 920 679 0.74
10 Henrik Sedin VAN 810 666 0.82

Russia

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Sergei Fedorov DET, ANA, CBJ, WAS 1248 1179 0.94
2 Alexander Mogilny BUF, VAN, NJD, TOR, NJD 990 1032 1.04
3 Alexei Kovalev NYR, PIT, NYR, MTL, OTT, PIT 1302 1024 0.79
4 Vyacheslav Kozlov DET, BUF, ATL 1182 853 0.72
5 Alexei Yashin OTT, NYI 850 781 0.92
6 Pavel Bure VAN, FLA, NYR 702 779 1.11
7 Sergei Zubov (D) NYR, PIT, DAL 1068 771 0.72
8 Alexei Zhamnov WIN, CHI, PHI, BOS 807 719 0.89
9 Sergei Gonchar (D) WAS, BOS, PIT, OTT 1058 711 0.67
10 Ilya Kovalchuk ATL, NJD 702 702 1.00

United Kingdom

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Steve Thomas[5] TOR, CHI, NYI, NJD, TOR, CHI, ANA, DET 1235 933 0.76
2 Owen Nolan[6] QUE, COL, SJS, TOR, PHX, CGY, MIN 1200 885 0.74
3 Ken Hodge CHI, BOS, NYR 881 800 0.91
4 Steve Smith[7] (D) EDM, CHI, CGY 804 375 0.47
5 Peter Lee PIT 431 245 0.57
6 Jim McFadden[8] DET, CHI 412 226 0.55
7 Adam Brown[9] DET, CHI, BOS 391 217 0.55
8 Jim Conacher[10] DET, CHI, NYR 328 202 0.62
9 Tommy Anderson[11] (D) DET, NYA 319 189 0.59
10 Red Beattie[12] BOS, DET, NYA 334 147 0.44

Ukraine

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Peter Bondra[13] WAS, OTT, ATL, CHI 1081 892 0.83
2 Dmitri Khristich WAS, LAK, BOS, TOR, WAS 811 597 0.74
3 Alexei Zhitnik[14] (D) LAK, BUF, NYI, PHI, ATL 1085 471 0.43
4 Johnny Gottselig[15] CHI 589 371 0.63
5 Ruslan Fedotenko PHI, TBL, NYI, PIT, NYR 743 333 0.45
6 Oleg Tverdovsky[16] (D) ANA, WIN, PHX, ANA, NJD, CAR, LAK 713 317 0.44
7 Alexei Ponikarovsky TOR, PIT, LAK, CAR 554 281 0.51
8 Nikolay Zherdev[17] CBJ, NYR, PHI 421 261 0.62
9 Anton Babchuk[18] (D) CHI, CAR, CGY 250 96 0.38
10 Vitaly Vishnevski[19] (D) ANA, ATL, NAS, NJD 552 68 0.12

Serbia

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Ivan Boldirev[20] BOS, CAL, CHI, ATF, VAN, DET 1052 866 0.82
2 Stan Smrke[21] MTL 9 3 0.33

Germany

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Dany Heatley[22] ATL, OTT, SJS, MIN 669 689 1.03
2 Walt Tkaczuk[23] NYR 945 678 0.72
3 Marco Sturm SJS, BOS, LAK, WAS, VAN, FLA 890 482 0.54
4 Jochen Hecht STL, EDM, BUF 764 441 0.58
5 Willie Huber[24] (D) DET, NYR, VAN, PHI 655 321 0.49
6 Uwe Krupp (D) BUF, NYI, QUE, COL, DET, ATL 729 281 0.39
7 Christian Ehrhoff (D) SJS, VAN, BUF 500 226 0.45
8 Mikhail Grabovski[25] MTL, TOR 245 150 0.61
9 Dennis Seidenberg (D) PHI, PHX, CAR, FLA, BOS 454 147 0.32
10 Randy Gilhen[26] HAR, WIN, PIT, LAK, NYR, TBL, FLA, WIN 457 115 0.25

France

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Paul MacLean[27] STL, WIN, DET, STL 719 673 0.94
2 Philippe Bozon STL 144 41 0.28
3 Stephane Da Costa OTT 26 5 0.19
4 Cristobal Huet (G) LAK, MTL, WAS, CHI 272 3 0.01
5 Pat Daley[28] WIN 12 1 0.08

Latvia

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Sandis Ozolinsh (D) SJS, COL, CAR, FLA, ANA, NYR, SJS 875 564 0.64
2 Sergei Zholtok[29] BOS, OTT, MTL, EDM, MIN, NAS 588 258 0.44
3 Karlis Skrastins (D) NAS, COL, FLA, DAL 831 136 0.16
4 Raitis Ivanans MTL, LAK, CGY 281 18 0.06
5 Viktor Tikhonov[30] PHX 61 16 0.26
6 Herberts Vasiljevs FLA, ATL, VAN 51 15 0.29
7 Helmuts Balderis MNS 26 9 0.35
8 Oskars Bartulis (D) PHI 66 9 0.14
9 Arturs Irbe (G) SJS, DAL, VAN, CAR 568 9 0.02
10 Martins Karsums BOS, TBL 24 6 0.25

Lithuania

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Dainius Zubrus[31] PHI, MTL, WAS, BUF, NJD 983 495 0.50
2 Darius Kasparaitis[32] (D) NYI, PIT, COL, NYR 863 163 0.19

Paraguay

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Willi Plett[33] ATF, CGY, MNS, BOS 834 437 0.52

Poland

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Mariusz Czerkawski BOS, EDM, NYI, MTL, NYI, TOR, BOS 745 435 0.58
2 Wojtek Wolski[34] COL, PHX, NYR 393 246 0.63
3 Nick Harbaruk[35] PIT, STL 364 120 0.33
4 Joe Jerwa[36] (D) NYR, BOS, NYA, BOS, NYA 234 87 0.37
5 John Miszuk[37] (D) DET, CHI, PHI, MNS 237 46 0.19
6 Krzysztof Oliwa NJD, CBJ, PIT, NYR, BOS, CGY, NJD 410 45 0.11
7 Peter Sidorkiewicz[38] (G) HAR, OTT, NJD 246 9 0.04
8 Edward Leier[39] CHI 16 3 0.19

Kazakhstan

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Nik Antropov TOR, NYR, ATL, WPG 679 412 0.61
2 Alexander Perezhogin[40] MTL 128 34 0.27
3 Pavel Vorobiev CHI 57 25 0.44
4 Maxim Kuznetsov (D) DET, LAK 136 10 0.07
5 Evgeni Nabokov[41] (G) SJS, NYI 563 10 0.02
6 Konstantin Pushkarev LAK 17 5 0.29
7 Konstantin Shafronov STL 5 3 0.60
8 Vitaly Kolesnik (G) COL 8 1 0.13

Austria

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Thomas Vanek BUF 469 386 0.82
2 Michael Grabner VAN, NYI 96 64 0.67
3 Andreas Nodl PHI, CAR 115 27 0.23
4 Thomas Pock (D) NYR, NYI 118 17 0.14
5 Christoph Brandner MIN 35 9 0.26

Switzerland

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Mark Hardy[42] (D) LAK, NYR, MNS, NYR, LAK 926 368 0.40
2 Mark Streit (D) MTL, NYI 361 214 0.59
3 Yannick Weber (D) MTL 49 12 0.24
4 Patrick Fischer PHX 27 10 0.37
5 Martin Gerber (G) ANA, CAR, OTT, TOR, EDM 229 7 0.03
6 David Aebischer (G) COL, MTL, PHX 214 5 0.02
7 Reto von Arx CHI 19 4 0.21
8 Jonas Hiller (G) ANA 177 4 0.02
9 Nino Niederreiter NYI 9 2 0.22
10 Timo Helbling (D) TBL 11 1 0.09

Slovenia

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Anze Kopitar[43] LAK 393 358 0.91
2 Jan Mursak[44] DET 19 1 0.05

Republic of China

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Rod Langway[45] (D) MTL, WAS 994 329 0.33

South Korea

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Richard Park[46] PIT, ANA, PHI, MIN, VAN, NYI 684 227 0.33
2 Jim Paek (D)[47] PIT, LAK, OTT 217 34 0.16

Netherlands

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Ed Beers[48] CGY, STL 250 210 0.84
2 Ed Kea (D)[49] ATF, STL 583 175 0.30

Belarus

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Ruslan Salei (D) ANA, FLA, COL, DET 916 204 0.22
2 Andrei Kostitsyn MTL 326 186 0.57
3 Sergei Kostitsyn MTL, NAS 232 118 0.51
4 Konstantin Koltsov PIT 144 38 0.26
5 Sergei Bautin[50] (D) WIN, DET, SJS 132 30 0.23
6 Oleg Mikulchik (D) WIN, ANA 37 3 0.08

Brazil

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Robyn Regehr (D)[51] CGY, BUF 826 163 0.20
2 Mike Greenlay (G)[52] EDM 2 1 0.5

Denmark

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Frans Nielsen NYI 237 120 0.51
2 Jannik Hansen VAN 189 65 0.34
3 Poul Popiel[53] (D) BOS, LAK, DET, VAN, EDM 224 54 0.24
4 Peter Regin OTT 141 48 0.34
5 Mikkel Boedker PHX 126 45 0.36
6 Lars Eller STL, MTL 84 19 0.23
7 Philip Larsen (D) DAL 8 3 0.38

Brunei

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Craig Adams[54] CAR, CHI, PIT 668 115 0.17

Norway

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Espen Knutsen ANA, CBJ 207 111 0.54
2 Patrick Thoresen EDM, PHI 106 24 0.23
3 Mats Zuccarello Aasen NYR 42 23 0.55
4 Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (D) CBJ, PHI, DET 163 12 0.07
5 Jonas Holos (D) COL 38 6 0.16
6 Anders Myrvold (D) COL, BOS, NYI, DET 33 5 0.15

Venezuela

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Rick Chartraw[55] (D) MTL, LAK, NYR, EDM 420 93 0.22
2 Don Spring[56] (D) WIN 259 55 0.21

Haiti

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Claude Vilgrain[57] VAN, NJD, PHI 89 53 0.60

Ireland

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Jack Riley[58] DET, MTL, BOS 104 32 0.31
2 Bobby Kirk[59] NYR 39 12 0.31

Italy

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Luca Sbisa (D)[60] PHI, ANA 115 18 0.16
2 Nelson Debenedet (D)[61] DET, PIT 46 14 0.30

South Africa

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Olaf Kolzig[62] (G) WAS, TBL 719 17 0.02

Tanzania

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Chris Nielsen[63] CBJ 52 14 0.27

Jamaica

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Graeme Townshend[64] BOS, NYI, OTT 45 10 0.22

Lebanon

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Ed Hatoum[65] DET, VAN 47 9 0.19

Japan

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Ryan O'Marra[66] EDM 23 5 0.22

Nigeria

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Rumun Ndur (D)[67] BUF, NYR, ATL 69 5 0.07

Indonesia

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Richie Regehr (D)[51] CGY 20 4 0.20

Belgium

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Jan Benda[68] WAS 9 3 0.33

Bahamas

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Andre Deveaux[69] TOR, NYR 22 1 0.05

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Petr Nedved was born in Czechoslovakia, in what is now the Czech Republic. He has represented both Canada and the Czech Republic internationally.
  2. ^ Stan Mikita was born in Czechoslovakia, in what is now Slovakia. His family moved to Canada when he was young, and he played internationally for Canada.
  3. ^ Peter Stastny was born in Czechoslovakia, in what is now Slovakia. He played internationally with three countries (in order): Czechoslovakia, Canada, and Slovakia.
  4. ^ Tomas Sandstrom was born in Finland, but played internationally for Sweden.
  5. ^ Steve Thomas was born in England, United Kingdom, but represented Canada internationally.
  6. ^ Owen Nolan was born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada, and played for Canada internationally.
  7. ^ Steve Smith was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
  8. ^ Jim McFadden was born in what is now Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
  9. ^ Adam Brown was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
  10. ^ Jim Conacher was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
  11. ^ Tommy Anderson was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
  12. ^ Red Beattie was born in England, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
  13. ^ Peter Bondra was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union. However, his family moved to their native Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) when he was young, and he represented Slovakia internationally.
  14. ^ Alexei Zhitnik was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and he represented the Soviet Union, the CIS/Unified Team, and Russia internationally.
  15. ^ Johnny Gottselig was born in Russian Empire in area that is now Ukraine. He was raised in Canada.
  16. ^ Oleg Tverdovsky was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represented Russia internationally.
  17. ^ Nikolay Zherdev was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.
  18. ^ Anton Babchuk was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.
  19. ^ Vitaly Vishnevski was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.
  20. ^ Ivan Boldirev was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Serbia. He moved to Canada in his youth.
  21. ^ Stan Smrke was born in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in what is now Serbia. He was raised in Canada.
  22. ^ Dany Heatley was born in West Germany, in what is now Germany. He was raised in Canada and plays for Canada internationally.
  23. ^ Walt Tkaczuk was born in Germany, but was raised in Canada.
  24. ^ Willie Huber was born in West Germany, in what is now Germany. He played internationally for Canada.
  25. ^ Mikhail Grabovski was born in East Germany, in what is now Germany. He was raised in Belarus and plays for Belarus internationally.
  26. ^ Randy Gilhen was born in West Germany, in what is now Germany. He was raised in Canada.
  27. ^ Paul MacLean was born in France, but was raised in Canada.
  28. ^ Pat Daley was born in France, but was raised in Canada.
  29. ^ Sergei Zholtok was born in the Latvian SSR, in what is now Latvia. Internationally, he played with three countries (in order): the Soviet Union, Russia, and Latvia.
  30. ^ Viktor Tikhonov was born in the Latvian SSR, in what is now Latvia. He represents Russia internationally.
  31. ^ Dainius Zubrus was born in the Lithuanian SSR, in what is now Lithuania. He has played internationally for both Russia and Lithuania.
  32. ^ Darius Kasparaitis was born in the Lithuanian SSR, in what is now Lithuania. In international competitions, he has played for the Soviet Union, the CIS/Unified Team, and Russia.
  33. ^ Willi Plett was born in Paraguay, but was raised in Canada.
  34. ^ Wojtek Wolski was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
  35. ^ Nick Harbaruk was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
  36. ^ Joe Jerwa was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
  37. ^ John Miszuk was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
  38. ^ Peter Sidorkiewicz was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
  39. ^ Edward Leier was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
  40. ^ Alexander Perezhogin was born in the Kazakh SSR of the former Soviet Union, but represents Russia internationally.
  41. ^ Evgeni Nabokov was born in the Kazakh SSR of the former Soviet Union, but has represented Kazakhstan and Russia internationally.
  42. ^ Mark Hardy was born in Switzerland, but was raised in Canada, and played for Canada internationally.
  43. ^ Anže Kopitar was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Slovenia. He represents Slovenia internationally.
  44. ^ Jan Muršak was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Slovenia. He represents Slovenia internationally.
  45. ^ Rod Langway was born at a US military base on Taiwan, Republic of China, but represented the United States internationally.
  46. ^ Richard Park was born in South Korea, but his family emigrated to the United States when he was young. He represents the United States internationally.
  47. ^ Jim Paek was born in South Korea, but his family emigrated to Canada when he was young. He represented Canada internationally.
  48. ^ Ed Beers was born in the Netherlands, but raised in Canada.
  49. ^ Ed Kea was born in the Netherlands, but raised in Canada from age 4.
  50. ^ Sergei Batuin was born in the Byelorussian SSR, but represented Russia internationally.
  51. ^ a b Robyn and Richie Regehr are sons of Canadian Mennonite missionaries. Their parents were serving in Brazil when Robyn was born in 1980, and in Indonesia when Richie was born in 1983. The family eventually returned to Canada, where both brothers were trained in hockey.
  52. ^ Mike Greenlay was born in Brazil, but raised in Canada.
  53. ^ Poul Popiel was born in Denmark but moved to Canada as a child and lost his Danish citizenship when he became an American citizen.
  54. ^ Craig Adams was born in Brunei. but raised in Canada.
  55. ^ Rick Chartraw was born to American parents in Caracas while his father was working there as an engineer. The family returned to the U.S. when he was three years old.
  56. ^ Don Spring was born to Canadian parents in Maracaibo, Venezuela, but was raised and trained in Canada.
  57. ^ Claude Vilgrain was born in Haiti, but was raised in Canada.
  58. ^ Jack Riley was born in what is now the Republic of Ireland, but was raised in Canada.
  59. ^ Bobby Kirk was born in what is now the Republic of Ireland, but was raised in Canada.
  60. ^ Luca Sbisa was born in Italy, but moved to Switzerland with his family when he was one year old. He currently represents Switzerland internationally.
  61. ^ Nelson Debenedet was born in Italy, but moved to the United States as a teenager.
  62. ^ Olaf Kolzig was born in South Africa to German parents. He moved to Canada in his youth and represented Germany internationally.
  63. ^ Chris Nielsen was born to Canadian parents in Tanzania while his father was stationed there with the Canadian International Development Agency. The family returned to Canada when he was three years old.
  64. ^ Graham Townshend was born in Jamaica, but emigrated with his family to Canada in his early childhood, and was trained in Canada.
  65. ^ Ed Hatoum was born in Lebanon, but was raised in Canada.
  66. ^ Ryan O'Marra was born to Canadian parents in Tokyo. The family returned to Canada when he was a year old.
  67. ^ Rumun Ndur was born in Nigeria, but raised in Canada.
  68. ^ Jan Benda was born in Belgium to Czech parents, and was raised in the former Czechoslovakia. He also played major junior hockey in Canada. Benda has since acquired German citizenship and has represented that country internationally.
  69. ^ Andre Deveaux was born in The Bahamas, but was raised in Canada.

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