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Thirty-one of the thirty-two NHL teams currently have a captain. The sole team without a captain is the New York Rangers. Twenty-four of the thirty-one captains have been with their team for their entire career. The current longest-tenured captain in the league is Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, who has served in that role since May ...
This season marked the first time since 2010-11 that every NHL team has had a captain. But the Rangers changed that by trading Jacob Trouba.
Captains Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings (right) and Ryan Getzlaf of the Anaheim Ducks (middle) talk with a referee. According to International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and National Hockey League (NHL) rules, the only player allowed to speak with referees about rule interpretations is the captain, or, if the captain is not on the ice, an alternate captain.
Captains are required to wear the letter "C" on their uniform for identification while alternate captains wear the letter "A"; both letters are 3 inches (7.6 cm) in height. Rule 6.2 of the 2024–25 Official AHL Rulebook indicates that "[only] when the captain is not in uniform, the coach shall have the right to designate three alternate captains.
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[4] [5] Captains are required to wear the letter "C" on their uniform for identification, which is 3 inches (7.6 cm) in height. [4] Dick Irvin was named the first captain in 1926. The current captain, Jonathan Toews, was the third-youngest captain in NHL history at the time of his selection. [6]
List of current NHL captains and alternate captains; L. List of current AHL captains and alternate captains; List of current SHL captains and alternate captains;
The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional ice hockey league composed of 32 teams, founded in 1917. Each team is entitled to one head coach who handles the directing of games and team practices, while providing direction and strategy for their players and deciding which players will play in games and the lines they will play on.