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Age Player Nationality Date of death Cause of death Notes 40: Terry Sawchuk Canada May 31, 1970: injuries suffered in an off-ice shoving incident: Played 21 seasons and 972 games in the National Hockey League from 1949 to 1970; 14 of those seasons played with the Detroit Red Wings who retired his number 1; set numerous NHL goalie records and won numerous NHL awards; considered by many to be ...
See also List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career, which includes deaths not related to play. Pages in category "Ice hockey players who died while playing" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
A series of tragic deaths, both on and off the ice, has left the world or professional hockey in mourning. On March 18, 2024, former NHL players Konstantin Koltsov and Chris Simon were announced ...
The player who scores during this extra time is given the overtime goal. All overtime in the NHL is sudden death—meaning the first team to score is the winner—so the player who scores in overtime also has the game-winning goal.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Friday the league is "shocked and saddened" after the tragic death of ... he was a two-time All-Star starter in the 2014-15 and 2021-22 seasons. Gaudreau had 210 ...
Chris Simon. Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Chris Simon, who played for seven different hockey franchises during his NHL career, died at the age of 52. Simon’s death was confirmed by the NHL Alumni ...
This was only one time less than all other players in NHL history combined up until that point in time. In his 15 full NHL seasons he was voted the First-Team All-Star left winger ten times and the Second-Team All-Star left winger twice. His slapshot was once clocked at 118.3 mph (190.5 km/h) and he could skate 29.7 mph (47.8 km/h). [6]
A 23-time NHL All-Star, he shares the NHL record for seasons played with Chris Chelios, and his all-time NHL games played record of 1,767 was only surpassed in 2021 by Patrick Marleau. In 2017, Howe was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players". [4] Howe made his NHL debut with the Red Wings in 1946.