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Wayne Gretzky's #99 was retired league-wide in 2000 [1]. This is a complete list of numbers retired by the National Hockey League (NHL).A retired number is a jersey number that is taken out of circulation by a team as a way of honouring a former member of that team who wore that number; after the number's retirement, members of that team are not permitted to wear the number on their jerseys ...
Only player to have the same number retired by three different teams (Golden State, L.A. Lakers and Philadelphia) 16: Pau Gasol † Los Angeles Lakers: C 2008–2014 First pair of siblings, with brother Marc Gasol to have jerseys retired by NBA teams. 21: Michael Cooper † Los Angeles Lakers: G 1978–1990 [21] 22: Elgin Baylor † Los Angeles ...
Three players in the major North American sports leagues have had their numbers retired by all teams in their respective leagues, those being Jackie Robinson, the first Black player in the modern era of Major League Baseball, Wayne Gretzky, arguably by many as the greatest hockey player in NHL history [20] [21], and Bill Russell, the most successful player in NBA history in terms of total ...
The first parentheses in the Western champions and Eastern champions columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second parentheses indicate the number of times that teams have appeared in an NBA Finals as well as each respective team's NBA Finals record to date.
The original Bullets were the last defunct team to leave the NBA, having folded during the 1954–55 season, and are the only defunct team to have won an NBA championship. The Chicago Stags, the Indianapolis Olympians, the Cleveland Rebels, the Packers, and the Red Skins qualified for the playoffs in every year they were active in the league.
Pages in category "National Hockey League players with retired numbers" The following 133 pages are in this category, out of 133 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Brooklyn Americans was the last team to become defunct in the NHL. The franchise was struggling financially and, due to the lack of players because of World War II, was suspended prior to the 1942–43 season. The franchise formally ceased in 1946. [10] The Americans' departure reduced the number of teams to six.
Bernie Parent's number 1 — Parent wore number 30 during his first stint with the Flyers [86] — and Bobby Clarke's number 16 were retired less than a year after retiring while Bill Barber's number 7, Mark Howe's number 2, and Eric Lindros' number 88 were retired shortly after their inductions into the Hockey Hall of Fame.