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The following is a list of countries and the first person born there that played in the National Hockey League. These players are not necessarily the first citizen of each respective country to play in the NHL, as nationality is determined under a nation's nationality law and may differ.
Race and ethnicity in the NHL. The National Hockey League (NHL) evolved from a mono-ethnic and primarily Canadian professional athletic league to span North America. [1][2][3][4][5] The distribution of ethnic groups has been gradually changing since the inception of the NHL. [6] The league consists of a variety of players from varying ...
New York Rangers. Playing career. 1941–1959. Lawrence Kwong (born Eng Kai Geong; simplified Chinese: 吴启光; traditional Chinese: 吳啟光; pinyin: Wú Qǐguāng; Cantonese Yale: Ǹgh Káigwōng; June 17, 1923 – March 15, 2018) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who was the first player of Asian descent in the National ...
The first was an April 1992 strike by the National Hockey League Players' Association, which lasted for ten days but was settled quickly with all affected games rescheduled. [ 60 ] A lockout at the start of the 1994–95 season forced the league to reduce the schedule from 84 games to 48, with the teams playing only intra-conference games ...
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 2023–24 NHL season and players currently playing in the National Hockey League are marked in boldface.
William Eldon O'Ree CM ONB (born October 15, 1935) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player from Fredericton, New Brunswick.He is widely recognized for being the first black player in the National Hockey League (NHL), playing as a winger for the Boston Bruins.
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98. v. t. e. Wayne Douglas Gretzky CC (/ ˈɡrɛtski / GRET-skee; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999, retiring at the age of 38.
—Eyewitness account of Baker's death by Cpt. Edwin H. Cooper, 26th Division Photographic Officer, United States Signal Corps A few hundred yards from the airfield, his plane crashed nose first into the ground. He was quickly freed from the aircraft by his men, but died in an ambulance minutes later; his orders to return home were found in his jacket pocket. Baker was buried in a small ...