Saturday, October 22, 2016

23 Greatest Hockey Nations - by Moses



23 Greatest Hockey Nations

          1.       Canada – Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Bobby Hull, Mark Messier, Steve Yzerman, Guy Lafleur, Mike Bossy, Clark Gillies, Luc Robitaille, Michel Goulet, Marcel Dionne, Sidney Crosby, Bobby Orr, Raymond Bourque, Paul Coffey, Larry Robinson, Doug Harvey, Denis Potvin, Scott Stevens, Martin Brodeur, Patrick Roy, and Ken Dryden to name but a few to name a few…

2.       Russia – Valari Kharmalov, Anatoli Firsov, Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov, Sergei Makarov, Igor Larionov, Victor Krutov, Pavel Bure, Sergei Fedorov, Alexander Mogilny, Pavel Datsyuk, Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Viacheslav Fetisov, Sergei Gonchar, Sergei Zubov, Dmitry Yushkevich, Vladimir Malakhov, Andrei Markov, Alexei Emelin, Vladislav Tretiak, Nikolai Khabibulin, and Ilya Bryzgalov to name but a few to name a few to name but a few…

3.       Sweden – Borje Salming, Nicklas Lidstrom, Erik Karlsson, Fredrik Olausson, Calle Johansson, Niklas Kronwall,  Victor Hedman, Kent Nilsson, Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg, Peter Forsberg, Mats Sundin, Daniel Alfredsson, Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Backstrom, Mats Naslund, Markus Naslund, Henrik and Daniel Sedin, Thomas Steen, Thomas Gradin, Henrik Lundquist, Tommy Salo, and Pelle Lindbergh to name but a few…

4.       Czech Republic – Jaromir Jagr, Jakub Voracek, Patrick Elias, David Krejci, Milan Hejduk, Bobby Holik, Robert Lang, Petr Nedved, Petr Sykora, Vaclav Prospal, Radek Dvorak, Martin Straka, Ales Hemsky, Tomas Plekanac, Roman Hamrlik, Tomas Kaberle, Petr Svoboda, Pavel Kubina, Marek Zidlicky, Jaroslav Spacek, Filip Kuba, Dominik Hasek, Tomas Vokoun, and Roman Turek to name but a few…

5.       U.S.A – Brett Hull, Pat LaFontaine, Jeremy Roenick, Mike Modano, Patrick Kane, Keith Tkachuk, John LeClair, Neal Broten, Zach Parise, Tony Amonte, Phil Kessel, James van Riemsdyk, T.J. Oshie, Auston Matthews, Chris Chelios, Brian Leech, Phil Housley, Rod Langway, Al Iafrate, Derian and Kevin Hatcher, Jonathan Quick, Mike Richter, and Ryan Miller to name but a few…

6.       Finland – Jari Kurri, Teemu Selanne, Esa Tikannen, Olli Jokinen, Saku and Mikko Koivu, Tomas Sandstrom, Sami Kapanen, Jere Lehtinen, Christian Ruuttu, Tuomo Ruutu, Jussi Jokinen, Valtteri Filppula, Patrik Laine, Kimmo Timonen, Teppo Numminen, Seppo Lindstrom, Reijo Ruostalainen, Rasmus Ristolainen, Aki Berg, Pekka Rinne, Tuukka Rask, Miikka Kiprusoff, and Niklas Backstrom to name but a few…  

7.       Slovakia – Stan Mikita, Peter, Anton and Marian Stastny, Peter Bondra, Marian Hossa, Marian Gaborik, Pavol Demitra, Miroslav Satan, Zigmund Palffy, Tomas Tatar, Richard Zednik, Michael Handzus, Jozef Stumpel, Peter Ihnacek, Ladislav Nagy, Zdena Chara, Robert Svela, Lubomir Visnovsky, Andrej Meszaros, Andrej Sekera, Martin Marincin, Jaroslav Halak, and Peter Budaj to name but a few…  

8.       Germany – Dany Heatley, Walt Tkaczuk, Marco Sturm, Jochen Hecht, Tom Kuhnhackl, Uwe Krupp, Dennis Seidenberg, Christian Ehrhoff, Olaf Kolzig, and Thomas Greiss to name but a few...

9.       Switzerland – Mark Streit, Jean-Guy Trudel, and Jonas Hiller to name but a few…

10.      France - Howie Morenz, Jean Beliveau, and Jacques Plante to name but a few...

11.      Ireland – Joe Malone, King Clancy, and Frank McCool to name but a few…

12.      Greece –  Eric Lindros, Chris Chelios, and Nick Kypreos to name but a few…

13.       Italy – Dino Ciccarelli, Phil and Tony Esposito to name but a few... 

14.      Denmark – Lars Eller, Frans Nielsen, and Frederik Andersen to name but a few…

15.      PortugalJohn Tavares, Mike Ribeiro and Duarte Pimental to name but a few...

16.      Belarus  - Andrei and Sergei Kostistsyn, and Mikhail Grabovski to name but a few…

17.       Ukraine - Alexei Ponikarovsky, Ruslan Fedotenko, and Vladimir Kitschzko to name but a few...

18.    Norway – Andreas Martinson, Espen Knutsen, and Patrick Thoresen to name but a few…

19.       Yugoslavia/SloveniaIvan Boldirev and Anze Kopitar

20.    Latvia - Sandis Ozolinsh and Zemgus Girgensons

21.        Khazakhstan - Nikolai Antropov and Nigel Dawes

22.    Austria - Thomas Vanek and Michael Grabner
  
                    23.    Lithuania - Dainius Zubrus
     

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