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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Numbers retired by the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL, displayed at the former Joe Louis Arena in December 2015. Retiring the number of an athlete is an honor a team bestows upon a player, usually after the player has left the team, retires from the sport, or dies, by taking the number formerly worn on their uniform out of circulation.
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 ...
List of players with eight or more points in an NHL game; List of NHL players with 50-goal seasons; List of NHL players with 100-point seasons; List of NHL goaltenders with 300 wins; List of NHL players with 500 consecutive games played; List of NHL players with 500 goals; List of NHL players with 1,000 games played; List of NHL players with ...
The deaths of NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, spotlight the hundreds of American cyclists killed by vehicles each year. ... this figure trumps the number of deaths in previous ...