Earvin "Magic" Johnson is a former professional basketball player, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker. During his illustrious 12-year NBA career, he led the Los Angeles Lakers to five NBA championships and nine NBA Finals appearances. He was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player three times, earned All-NBA First Team honors nine times, and participated in 11 All-Star Games. Johnson concluded his... read full bio
Sidney Crosby is a Canadian professional hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. Crosby won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the Professional Hockey Writers Association's choice for most valuable player and the Lester B. Pearson Award as the NHL Players Association's choice for most outstanding player, becoming the seventh player in NHL history to earn all... read full bio
Wayne Gretzky is a former Canadian ice hockey player who is also known as “The Great One”. He played in the National Hockey League for 20 seasons. He continues to hold 60 NHL records. Gretzky’s hockey journey began at the young age of six. He played in leagues above his age and soon moved to Toronto, Canada to help pursue... read full bio
Messier is widely considered among the best NHL players of all time as well as among the greatest leaders in the game's history. He is second on the all-time career lists for regular season points (1887), playoff points (295) and regular season games played (1756). He won five Stanley Cups with the Oilers and one with the Rangers, and is... read full bio
Jonathan Toews is a professional ice hockey player who is the captain of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey Leagues. He is the second-youngest captain in NHL history and a member of the Triple Gold Club. Toews has contributed to winning the Stanley Cup twice. He has won gold medals at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge, World Junior Championships,... read full bio
P.K. Subban is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman that plays for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. Subban was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and he began his career playing with the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League. While there, he helped them real the J. Ross Robertson Cup Finals. He went on to be drafted by... read full bio
Sir Mario Lemieux is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, widely acknowledged to be one of the best players of all time. He played parts of seventeen seasons with the National Hockey League's (NHL) Pittsburgh Penguins. Two years following his retirement, he bought the Penguins and their top minor-league affiliate, the American Hockey League's (AHL) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, out of... read full bio
Carey Price is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender that plays for the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL. Price was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and began his career playing in the Western Hockey League for the Tri-City Americans where he quickly became a top goaltender and won the Del Wilson Trophy as the top WHL goaltender and the... read full bio
Connor McDavid is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL. McDavid was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, and he began playing minor ice hockey with the York-Simcoe Express of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association and went on to play with the Toronto Marlboros of the Greatest Toronto Hockey League and also... read full bio
Victor Hedman is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL. Hedman was born in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, and he began his junior ice hockey career playing for the Swedish J20 SuperElit with the Modo Hockey organization. He then went on to join the Elitserien with Modo where he was nominated for... read full bio
Kris Letang is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL. Letang was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and he began his career playing major junior hockey for the Val-d’Or Foreurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. During his rookie season, he was named to the QMJHL and the CHL All-Rookie... read full bio
Cory Schneider is an American professional ice hockey goaltender that currently plays for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. Schneider was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and began his career playing hockey at his high school. He also spent time playing with the United States National Team Development Program as well as the North American Hockey League. Schneider then went... read full bio
Roman Josi is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman who is the captain of the Nashville Predators of the NHL. Josi was born in Bern, Switzerland, and he began his career playing with SC Bern before being selected by the Nashville Predators in the NHL Entry Draft. While with SC Bern, Josi won a National League A championship. Since joining... read full bio
Henrik Lundqvist is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender for the New York Rangers of the NHL. Lundqvist was born in Are, Sweden, and he began his career playing with his brother in Sweden before playing with Frolunda of the Swedish Hockey League, also known as Elitserien. With the Elitserien, Lundqvist was a Junior Hockey Player of the Year, won... read full bio
Johnny Gaudreau is an American professional ice hockey winger who plays for the Calgary Flames in the NHL. He was born in Salem, New Jersey, and he began his career playing in the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament and went on to play for the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the United States Hockey League where he helped them win the... read full bio
John Tavares is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre that is currently the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. Tavares was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, and he began his career at a young age playing in the GTHL and went on to play major junior in the Ontario Hockey League. With the OHL, Tavares won a... read full bio
Brent Burns is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the San Jose Sharks of the NHL. Burns was born in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, and he began his career playing for the Barrie Icemen and Ajax Knights of the OMHA. He went on to play with the MTHL, GTHL, and the OHL before making his NHL debut... read full bio
Duncan Keith is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and he began his career playing minor hockey in the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association. He went on to be recruited for AAA Bantam in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and then played for the Penticton... read full bio
Tyler Seguin is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Dallas Stars of the NHL. Seguin was born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, and he began his career playing with the Whitby Wildcats of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association before playing in the OHL with the Plymouth Whalers. From there, Seguin went on to be drafted by... read full bio
Ben Bishop, also known as “Big Ben”, is an American professional ice hockey goaltender that plays for the Dallas Stars of the NHL. Bishop was born in Denver, Colorado, and he began his career playing minor ice hockey for the Kirkwood Stars in St. Louis, and also played for the St. Louis Junior Blues. He went on to play for... read full bio
