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First National Hockey League Player by Country

First National Hockey League Player by Country: compare 46 countries on 2 metrics.

Sports46 countries · 2 metricsUpdated Aug 13, 2023Original page
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46 countries
AustraliaNathan Walker2017–18
AustriaReinhard Divis2001–02
BahamasAndre Deveaux2008–09
BelarusJohn Miszuk1963–64
BelgiumJan Benda1997–98
BrazilMike Greenlay1989–90
BruneiCraig Adams2000–01
BulgariaAlexandar Georgiev2017–18
CanadaMultiple: all but one participant of the first NHL game were Canadian born1917–18
CroatiaGoran Bezina2003–04
CzechiaJaroslav Jirik1969–70
DenmarkPoul Popiel1965–66
EstoniaLeo Komarov2012–13
FinlandAlbert Pudas1926–27
FranceAndre Peloffy1974–75
GermanyWalt Tkaczuk1967–68
HaitiClaude Vilgrain1987–88
IndonesiaRichie Regehr2005–06
IrelandJack Riley1932–33
ItalyNelson DeBenedet1973–74
JamaicaGraeme Townshend1989–90
JapanYutaka Fukufuji2006–07
KazakhstanKonstantin Shafranov1996–97
LatviaCharlie Cotch1924–25
LebanonEd Hatoum1968–69
LithuaniaDarius Kasparaitis1992–93
NetherlandsEd Kea1973–74
NigeriaRumun Ndur1996–97
NorwayBill Johansen1949–50
ParaguayWilli Plett1975–76
PolandJoe Jerwa1930–31
RussiaSweeney Schriner1934–35
SerbiaStan Smrke1956–57
SlovakiaStan Mikita1958–59
SloveniaAnze Kopitar2006–07
South AfricaOlaf Kolzig1989–90
South KoreaJim Paek1990–91
SwedenGus Forslund1932–33
SwitzerlandMark Hardy1979–80
TaiwanRod Langway1978–79
TanzaniaChris Nielsen2000–01
UkraineVic Hoffinger1927–28
United KingdomJoe Hall1917–18
United StatesGeorge Geran1917–18
UzbekistanArthur Kaliyev2020–21
VenezuelaRick Chartraw1974–75

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Where does this first national hockey league player by country data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: List of Countries by First National Hockey League Player - Wiki.