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Friday, November 16, 2012

Best Hockey Players All-Time by Nation




Canada

Wayne Gretzky 

Honourable Mentions: Mario Lemieux, Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Steve Yzerman, Scott Neidermayer

Goalie: Martin Brodeur

The Future: Sydney Crosby, Jonathan Toews
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USA

Mike Modano / Brett Hull*

Honourable Mentions: Pat Lafontaine (career ended early due to concussions), Chris Chelios

The Future: Patrick Kane, Zach Parise

**Brett Hull was Canadian born but had dual citizenship
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Sweden

Nicklas Lidstrom

Honourable Mentions: Mats Sundin (most points), Daniel Alfredsson , Peter Forsberg

Goalie: Henrick Lundquist

The Future: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin, Nicklas Backstrom
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Russia

Sergei Fedorov 

Honourable Mentions: Igor Larionov, Valeri Kharlomov, Pavel Bure, Pavel Datsuik

Goalie: Vladislav Tretiak

The Future: Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin
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Finland

Teemu Selanne

Honourable Mentions: Jari Kurri, Saku Koivu, Esa Tikkanen

Goalie: Mika Kipprusoff

The Future: Valterri Filpula, Mikko Koivu
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Czech Republic

Jaromir Jagr 

Honourable Mentions: Patrick Elias, Zigmund Palffy

Goalie: Dominek Hasek

The Future: Martin Havlat, Milan Hejduk
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Slovakia

Peter Stasny 

Honourable Mentions: Zdeno Chara, Marian Hossa

Goalie: Jaroslav Halak

The Future: Marian Gaborik, Andrej Meszaros
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