List of black NHL players
This is a list of black National Hockey League players.
List
Players with at least one game of NHL experience:
Names in italics have won the Stanley Cup.
Bold: organization by which player is currently playing
*: Yet to have played an NHL game for his respective team
= NHL All-Star[a] · | = NHL All-Star[a] and NHL All-Star team · | = Hall of Famers |
Number of black NHL players listed by NHL teams
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- 1 Previous NHL team with the same name
- 2 Changed its franchise name from the Phoenix Coyotes
See also
- Black players in ice hockey
- List of African-American sports firsts
- List of starting black NFL quarterbacks
- Race and ethnicity in the NHL
- List of Indian NHL players
Notes
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- ^ "NHL Profile: Devante Smith-Pelly". National Hockey League. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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- ^ "NHL Profile: Anthony Stewart". National Hockey League. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "NHL Profile: Chris Stewart". National Hockey League. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "NHL Profile: Malcolm Subban". National Hockey League. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "NHL Profile: P.K. Subban". National Hockey League. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "NHL Profile: Graeme Townshend". National Hockey League. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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- ^ "NHL Profile: Joel Ward". National Hockey League. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "NHL Profile: Kevin Weekes". National Hockey League. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "NHL Profile: Peter Worrell". National Hockey League. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
External links
- Black Hockey Players Wall of Fame – Photos, stats and biographies of black players who have been drafted by or played in the NHL