List of retired NHL players

This is a partial list of retired National Hockey League players.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

Sidney Gerald "Sid" Abel
John James "Jack" Adams
Charles Joseph Sylvanus "Syl" Apps
George Edward "Chief" Armstrong

B

Irvine Wallace "Ace" Bailey

Donald H. "Dan" Bain

Hobart Amery Hare "Hobey" Baker
William Charles "Bill" Barber
Martin A. "Marty" Barry
Andrew James "Andy" Bathgate
Robert Theodore "Bobby" Bauer
Jean Arthur Beliveau
Clinton S. Benedict
Douglas Wagner "Doug" Bentley
Maxwell Herbert Lloyd Bentley
Hector "Toe" Blake
Leo Joseph Boivin
Richard R. "Dickie" Boon
Michael "Mike" Bossy
Emile "Butch" Bouchard
Francois X. "Frank" Boucher
George "Buck" Boucher
Raymond Bourque
John William "Johnny" Bower
Russell "Dubbie" Bowie
Francis Charles "Frank" Brimsek
Harry L. "Punch" Broadbent
Walter Edward "Turk" Broda
John Paul "Johnny" Bucyk
William "Billy" Burch

C

Harold Hugh "Harry" Cameron

Gerald Michael "Gerry" Cheevers

Francis M. "King" Clancy

Aubrey V. "Dit" Clapper

Robert Earle "Bobby" Clarke
Sprague Cleghorn
Neil McNeil Colville
Charles William "Charlie" Conacher
Lionel Pretoria Conacher
Roy Gordon Conacher
Alex Connell
William "Bill" Cook
Frederick Joseph "Bun" Cook
Arthur Edmund "Art" Coulter
Yvan Serge "Roadrunner" Cournoyer
William Mailes "Bill" Cowley
Samuel Russell "Rusty" Crawford

D

Jeff Daniels

John Proctor "Jack" Darragh

Allan M. "Scotty" Davidson

Clarence "Happy" Day

Alexander Peter "Alex" Delvecchio

Cyril Joseph "Cy" Denneny

Marcel Elphege Dionne

Gordon Arthur Drillon

Charles Graham Drinkwater

Kenneth Wayne Dryden
Woodrow Wilson Clarence "Woody" Dumart
Thomas Dunderdale
William Ronald "Bill" Durnan
Mervyn "Red" Dutton
Cecil Henry "Babe" Dye

E

Philip Anthony "Phil" Esposito
Anthony James "Tony" Esposito

F

Arthur F. Farrel

Bernard Allan "Bernie" Federko
Viacheslav "Slava" Fetisov
Ferdinand Charles "Fernie" Flaman
Frank C. Foyston
Frank Fredrickson
Grant Fuhr

G

William Alexander "Bill" Gadsby

Robert Michael "Bob" Gainey

Charles Robert "Chuck" Gardiner

Herbert Martin "Herb" Gardiner

James Henry "Jimmy" Gardner

Michael Alfred "Mike" Gartner

Bernard Joseph Andre "Boom Boom" Geoffrion

Edward George "Eddie" Gerard

Edward "Eddie, Fast Eddie" Giacomin

Rodrigue Gabriel "Rod" Gilbert

Clark Gillies

Hamilton Livingston "Billy" Gilmour

Frank Xavier "Moose" Goheen

Ebenezer Ralston "Ebbie" Goodfellow

Michel Goulet

Michael "Mike" Grant

Wilfred Thomas "Shorty" Green

Wayne Douglas "The Great One" Gretzky (number retired league-wide)
Silas Seth "Si" Griffis

H

George Hainsworth

Glenn Henry Hall

Joseph Henry "Joe" Hall

Douglas Norman Harvey

Dale Hawerchuk

George William Hay

William Milton "Riley" Hern

Bryan Aldwyn Hextall

Harry "Hap" Holmes

Charles Thomas "Tom" Hooper

George Reginald "Red" Horner

Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton
Phil Housley
Gordon "Gordie" Howe
Sydney Harris "Syd" Howe
Henry Vernon "Harry" Howell
Robert Marvin "Bobby" Hull
John Bower "Bouse" Hutton
Harrold M "Harry" Hyland

I

James Dickenson "Dick" Irvin

J

Harvey "Busher" Jackson
Ivan Wilfred "Ching" Johnson
Ernest "Moose" Johnson
Thomas Christian "Tom" Johnson
Aurel Emile Joliat

K

Gordon Blanchard "Duke" Keats
Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly
Theodre Samuel Ted "Teeder" Kennedy
David Michael Keon
Jari Pekka Kurri

L

Elmer James Lach

Guy Damien LaFleur
Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde
Rod Corry Langway
Joseph "Jacques" Hughes Laperriere
Guy Gerard Lapointe
Edgar Louis Laprade
Jean Baptiste "Jack" Laviolette
Frederick Hugh "Hughie" Lehman
Jacques Gerard Lemaire
Percy LeSueur
Herbert "Herbie" Lewis
Robert Blake Theodore "Ted" Lindsay
Harry "Apple Cheeks" Lumley

M

Duncan McMillan "Mickey" MacKay

Francis William "Frank" Mahovlich
Maurice Joseph "Joe" Malone
Sylvio Mantha
John C. "Jack" Marshall
Fred G. "Steamer" Maxwell
Lanny King McDonald
Francis "Frank" McGee
William George "Billy" McGimsie
George McNamara
Stanley "Stan" Mikita
Richard Winston "Dickie" Moore
Patrick Joseph "Paddy" Moran
Howarth William "Howie" Morenz
William "Bill" Mosienko
Joseph Mullen

N

Frank Nighbor
Edward Reginald "Reg" Noble

O

Herbert William "Buddy" O'Connor

Harold "Harry" Oliver

Murray Bert Olmstead

Robert Gordon "Bobby" Orr

P

Bernard Marcel "Bernie" Parent

Douglas Bradford "Brad" Park

Lester Patrick
Jospeph Lynn Patrick
Gilbert "Gil" Perreault
Thomas N. "Tommy" Phillips
Pierre Paul Pilote
Didier Pitre
Joseph Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante
Denis Charles Potvin
Walter "Babe" Pratt
A. Joseph "Joe" Primeau
Marcel Pronovost
Robert Jesse "Bob" Pulford
Harvey Pulford

Q

Hubert George "Bill" Quackenbush

R

Frank Rankin

Joseph Gilbert Yvon "Jean" Ratelle

Claude Earl "Chuck" Rayner

Kenneth Joseph "Kenny" Reardon

Joseph Henri "Pocket Rocket" Richard

Joseph Henri Maurice "The Rocket" Richard
George Richardson
Gordon Roberts
Larry Robinson
Arthur Howie "Art" Ross
Blair Russel
Ernest "Ernie" Russell
J. D. "Jack" Ruttan

S

Anders "Borje" Salming

Denis Savard

Serge Aubrey Savard

Terrance Gordon "Terry" Sawchuk
Fredrick "Fred" Scanlan
Milton Conrad "Milt" Schmidt
David "Sweeney" Schriner
Earl Walter Seibert
Oliver Levi Seibert
Edward William "Eddie" Shore
Stephen John Shutt
Albert Charles "Babe" Siebert
Harold Joseph "Bullet Joe" Simpson
Darryl Glen Sittler
Alfred E. "Alf" Smith
William "Bill" John Smith
Clinton James Smith
Reginald "Hooley" Smith
Thomas J. Smith
Allan Herbert Stanley
Russell "Barney" Stanley
Peter Stastny
John Sherratt "Black Jack" Stewart
Nelson "Old Poison" Stewart
Bruce Stuart
William H. "Hod" Stuart

T

Frederick "Cyclone" Taylor
Cecil R. "Tiny" Thompson
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak
Henry Judah "Harry" Trihey
Bryan John Trottier

U

Norman Victor Alexander "Norm" Ullman

V

Georges Vezina

W

John Phillip "Jack" Walker
Martin "Marty" Walsh
Harry E. "Moose" Watson
Harry Percival "Whipper" Watson
Ralph "Cooney" Weiland
Harry "Rat" Westwick
Frederick Whitcroft
Gordon Allan "Phat" Wilson
Lorne John "Gump" Worsley
Roy "Shrimp" Worters