A First-Team NHL All-Star and Norris Trophy runner-up with the Minnesota Wild in 2012-13, Suter has often ranked among the League leaders.
Pastrňák's father, Milan, wanted him to play ice hockey. Following a lengthy battle with cancer, Milan died in 2013.
Seguin began playing hockey in a house league at the age of five or six and developed a love for the sport from a young age.
His goaltender masks always feature a fleur-de-lis on the backplate and have featured some flowers on the front artwork.
Carlson began his ice hockey career with the New Jersey Rockets Youth Hockey Organization of the Atlantic Youth Hockey League.
MacKinnon chose to leave his hometown and attend the Minnesota boarding school because of the strength of its ice hockey program.
Tavares also played soccer and lacrosse, and his highly competitive nature often led him to fight with other players.
A recently discovered species of wasp in Kenya was named Thaumatodryinus tuukkaraski as a direct reference to Rask.
Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) tall, Chára is the tallest person ever to play in the NHL, earning him the nickname "Big Z".
Doughty felt that his time playing goal in soccer helped him develop an awareness of the players and the game of hockey.