Events in Sport
Events 301 - 400 of 594
- 1985-11-10 NHL Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Pelle Lindbergh smashes his Porsche into a retaining wall in Somerdale, New Jersey after a team party, suffering mortal injuries with two passengers critically hurt; his blood-alcohol level was over twice the legal limit, his family had him removed from life support when they arrived from Sweden
- 1985-12-11 NHL Record 62 points scored, Edmonton (36) beats Chicago (26) 12-9 & ties record of 21 goals
Potvin Passes Orr
1985-12-20 Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)
Bossy's Record Game
1986-01-02 NHL New York Islanders right wing Mike Bossy scores his 499th and 500th career goals in the final 2:22 to lift the New York to a 7-5 victory over the Boston Bruins; 11th player in NHL history to score 500 goals
Roy's 1st Shutout
1986-01-15 Montreal's rookie goaltender Patrick Roy records his first of 66 career NHL shutouts, in the Canadiens' 4-0 win against the Winnipeg Jets at the Forum
- 1986-01-24 NHL New York Islanders Mike Bossy scores his 1,000th point
Coffey Sets Record
1986-01-25 Edmonton's Paul Coffey sets NHL record for defensemen with a point in his 28th consecutive game, as the Oilers beat the visiting LA Kings, 5-2
Sports History
1986-03-01 Quebec's Peter Šťastný becomes just the 2nd player in NHL history to score 100 points in each of his first 6 seasons, with an assist in an 8-4 Nordiques' loss to the visiting Buffalo Sabres
Sports History
1986-03-02 Edmonton's Finnish right wing Jari Kurri scores 2 goals, including the overtime winner, to lead Oilers to a 2-1 win over Philadelphia; Kurri, 100 points for the 4th straight NHL season
NHL Record
1986-03-07 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist
NHL Record
1986-03-09 Gilbert Perreault of the Buffalo Sabres becomes the 12th NHLer to score 500 career goals, in a 4-3 win over New Jersey Devils
- 1986-03-11 New York Islanders Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons
- 1986-04-02 Paul Coffey of the Edmonton Oilers scores his 47th and 48th goals of the season in an 8-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks to break Bobby Orr's NHL record for most goals by a defenseman
- 1986-04-04 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
- 1986-11-22 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes the 13th NHLer to score 500 goals
- 1986-12-17 Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scores 4 goals, including a natural hat trick in the 1st period and also records an assist as the Oilers win 5-3 over the visiting Quebec Nordiques; his 41st NHL career hat trick
- 1986-12-26 Hartford center Doug Jarvis sets NHL record of 916 consecutive games as the Whalers tie 1-1 after OT against his old club Montreal Canadiens
- 1987-01-22 Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend Devils-Flame NHL game, NJ wins 7-5
- 1987-04-05 Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title
- 1987-05-02 NHL New York Islanders Mike Bossy plays his final game, a 5-1 playoff elimination game loss to Philadelphia Flyers at the Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1987-10-10 Hartford center Doug Jarvis ends his career having played an NHL record 964 consecutive games as the Whalers lose 6-2 to the New York Rangers
Sports History
1987-11-03 New York Rangers' center Marcel Dionne becomes just the 2nd NHL player to register 1,700 career points, scoring a goal in 5-3 loss at Calgary
- 1987-12-02 "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 NHL victory over Calgary at Meadowlands
Hextall Scores 1st Goalie Goal
1987-12-08 Flyers' Ron Hextall becomes 1st NHL goalie to actually score a goal, shooting the puck into Boston Bruins empty net in 5-2 win at The Spectrum in Philadelphia
- 1987-12-19 NHL Boston Bruins Ken Linseman & St. Louis Blues Doug Gilmore set a record for the fastest two goals in league history, scoring 2 seconds apart
- 1987-12-23 Buffalo goaltender Tom Barrasso leads the Sabres to a 5-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings to record his 100th NHL victory; makes him the youngest player to reach milestone at just 22 years, 9 months
- 1988-01-28 New York Rangers' Marcel Dionne scores a 2nd period power play goal in 5-2 win in Philadelphia; becomes 1st first player in NHL history to get 20 goals in each of his first 17 seasons
- 1988-02-28 Pat Verbeek becomes 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game
- 1988-03-01 Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky picks up a 1st period assist in Oilers' 5-3 win over LA Kings to move ahead of Gordie Howe as NHL's all time leader in career assists; Howe 1,049 assists in 26 years, Gretzky 1,050 in 9 years
- 1988-03-10 NHL New York Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night
- 1988-03-31 New York Islanders celebrate defenseman Denis Potvin's 1,000 points and 1,000 NHL games at tribute night at Nassau Coliseum
Sports History
1988-04-03 Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretzky's 7 year streak
- 1988-04-09 NHL New Jersey Devils win 3-0 over New York Islanders; Devils lead 2-1 in playoff 1st round
- 1988-04-14 NHL playoffs: New Jersey Devils win 6-5 over NY Islanders to take 1st round 4-2
- 1988-04-22 NJ Devil Patrik Sundstrom sets NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick & 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals
- 1988-05-08 Amateur referees work NJ Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils
- 1988-05-24 Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals
- 1988-10-24 New York Islanders and NHL high scorer, Mike Bossy (31) retires
- 1988-11-23 Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal
- 1988-12-04 Edmonton center Jimmy Carson becomes just the third player to score 6 NHL hat tricks before the age of 21 in the Oilers 10-6 win over the New York Rangers
Islanders Fire Simpson
1988-12-07 NHL NY Islanders fire head coach Terry Simpson, and replace him with former coach Al Arbour
- 1988-12-10 Washington Capitals 1st NHL scoreless tie, vs Montreal Canadiens
- 1988-12-17 Bryan Murray becomes 17th NHL coach to win 300 games (Washington Capitals)
- 1988-12-29 Toronto’s Ed Olczyk and Gary Leeman score goals just 4 seconds apart in the 3rd period, tying the NHL record for fastest 2 goals by one team; Leafs beat the Quebec Nordiques, 6-5.
- 1988-12-31 Pittsburgh NHL center Mario Lemieux accounts for all his team's goals in Penguins 8-6 win over the NJ Devils; famously scores 5 goals, each in a different way: even strength, power play, shorthanded, penalty shot and empty net; also 3 assists
- 1989-01-10 LA Kings center Wayne Gretzky becomes NHL’s all-time leading scorer in combined regular season & playoff points; 4 assists in 5-4 home win over Edmonton brings his total to 2,011, 1 more than Gordie Howe
- 1989-01-17 Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach
- 1989-01-20 Pittsburgh center Mario Lemieux becomes just the 2nd player in NHL history to score 50 goals in less than 50 games; #50 in 44th game as the Penguins lose 7-3 to the Jets in Winnipeg
- 1989-01-21 Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer
- 1989-01-25 Mario Lemieux scores a goal and 3 assists in Penguins' 5-4 win over Winnipeg in Pittsburgh; sets NHL record by picking up a point in 14 consecutive games; record stands for 10 years
Yzerman Records 100 Points
1989-01-27 Detroit Red Wings center Steve Yzerman becomes the 4th NHL player to record 100 points in 50 games or less with a goal and 2 assists as Red Wings beat Toronto, 8-1
- 1989-03-29 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL
- 1989-04-02 Calgary Flames right wing Joe Mullen sets new NHL record for most points in a season by a American-born player, with a goal and 2 assists in a 4-2 win over Edmonton Oilers gives him 110 points
- 1989-04-25 Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period
Sports History
1989-05-24 NHL's NY Rangers fire GM & coach Phil Esposito
- 1989-06-07 Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years
- 1989-09-14 Calgary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2
- 1989-10-15 Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe as NHL's all time top scorer
Lafontaine's Sets Record
1990-01-11 NHL New York Islander Pat Lafontaine sets team record by scoring goals in 11 straight games
- 1990-01-15 In a bizarre twist in the NHL, Washington Capitals fire coach Brian Murray, who had been head coach since 1981; replace him with his brother Terry, who had been coaching in the minors
- 1990-01-21 Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director
- 1990-01-30 LA center Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record by scoring his 100th point of the season for the 11th straight season; milestone comes with an assist in a 5-2 Kings' win over visiting New Jersey Devils
Hull Equals Father's 50 Goals
1990-02-06 Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby Hull) to also score 50 goals
Sports History
1990-03-31 20-year old Quebec Nordiques' center Joe Sakic scores a goal in a 3-2 loss to Hartford to become the youngest player in NHL history to score 100 points in a season
- 1990-06-16 NHL Draft: Cornwall Royals (OHL) right wing Owen Nolan first pick by Quebec Nordiques
- 1990-07-07 New Jersey Devils sign star Russian defensemen Viacheslav Fetisov & Sergei Starikov to NHL contracts despite criticism they are taking North American jobs
- 1990-10-05 Pittsburgh Penguins left wing Kevin Stevens has 2 goals & 4 assists in 7-4 opening-night win against the Washington Capitals at Capital Centre to set NHL record for most points in a season opener (6)
- 1990-12-06 NHL grants conditional membership to Tampa Bay Lightning
- 1990-12-22 Paul Coffey becomes the second NHL defenceman to record 1000 points, doing so in a record-breaking 770 games
- 1990-12-27 Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames, 4-1 to record their 500th all-time NHL victory; set in just 915 games for a record of 500-295-120, good for a winning % of .612; best in history upon reaching milestone
- 1991-01-03 Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest and youngest player in NHL history to score 700 goals (886 games at age 29 years, 342 days) in LA Kings’ 6-3 win over the NY Islanders at the Nassau Veteran Memorial Coliseum
- 1991-01-17 Andy Van Hellemond sets NHL record for most games worked by a referee when he appears in his 1,173rd regular season encounter as the St. Louis Blues host the Montreal Canadiens
- 1991-01-25 St. Louis right wing Brett Hull scores twice in Blues' 9-4 win at Detroit, to give him 50 goals in 49 games; becomes 3rd player in NHL history with 50 goals in less than 50 games
- 1991-02-05 LA King Dave Taylor becomes 29th NHler to score 1000 points
Sports History
1991-02-18 Edmonton Oiler goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse & shuts out NJ Devils 4-0
- 1991-03-02 St. Louis right wing Brett Hull becomes a 70-goal scorer for the 2nd straight season and has 3 assists to help the Blues earn a 4-4 tie in Philadelphia; finishes season with NHL career-best 86 goals
- 1991-03-19 St Louis Blues Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season
- 1991-03-21 Quebec Nordiques goaltender Ron Tugnutt sets NHL modern-day record for most saves in a regular season non-loss game (70 of 73 shots in 3-3 tie with the Boston Bruins
- 1991-03-31 St. Louis Blues' future Hockey Hall of Fame right wing Brett Hull scores his 86th goal of the season in a 2-1 win over Minnesota North Stars; 3rd best total in NHL history
- 1991-04-10 LA King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal
- 1991-04-14 Chic Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minn North Stars)
- 1991-04-16 St Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in Play-off to come back from a 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7
Sports History
1991-05-03 Future Hockey HOF right wing Cam Neely injures knee on a cheap shot by Ulf Samuelsson in Wales Conference Finals; injury limits him to only 162 games for remainder of NHL career; retires at 31
- 1991-06-13 NHL owners present contract to players (leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike)
Sports History
1991-06-22 NHL Draft: Oshawa Generals center Eric Lindros first pick by Quebec Nordiques
- 1991-06-24 NHL adopts instant-replay and tenth of second clock in final minute
- 1991-09-27 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
- 1991-10-02 NHL #1 draft pick Eric Lindros rejects Quebec Nordiques' offer of a 10 year, $50m contract
NHL Trade
1991-10-04 Edmonton Oilers trade captain Mark Messier (on the team for all 5 Stanley Cups) to the NY Rangers in exchange for Bernie Nicholls, Steven Rice & Louie DeBrusk; Messier leads Rangers to Cup 2 seasons later
- 1991-10-04 San Jose Sharks play first NHL game in franchise history, a 4-3 loss in Vancouver; native Californian Craig Coxe scores club's first goal while Jeff Hackett makes an impressive 48 saves
- 1991-10-09 San Jose Sharks beat Calgary for their 1st NHL win, 4-3
Sports History
1991-10-14 NY Rangers right wing Mike Gartner becomes 1st NHL player to score his 500th goal, 500th assist, and 1000th point all in the same season
- 1991-10-17 Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals & 744 assists)
- 1991-11-08 Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring mark with 311th goal
- 1991-12-17 Pittsburgh Penguins score team record 8 goals in one period in 2nd session of 10-2 win over NHL expansion San Jose Sharks
- 1991-12-20 NHL approves expansion teams Tampa Lightning & Ottawa Senators
- 1991-12-26 Future Hockey Hall of Fame right wing Joe Mullen scores 4 goals for the second straight NHL game as the Pittsburgh Penguins rout Toronto, 12-1; Mario Lemieux adds 2 goals & 5 assists and Kevin Stevens has 2 goals & 4 assists
- 1992-01-28 St. Louis right wing Brett Hull becomes 2nd player (after Wayne Gretzky) in NHL history to record back-to-back seasons of 50 goals in 50 games; #50 comes in 3-3 Blues' tie in Los Angeles
- 1992-02-01 Defenseman Denis Potvin's #5 becomes first number retired by NY Islanders; Potvin played entire 15 year NHL career in NY
- 1992-02-19 In a blockbuster NHL trade, Pittsburgh Penguins send Mark Recchi, Brian Benning & LA's 1st round 1992 pick (Jason Bowen) to the Philadelphia Flyers for Kjell Samuelsson, Rick Tocchet & Ken Wregget
Birthdays in Sport
Birthdays 301 - 400 of 715
- 1966-08-16 Ed Olczyk, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1966-08-20 Steven Finn, Canadian NHL defenseman (LA Kings), born in Laval, Quebec, Canada
- 1966-09-09 Kevin Hatcher, American NHL defenseman (Team USA, Dallas, Pitts), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1966-09-10 Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian NHL center (Stanley Cup 1989 Calgary, 1999 Dallas, 2003 New Jersey; Olympic gold 2002), born in Oshawa, Ontario
- 1966-09-13 Igor Kravchuk, Russian NHL defenseman (Team Russia, St Louis), born in Ufa, Russia
- 1966-09-22 Mike Richter, American ice hockey goalie (Stanley Cup 1994 NY Rangers; World Cup gold 1996; Olympic silver 2002), born in Abington, Pennsylvania
- 1966-09-29 Rudy Poeschek, Canadian NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning), born in Kamloops, British Columbia
- 1966-10-05 Fredrik Olausson, Vaxsjo Swe, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
- 1966-10-25 Wendel Clark, Canadian ice hockey left wing (#1 NHL draft pick 1985 Toronto Maple Leafs; NHL All-Star 1986, 99), born in Kelvington, Saskatchewan
- 1966-10-27 Brad Lauer, Canadian NHL right wing (Pitts Penguins), born in Humboldt, Canada
- 1966-10-28 Benoit Hogue, Canadian NHL center (Dallas Stars), born in Repentigny, Quebec
- 1966-12-02 Kelly Buchberger, Canadian NHL right wing and coach (World C'ship gold 1994; Stanley Cup 1987, 90; Edmonton Oilers), born in Langenburg, Saskatchewan
- 1966-12-09 Dana Murzyn, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks), born in Calgary, Alberta
- 1966-12-12 Jim Sandlak, NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks), born in Kitchener, Ontario
- 1966-12-14 Bill Ranford, Canadian NHL goalie, 1985-2000 (Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, and 2 other teams, Team Canada), and goaltending coach (Los Angeles Kings), born in Brandon, Manitoba
- 1967-01-07 Guy Hebert, American NHL goalie (Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Team USA 98), born in Troy, New York
- 1967-01-09 Dave Mcllwain, Canadian NHL center (Pitts Penguins), born in Seaforth, Canada
- 1967-01-09 Jamie Huscroft, Canadian NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames), born in Creston, British Columbia
- 1967-01-11 Ronnie Stern, St-Agathe, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
- 1967-01-12 Ulf Dahlén, Swedish SEL and NHL forward, 1985-2003 (Team Sweden, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks, and 5 other teams), born in Östersund, Sweden
- 1967-01-25 Randy McKay, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Stanley Cup 1998, 2000 NJ Devils; 932 NHL games), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1967-01-27 Dave Manson, Prince Albert, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
- 1967-01-29 Sean Burke, Canadian ice hockey goalie (NHL All-Star 1989, 2001, 02; Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes; Canada Cup gold 1991), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1967-02-14 Calle Johansson, Swedish NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
- 1967-02-17 Gary Shuchuk, Canadian former NHL centre and coach (LA Kings), born in Edmonton, Alberta
- 1967-02-23 Gord Murphy, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1967-02-27 Dallas Eakins, American-Canadian NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets), born in Dade City, Florida
- 1967-02-27 Robert Kron, Czech NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers), born in Brno, Czechia
- 1967-03-08 Brent Fedyk, Yorkton, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars)
- 1967-03-11 Bill Houlder, Thunder Bay, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
- 1967-03-17 Chris Luongo, American NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1967-04-10 Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey defenseman (Edmonton Oilers), born in Quebec City, Quebec
- 1967-04-10 Kay Whitmore Jr., Canadian ice hockey goaltender (NY Rangers), born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- 1967-04-14 Steve Chiasson, Canadian NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames), born in Barrie, Ontario
- 1967-04-29 Curtis Joseph, Canadian NHL goalie (Team Canada, Edmonton Oilers), born in Keswick, Ontario
- 1967-05-12 Warren Rychel, Canadian NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche), born in Strathroy, Ontario
- 1967-05-29 Mike Keane, Canadian NHL right wing (3-time Stanley Cup winner), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 1967-06-20 Pat Jablonski, American NHL goalie, 1989-98 (Montreal Canadiens, and 4 other teams), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1967-06-24 Bill Huard, Welland, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars)
- 1967-07-27 Craig Wolanin, American NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche), born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
- 1967-08-11 Brad Dalgarno, NHL right wing (NY Islanders), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1967-08-15 Neil Wilkinson, Canadian NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins), born in Selkirk, Manitoba
- 1967-08-17 Nelson Emerson, Canadian NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers), born in Hamilton, Ontario
- 1967-08-29 Shaun Van Allen, Canadian NHL center (Anaheim Mighty Ducks), born in Calgary, Canada
- 1967-09-26 Craig Janney, American NHL center (Winnipeg Jets), born in Hartford, Connecticut
- 1967-10-01 Scott Young, US Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (1,181 NHL games; Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Avalanche), born in Clinton, Massachusetts
- 1967-10-11 Dennis Vaske, American NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Rockford, Illinois
- 1967-10-14 Sylvain Lefebvre, Canadian NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche), born in Richmond, Canada
- 1967-10-16 Joe Murphy, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks), born in London, England
- 1967-10-21 Bill Berg, Canadian NHL left wing (NY Rangers), born in St. Catharines, Ontario
- 1967-10-25 Kelly Chase, Canadian NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers), born in Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan
- 1967-10-30 Pat Elynuik, Canadian NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators), born in Foam Lake, Saskatchewan
- 1967-11-18 Jocelyn Lemieux, Mont Laurier, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
- 1967-11-23 Brian Glynn, German NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers), born in Iserlohn, West Germany
- 1967-11-27 Garry Valk, Canadian NHL left wing, 1990-2003 (Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and 3 other teams) and broadcaster (Vancouver Canucks), born in Edmonton, Alberta
- 1967-12-17 Vincent Damphousse, NHL center (Montreal Canadiens), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1967-12-18 Bob Corkum, Salisbury, NHL center (Philadelphia Flyers)
- 1968-01-05 Joe Juneau, Canadian NHL center (Washington Capitals), born in Pont-Rouge, Canada
- 1968-01-08 Alexander Alexeyev, American NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- 1968-02-01 Mark Recchi, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Stanley Cup 1991, 2006, 11; at 43 oldest player to score in Stanley Cup Finals Series), born in Kamloops, Canada
- 1968-02-03 František Kučera, Czech ice hockey defenseman (Olympic gold 1998; Chicago Blackhawks, Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks), born in Prague, Czech Republic
- 1968-02-07 Peter Bondra, Lutsk Ukr, NHL right wing (Washington Capitals)
- 1968-02-10 Peter Popovic, Swedish NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens), born in Köping, Sweden
- 1968-02-19 Rob Dimaio, Canadian NHL right wing (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Calgary, Alberta
- 1968-02-26 Leif Rohlin, Swedish NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks), born in Vasteras, Sweden
- 1968-02-27 Mike Sullivan, American NHL center (Calgary Flames), born in Marshfield, Massachusetts
- 1968-03-03 Brian Leetch, NHL defenseman (Team USA, NY Rangers), born in Corpus Christi, Texas
- 1968-03-05 Shjon Podein, NHL left wing (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Rochester, New York
- 1968-03-08 Rob Zettler, Sept-iles, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
- 1968-03-21 Johan Garpenlov, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1968-04-12 Adam Graves, Canadian left wing hockey player (NY Rangers), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1968-04-22 Zarley Zalapski, Canadian NHL defenseman, 1987-2000 (Pittsburgh Penguins; Calgary Flames, and 3 other teams), born in Edmonton, Alberta (d. 2017)
- 1968-04-30 Richard Pilon, Canadian NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- 1968-06-08 Rob Ray, Belleville, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
- 1968-06-29 Theoren Fleury, Canadian NHL right wing (Calgary Flames, Canada), born in Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
- 1968-07-03 Teppo Numminen, Finnish ice hockey defenseman (1,372 NHL games Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes [captain], Buffalo Sabres), born in Tampere, Finland
- 1968-07-20 Jimmy Carson, American NHL center (6 NHL hat tricks before age 21), born in Southfield, Michigan
- 1968-07-21 Lyle Odelein, Canadian NHL defenseman (Team Canada, Montreal), born in Quill Lake, Saskatchewan
- 1968-08-10 Alex Andrievsky, Belarusian hockey player (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Minsk, Soviet Union
- 1968-08-15 Vassili Pankov, Belarusian NHL forward (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Minsk, Belarus
- 1968-08-28 Tom Fitzgerald, American NHL right wing (Florida Panthers), born in Billerica, Massachusetts
- 1968-08-30 Vladimir Malakhov, Russian NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens), born in Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
- 1968-09-17 Valeri Zelepukin, Russian NHL forward (NJ Devils, Team Russia Olympic silver 1998), born in Voskresensk, Soviet Union
- 1968-10-11 Claude Lapointe, Canadian NHL center (Calgary Flames), born in Lachine, Quebec, Canada
- 1968-11-08 Keith Jones, Canadian NHL right wing, 1992-2000 (Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, and 1 other team), broadcaster. 2005-23 (NBC, Philadelphia Flyers), and team executive, 2023-present (Philadelphia), born in Brantford, Ontario
- 1968-11-13 Mark Fitzpatrick, NHL goalie (Florida Panthers), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1968-12-30 Kevin Dahl, Regina, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
- 1969-01-02 Róbert Švehla, Slovak NHL defenceman (Florida Panthers 573 games; Slovakia 44 games), born in Martin, Slovakia
- 1969-01-12 Cam Russell, Canadian NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 1969-01-15 Adam Burt, American NHL defenseman, 1988-2001 (Hartford Whalers, and 3 other teams), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1969-01-23 Brendan Shanahan, Canadian NHL left wing (Whalers, Red Wings), born in Mimico, Canada
- 1969-02-02 Jody Hull, Canadian NHL player and coach (Florida Panthers), born in Petrolia, Ontario
- 1969-02-04 Dallas Drake, Canadian NHL center (Winnipeg Jets), born in Trail, British Columbia
- 1969-02-04 Joe Sacco, American NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks), born in Medford, Massachusetts
- 1969-02-18 Alexander Mogilny, Russian ice hockey player and 1st soviet to defect to NHL (Sabres), born in Khabarovsk, Russia
- 1969-02-28 Shawn McEachern, Waltham MA, NHL forward (Boston Bruins, Senators)
- 1969-03-07 Geoff Smith, Canadian NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers), born in Edmonton
- 1969-03-11 Dan Lacroix, NHL left wing (NY Rangers), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1969-03-26 Luke Richardson, Canadian ice hockey defenseman who won World C'ship gold 1994; Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers; and coach Chicago Blackhawks, born in Ottawa, Ontario
- 1969-03-30 Mark Astley, Canadian NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres), born in Calgary, Alberta