Nations in the NHL

Canadian NHL players 1968–69

313 Canadian players played in the NHL in 1968–69. Together they scored 6 813 points, the first most of any country, and Canada finished first of 2 in the nations league. Phil Esposito scored the most, 126 points.

313

NHL players

6 813

Points

1st

Nations league

374

Goalie wins

1968–69Active season76/82 games

1967–68 1969–70

CANADIAN LEADERS

In the nations league

1st

of 2 ranked nations

league points

Rate1stTop trio1stBlue line1stGoalies1stPer million1st

Canada accounts for 95.7% of the NHL's players and 94.8% of its points.

The full nations league

Canadian goalies

Regular season. Most games first.

Goalie	GP	W-L-OTL	SV%	GAA	SO
Ed GiacominNYR	70	38-23-0	.911	2.56	7
Cesare ManiagoMNS	64	18-34-0	.905	3.29	1
Bruce GambleTOR	61	28-20-0	.914	2.81	3
Gerry DesjardinsLAK	61	19-29-0	.898	3.24	4
Bernie ParentPHI	58	17-23-0	.925	2.70	1
Gary SmithOAK	54	21-21-0	.905	2.96	4
Denis DeJordyCHI	53	21-22-0	.907	3.15	2
Gerry CheeversBOS	52	27-12-0	.911	2.80	3
Les BinkleyPIT	50	10-31-0	.902	3.29	0
Glenn HallSTL	41	19-12-0	.928	2.17	8
Roy EdwardsDET	40	18-11-0	.915	2.55	4
Jacques PlanteSTL	37	18-12-0	.940	1.96	5
Rogie VachonMTL	36	22-9-0	.902	2.87	2
Roger CrozierDET	35	11-15-0	.896	3.33	0
Gump WorsleyMTL	30	19-5-0	.920	2.26	5
Dave DrydenCHI	30	12-11-0	.905	3.21	3
Joe DaleyPIT	29	10-13-0	.910	3.20	2
Eddie JohnstonBOS	24	15-6-0	.898	3.09	2
Doug FavellPHI	21	3-12-0	.903	3.58	1
Johnny BowerTOR	20	6-4-0	.909	2.86	2
Wayne RutledgeLAK	17	5-11-0	.883	3.71	0
Charlie HodgeOAK	14	3-8-0	.877	3.70	0
Tony EspositoMTL	13	5-4-0	.919	2.75	2
Terry SawchukDET	13	4-5-0	.912	2.63	0
Fern RivardMNS	13	0-6-0	.859	4.44	0
Al SmithTOR	7	1-2-0	.908	2.90	0
Gary BaumanMNS	7	0-3-0	.867	4.41	0
Don SimmonsNYR	5	1-2-0	.921	2.34	0
Gilles VillemureNYR	4	2-1-0	.922	2.25	0
Jack NorrisCHI	3	1-0-0	.844	6.00	0
Jacques CaronLAK	3	0-2-0	.868	3.86	0
Gary EdwardsSTL	1	0-0-0	1.000	0.00	0
Marv EdwardsPIT	1	0-1-0	.909	3.00	0
Robbie IronsSTL	1	0-0-0	1.000	0.00	0
Joe JunkinBOS	1	0-0-0	1.000	0.00	0
Ted OuimetSTL	1	0-1-0	.935	2.02	0
Ernie WakelyMTL	1	0-1-0	.852	4.00	0

Every Canadian player in the NHL, team by team

313 players across 12 teams.

BOSBoston Bruins32 players

Phil EspositoINACTIVE

C · 74 GP · 49G 77A126P

Johnny BucykINACTIVE

LW · 70 GP · 24G 42A66P

Bobby OrrINACTIVE

D · 67 GP · 21G 43A64P

John McKenzieINACTIVE

RW · 60 GP · 29G 27A56P

Fred StanfieldINACTIVE

LW · 71 GP · 25G 29A54P

Ron MurphyINACTIVE

LW · 60 GP · 16G 38A54P

Derek SandersonINACTIVE

C · 61 GP · 26G 22A48P

Ted GreenINACTIVE

D · 65 GP · 8G 38A46P

Ed WestfallINACTIVE

RW · 70 GP · 18G 24A42P

Wayne CashmanINACTIVE

LW · 51 GP · 8G 23A31P

Dallas SmithINACTIVE

D · 75 GP · 4G 24A28P

Eddie ShackINACTIVE

LW · 50 GP · 11G 11A22P

Glen SatherINACTIVE

LW · 76 GP · 4G 11A15P

Don AwreyINACTIVE

D · 73 GP · 0G 13A13P

Gary DoakINACTIVE

D · 22 GP · 3G 3A6P

Garnet BaileyINACTIVE

Jean GauthierINACTIVE

Grant EricksonINACTIVE

LW · 2 GP · 1G 0A1P

Barry WilkinsINACTIVE

Ross LonsberryINACTIVE

LW · 6 GP · 0G 0A0P

Steve AtkinsonINACTIVE

RW · 1 GP · 0G 0A0P

Bobby LeiterINACTIVE

C · 1 GP · 0G 0A0P

Gerry CheeversINACTIVE

G · 52 GP · 27 W · .91127W

Eddie JohnstonINACTIVE

G · 24 GP · 15 W · .89815W

Joe JunkinINACTIVE

G · 1 GP · 0 W · 1.0000W

MNSMinnesota North Stars30 players

Danny GrantINACTIVE

LW · 75 GP · 34G 31A65P

Ray CullenINACTIVE

C · 67 GP · 26G 38A64P

Claude LaroseINACTIVE

RW · 67 GP · 25G 37A62P

J.P. PariseINACTIVE

LW · 76 GP · 22G 27A49P

Danny O'SheaINACTIVE

C · 74 GP · 15G 34A49P

Wayne ConnellyINACTIVE

C · 74 GP · 18G 25A43P

Andre BoudriasINACTIVE

LW · 73 GP · 8G 19A27P

Bill GoldsworthyINACTIVE

RW · 68 GP · 14G 10A24P

Bob McCordINACTIVE

D · 69 GP · 4G 17A21P

Bill CollinsINACTIVE

RW · 75 GP · 9G 10A19P

Mike McMahon Jr.INACTIVE

D · 63 GP · 0G 19A19P

Danny LawsonINACTIVE

RW · 62 GP · 8G 10A18P

Bill OrbanINACTIVE

C · 66 GP · 5G 11A16P

Walt McKechnieINACTIVE

C · 58 GP · 5G 9A14P

Lou NanneINACTIVE

D · 41 GP · 2G 12A14P

Parker MacDonaldINACTIVE

C · 35 GP · 2G 9A11P

Moose VaskoINACTIVE

D · 72 GP · 1G 7A8P

Wayne HillmanINACTIVE

D · 50 GP · 0G 8A8P

Tom ReidINACTIVE

D · 48 GP · 0G 7A7P

Milan MarcettaINACTIVE

C · 18 GP · 3G 2A5P

Joey JohnstonINACTIVE

LW · 12 GP · 1G 0A1P

Brian SmithINACTIVE

LW · 9 GP · 0G 1A1P

Barry MacKenzieINACTIVE

D · 6 GP · 0G 1A1P

Barrie MeissnerINACTIVE

LW · 5 GP · 0G 1A1P

Gary DineenINACTIVE

C · 4 GP · 0G 1A1P

Marshall JohnstonINACTIVE

D · 13 GP · 0G 0A0P

Mike ChernoffINACTIVE

LW · 1 GP · 0G 0A0P

Cesare ManiagoINACTIVE

G · 64 GP · 18 W · .90518W

Fern RivardINACTIVE

G · 13 GP · 0 W · .8590W

Gary BaumanINACTIVE

G · 7 GP · 0 W · .8670W

PITPittsburgh Penguins30 players

Ken SchinkelINACTIVE

RW · 76 GP · 18G 34A52P

Keith McCrearyINACTIVE

RW · 70 GP · 25G 23A48P

Earl IngarfieldINACTIVE

C · 66 GP · 16G 30A46P

Jean PronovostINACTIVE

RW · 76 GP · 16G 25A41P

Gene UbriacoINACTIVE

LW · 75 GP · 19G 18A37P

Lou AngottiINACTIVE

C · 71 GP · 17G 20A37P

Val FonteyneINACTIVE

LW · 74 GP · 12G 17A29P

Wally BoyerINACTIVE

C · 62 GP · 10G 19A29P

Bob WoytowichINACTIVE

D · 71 GP · 9G 20A29P

Leo BoivinINACTIVE

D · 69 GP · 6G 19A25P

Billy HarrisINACTIVE

C · 74 GP · 7G 17A24P

George SwarbrickINACTIVE

RW · 69 GP · 4G 19A23P

Noel PriceINACTIVE

D · 73 GP · 2G 18A20P

Bob DillaboughINACTIVE

C · 62 GP · 7G 12A19P

Billy DeaINACTIVE

LW · 66 GP · 10G 8A18P

Dunc McCallumINACTIVE

D · 62 GP · 5G 13A18P

Duane RuppINACTIVE

D · 59 GP · 5G 11A16P

Paul AndreaINACTIVE

RW · 25 GP · 7G 6A13P

Dick MattiussiINACTIVE

D · 36 GP · 1G 11A12P

Jean-Guy LagaceINACTIVE

G · 50 GP · 10 W · .90210W

Joe DaleyINACTIVE

G · 29 GP · 10 W · .91010W

Marv EdwardsINACTIVE

G · 1 GP · 0 W · .9090W

TORToronto Maple Leafs29 players

Norm UllmanINACTIVE

C · 75 GP · 35G 42A77P

Dave KeonINACTIVE

C · 75 GP · 27G 34A61P

Paul HendersonINACTIVE

LW · 74 GP · 27G 32A59P

Murray OliverINACTIVE

C · 76 GP · 14G 36A50P

Ron EllisINACTIVE

RW · 72 GP · 25G 21A46P

Mike WaltonINACTIVE

C · 66 GP · 22G 21A43P

Tim HortonINACTIVE

D · 74 GP · 11G 29A40P

Floyd SmithINACTIVE

RW · 64 GP · 15G 19A34P

Bob PulfordINACTIVE

LW · 72 GP · 11G 23A34P

Jim DoreyINACTIVE

D · 61 GP · 8G 22A30P

Brit SelbyINACTIVE

LW · 77 GP · 12G 15A27P

George ArmstrongINACTIVE

RW · 53 GP · 11G 16A27P

Larry MickeyINACTIVE

RW · 55 GP · 8G 19A27P

Bill SutherlandINACTIVE

C · 56 GP · 14G 8A22P

Pierre PiloteINACTIVE

D · 69 GP · 3G 18A21P

Forbes KennedyINACTIVE

C · 72 GP · 8G 10A18P

Mike PelykINACTIVE

D · 65 GP · 3G 9A12P

Rick LeyINACTIVE

D · 37 GP · 1G 11A12P

Wayne CarletonINACTIVE

LW · 12 GP · 1G 3A4P

Marcel PronovostINACTIVE

G · 61 GP · 28 W · .91428W

Johnny BowerINACTIVE

G · 20 GP · 6 W · .9096W

Al SmithINACTIVE

G · 7 GP · 1 W · .9081W

MTLMontréal Canadiens28 players

Yvan CournoyerINACTIVE

RW · 76 GP · 43G 44A87P

Jean BeliveauINACTIVE

C · 69 GP · 33G 49A82P

Bobby RousseauINACTIVE

RW · 76 GP · 30G 40A70P

Jacques LemaireINACTIVE

C · 75 GP · 29G 34A63P

John FergusonINACTIVE

LW · 71 GP · 29G 23A52P

Henri RichardINACTIVE

C · 64 GP · 15G 37A52P

Ralph BackstromINACTIVE

C · 72 GP · 13G 28A41P

Dick DuffINACTIVE

LW · 68 GP · 19G 21A40P

J.C. TremblayINACTIVE

D · 75 GP · 7G 32A39P

Serge SavardINACTIVE

D · 74 GP · 8G 23A31P

Jacques LaperriereINACTIVE

D · 69 GP · 5G 26A31P

Claude ProvostINACTIVE

RW · 73 GP · 13G 15A28P

Gilles TremblayINACTIVE

LW · 44 GP · 10G 15A25P

Ted HarrisINACTIVE

D · 76 GP · 7G 18A25P

Mickey RedmondINACTIVE

RW · 65 GP · 9G 15A24P

Larry HillmanINACTIVE

D · 37 GP · 1G 10A11P

Christian BordeleauINACTIVE

Garry MonahanINACTIVE

G · 36 GP · 22 W · .90222W

Gump WorsleyINACTIVE

G · 30 GP · 19 W · .92019W

Tony EspositoINACTIVE

G · 13 GP · 5 W · .9195W

Ernie WakelyINACTIVE

G · 1 GP · 0 W · .8520W

STLSt. Louis Blues28 players

Red BerensonINACTIVE

C · 76 GP · 35G 47A82P

Gary SabourinINACTIVE

RW · 75 GP · 25G 23A48P

Ab McDonaldINACTIVE

LW · 68 GP · 21G 21A42P

Camille HenryINACTIVE

C · 64 GP · 17G 22A39P

Ron SchockINACTIVE

C · 67 GP · 12G 27A39P

Frank St. MarseilleINACTIVE

RW · 72 GP · 12G 26A38P

Tim EcclestoneINACTIVE

LW · 68 GP · 11G 23A34P

Jimmy RobertsINACTIVE

RW · 72 GP · 14G 19A33P

Bill McCrearyINACTIVE

LW · 71 GP · 13G 17A30P

Barclay PlagerINACTIVE

D · 61 GP · 4G 26A30P

Noel PicardINACTIVE

D · 68 GP · 5G 19A24P

Doug HarveyINACTIVE

D · 70 GP · 2G 20A22P

Craig CameronINACTIVE

RW · 72 GP · 11G 5A16P

Terry CrispINACTIVE

C · 57 GP · 6G 9A15P

Larry KeenanINACTIVE

LW · 46 GP · 5G 9A14P

Jean-Guy TalbotINACTIVE

D · 69 GP · 5G 4A9P

Al ArbourINACTIVE

D · 67 GP · 1G 6A7P

Myron StankiewiczINACTIVE

G · 41 GP · 19 W · .92819W

Jacques PlanteINACTIVE

G · 37 GP · 18 W · .94018W

Gary EdwardsINACTIVE

G · 1 GP · 0 W · 1.0000W

Robbie IronsINACTIVE

G · 1 GP · 0 W · 1.0000W

Ted OuimetINACTIVE

G · 1 GP · 0 W · .9350W

NYRNew York Rangers26 players

Jean RatelleINACTIVE

C · 75 GP · 32G 46A78P

Rod GilbertINACTIVE

RW · 66 GP · 28G 49A77P

Vic HadfieldINACTIVE

LW · 73 GP · 26G 40A66P

Bob NevinINACTIVE

RW · 71 GP · 31G 25A56P

Phil GoyetteINACTIVE

C · 67 GP · 13G 32A45P

Jim NeilsonINACTIVE

D · 76 GP · 10G 34A44P

Donnie MarshallINACTIVE

LW · 74 GP · 20G 19A39P

Dave BalonINACTIVE

LW · 75 GP · 10G 21A31P

Ron StewartINACTIVE

RW · 75 GP · 18G 11A29P

Brad ParkINACTIVE

D · 54 GP · 3G 23A26P

Arnie BrownINACTIVE

D · 74 GP · 10G 12A22P

Rod SeilingINACTIVE

D · 73 GP · 4G 17A21P

Reg FlemingINACTIVE

D · 72 GP · 8G 12A20P

Harry HowellINACTIVE

D · 56 GP · 4G 7A11P

Larry JeffreyINACTIVE

LW · 75 GP · 1G 6A7P

Dennis HextallINACTIVE

C · 13 GP · 1G 4A5P

Al HamiltonINACTIVE

D · 16 GP · 0G 0A0P

Bob BlackburnINACTIVE

Orland KurtenbachINACTIVE

C · 2 GP · 0G 0A0P

Guy TrottierINACTIVE

RW · 2 GP · 0G 0A0P

Bill FairbairnINACTIVE

RW · 1 GP · 0G 0A0P

Ed GiacominINACTIVE

G · 70 GP · 38 W · .91138W

Gilles VillemureINACTIVE

G · 4 GP · 2 W · .9222W

Don SimmonsINACTIVE

G · 5 GP · 1 W · .9211W

DETDetroit Red Wings25 players

Gordie HoweINACTIVE

RW · 76 GP · 44G 59A103P

Alex DelvecchioINACTIVE

C · 72 GP · 25G 58A83P

Frank MahovlichINACTIVE

LW · 76 GP · 49G 29A78P

Pete StemkowskiINACTIVE

C · 71 GP · 21G 31A52P

Garry UngerINACTIVE

C · 76 GP · 24G 20A44P

Bruce MacGregorINACTIVE

C · 69 GP · 18G 23A41P

Gary BergmanINACTIVE

D · 76 GP · 7G 30A37P

Dean PrenticeINACTIVE

LW · 74 GP · 14G 20A34P

Kent DouglasINACTIVE

D · 69 GP · 2G 29A31P

Nick LibettINACTIVE

LW · 75 GP · 10G 14A24P

Bob BaunINACTIVE

D · 76 GP · 4G 16A20P

Ron HarrisINACTIVE

D · 72 GP · 3G 13A16P

Hank MonteithINACTIVE

LW · 34 GP · 1G 9A10P

Rene LeclercINACTIVE

RW · 43 GP · 2G 3A5P

Peter MahovlichINACTIVE

C · 30 GP · 2G 2A4P

Jim WatsonINACTIVE

D · 8 GP · 0G 1A1P

Bob FalkenbergINACTIVE

Bart CrashleyINACTIVE

G · 40 GP · 18 W · .91518W

Roger CrozierINACTIVE

G · 35 GP · 11 W · .89611W

Terry SawchukINACTIVE

G · 13 GP · 4 W · .9124W

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LAKLos Angeles Kings25 players

Eddie JoyalINACTIVE

C · 73 GP · 33G 19A52P

Bill FlettINACTIVE

RW · 72 GP · 24G 25A49P

Real LemieuxINACTIVE

LW · 75 GP · 11G 29A40P

Ted IrvineINACTIVE

LW · 76 GP · 15G 24A39P

Bill WhiteINACTIVE

D · 75 GP · 5G 28A33P

Howie HughesINACTIVE

RW · 73 GP · 16G 14A30P

Lowell MacDonaldINACTIVE

LW · 58 GP · 14G 14A28P

Gord LabossiereINACTIVE

C · 48 GP · 10G 18A28P

Howie MenardINACTIVE

C · 56 GP · 10G 17A27P

Bob WallINACTIVE

D · 71 GP · 13G 13A26P

Jimmy PetersINACTIVE

C · 76 GP · 10G 15A25P

Dale RolfeINACTIVE

D · 75 GP · 3G 19A22P

Brent HughesINACTIVE

D · 72 GP · 2G 19A21P

Larry CahanINACTIVE

D · 72 GP · 3G 11A14P

Skip KrakeINACTIVE

C · 30 GP · 3G 9A12P

Doug RobinsonINACTIVE

LW · 31 GP · 2G 10A12P

Bryan CampbellINACTIVE

Gerry DesjardinsINACTIVE

G · 61 GP · 19 W · .89819W

Wayne RutledgeINACTIVE

G · 17 GP · 5 W · .8835W

Jacques CaronINACTIVE

G · 3 GP · 0 W · .8680W

PHIPhiladelphia Flyers23 players

Andre LacroixINACTIVE

C · 75 GP · 24G 32A56P

Jean-Guy GendronINACTIVE

LW · 74 GP · 20G 35A55P

Dick SarrazinINACTIVE

RW · 54 GP · 16G 30A46P

Jim JohnsonINACTIVE

C · 69 GP · 17G 27A44P

Leon RochefortINACTIVE

RW · 65 GP · 14G 21A35P

Gary DornhoeferINACTIVE

RW · 60 GP · 8G 16A24P

Ed Van ImpeINACTIVE

D · 71 GP · 7G 12A19P

Larry HaleINACTIVE

D · 67 GP · 3G 16A19P

Allan StanleyINACTIVE

D · 64 GP · 4G 13A17P

Don BlackburnINACTIVE

LW · 48 GP · 7G 9A16P

RW · 35 GP · 4G 10A14P

Joe WatsonINACTIVE

D · 60 GP · 2G 8A10P

Earl HeiskalaINACTIVE

LW · 21 GP · 3G 3A6P

Rosaire PaiementINACTIVE

C · 27 GP · 2G 4A6P

Ralph MacSweynINACTIVE

Claude LaforgeINACTIVE

LW · 2 GP · 0G 0A0P

Serge BernierINACTIVE

C · 1 GP · 0G 0A0P

Bernie ParentINACTIVE

G · 58 GP · 17 W · .92517W

Doug FavellINACTIVE

G · 21 GP · 3 W · .9033W

CHIChicago Blackhawks22 players

Bobby HullINACTIVE

LW · 74 GP · 58G 49A107P

Jim PappinINACTIVE

RW · 75 GP · 30G 40A70P

Kenny WharramINACTIVE

RW · 76 GP · 30G 39A69P

Dennis HullINACTIVE

LW · 72 GP · 30G 34A64P

Pit MartinINACTIVE

C · 76 GP · 23G 38A61P

Pat StapletonINACTIVE

D · 75 GP · 6G 50A56P

Doug MohnsINACTIVE

LW · 65 GP · 22G 19A41P

Gilles MarotteINACTIVE

D · 68 GP · 5G 29A34P

Eric NesterenkoINACTIVE

RW · 72 GP · 15G 17A32P

Chico MakiINACTIVE

RW · 66 GP · 7G 21A28P

Bobby SchmautzINACTIVE

RW · 63 GP · 9G 7A16P

Matt RavlichINACTIVE

D · 60 GP · 2G 12A14P

Doug JarrettINACTIVE

D · 69 GP · 0G 13A13P

Denis DeJordyINACTIVE

G · 53 GP · 21 W · .90721W

Dave DrydenINACTIVE

G · 30 GP · 12 W · .90512W

Jack NorrisINACTIVE

G · 3 GP · 1 W · .8441W

OAKOakland Seals15 players

Ted HampsonINACTIVE

C · 76 GP · 26G 49A75P

Bill HickeINACTIVE

RW · 67 GP · 25G 36A61P

Norm FergusonINACTIVE

RW · 76 GP · 34G 20A54P

Gary JarrettINACTIVE

LW · 63 GP · 22G 23A45P

Gerry EhmanINACTIVE

RW · 70 GP · 21G 24A45P

Mike LaughtonINACTIVE

C · 53 GP · 20G 23A43P

Carol VadnaisINACTIVE

D · 76 GP · 15G 27A42P

Joe SzuraINACTIVE

C · 70 GP · 9G 12A21P

Bert MarshallINACTIVE

D · 68 GP · 3G 15A18P

Francois LacombeINACTIVE

D · 72 GP · 2G 16A18P

Gerry OdrowskiINACTIVE

D · 74 GP · 5G 1A6P

John BrennemanINACTIVE

G · 54 GP · 21 W · .90521W

Charlie HodgeINACTIVE

G · 14 GP · 3 W · .8773W

Season by season

Canada had 538 players in the NHL in 1990–91 and 421 in 2025–26. The peak was 1993–94, with 565. Under each bar is the nations league placing, in gold for the 4 seasons Canada won.

In the NHL Draft

68 Canadian players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, ten of them in the first round. Gavin McKenna went first overall, to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →

Canadian NHL players all time

Regular season, whole careers. The record seasons count completed seasons only.

Most points by Canadian players

Most goalie wins

Best seasons by a Canadian player

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Top scorer

Phil Esposito

Canada's top scorer in 1968–69.

The team

Boston Bruins

Where Phil Esposito plays.

Nations in the NHL

Every nation in the NHL

How many players each country has in the NHL, with a page for each.

Nations league

NHL battle of the nations 1968–69

The countries compared per player rather than in raw totals.

Against Sweden

Sweden vs Canada

Seven rounds, season by season.

The Swedes

Every Swede in the NHL

Team by team, with position and stats.

CANADIAN LEADERS

Points

Goals

Assists

Goalies: wins

In the nations league

Canadian goalies

Every Canadian player in the NHL, team by team

Season by season

In the NHL Draft

Canadian NHL players all time

Most points by Canadian players

Most goalie wins

Best seasons by a Canadian player

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