Team Canada Jersey Number History

I have always been fascinated with the process of selecting jersey numbers. When Team Canada comes together for best-on-best International Hockey Tournaments, there is no doubt that some players will have to change numbers.

Detailing the numbers worn by each player in the NHL and at the international event.

Interesting Observations

-19 was the most commonly worn number, with eight Team Canada members wearing it in the NHL (Yzerman, Sakic, Doan, Richards, Spezza, Thornton, Toews, Bouwmeester)

-12 was worn by four different playres while in the NHL (Gagne, Iginla, Staal, Marleau)

-4 and 44 were the most common numbers for defensemen (4: Stevens, Blake, Lecavalier, Bouwmeester) (44: Regehr, Bertuzzi, Pronger, Vlasic)

-Chris Pronger played for Canada four different times from 98-2014 and wore three different numbers (24, 44, 20), the most of any player

Anything jump out at you? Post in the comments.

Season in Review: The Games That Got Away

From IllegalCurve.com

The Jets season has ended and the goal of making the playoffs wasn’t realized, leading some players to react as if the season was a failure.

The Jets missed the playoffs by eight points, a small margin. Lets take a look back at past games played, and look at “The Great White Buffalo” the games that got away. These were the games where the additional points were within grasp only for them to be squandered. This list includes the games that left Jets fans feeling like they had just received a punch to the stomach. (As detailed in Bill Simmons levels of losing)

Here’s my list of the top five games that got away

Read the full story at Illegal Curve