List of 100 greatest NHL players by The Hockey News

This is The Hockey News top 100 National Hockey League players of all-time. The Hockey News is a newspaper that write about ice hockey. This list is included in the book The Top 100 NHL Players of All-Time (ISBN 978-07710-4175-4).

Judges

The judges who helped make the selections for this list included writers, journalists, and broadcasters (Don Cherry, John Davidson, Milt Dunnell, Stan Fischler, Dick Irvin, Brian McFarlane, Bob McKenzie, Jim Matheson, Harry Neale, Frank Orr), as well as coaches, referees, general managers, and former players (Al Arbour, Scotty Bowman, Emile Francis, Howie Meeker, Scotty Morrison, Roger Neilson, Bud Poile, Sam Pollock, Marcel Pronovost, Billy Reay, Glen Sather, Harry Sinden, Red Storey).

The list

Players in boldface were active when the list was published in early 1998. Flags of players born outside of Canada (regardless of nationality) are included next to their names.

Notes

↑ Lemieux was retired at the time the list was published, but returned later for parts of five more seasons.
↑ Sawchuk is the highest-ranked goaltender.
↑ Mikita is the highest-ranked European-born player, though he was raised in Canada from a young age.
↑ Jagr is the highest-ranked European-born-and-trained player.
↑ Chelios is the highest-ranked player born in the U.S.A.

[Lemieux-1] Lemieux was retired at the time the list was published, but returned later for parts of five more seasons.

[Sawchuk-2] Sawchuk is the highest-ranked goaltender.

[Mikita-3] Mikita is the highest-ranked European-born player, though he was raised in Canada from a young age.

[Jagr-4] Jagr is the highest-ranked European-born-and-trained player.

[Chelios-5] Chelios is the highest-ranked player born in the U.S.A.

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