Roman Josi is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman who is the captain of the Nashville Predators of the NHL. Josi was born in Bern, Switzerland, and he began his career playing with SC Bern before being selected by the Nashville Predators in the NHL Entry Draft. While with SC Bern, Josi won a National League A championship. Since joining... read full bio
Henrik Lundqvist is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender for the New York Rangers of the NHL. Lundqvist was born in Are, Sweden, and he began his career playing with his brother in Sweden before playing with Frolunda of the Swedish Hockey League, also known as Elitserien. With the Elitserien, Lundqvist was a Junior Hockey Player of the Year, won... read full bio
Johnny Gaudreau is an American professional ice hockey winger who plays for the Calgary Flames in the NHL. He was born in Salem, New Jersey, and he began his career playing in the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament and went on to play for the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the United States Hockey League where he helped them win the... read full bio
John Tavares is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre that is currently the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. Tavares was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, and he began his career at a young age playing in the GTHL and went on to play major junior in the Ontario Hockey League. With the OHL, Tavares won a... read full bio
Brent Burns is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the San Jose Sharks of the NHL. Burns was born in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, and he began his career playing for the Barrie Icemen and Ajax Knights of the OMHA. He went on to play with the MTHL, GTHL, and the OHL before making his NHL debut... read full bio
Duncan Keith is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and he began his career playing minor hockey in the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association. He went on to be recruited for AAA Bantam in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and then played for the Penticton... read full bio
Tyler Seguin is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Dallas Stars of the NHL. Seguin was born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, and he began his career playing with the Whitby Wildcats of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association before playing in the OHL with the Plymouth Whalers. From there, Seguin went on to be drafted by... read full bio
Ben Bishop, also known as “Big Ben”, is an American professional ice hockey goaltender that plays for the Dallas Stars of the NHL. Bishop was born in Denver, Colorado, and he began his career playing minor ice hockey for the Kirkwood Stars in St. Louis, and also played for the St. Louis Junior Blues. He went on to play for... read full bio
Evgeni Malkin, also known as “Geno”, is a Russian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL. He was born in Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union and he began his career playing in the Russian Superleague. Malkin went on to be drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL Entry Draft. Since joining the... read full bio
Steven Stamkos is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL. Stamkos was born in Markham, Ontario, Canada, and he began his career playing for the Markham Waxers in the Eastern AAA Hockey League of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association. Stamoks went on to be drafted by the OHL’s Sarnia Sting, where... read full bio
Vladimir Tarasenko is a Russian professional ice hockey right winter and alternate captain of the St. Louis Blues of the NHL. Tarasenko was born in Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, and he began his career playing with Sibir Novosibirsk in Russia. After playing with them for a while, Tarasenko was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the NHL Draft.... read full bio
Patrick Kane is an American professional ice hockey right winger for the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL. He was born in Buffalo, New York, and began his career playing junior hockey for the USA Bobcats where he was an MVP. From there, he played for the United States U-18 National Team Development Program and then played with the London Knights... read full bio
Alexander Ovechkin, also known as “Ovi”, “the Great Eight” and “Alexander the Great”, is a Russian professional ice hockey winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the NHL. Ovechkin was born in Moscow, Russia, and began his career playing in the Russian Super League in Dynamo Moscow. He went on to be selected by the Washington Capitals in the... read full bio
Jamie Benn is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward that currently serves as captain of the Dallas Stars of the NHL. Benn was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and he began his career playing junior hockey with the Peninsula Eagles and then the Peninsula Panthers of the VIJHL. He also played with the Victoria Grizzlies and then the Kelowna... read full bio
Braden Holtby is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Washington Capitals of the NHL. He was born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada, and began his career playing with the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League. From there, Holtby went on to play with the ECHL’s South Carolina Stingrays and the Hershey Bears of the AHL. Holtby later made... read full bio
Erik Karlsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the San Jose Sharks of the NHL. Karlsson was born in Landsbro, Sweden, and he began his career playing for Froluna HC of the Elitserien. From there, Karlsson went on to be drafted into the NHL where he was selected by the Ottawa Senators. While with the... read full bio
Joe Pavelski is an American professional ice hockey player that plays center / right wing for the Dallas Stars of the NHL. Pavelski was born in Plover, Wisconsin, and he began his career playing amateur hockey. While playing amateur, Pavelski won a Wisconsin State Hockey Championship with SPASH Panthers, was a member of the Clark Cup champion Waterloo Black Hawks... read full bio
Kaka is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for various teams and for the Brazilian national team. Kaka was born in Gama, Federal District, Brazil, and he began his career at only eight years old with Sao Paulo. He went on to turn professional with Sao Paulo and over the course of his professional career... read full bio
Tony Gonzalez is an American former professional football tight end who is currently a football analyst for Fox Sports. Gonzalez was born in Torrance, California, and he began his career playing both football and basketball in high school. As a senior he was a first-team All-America selection and shared the Orange County High School Athlete of the Year with Tiger... read full bio
Erik Palmer-Brown is an American professional soccer player who currently plays with Austria Wien on loan from Manchester City. Palmer-Brown was born in Napoleon, Ohio, and he began his career playing soccer in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. He played with Sporting Kansas City and at 16 years old, was signed with Sporting Kansas City as a professional player, making... read full bio
