List of all the NHL Players Born in 1956
99 Players
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Rk | Player | From | To | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | GP | W | L | T/O | SV% | GAA | Birth Date | Death Date |
1 | Reid Bailey | 1981 | 1984 | D | 40 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 105 | May 28 | |||||||
2 | Bill Baker | 1981 | 1983 | D | 143 | 7 | 25 | 32 | -29 | 175 | November 29 | |||||||
3 | Jim Bedard | 1978 | 1979 | G | 73 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 73 | 17 | 40 | 13 | .872 | 3.95 | November 14 | |
4 | Alain Belanger | 1978 | 1978 | RW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | January 18 | |||||||
5 | Fred Berry | 1977 | 1977 | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | March 26 | |||||||
6 | Mike Blake | 1982 | 1984 | G | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 13 | 15 | 5 | .867 | 4.26 | April 6 | November 29, 2022 |
7 | Dan Bonar | 1981 | 1983 | C | 170 | 25 | 39 | 64 | -12 | 208 | September 23 | |||||||
8 | Drew Callander | 1977 | 1980 | C | 39 | 6 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 7 | August 17 | |||||||
9 | Randy Carlyle | 1977 | 1993 | D | 1055 | 148 | 499 | 647 | -137 | 1400 | April 19 | |||||||
10 | Greg Carroll | 1979 | 1980 | C | 131 | 20 | 34 | 54 | -13 | 44 | November 10 | |||||||
11 | Tony Cassolato | 1980 | 1982 | RW | 23 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | May 7 | |||||||
12 | Blair Chapman | 1977 | 1983 | RW | 402 | 106 | 125 | 231 | -44 | 158 | June 13 | |||||||
13 | Guy Chouinard | 1975 | 1984 | C | 578 | 205 | 370 | 575 | -3 | 120 | October 20 | |||||||
14 | Steve Clippingdale | 1977 | 1980 | LW | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | April 29 | |||||||
15 | Réal Cloutier | 1980 | 1985 | RW | 318 | 146 | 198 | 344 | 16 | 119 | July 30 | |||||||
16 | Jim Cunningham | 1978 | 1978 | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | August 15 | April 29, 2011 | ||||||
17 | Mal Davis | 1979 | 1986 | LW/RW | 100 | 31 | 22 | 53 | -5 | 34 | October 10 | |||||||
18 | Dave Debol | 1980 | 1981 | C | 92 | 26 | 26 | 52 | -17 | 4 | March 27 | |||||||
19 | Mike Eaves | 1979 | 1985 | C/RW | 324 | 83 | 143 | 226 | 24 | 80 | June 10 | |||||||
20 | Kari Eloranta | 1982 | 1987 | D | 267 | 13 | 103 | 116 | 23 | 155 | February 29 | |||||||
Rk | Player | From | To | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | GP | W | L | T/O | SV% | GAA | Birth Date | Death Date |
21 | Dave Farrish | 1977 | 1984 | D | 430 | 17 | 110 | 127 | -46 | 440 | August 1 | |||||||
22 | Bernie Federko* | 1977 | 1990 | C | 1000 | 369 | 761 | 1130 | -131 | 487 | May 12 | |||||||
23 | Mike Fidler | 1977 | 1983 | LW | 271 | 84 | 97 | 181 | -51 | 124 | August 19 | |||||||
24 | Rob Flockhart | 1977 | 1981 | C/RW | 55 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -22 | 14 | February 6 | January 2, 2021 | ||||||
25 | Paul Gardner | 1977 | 1986 | C | 447 | 201 | 201 | 402 | -120 | 207 | March 5 | |||||||
26 | Lorry Gloeckner | 1979 | 1979 | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 6 | January 25 | |||||||
27 | Thomas Gradin | 1979 | 1987 | C | 677 | 209 | 384 | 593 | -33 | 298 | February 18 | |||||||
28 | Rick Green | 1977 | 1992 | D | 845 | 43 | 220 | 263 | -88 | 588 | February 20 | |||||||
29 | Randy Gregg | 1983 | 1992 | D | 474 | 41 | 152 | 193 | 170 | 333 | February 19 | |||||||
30 | Anders Håkansson | 1982 | 1986 | LW/RW | 330 | 52 | 46 | 98 | -40 | 141 | April 27 | |||||||
31 | Rick Hampton | 1975 | 1980 | D/LW | 337 | 59 | 113 | 172 | -85 | 147 | June 14 | |||||||
32 | Rick Hodgson | 1980 | 1980 | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 6 | May 23 | |||||||
33 | Mike Hordy | 1979 | 1980 | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | October 10 | |||||||
34 | Greg Hotham | 1980 | 1985 | D | 230 | 15 | 74 | 89 | -48 | 139 | March 7 | |||||||
35 | Don Jackson | 1978 | 1987 | D | 315 | 16 | 52 | 68 | 78 | 640 | September 2 | |||||||
36 | Björn Johansson | 1977 | 1978 | D | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -13 | 10 | January 15 | |||||||
37 | Bernie Johnston | 1980 | 1981 | C | 57 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 5 | 16 | September 15 | |||||||
38 | Mike Kaszycki | 1978 | 1983 | C | 226 | 42 | 80 | 122 | 16 | 108 | February 27 | |||||||
39 | Mike Kitchen | 1977 | 1984 | D | 474 | 12 | 62 | 74 | -139 | 370 | February 1 | |||||||
40 | Joe Kowal | 1977 | 1978 | LW | 22 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | February 3 | July 25, 2023 | ||||||
Rk | Player | From | To | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | GP | W | L | T/O | SV% | GAA | Birth Date | Death Date |
41 | Reed Larson | 1977 | 1990 | D | 904 | 222 | 463 | 685 | -128 | 1388 | July 30 | |||||||
42 | Fern LeBlanc | 1977 | 1979 | C/RW | 34 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 0 | January 12 | |||||||
43 | Peter Lee | 1978 | 1983 | RW | 431 | 114 | 131 | 245 | -55 | 257 | January 2 | |||||||
44 | Claude Legris | 1981 | 1982 | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 2.62 | November 6 | |
45 | Mike Liut | 1980 | 1992 | G | 663 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 663 | 293 | 271 | 74 | .883 | 3.49 | January 7 | |
46 | Morris Lukowich | 1980 | 1987 | LW | 582 | 199 | 219 | 418 | -103 | 584 | June 1 | |||||||
47 | Garth MacGuigan | 1980 | 1984 | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | February 16 | |||||||
48 | Greg Malone | 1977 | 1987 | C | 704 | 191 | 310 | 501 | -105 | 661 | March 8 | |||||||
49 | Dave Maloney | 1975 | 1985 | D | 657 | 71 | 246 | 317 | 83 | 1154 | July 31 | |||||||
50 | Bob Manno | 1977 | 1985 | D/LW | 371 | 41 | 132 | 173 | -37 | 274 | October 31 | |||||||
51 | John Markell | 1980 | 1985 | LW | 55 | 11 | 10 | 21 | -26 | 36 | March 10 | |||||||
52 | Peter Marsh | 1980 | 1984 | RW | 278 | 48 | 71 | 119 | -71 | 224 | December 21 | |||||||
53 | Jeff McDill | 1977 | 1977 | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | March 16 | November 3, 2012 | ||||||
54 | Terry McDonald | 1976 | 1976 | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 6 | January 1 | |||||||
55 | Mike McEwen | 1977 | 1988 | D | 716 | 108 | 296 | 404 | -37 | 460 | August 10 | |||||||
56 | Alex McKendry | 1978 | 1981 | LW | 46 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 21 | November 21 | |||||||
57 | Roger Melin | 1981 | 1982 | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | April 25 | |||||||
58 | Barry Melrose | 1980 | 1986 | D | 300 | 10 | 23 | 33 | -119 | 728 | July 15 | |||||||
59 | Bob Miller | 1978 | 1985 | C | 404 | 75 | 119 | 194 | -16 | 220 | September 28 | October 1, 2020 | ||||||
60 | Lars Molin | 1982 | 1984 | LW | 172 | 33 | 65 | 98 | -29 | 37 | May 7 | |||||||
Rk | Player | From | To | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | GP | W | L | T/O | SV% | GAA | Birth Date | Death Date |
61 | Ken Morrow | 1980 | 1989 | D | 550 | 17 | 88 | 105 | 142 | 309 | October 17 | |||||||
62 | Grant Mulvey | 1975 | 1984 | RW | 586 | 149 | 135 | 284 | -73 | 816 | September 17 | |||||||
63 | Don Murdoch | 1977 | 1982 | RW | 320 | 121 | 117 | 238 | -35 | 155 | October 25 | |||||||
64 | Kent Nilsson | 1980 | 1995 | C/RW/RW/C | 553 | 264 | 422 | 686 | -25 | 116 | August 31 | |||||||
65 | Clayton Pachal | 1977 | 1979 | C/LW | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -12 | 95 | April 21 | February 7, 2021 | ||||||
66 | Robert Palmer | 1978 | 1984 | D | 320 | 9 | 101 | 110 | -6 | 115 | September 10 | June 26, 2023 | ||||||
67 | Doug Patey | 1977 | 1979 | RW | 45 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -16 | 8 | December 28 | |||||||
68 | Jörgen Pettersson | 1981 | 1986 | LW | 435 | 174 | 192 | 366 | -10 | 117 | July 11 | |||||||
69 | Harold Phillipoff | 1978 | 1980 | LW | 141 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 25 | 267 | July 14 | |||||||
70 | Yves Preston | 1979 | 1981 | LW | 28 | 7 | 3 | 10 | -1 | 4 | June 14 | |||||||
71 | Kevin Primeau | 1981 | 1981 | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | January 3 | |||||||
72 | Greg Redquest | 1978 | 1978 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .700 | 14.08 | July 30 | |
73 | Darcy Regier | 1978 | 1984 | D | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 35 | November 27 | |||||||
74 | Gary Rissling | 1979 | 1985 | D/LW | 221 | 23 | 30 | 53 | -47 | 1006 | August 8 | |||||||
75 | Jim Roberts | 1977 | 1979 | LW | 106 | 17 | 23 | 40 | -30 | 33 | June 8 | |||||||
76 | Tom Rowe | 1977 | 1983 | RW | 357 | 85 | 100 | 185 | -79 | 615 | May 23 | |||||||
77 | Bernie Saunders | 1980 | 1981 | LW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 8 | June 21 | |||||||
78 | Kevin Schamehorn | 1977 | 1981 | RW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 17 | July 28 | December 8, 2022 | ||||||
79 | Dwight Schofield | 1977 | 1988 | D/LW | 211 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 2 | 628 | March 25 | |||||||
80 | Rod Schutt | 1978 | 1986 | LW | 286 | 77 | 92 | 169 | -31 | 177 | October 13 | |||||||
Rk | Player | From | To | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | GP | W | L | T/O | SV% | GAA | Birth Date | Death Date |
81 | Dave Shand | 1977 | 1985 | D | 421 | 19 | 84 | 103 | 81 | 544 | August 11 | |||||||
82 | Glen Sharpley | 1977 | 1982 | C | 389 | 117 | 161 | 278 | -71 | 199 | September 6 | |||||||
83 | Bobby Simpson | 1977 | 1983 | LW | 175 | 35 | 29 | 64 | -4 | 98 | November 17 | |||||||
84 | Paul Skidmore | 1982 | 1982 | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .878 | 3.00 | July 22 | |
85 | Larry Skinner | 1977 | 1980 | C | 47 | 10 | 12 | 22 | -18 | 8 | April 21 | |||||||
86 | John Smrke | 1978 | 1980 | LW | 103 | 11 | 17 | 28 | -28 | 33 | February 25 | |||||||
87 | Peter Šťastný* | 1981 | 1995 | C | 977 | 450 | 789 | 1239 | -15 | 824 | September 18 | |||||||
88 | Vern Stenlund | 1977 | 1977 | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | April 11 | |||||||
89 | Brian Sutter | 1977 | 1988 | LW | 779 | 303 | 333 | 636 | -66 | 1786 | October 7 | |||||||
90 | Mark Suzor | 1977 | 1978 | D | 64 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -33 | 60 | November 5 | |||||||
91 | Mario Tremblay | 1975 | 1986 | RW | 852 | 258 | 326 | 584 | 185 | 1043 | September 2 | |||||||
92 | Bryan Trottier* | 1976 | 1994 | C | 1279 | 524 | 901 | 1425 | 449 | 912 | July 17 | |||||||
93 | Rob Tudor | 1979 | 1983 | RW | 28 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 19 | June 30 | |||||||
94 | Yvon Vautour | 1980 | 1985 | RW | 204 | 26 | 33 | 59 | -69 | 401 | September 10 | |||||||
95 | Jim Walsh | 1982 | 1982 | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | October 26 | |||||||
96 | Fred Williams | 1977 | 1977 | C | 44 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -17 | 10 | July 1 | |||||||
97 | Ron Wilson | 1980 | 1994 | C/LW | 831 | 110 | 216 | 326 | -44 | 413 | May 13 | |||||||
98 | Warren Young | 1982 | 1988 | C/LW | 236 | 72 | 77 | 149 | -67 | 472 | January 11 | |||||||
99 | Ron Zanussi | 1978 | 1982 | RW | 299 | 52 | 83 | 135 | -21 | 373 | August 31 |
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