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Alumni In The NHL

The Penticton Vees have had numerous players make the transition from playing Junior Hockey, moving into the collegiate hockey ranks, then onward onto the National Hockey League.

55 players have donned a Penticton junior hockey sweater and have made their way into the NHL, including Hockey Hall of Famers Brett Hull and Paul Kariya.

For the full list of our alumni who have played in the NHL, please see the table below:

* – Indicates NHL role in management/coaching

^- Indicates playing professional hockey in North America / Europe

NAME YEAR(S) IN PENTICTON YEAR(S) IN NHL TEAM(S) IN NHL
Bruce Affleck 1971-1972 1974-1980, 1983-1984 St. Louis Blues (1974-79)

Vancouver Canucks (1979-80)

New York Islanders (1983-84)

Rick Boh 1981-1983 1987-1988 Minnesota North Stars (1987-88) 
Beau Bennett 2009-2010 2012-2018 Pittsburgh Penguins (2012-16)

New Jersey Devils (2016-17)

St. Louis Blues (2017-18)

Jim Camazzola 1982-1983 1983-1984, 1986-1987 Chicago Blackhawks (1983-84, 86-87)
Mike Card 2000-2001 2006-2007 Buffalo Sabres (2006-07)
Ed Cristofoli 1983-1985 1989-1990 Montreal Canadiens (1989-90)
Kyle Cumiskey 2002-2004 2006-2011, 2014-2015 Colorado Avalanche (2006-2011)

Chicago Blackhawks (2014-15)

Tony Currie 1972-1973 1977-1985 St. Louis Blues (1977-82)

Vancouver Canucks (1982-84)

Hartford Whalers (1984-85)

Zac Dalpe^ 2007-2008 2010-Present Carolina Hurricanes (2010-13)

Vancouver Canucks (2013-14)

Buffalo Sabres (2014-15)

Minnesota Wild (2015-17)

Columbus Blue Jackets (2017-19)

Florida Panthers (2020-Present)

Gary Donaldson 1970-1971 1973-1974 Chicago Blackhawks (1973-74)
Neil Eisenhut 1985-1986 1993-1994 Vancouver Canucks (1993-94)

Calgary Flames (1994-95)

Dante Fabbro 2014-2016 2018-Present Nashville Predators (2018-Present)
Ray Ferraro 1981-1982 1984-2002 Hartford Whalers (1984-90)

New York Islanders (1990-95)

New York Rangers (1995-96)

Los Angeles Kings (1996-99)

Atlanta Thrashers (1999-2002)

St. Louis Blues (2002)

Ross Fitzpatrick 1977-1978 1982-1986 Philadelphia Flyers (1982-86)
Norm Foster 1981-1983 1990-1992 Boston Bruins (1990-91)

Edmonton Oilers (1991-92)

Tanner Glass 2001-2003 2007-2018 Florida Panthers (2007-09)

Vancouver Canucks (2009-11)

Winnipeg Jets (2011-12)

Pittsburgh Penguins (2012-14)

New York Rangers (2014-17)

Calgary Flames (2017-18)

Mike Greenlay 1985-1986 1989-1990 Edmonton Oilers (1989-90)
Brett Hull 1982-1984 1986-2006 Calgary Flames (1986-88)

St. Louis Blues (1988-98)

Dallas Stars (1998-01)

Detroit Red Wings (2001-04)

Phoenix Coyotes (2005-06)

Darren Jensen 1977-1979 1984-1986 Philadelphia Flyers (1984-86)
Ryan Johansen 2008-2009 2011-Present Columbus Blue Jackets (2011-2016)

Nashville Predators (2016-Present)

Tyson Jost 2014-2016 2017-Present Colorado Avalanche (2017-2022)

Minnesota Wild (2022)

Buffalo Sabres (2022-Present)

Paul Kariya 1990-1992 1994-2004, 2005-2010 Anaheim Mighty Ducks (1994-2003)

Colorado Avalanche (2003-04)

Nashville Predators (2005-07)

St. Louis Blues (2007-10)

Duncan Keith 1999-2001 2005-2022 Chicago Blackhawks (2005-2021)

Edmonton Oilers (2021-22)

Reg Kerr 1973-1974 1978-1982, 1984 Chicago Blackhawks (1978-1982)

Edmonton Oilers (1984)

Ian Kidd 1982-1984 1987-1989 Vancouver Canucks (1987-89)
Chuck Kobasew 1998-2000 2002-2014 Calgary Flames (2002-07)

Boston Bruins (2007-09)

Minnesota Wild (2009-11)

Colorado Avalanche (2011-13)

Pittsburgh Penguins (2013-14)

Scott Levins 1988-1989 1992-1996, 1997-1998 Winnipeg Jets (1992-93)

Florida Panthers (1993-94)

Ottawa Senators (1994-96)

Phoenix Coyotes (1997-98) 

Connie Madigan 1955-1957 1972-1973 St. Louis Blues (1972-73)
Kevin Maxwell 1976-1978 1980-1982, 1983-1984 Minnesota North Stars (1980-81)

Colorado Rockies (1981-82)

New Jersey Devils (1983-84)

Derek Mayer 1984-1985 1993-1994 Ottawa Senators (1993-94)
Vic Mercredi 1969-1971 1974-1975 Atlanta Flames (1974-75)
Curtis McKenzie^ 2007-2009 2014-2018 Dallas Stars (2014-18)
Dave McLelland 1968-1969, 1970-1971 1972-1973 Vancouver Canucks (1972-73)
Hunter Miska^ 2013-2015 2018-2021 Arizona Coyotes (2018-19)

Colorado Avalanche (2020-2021)

Andy Moog 1977-1978 1980-1998 Edmonton Oilers (1980-87)

Boston Bruins (1987-93)

Dallas Stars (1993-97)

Montreal Canadiens (1997-98)

Brendan Morrison 1992-1993 1994-2004, 2005-2012 New Jersey Devils (1994-2000)

Vancouver Canucks (2000-04, 05-08)

Anaheim Ducks (2008-09)

Dallas Stars (2009)

Washington Capitals (2009-10)

Calgary Flames (2010-12)

Chicago Blackhawks (2012)

Grant Mulvey 1972-1973 1974-1984 Chicago Blackhawks (1974-83)

New Jersey Devils (1983-84)

Paul Mulvey 1973-1974 1978-1982 Washington Capitals (1978-81)

Pittsburgh Penguins (1981-82)

Los Angeles Kings (1982)

Joe Murphy 1984-1985 1986-2001 Detroit Red Wings (1986-89)

Edmonton Oilers (1989-92)

Chicago Blackhawks (1992-96)

St. Louis Blues (1996-98)

San Jose Sharks (1998-99)

Boston Bruins (1999-2000)

Washington Capitals (2000-01)

Bob Nicholson* 1970-1973 2014-Present Edmonton Oilers (2014-Present)
Darryl Olsen 1983-1984 1991-1992 Calgary Flames (1991-92)
Jason Podollan 1991-1992 1996-1997, 1998-2000, 2001-2002 Florida Panthers (1996-97)

Toronto Maple Leafs (1997-98, 1998-99)

Los Angeles Kings (1998-2000)

New York Islanders (2001-02)

Mike Reilly 2011-2012 2015-Present Minnesota Wild (2015-2018)

Montreal Canadiens (2018-2020)

Ottawa Senators (2020-2021)

Boston Bruins (2021-Present)

Kevin Sawyer 1991-1992 1995-1997, 1999-2003 St. Louis Blues (1995-96)

Boston Bruins (1996-97)

Phoenix Coyotes (1999-2000)

Anaheim Mighty Ducks (2000-03)

Ben Sexton 2009-2010 2017-2018 Ottawa Senators (2017-18)
Scott Sharples 1985-1986 1991-1992 Calgary Flames (1991-92)
Troy Stecher 2010-2013 2016-Present Vancouver Canucks (2016-2020)

Detroit Red Wings (2020-Present)

LA Kings (2022)

Arizona Coyotes (2022-Present)

Robbie Tallas* 1990-1991 1995-2001

2009-Present*

Boston Bruins (1995-2000)

Chicago Blackhawks (2000-2001)

Florida Panthers (2009-Present)

Brad Thiessen 2003-2005 2011-2012 Pittsburgh Penguins (2011-12)
Brad Treliving* 1986-1987 2007-Present Phoenix Coyotes (2007-2014)

Calgary Flames (2014-Present)

Howard Walker 1976-1978 1980-1983 Washington Capitals (1980-82)

Calgary Flames (1982-83)

Bill Warwick 1952-1956 1942-1944 New York Rangers (1942-44)
Grant Warwick 1952-1956 1941-1950 New York Rangers (1941-48)

Boston Bruins (1948-49)

Montreal Canadiens (1949-50)

Matt Zaba 2001-2002 2009-2010 New York Rangers (2009-2010)
Steven Fogarty^ 2011-2012 2017-Present New York Rangers (2017-20)

Buffalo Sabres (2020-21)

Boston Bruins (2021-22)

Minnesota Wild (2022-Present)

Jack Lafontaine^ 2018-2019 2022 Carolina Hurricanes (2022)