Wednesday, October 25, 2006

QOTD: Who is the Oldest, Smallest and Heaviest?

10 Oldest Players:
Chris Chelios - born January 25, 1962
Dominik Hasek - born January 29, 1965
Ed Belfour - born April 21, 1965
Gary Roberts - born May 23, 1966
Scott Mellanby - born June 11, 1966
Joe Nieuwendyk - born September 10, 1966
Curtis Joseph - born April 29, 1967
Mark Recchi - born February 1, 1968
Rob DiMaio - born February 19, 1968
Teppo Numminen - born July 3, 1968

10 Youngest Players:
Jordan Staal - born September 10, 1988
Phil Kessel - born October 2, 1987
Anze Kopitar - born August 24, 1987
Sidney Crosby - born August 7, 1987
Guillaume Latendresse - born May 24, 1987
Kristopher Letang - born April 29, 1987
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - born March 30, 1987
Luc Bourdon - born February 16, 1987
Gilbert Brule - born January 1, 1987
Michael Blunden - born December 15, 1986

10 Shortest Players:
Brian Gionta - 5'7"
Steve Sullivan - 5'8"
Scott Nichol - 5'8"
Nigel Dawes - 5'8"
Sergei Samsonov - 5'8"
Francis Bouillon - 5'8"
Jiri Hudler - 5'9"
Manny Legace - 5'9"
Ryan Shannon - 5'9"
Eric Perrin - 5'9"

10 Tallest Players:
Zdeno Chara - 6'9"
Derek Boogaard - 6'7"
Hal Gill - 6'7"
Andy Sutton - 6'6"
Brad Norton - 6'6"
Eric Cairns - 6'6"
Nik Antropov - 6'6"
Chris Pronger - 6'6"
Jassen Cullimore - 6"5
Brian McGrattan - 6"5

10 Heaviest Players:
Derek Boogaard - 270 lbs
Raitis Ivanans - 263 lbs
Zdeno Chara - 260 lbs
Hal Gill - 250 lbs
Andrew Peters - 247 lbs
Andy Sutton - 245 lbs
Dustin Penner - 245 lbs
Todd Bertuzzi - 245 lbs
Jassen Cullimore - 244 lbs
Georges Laraque - 243 lbs

10 Lightest Players:
Jiri Hudler - 154 lbs
Steve Sullivan - 155 lbs
Niklas Kronwall - 158 lbs
Ryan Miller - 160 lbs
Petr Prucha - 161 lbs
Pierre-Marc Bouchard - 162 lbs
Manny Legace - 162 lbs
Martin Biron - 163 lbs
Dave Bolland - 168 lbs
Jocelyn Thibault - 169 lbs

Based on the medians, the typical NHL player is 6'1, 200 lbs.

I think it's amazing that there are more players at or over 6'3" (167) than under 6 ft (150) when guys who were huge physical presences on the ice like Vladimir Konstantinov and Bobby Clarke were listed at 5'11, 176 and 5'10, 176 respectively.

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