list of family relations in the National Hockey League

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

This is a list of family relations in the National Hockey League. Since the creation of the National Hockey League in 1917, family members have been involved in all aspects of the league. Although most connections are among players, there have been significant contributions from family members in coaching, managing, scouting, and refereeing. According to this list, 47 pairs of brothers have played together on the same team; among them, ten have won the Stanley Cup together. Brothers have also squared off against each other five times in the Stanley Cup finals, most recently in 2003. 26 sons have followed in their father's footsteps and played for his team. Only once has a father played with his sons, when Gordie Howe played with Mark and Marty for one season with the Hartford Whalers. The Montreal Canadiens have seen the most familial connections with 15: nine brother pairs, two father-son combinations, one grandfather-grandson combo, one uncle-nephew pair, one set of brothers-in-law, and one combination of father-in-law and son-in-law.

Below is a list of family relations throughout the NHL since 1917. Names in bold have won the Stanley Cup. Names in italics are members of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Siblings

Martin Biron, pictured here with the Buffalo Sabres, is the brother of Mathieu.

Marcel Goc has had a sustained career with the San Jose Sharks, but his brother Sascha only played 22 games in the NHL.

Wayne Gretzky had two younger brothers, only one of whom (Brent), ever made it to the NHL.

Paul Kariya's younger brother Steve played a short stint with the Vancouver Canucks.

Mario Lemieux had an older brother Alain, but he is no relation to either Claude or Jocelyn Lemieux.

Surname	Siblings	Country	Notes
Andersson	Mikael, Niklas	Sweden	Played part of the 1999-00 NHL season together with the New York Islanders.[1]
Arbour	Ernest "Ty", Jack	Canada	[2]
Allen	George, Viv	Canada	[3]
Babych	Wayne, Dave	Canada	Also brothers-in-law, as Wayne's wife's sister married Dave.[4]
Barrett	Fred, John	Canada	[5]
Bell	Gordon, Joe	Canada	[6]
Bennett	Curt, Harvey, Bill	United States	Curt and Harvey played together during the 1978-79 NHL season with the St. Louis Blues[7] Curt was also the first American drafted by an NHL team to play in the league.[8]. Brother John played in the WHA.
Benning	Jim, Brian	Canada	[9]
Bentley	Reg, Doug, Max	Canada	First brothers to play on the same line, for the Chicago Blackhawks. Reg's only goal was assisted by both brothers, the only time all three participants in an NHL goal were related.[10]
Berry	Doug, Ken	Canada	Both played for the Edmonton Oilers, though not simultaneously; Doug played for them while the team was in the WHA, while Ken played for the Oilers after they merged into the NHL.[11]
Biron	Martin, Mathieu	Canada	Mathieu once scored a goal on Martin.[12][13]
Boucher	Buck, Billy, Frank, Robert	Canada	Billy and Robert played together for part of the 1923-24 NHL season with the Montreal Canadiens.[14]Buck & Frank also became the first set of brothers to face each other in a Stanley Cup final (along with Corb & Cy Denneny), when Buck's Ottawa Senators beat Frank's Vancouver Maroons.[15]
Bordeleau	Christian, J.P., Paulin	Canada	Christian and J.P. played together in the 1971-72 NHL season with the Chicago Blackhawks.[16]
Broderick	Len, Ken	Canada	Len played only one game in the NHL.[17]
Brookbank	Wade, Sheldon	Canada	[18]
Broten	Neal, Aaron, Paul	United States	Neal and Paul played together from 1993 to 1995 with the Dallas Stars.[19]
Brownschidle	Jack, Jeff	United States	[20]
Bure	Pavel, Valeri	Russia	Played together in the 2001-02 NHL season with the Florida Panthers. Also won silver medals as as representatives of Team Russia at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and bronze medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics.[13]
Callander	Drew, Jock	Canada	[21]
Carlson	Jack, Steve	United States	Inspired the infamous Hanson Brothers of the movie Slap Shot. Steve played one of the brothers, but Jack was unable to act in the film because of the WHA playoffs.[22]
Cavallini	Gino, Paul	Canada	Played together from 1987 to 1992 with the St. Louis Blues.[23]
Cherry	Don, Dick	Canada	Don played only one game in the NHL, a playoff game for the Boston Bruins.[24]
Cleghorn	Sprague, Odie	Canada	Played together from 1921 to 1925 with the Montreal Canadiens, winning the Stanley Cup together in 1924.[25]
Cloutier	Sylvain, Dan	Canada	[26]
Colville	Neil, Mac	Canada	Played together from 1935 to 1942 and 1945 to 1947 with the New York Rangers, winning the Stanley Cup together in 1940.[27]
Comrie	Paul, Mike	Canada	[28]
Conacher	Charlie, Lionel, Roy	Canada	Charlie was Roy's coach with the Chicago Blackhawks.[29]
Cook	Bill, Bun, Bud	Canada	Bill and Bun played together from 1926 to 1936 with the New York Rangers, winning the Stanley Cup together in 1928 and 1933 as part of the "Bread Line" with Frank Boucher.[30]
Courtnall	Geoff, Russ	Canada	Played together for part of the 1994-95 NHL season with the Vancouver Canucks.[31]
Crawford	Bob, Marc, Lou	Canada	[32]
Crowder	Bruce, Keith	Canada	Played together from 1982 to 1984 with the Boston Bruins.[33]
Cullen	Brian, Barry, Ray	Canada	Brian and Barry played together from 1955 to 1959 with the Toronto Maple Leafs.[34]
Cullen	Matt, Mark	United States	[35]
Damore	Nick, Hank	Canada	Nick played only one game in the NHL.[36]
Darragh	Jack, Harold	Canada	[37]
Denneny	Corbett, Cy	Canada	Became the first set of brothers to face each other in a Stanley Cup final (along with Buck & Frank Boucher), when Cy's Ottawa Senators beat Corb's Vancouver Maroons.[15][38]
Dillon	Wayne, Gary	Canada	[39]
Dineen	Peter, Gord, Kevin	Canada	[40]
Dionne	Marcel, Gilbert	Canada	[41]
Drury	Ted, Chris	United States	[42]
Dryden	Dave, Ken	Canada	On March 20, 1971, Dave & Ken became the first brothers to face each other as goaltenders in an NHL game. [43]
Eaves	Mike, Murray	Canada	[44]
Esposito	Phil, Tony	Canada	First time in NHL history where one brother scored on another (Phil scored on Tony).[13]
Evans	Paul, Doug, Kevin	Canada	[45]
Fata	Rico, Drew	Canada	[46]
Fedorov	Sergei, Fedor	Russia	[47]
Ferraro	Chris, Peter (Twins)	United States	Played together from 1995 to 1997 with the New York Rangers, in 1997 with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and 2001 with the Washington Capitals.[13]
Fillion	Bob, Marcel	Canada	Marcel played only one game in the NHL.[48]
Finnigan	Frank, Ed	Canada	[49]
Flockhart	Rob, Ron	Canada	[50]
Fraser	Archie, Harvey	Canada	[51]
Gardner	Dave, Paul	Canada	[52]
Goc	Sascha, Marcel	Germany	[53]
Gretzky	Wayne, Keith, Brent	Canada	Highest-scoring pair of brothers in NHL history.[54] Keith never played in the NHL, but is director of amateur scouting for the Phoenix Coyotes.[55]
Hatcher	Kevin, Derian	United States	Played together for the Dallas Stars from 1994 to 1996. [56]
Hextall	Bryan, Jr., Dennis	Canada	[57]
Hillman	Floyd, Larry, Wayne	Canada	Larry and Wayne played together during the 1968-69 NHL season for the Minnesota North Stars, and from 1969 to 1971 with the Philadelphia Flyers.[58]
Hossa	Marian, Marcel	Slovakia	Both brothers played for Team Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[59][13]
Howe	Gordie, Vic	Canada	[60]
Howe	Mark, Marty	United States	Played together from 1979 to 1982 with the Hartford Whalers.[61]
Hull	Bobby, Dennis	Canada	[62]
Hunter	Dale, Dave, Mark	Canada	[63]
Johnson	Greg, Ryan	Canada	[64]
Jonsson	Jorgen, Kenny	Sweden	Won a gold medal together representing Team Sweden at the 1994 Winter Olympics, and another gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[13] Played part of the 1999-00 NHL season together with the New York Islanders.
Kaberle	Frantisek, Tomas	Czech Republic	Both brothers won bronze medals as representatives of Team Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[59][13]
Kariya	Paul, Steve	Canada	[65]
Kilrea	Hec, Wally, Ken	Canada	Wally & Hec played together for the Detroit Red Wings from 1936 to 1938; Ken played for the Wings' minor league affiliate at the time.[66]
Kiprusoff	Marko, Miikka	Finland	[67]
Kleinendorst	Scot, Kurt	United States	First pair of brothers, and only non-twin North American brothers, drafted in the same year (1980). Kurt never played in the NHL, but worked as an assistant coach for the New Jersey Devils.[68]
Koivu	Saku, Mikko	Finland	Both brothers won silver medals as representatives of Team Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and another set of silver medals at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.[69]
Kordic	John, Dan	Canada	[70]
Kronwall	Niklas, Staffan	Sweden	[71]
LaForest	Mark, Bob	Canada	[72]
Langkow	Scott, Daymond	Canada	[73]
Larmer	Steve, Jeff	Canada	[74]
Lebeau	Stephan, Patrick	Canada	Played for part of the 1990-91 NHL season together with the Montreal Canadiens.[75]
Leeb	Brad, Greg	Canada	[76]
Lefley	Bryan, Chuck	Canada	[77]
Lemieux	Alain, Mario	Canada	Played just one game together during the 1986-87 NHL season with the Pittsburgh Penguins.[78]
Lemieux	Claude, Jocelyn	Canada	[79]
Leswick	Jack, Pete, Tony	Canada	[80]
Lindros	Eric, Brett	Canada	[81]
Linden	Trevor, Jamie	Canada	[82]
Loob	Peter, Hakan	Sweden	[83]
Lundqvist	Henrik, Joel (twins)	Sweden	[84]
Mahovlich	Frank, Peter	Canada	Played together from 1967 to 1969 with the Detroit Red Wings, and from 1970 to 1974 with the Montreal Canadiens.[85]
Maloney	Dave, Don	Canada	Played together from 1978 to 1985 with the New York Rangers.[86]
Manery	Randy, Kris	Canada	[87]
Mantha	Georges, Sylvio	Canada	Played together from 1928 to 1936 for the Montreal Canadiens, winning the Stanley Cup in 1930 and 1931.[88]
McBain	Jason, Mike	Canada	[89]
McCreary	Bill Sr., Keith	Canada	[90]
McNab	Peter, David	United States	[91]
McRae	Basil, Chris	Canada	[92]
Messier	Mitch, Joby	Canada	[93]
Messier	Paul, Mark	Canada	[94]
Metz	Nick, Don	Canada	Played together from 1938 to 1948 with the Toronto Maple Leafs, winning the Stanley Cup together in 1945 and 1947.[95]
Michalek	Zbynek, Milan	Czech Republic	[96]
Miller	Bob, Paul	United States	Paul played his only 3 NHL games with Bob during the 1981-82 NHL season with the Colorado Rockies.[97]
Miller	Kelly, Kevin, Kip	United States	Kevin and Kelly played together for part of the 1992-93 NHL season with the Washington Capitals.[98]
Miller	Ryan, Drew	United States	Drew made his debut with the Anaheim Ducks in the 2007 playoffs.[99]
Mironov	Dmitri, Boris	Russia	Won a silver medal together representing Team Russia at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[100]
Moore	Steve, Dominic	Canada	Brother Mark was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1997.[101]
Morrison	Doug, Mark	Canada	[102]
Mullen	Joe,