NHLers Playing in Europe During the Lockout

[boney]

I hear alot of questions (around the interwebby) as to where NHLers have gone during the lockout. Which country has the most of them? Where do we scale compared to other countries? This is a comprehensive list to see just where they have gone during the lockout.

Austria

Dornbirn: Matt Bradley, Pittsburgh.
Innsbruck: Brad Isbister, Edmonton.
Klagenfurt AC: Dan Cloutier, Vancouver; Mike Siklenka, Dallas.
Salzburg: Marty Reasoner, Edmonton; Eric Chouinard, Minnesota.
Villach: Eric Weinrich, St. Louis; Jason Krog, Anaheim; Reinhard Divis, St. Louis.

Belarus

Dynamo Minsk : Konstantin Koltsov, Pittsburgh.

Czech Republic

Ceske Budejovice: Andrew Ference, Calgary; Roman Turek, Calgary; Radek Martinek, N.Y. Islanders; Vaclav Prospal, Anaheim.
Karlovy Vary: Martin Strbak, Pittsburgh.
Kladno: Ivan Huml, Boston; Tomas Kaberle, Toronto.
Liberec: Jiri Fischer, Detroit; Ales Kotalik, Buffalo; Radim Vrbata, Carolina; Vaclav Nedorost, Florida.
Litvinov: Tomas Kurka, Carolina; Martin Rucinsky, Vancouver; Martin Skoula, Anaheim; Jiri Slegr, Boston.
Olomouc: Jaroslav Svoboda, Dallas.
Pardubice: Jan Bulis, Montreal; Milan Hejduk, Colorado; Ales Hemsky, Edmonton.
Plzen: Jason Marshall, NY Rangers; Martin Straka, Los Angeles; Jaroslav Spacek, Columbus; Milan Kraft, Pittsburgh; Martin Cibak, Tampa Bay.
Slavia Prague: Zigmund Palffy, Los Angeles; Josef Stumpel, Los Angeles; Josef Vasicek, Carolina; Tomas Kloucek, Atlanta.
Sparta Prague: Ivan Majesky, Atlanta; Jan Hlavac, N.Y. Rangers; Karel Pilar, Toronto; David Vyborny, Columbus; Josef Melichar, Pittsburgh; Petr Nedved, Phoenix.
Trinec: Michael Rozsival, Pittsburgh; Radek Bonk, Montreal; Branislav Mezei, Florida.
Vitkovice: Martin Prusek, Ottawa; Marek Malik, Vancouver; Pavel Kubina, Tampa Bay; Vaclav Varada, Ottawa.
Vsetin: Roman Cechmanek, Los Angeles.
Zlin: Martin Erat, Nashville; Roman Hamrlik, N.Y. Islanders; Petr Cajanek, St. Louis.
Znojmo: Martin Havlat, Ottawa
Znojmesti Orli: Patrik Elias, New Jersey; Tomas Vokoun, Nashville.

Finland

Espoo: Bryan Muir, Los Angeles.
HIFK: Toni Lydman, Calgary; Olli Jokinen, Florida; John Madden, New Jersey; Marek Zidlicky, Nashville; Jarkko Ruutu, Vancouver; Lasse Pirjeta, Pittsburgh
HPK: Rostislav Klesla, Columbus; Jani Rita, Edmonton; Riku Hahl, Colorado.
Ilves Tampere: Vesa Toskala, San Jose
Jyväskylä: Jody Shelley, Columbus; Duvie Westcott, Columbus.
Jokerit: Teemu Selanne, Colorado; Ossi Vaananen, Colorado
KalPa: Sami Kapanen, Philadelphia; Adam Hall, Nashville.
Karpat Oulu: Josef Boumedienne, Washington.
Lukko: Hal Gill, Boston; Esa Pirnes, Los Angeles; Tomi Pettinen, Los Angeles.
Pelicans: Sean Avery, Los Angeles; Pasi Nurminen, Atlanta.
Tappara: Ville Nieminen, Calgary; Andrew Roycroft, Boston
Turku: Craig Rivet, Montreal; Tyler Bouck, Vancouver; Saku Koivu, Montreal; Mark Recchi, Pittsburgh

France

Briancon: Mark Roycroft, St. Louis.
Epinal: Steve Gainey, Dallas.
Morzine-Avoriaz: Brad Ference, Phoenix
Mulhouse: Steve Montador, Calgary; Steve Reinprecht, Calgary

Germany

Adler Mannheim: Yannick Tremblay, Atlanta; Brian Gionta, New Jersey; Jochen Hecht, Buffalo; Sven Butenschon, N.Y. Islanders; Cristobal Huet, Montreal.
Dusseldorf:Kevyn Adams, Carolina.
Eisbären Berlin: Nathan Dempsey, Los Angeles; Olaf Kolzig, Washington
EV Duisburg (GER-2): Nolan Pratt, Tampa Bay
Frankfurt: Doug Weight, St. Louis; Stephane Robidas, Chicago.
Hamburg: Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Anaheim; Jim Dowd, Montreal.
Hannover: Paul Mara, Phoenix
Ingolstadt: Aaron Ward, Carolina; Marco Sturm, San Jose; Andy McDonald, Anaheim; Jamie Langenbrunner, New Jersey.
Iserlohn: Mike York, Edmonton.
Kassel: Nick Schultz, Minnesota
Kaufbeuren (GER-2): Alex Henry, Minnesota
Krefeld: Krys Kolanos, Phoenix; Tom Preissing, San Jose.
Nürenberg: Lubomir Sekeras, Dallas; Eric Boguniecki, St. Louis.
Wolfsburg: Ty Conklin, Edmonton

Great Britain

Bracknell: Brendan Witt, Washington
Dundee: Derek Bekar, NY Islanders
Guildford: Jamie McLennan, N.Y. Rangers; David Oliver, Dallas
Newcastle: Chris McAllister, NY Rangers
Nottingham: Nick Boynton, Boston; Ian Moran, Boston; Steve McKenna, Pittsburgh
Cardiff: Rob Davison, San Jose
Coventry Blaze: Wade Belak, Toronto
London Racers: Eric Cairns, NY Islanders
London Racers: Scott Nichol, Chicago Blackhawks

Hungary

Ferencvaros: Rob Niedermayer, Anaheim; Jason Strudwick, NY Rangers

Italy

Asiago: Rico Fata, Pittsburgh.
Bolzano: Peter Schaefer, Ottawa; Jamie Lundmark, N.Y. Rangers.
Cortina: Matt Cullen, Carolina.
Milano: Craig Adams, Carolina; Niklas Sundstrom, Montreal

Latvia

Riga 2000: Karlis Skrastins, Colorado; Darby Hendrickson, Colorado.

Netherlands

Amsterdam: Karl Dykhuis, Montreal

Norway

Frisk: Marc Chouinard, Minnesota
Storhamar: Chris Clark, Calgary.
Trondheim IK: Mark Bell, Chicago.
Valerenga: Travis Brigley, Colorado; Scott Hartnell Nashville; Anders Myrvold, Detroit; Chris Mason, Nashville

Poland

Podhale Nowy Targ: Krzysztof Oliwa, New Jersey.

Russia

AK Bars Kazan: Dany Heatley, Atlanta; Alex Kovalev, Montreal; Nikolai Khabibulin, Tampa Bay; Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay; Brad Richards, Tampa Bay; Fred Brathwaite, NY Rangers; Nik Antropov, Toronto; Michael Nylander, NY Rangers; Denis Arkhipov, Nashville; Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta; Alexei Morozov, Pittsburgh; Sergei Varlamov, St. Louis.
CSKA Moscow: Alexander Frolov, Los Angeles; Nikolai Zherdev, Columbus; Anton Volchenkov, Ottawa.
Dynamo Moscow: Alexander Frolov, Los Angeles; Sergei Samsonov, Boston; Maxim Afinogenov, Buffalo; Andrei Markov, Montreal; Artem Chubarov, Vancouver; Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit; Alexander Khavanov, St. Louis.
Khimik Voskresensk: Aleksandr Korolyuk, San Jose; Manny Legace, Detroit; Kamil Piros, Florida; Alexei Ponikarovsky, Toronto; Sergei Brylin, New Jersey; Slava Kozlov, Atlanta; Vitaly Vishnevski, Anaheim.
Lada Togliatti: Maxim Kondratiev, NY Rangers; Dmitri Afanasenkov, Tampa Bay; Dainius Zubrus, Washington; Ivan Novoseltsev, Phoenix; Viktor Kozlov, New Jersey; Jussi Markkanen, Edmonton; Alexander Semin, Washington.
Lokomotiv Yaroslav: Alexei Yashin, NY Islanders; Karel Rachunek, N.Y. Rangers; Igor Korolev, Chicago; Kiril Safronov, Atlanta; Denis Shvidki, Florida; Petr Schastlivy, Anaheim.
Mettalburg Magnitogorsk: Fedor Fedorov, Vancouver; Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose; Sergei Gonchar, Boston; Petr Sykora, Anaheim; Dmitri Kalinin, Buffalo; Andrei Nazarov, Phoenix.
Molot-Prikamie: Mikhail Kuleshov, Colorado
Omsk Avangard: Jaromir Jagr, N.Y. Rangers
Salavat Yulaev: Andrei Zyuzin, Minnesota.
Severstal Cher.: Oleg Kvasha, N.Y. Islanders.
Sibir Novosibirsk: Alexander Karpovtsev, Florida.
SKA St. Petersburg: Fedor Tyutin, NY Rangers; Alexei Semenov, Edmonton; Alexander Khavanov, St. Louis; Garth Snow, N.Y. Islanders.
Vityaz Chekhov (RUS-2): Alexei Zhamnov, Philadelphia; Danny Markov, Philadelphia.

Slovakia

Dukla: Marian Hossa, Ottawa; Marian Gaborik, Minnesota
Kosice: Jiri Bicek, New Jersey; Ladislav Nagy, Phoenix.
Poprad:Peter Bondra, Ottawa
Skalica: Miroslav Zalesak, San Jose; Josef Balej, N.Y. Rangers.
Slovan Bratislava: Lubomir Visnovsky, Los Angeles; Richard Matvichuk, New Jersey.
Dukla Trencin: Pavol Demitra, St. Louis.
Zilina: Ronald Petrovicky, Atlanta.
Zvolen: Michal Handzus, Philadelphia; Vladimir Orszagh, Nashville; Richard Zednik, Montreal.
Martin (2nd Div): Radovan Somik, Philadelphia.

Slovenia

ZM Olimpija: Matt Pettinger, Washington; Manny Malhotra, Columbus; Brian Willsie, Washington

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Sweden

AIK Stockholm: Georges Laraque, Edmonton; Mattias Norstrom, Los Angeles
Almtuna: Marcus Ragnarsson, Philadelphia
Bjorkloven: Richard Jackman, Pittsburgh.
Boden: Andrew Peters, Buffalo.
Bofors: Ian Moran, Boston.
Byrnas: Kimmo Timonen, Nashville; Tyler Arnason, Chicago
Djurgarden: Jose Theodore, Montreal; Marty Turco, Dallas; Dan Boyle, Tampa Bay; Andrew Raycroft, Boston; Daniel Tjarnqvist, Atlanta; Nils Ekman, San Jose; Marcus Nilson, Calgary; Mariusz Czerkawski, NY Islanders.
Farjestad: Mike Johnson, Phoenix; Christian Berglund, Florida; Sheldon Souray, Montreal; Zdeno Chara, Ottawa.
Frolunda: Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa; Christian Backman, St. Louis; Per-Johan Axelsson, Boston; Samuel Pahlsson, Anaheim; Sami Salo, Vancouver.
Hammarby (SWE-2): Taylor Pyatt, Buffalo; Jamal Mayers, St. Louis.
HV71: Jonathan Cheechoo, San Jose; Anders Eriksson, Chicago; Brian Boucher, Phoenix
Leksand: Francis Bouillon, Montreal; Michael Ryder, Montreal.
Linkoping: Brendan Morrison, Vancouver; Mike Knuble, Philadelphia.
Lulea: Steve Staios, Edmonton; Branko Radivojevic, Philadelphia; Niclas Wallin, Carolina; Tomas Holmstrom, Detroit.
Malmo: Radovan Somik, Philadelphia; Mark Mowers, Detroit; Janne Niinimaa, NY Islanders; Richard Park, Minnesota; Pasi Nurminen, Atlanta; Brett McLean, Colorado; Shawn McEachern, Atlanta
Mora: Shawn Horcoff, Edmonton; Daniel Cleary, Phoenix; Marcel Hossa, Montreal Canadiens.
MoDo: Frantisek Kaberle, Atlanta; Markus Naslund, Vancouver; Dan Hinote, Colorado; Henrik Sedin, Vancouver; Daniel Sedin, Vancouver; Mattias Weinhandl, N.Y. Islanders; Pierre Hedin, Toronto; Markus Naslund, Vancouver; Peter Forsberg, Colorado.
Nyköping: Trent Hunter, NY Islanders
Orebro: Trevor Kidd, Toronto
Skelleftea: Mike Dunham, NY Rangers; Drake Berehowsky, Toronto.
Sodertalje: Scott Thornton, San Jose, Todd White, Ottawa; Dick Tarnstrom, Pittsburgh; Niclas Havelid, Atlanta; Kyle Calder, Chicago.
Timra: Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary; Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit; Fredrik Modin, Tampa Bay.

Switzerland

Ajoie: Pascal Dupuis, Minnesota; Pierre Dagenais, Montreal; Jeff Halpern, Washington
Ambri-Piotta: Andreas Lilja, Nashville; Ryan Malone, Pittsburgh; Kim Johnsson, Philadelphia.
EHC Basel: David Legwand, Nashville
Brynas: Ronald Petrovicky, Atlanta; Marc-Andre Bergeron, Edmonton
Davos: Niklas Hagman, Florida; Joe Thornton, Boston; Rick Nash, Columbus.
Forward Morges: Alexandre Daigle, Minnesota.
Fribourg-Gotteron: Trevor Letowski, Columbus; Paul Martin, New Jersey
GCK: Andy Sutton
Geneva-Servette: Jason York, Nashville; Geoff Sanderson, Columbus; Serge Aubin, Atlanta; Kris Draper, Detroit; Derek Armstrong, Los Angeles
Kloten: David Tanabe, Phoenix; Olli Jokinen, Florida; Patrice Brisebois, Montreal
Langnau: Martin Gerber, Carolina; Tim Connolly, Buffalo.
Lausanne: Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay.
Lugano: Martin Gelinas, Calgary; Jason Blake, NY Islanders; Kimmo Timonen, Nashville; David Aebischer, Colorado; Alex Tanguay, Colorado.
Rapperswil-Jona: Kristian Huselius, Florida; Derek Armstrong, Los Angeles.
Niko Dimitrakos, San Jose
SC Bern: Henrik Tallinder, Buffalo; Jean-Pierre Dumont, Buffalo; Daniel Briere, Buffalo.
Thurgau: Pavel Brendl, Carolina
Visp: Aaron Asham, NY Islanders
Zug: Mike Fisher, Ottawa; Niko Kapanen, Dallas.

Over 400 players have travelled to continue playing hockey during the lockout. Probably missed one or two as I'm ill and the list I found wasn't complete. Feel free to add any that I missed!

If you want to look for a player then use the search function in your browser, usaully Ctrl+F brings this up.

[ZinZey]

Damn, where did you find all that? I have been trying to find articles/info on just Toronto Maple Leafs who are overseas playing during the lockout and haven't really found much.

[boney]

I stumbled across it and had to add few extra onto it that I knew of!

Always the way. You search for something, never find it and then your just breezing around and come across what you've been searching for, for ages! :banghead:

[Mike From The D]

Derian Hatcher and Chris Chelios are playing for the Motorcity Mechanics of the United Hockey League.

[cottonzway]

It's amazing how many guys are playing overseas. I just wish they would come to the AHL now in the mean time. Well, at least all the tough guys. :cool:

[ZinZey]

Derian Hatcher and Chris Chelios are playing for the Motorcity Mechanics of the United Hockey League.

There is a lot of controversy surrounding the irony of this. They agree to play in the UHL under a VERY SMALL salary cap, while at the same time taking jobs away from minor league players, but they refuse to play in the NHL under a salary cap that is much larger than that of the UHL.

Go figure. I just know that I've heard a lot of people who are pissed off with the players who have signed in the UHL.

[eldawg]

It must be hard for a millionaire player to survive (http://www.hockeycritic.com/item/61) :p

[ZinZey]

It must be hard for a millionaire player to survive (http://www.hockeycritic.com/item/61) :p

HAHA...That's a great article....I love it. :lol:

[edub7383]

I think it is incredibly fucked up that these millionaires are taking jobs away from these players in europe and the US. These guys who are making hardly anything compared to the NHL are out of jobs.

[Thurst]

Wow I didnt even know that they played hockey in France and Great Britain. Good for them.

[eldawg]

I think it is incredibly fucked up that these millionaires are taking jobs away from these players in europe and the US. These guys who are making hardly anything compared to the NHL are out of jobs.

Yeah, what's the deal with NHLers in the United Hockey League? Why does a millionaire need to screw a $1000/week journeyman player? Don't they realize that they are just creating animosity and a whole bunch of potential replacement players who will gladly play in the NHL next year?