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TORONTO (September 25, 2013) – Sidney Crosby has once again been ranked the NHL’s #1 player, as announced earlier tonight on NHL ON TSN TOP 50 PLAYERS.
For the first time, TSN’s Top 50 ranking – one of the hockey world’s most exclusive lists – was determined by a group of 14 NHL coaches and GMs, representing seven Eastern Conference teams and seven Western Conference teams.
This year’s NHL ON TSN TOP 50 PLAYERS features nine new players, four goalies, 10 defencemen, and 26 Canadians. The Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks has five players on the list – the most of any NHL team. Just missing the Top 50 was Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price, who was ranked #51.
See below for the full TOP 50 PLAYERS ranking, and an additional breakdown of notable omissions, biggest risers and fallers, and players by country and position. The hockey world can voice their opinion on the Top 50 ranking by using the hashtag #TSNTop50.
NHL ON TSN TOP 50 PLAYERS
Rank Rank
1. Sidney Crosby 26. Martin St. Louis
2. Evgeni Malkin 27. P.K. Subban
3. Jonathan Toews 28. Eric Staal
4. Steven Stamkos 29. Rick Nash
5. Pavel Datsyuk 30. Alex Pietrangelo
6. Zdeno Chara 31. Logan Couture
7. Alex Ovechkin 32. Marian Hossa
8. Shea Weber 33. Kris Letang
9. Patrick Kane 34. James Neal
10. Claude Giroux 35. Joe Thornton
11. Erik Karlsson 36. Matt Duchene
12. Henrik Zetterberg 37. Jamie Benn
13. John Tavares 38. Jason Spezza
14. Henrik Lundqvist 39. Taylor Hall
15. Ryan Getzlaf 40. Nicklas Backstrom
16. Patrice Bergeron 41. Pekka Rinne
17. Ryan Suter 42. Milan Lucic
18. Anze Kopitar 43. Phil Kessel
19. Drew Doughty 44. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
20. Duncan Keith 45. Sergei Bobrovsky
21. Henrik Sedin 46. David Krejci
22. Jonathan Quick 47. Patrick Sharp
23. Zach Parise 48. Dustin Brown
24. Corey Perry 49. Thomas Vanek
25. Daniel Sedin 50. Mikko Koivu
Who’s Missing?
Carey Price: Ranked #51
Corey Crawford: Stanley Cup-winning goalie
Craig Anderson: 2012-13 NHL-leading save percentage: .941
Chris Kunitz: First Team All-Star in 2012-13
Francois Beauchemin: Second Team All-Star in 2012-13
Teams With the Most Players on Top 50
Chicago: 5 (Toews, Kane, Keith, Hossa, Sharp)
Pittsburgh: 4 (Crosby, Malkin, Letang, Neal)
Boston: 4 (Chara, Bergeron, Lucic, Krejci)
Los Angeles: 4 (Kopitar, Doughty, Quick, Brown)
Nine New Members of Top 50
27. P.K. Subban
36. Matt Duchene
42. Milan Lucic
44. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
45. Sergei Bobrovsky
46. David Krejci
47. Patrick Sharp
49. Thomas Vanek
50. Mikko Koivu
Dropped Out From 2012-13 Top 50
18. Ilya Kovalchuk
25. Jordan Eberle
31. Tyler Seguin
37. Jarome Iginla
42. Brad Richards
44. Mike Richards
45. Marian Gaborik
46. Jordan Staal
48. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Rising from 2012-13 to 2013-14 Falling from 2012-13 to 2013-14
Patrick Kane: 38 to 9 Daniel Sedin: 8 to 25
Duncan Keith: 49 to 20 Henrik Sedin: 9 to 21
Ryan Getzlaf: 34 to 15 Pekka Rinne: 27 to 41
Patrice Bergeron: 35 to 16
Players By Country
Canada (26) USA (6) Russia (4) Sweden (7)
1 Crosby 9 Kane 2 Malkin 11 Karlsson
3 Toews 17 Suter 5 Datsyuk 12 Zetterberg
4 Stamkos 22 Quick 7 Ovechkin 14 Lundqvist
8 Weber 23 Parise 45 Bobrovsky 21 H. Sedin
10 Giroux 43 Kessel 25 D. Sedin
13 Tavares 48 Brown 40 Backstrom
15 Getzlaf 44 Ekman-Larsson
16 Bergeron
19 Doughty
20 Keith
23 Perry
26 St. Louis
27 Subban
28 E. Staal
29 Nash
30 Pietrangelo
31 Couture
33 Letang
34 Neal
35 Thornton
36 Duchene
37 Benn
38 Spezza
39 Hall
42 Lucic
47 Sharp
Finland (2) Slovakia (2) Slovenia (1) Czech Rep. (1) Austria (1)
41 Rinne 6 Chara 18 Kopitar 46 Krejci 49 Vanek
50 Koivu 32 Hossa
Players By Position
G (4) D (10) LW (9) C (20) RW (7)
14 Lundqvist 6 Chara 23 Parise 1 Crosby 7 Ovechkin
22 Quick 8 Weber 25 D. Sedin 2 Malkin 9 Kane
41 Rinne 11 Karlsson 29 Nash 3 Toews 24 Perry
45 Bobrovsky 17 Suter 37 Benn 4 Stamkos 26 St. Louis
19 Doughty 39 Hall 5 Datsyuk 32 Hossa
20 Keith 42 Lucic 10 Giroux 34 Neal
27 Subban 47 Sharp 12 Zetterberg 43 Kessel
30 Pietrangelo 48 Brown 13 Tavares
33 Letang 49 Vanek 15 Getzlaf
44 Ekman-Larsson 16 Bergeron
18 Kopitar
21 H. Sedin
28 E. Staal
31 Couture
35 Thornton
36 Duchene
38 Spezza
40 Backstrom
46 Krejci
50 Koivu
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