Our mission to preserve the history of pro hockey through the sweater uniform numbers players wear is to objectively come up with a list of the greatest players at each number based on their career performance. This look is based on facts and statistics gathered as of 1/1/2022.
Let us start our journey on identifying the greatest number 27s in NHL/WHL history by looking at the players that wore the number that are in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
- Frank Mahovlich
- Darryl Sittler
- Guy Lapointe
- Craig Patrick
- Scott Niedermayer
- Vaclav Nedomansky
- Jim Rutherford
Our next bit of recognition is of the players who have had the number retired by clubs that they played for along with the date of the number being officially retired. For the number 27 there is but one:
- Frank Mahovlich Toronto Maple Leafs October 15, 2016
- Scott Niedermayer Anaheim Ducks February 17, 2019
- Scott Niedermayer New Jersey Devils December 16, 2011
- Darryl Sittler Toronto Maple Leafs October 15, 2016
- John Tonelli New York Islanders February 21, 2020