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Hockey Number 33s

The Greatest NHL Players Who Wore Jersey 33
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Hall of Fame and Retired Number 33s

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 33s in NHL/WHL history by looking at the players that wore the number that are in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

  • Patrick Roy

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 33 there are a handful:

  • Patrick Roy    Colorado Avalanche    October 28, 2003
  • Patrick Roy    Montreal Canadiens    November 22, 2008
  • Henrik Sedin    Vancouver Canucks    February 12, 2020

Greatest Sweater Number 33s in NHL WHL History

I am not going to lie, hockey is a tough sport to identify who the top players in history are. The modern statistics using Fenway and Corsi percentages are great but they only apply to players since 2008. The challenge is how do you group players from all positions on the ice throughout NHL and WHL history all together to find the best at a certain number? I am not sure there is any one way to do so correctly but here is our stab at it for this number using stats like; goals, assists, points, plus/minus, saves and bonus points for years wearing the sweater number and Hall of Fame. We also had to give Defensive line players a little boost based on their plus/minus stats. It is not perfect but here is our statistical call on the top 15 greatest NHL/WHL players wearing the number 33.

  1. Patrick Roy
  2. Henrik Sedin
  3. Zdeno Chara
  4. Tony Amonte
  5. Ziggy Pálffy
  6. Ray Ferraro
  7. Marc Savard
  8. Troy Murray
  9. Benoit Hogue
  10. Brent Ashton
  11. Dustin Byfuglien
  12. Jimmy Carson
  13. Michael Peca
  14. Alex Goligoski
  15. Jeff Brown

Stats and Figures of the Top 25

Here is a look at our stats, years played with the uniform number and calculations on the top 25 number 31 pro hockey players:

Credits NHL Tops

The picture in the banner above is from the Wikipedia Commons photo collection of the Public Domain of Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy practicing with the Colorado Avalanche before a game in Buffalo, New York on December 23, 1999, from RickADikeman.

Special thanks to Hockey-Reference.com and Stathead.com. 

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