This is a list of National Hockey League statistical leaders by country of birth , sorted by total points. The top ten players from each country are included. Statistics are current through the end of the 2024–25 NHL season  and players currently playing in the National Hockey League  are marked in boldface . 
All players are listed by the current country of the players' birth location, regardless of their citizenship, where they were trained in hockey or what country they represented internationally. 
  
Country  
Canada  Wayne Gretzky is the all-time leader in points from any country.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Wayne Gretzky EDM , LAK , STL , NYR 1,487  2,857  1.92     2   Mark Messier EDM , NYR , VAN , NYR 1,756  1,887  1.07     3   Gordie Howe DET , HFD 1,767  1,850  1.05     4   Ron Francis HFD , PIT , CAR , TOR 1,731  1,798  1.04     5   Marcel Dionne DET , LAK , NYR 1,348  1,771  1.31     6   Steve Yzerman DET 1,514  1,755  1.16     7   Mario Lemieux PIT 915  1,723  1.88     8   Sidney Crosby PIT 1,352  1,687  1.25     9   Joe Sakic QUE , COL 1,378  1,641  1.19     10   Phil Esposito CHI , BOS , NYR 1,282  1,590  1.24   
 
Czech Republic  Jaromir Jagr has the second most points in NHL history.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Jaromir Jagr PIT , WSH , NYR , PHI , DAL , BOS , NJD , FLA , CGY 1,733  1,921  1.11     2   Patrik Elias NJD 1,240  1,025  0.83     3   David Pastrnak BOS 756  833  1.10     4   Jakub Voracek CBJ , PHI , CBJ1,058  806  0.76     5   Milan Hejduk COL 1,020  805  0.79     6   David Krejci BOS 1,032  786  0.76     7   Vaclav Prospal PHI , OTT , FLA , TBL , ANA , TBL, PHI, NYR , CBJ 1,108  765  0.69     8   Bobby Holik HFD , NJD , NYR , ATL , NJD1,314  747  0.57     9   Petr Sykora NJD , ANA , NYR , EDM , PIT , MIN , NJD1,017  721  0.71     10   Martin Straka PIT , OTT , NYI , FLA , PIT, LAK , NYR 954  717  0.75   
 
Russia  Alexander Ovechkin is Russia's all-time leading point scorer.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Alexander Ovechkin WSH 1,491  1,623  1.09     2   Evgeni Malkin PIT 1,213  1,346  1.11     3   Sergei Fedorov DET , ANA , CBJ , WSH 1,248  1,179  0.94     4   Alexander Mogilny BUF , VAN , NJD , TOR , NJD990  1,032  1.04     5   Alexei Kovalev NYR , PIT , NYR, MTL , OTT , PIT, FLA 1,316  1,029  0.78     6   Nikita Kucherov TBL 803  994  1.24     7   Pavel Datsyuk DET 953  918  0.96     8   Ilya Kovalchuk ATL , NJD , LAK , MTL , WSH 926  876  0.95     9   Artemi Panarin CHI , CBJ , NYR 752  870  1.16     10   Vyacheslav Kozlov DET , BUF , ATL 1,182  853  0.72   
 
Slovakia  Marian Hossa is the third highest Slovak point scorer.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Stan Mikita [ 1] CHI 1,394  1,467  1.05     2   Peter Stastny [ 2] QUE , NJD , STL 977  1,239  1.27     3   Marian Hossa OTT , ATL , PIT , DET , CHI 1,309  1,134  0.87     4   Marian Gaborik MIN , NYR , CBJ , LAK , OTT 1,035  815  0.79     5   Pavol Demitra OTT , STL , LAK , MIN , VAN 847  768  0.91     6   Miroslav Satan EDM , BUF , NYI , PIT , BOS 1,050  735  0.70     7   Zigmund Palffy NYI , LAK , PIT 684  713  1.04     8   Zdeno Chara  (D)NYI , OTT , BOS , WSH , NYI1,680  680  0.40     9   Jozef Stumpel BOS , LAK , BOS, LAK, FLA 957  677  0.71     10   Anton Stastny QUE 650  636  0.98   
 
Finland  Teemu Selanne is Finland's all-time leading point scorer.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Teemu Selanne WIN , ANA , SJS , COL , ANA1,451  1,457  1.00     2   Jari Kurri EDM , LAK , NYR , ANA , COL 1,251  1,398  1.12     3   Tomas Sandstrom [ 3] NYR , LAK , PIT , DET , ANA 983  856  0.87     4   Saku Koivu MTL , ANA 1,124  832  0.74     5   Aleksander Barkov FLA 804  782  0.97     6   Olli Jokinen LAK , NYI , FLA , PHX , CGY , NYR , CGY, WPG , NSH , TOR , STL 1,231  750  0.61     7   Mikko Koivu MIN , CBJ 1,035  711  0.69     8   Mikko Rantanen COL , CAR , DAL 652  705  1.08     9   Teppo Numminen  (D)WIN , PHX , DAL , BUF 1,372  637  0.46     10   Sebastian Aho CAR 677  631  0.93   
 
United States  Mike Modano—the all-time leading U.S. point scorer—is seen here scoring the goal that put him ahead of Phil Housley.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Mike Modano MNS , DAL , DET 1,499  1,374  0.92     2   Patrick Kane CHI , NYR , DET 1,302  1,343  1.03     3   Phil Housley  (D)BUF , WIN , STL , CGY , NJD , WSH , CGY, CHI , TOR 1,495  1,232  0.82     4   Jeremy Roenick CHI , PHX , PHI , LAK , PHX, SJS 1,363  1,216  0.89     5   Joe Pavelski SJS , DAL 1,332  1,068  0.80     6   Keith Tkachuk WIN , PHX , STL , ATL , STL1,201  1,065  0.89     7   Joe Mullen STL , CGY , PIT , BOS , PIT1,062  1,063  1.00     8   Doug Weight NYR , EDM , STL , CAR , STL, ANA , NYI 1,238  1,033  0.83     9   Brian Leetch  (D)NYR , TOR , BOS 1,205  1,028  0.85     10   Pat LaFontaine NYI , BUF , NYR 865  1,013  1.17   
 
Sweden  Nicklas Lidstrom is Sweden's third all-time leading point scorer.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Mats Sundin QUE , TOR , VAN 1,346  1,349  1.00     2   Daniel Alfredsson OTT , DET 1,246  1,157  0.93     3   Nicklas Lidstrom  (D)DET 1,564  1,142  0.73     4   Henrik Sedin VAN 1,330  1,070  0.80     5   Daniel Sedin VAN 1,306  1,041  0.80     6   Nicklas Backstrom WSH 1,105  1,033  0.93     7   Henrik Zetterberg DET 1,082  960  0.89     8   Peter Forsberg QUE , COL , PHI , NSH , COL708  885  1.25     9   Erik Karlsson OTT , SJS , PIT 1,084  870  0.80     10   Markus Naslund PIT , VAN , NYR 1,117  869  0.78   
 
Slovenia  Anze Kopitar is the first Slovenian to play in the NHL. 
Germany  Dany Heatley is the second highest point scorer born in Germany, although he played internationally for Canada.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Leon Draisaitl EDM 790  956  1.21     2   Dany Heatley [ 6] ATL , OTT , SJS , MIN , ANA 869  791  0.91     3   Walt Tkaczuk [ 7] NYR 945  678  0.72     4   Marco Sturm SJS , BOS , LAK , WSH , VAN , FLA 938  487  0.52     5   Jochen Hecht STL , EDM , BUF 833  463  0.56     6   Christian Ehrhoff  (D)SJS , VAN , BUF , PIT , LAK , CHI 789  339  0.43     7   Tim Stutzle OTT 367  326  0.89     8   Willie Huber [ 8] DET , NYR , VAN , PHI 655  321  0.49     9   Mikhail Grabovski [ 9] MTL , TOR , WSH , NYI 534  296  0.55     10   Uwe Krupp  (D)BUF , NYI , QUE , COL , DET , ATL 729  281  0.39   
 
United Kingdom     Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Steve Thomas [ 10] TOR , CHI , NYI , NJD , TOR, CHI, ANA , DET 1,235  933  0.76     2   Owen Nolan [ 11] QUE , COL , SJS , TOR , PHX , CGY , MIN 1,200  885  0.74     3   Ken Hodge [ 12] CHI , BOS , NYR 881  800  0.91     4   Steve Smith [ 13] EDM , CHI , CGY 804  375  0.47     5   Peter Lee [ 14] PIT 431  245  0.57     6   Jim McFadden [ 15] DET , CHI 412  226  0.55     7   Adam Brown [ 16] DET , CHI , BOS 391  217  0.55     8   Jim Conacher [ 17] DET , CHI , NYR 328  202  0.62     9   Tommy Anderson [ 18] DET , NYA 319  189  0.59     10   Red Beattie [ 19] BOS , DET , NYA 334  147  0.44   
 
Ukraine  Ruslan Fedotenko is the fifth all-time leading scorer from Ukraine.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Peter Bondra [ 20] WSH , OTT , ATL , CHI 1,081  892  0.83     2   Dmitri Khristich WSH , LAK , BOS , TOR , WSH 811  596  0.73     3   Alexei Zhitnik [ 21] LAK , BUF , NYI , PHI , ATL 1,085  471  0.43     4   Johnny Gottselig [ 22] CHI 589  371  0.63     5   Ruslan Fedotenko PHI , TBL , NYI , PIT , NYR , PHI863  366  0.42     6   Alexei Ponikarovsky TOR , PIT , LAK , CAR , NJD , WPG , NJD678  323  0.48     7   Oleg Tverdovsky [ 23] ANA , WIN , PHX , ANA, NJD , CAR , LAK 713  317  0.44     8   Nikolay Zherdev [ 24] CBJ , NYR , PHI 421  261  0.62     9   Anton Babchuk [ 25] CHI , CAR , CGY 289  107  0.37     10   Vitaly Vishnevskiy [ 26] ANA , ATL , NSH , NJD 552  68  0.12   
 
Serbia   
Austria  Thomas Vanek is the all-time leading point scorer from Austria.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Thomas Vanek BUF , NYI , MTL , MIN , DET , FLA , VAN , CBJ , DET1,029  789  0.77     2   Andre Burakovsky [ 29] WSH , COL , SEA 696  387  0.56     3   Michael Grabner VAN , NYI , TOR , NYR , NJD , ARI 640  276  0.43     4   Michael Raffl PHI , WSH , DAL 590  179  0.30     5   Marco Rossi MIN 185  101  0.55     6   Marco Kasper DET 78  37  0.47     7   Marko Dano [ 30] CBJ , CHI , WPG , COL , CBJ141  45  0.32     8   Andreas Nodl PHI , CAR 183  36  0.20     9   Thomas Pock  (D)NYR , NYI 118  17  0.14     10   Christoph Brandner MIN 35  9  0.14   
 
Switzerland  Roman Josi is the all-time leading point scorer from Switzerland.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Roman Josi NSH 962  724  0.75     2   Kevin Fiala NSH , MIN , LAK 651  488  0.75     3   Nino Niederreiter NYI , MIN , CAR , NSH , WPG 969  480  0.50     4   Timo Meier SJS , NJD 621  435  0.70     5   Mark Streit  (D)MTL , NYI , PHI , PIT , MTL786  434  0.55     6   Nico Hischier NJD 527  422  0.80     7   Mark Hardy [ 31] LAK , NYR , MNS , NYR, LAK926  368  0.40     8   Pius Suter CHI , DET , VAN 364  162  0.45     9   Mason McTavish [ 32] ANA 229  140  0.61     10   Sven Baertschi CGY , VAN , VGK 292  138  0.47   
 
Norway  Mats Zuccarello is Norway's all-time leading point scorer.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Mats Zuccarello NYR , DAL , MIN 904  690  0.76     2   Espen Knutsen ANA , CBJ 207  111  0.54     3   Patrick Thoresen EDM , PHI 106  24  0.23     4   Emil Lilleberg TBL 113  24  0.21     5   Andreas Martinsen COL , MTL , CHI 152  23  0.15     6   Ole-Kristian Tollefsen  (D)CBJ , PHI , DET 163  12  0.07     7   Jonas Holos  (D)COL 39  6  0.15     8   Anders Myrvold  (D)COL , BOS , NYI , DET 33  5  0.15   
 
France  Alexandre Texier is the fourth highest French-born point scorer, and the highest active player.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Paul MacLean [ 33] STL , WIN , DET , STL719  673  0.94     2   Antoine Roussel DAL , VAN , ARI 607  197  0.32     3   Pierre-Edouard Bellemare PHI , VGK , COL , TBL , SEA 699  138  0.20     4   Alexandre Texier CBJ , STL 232  90  0.39     5   Philippe Bozon STL 144  41  0.28     6   Xavier Ouellet [ 34] DET , MTL 178  28  0.16     7   Yohann Auvitu NJD , EDM 58  13  0.22     8   Stephane Da Costa OTT 47  11  0.23     9   Bo Groulx [ 35] ANA 65  5  0.08     10   Kalle Kossila [ 36] ANA 19  3  0.16   
 
Lithuania  Dainius Zubrus is the all-time leading point scorer from Lithuania. 
Latvia  Karlis Skrastins is Latvia's fourth all-time leading point scorer.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Sandis Ozolinsh [ 39] SJS , COL , CAR , FLA , ANA , NYR , SJS875  564  0.64     2   Sergei Zholtok [ 40] BOS , OTT , MTL , EDM , MIN , NSH 588  258  0.44     3   Zemgus Girgensons BUF , TBL 770  194  0.25     4   Teddy Blueger PIT , VGK , VAN 418  152  0.36     5   Karlis Skrastins  (D)NSH , COL , FLA , DAL 832  136  0.16     6   Uvis Balinskis FLA 102  21  0.21     7   Rudolfs Balcers OTT , SJS , FLA , TBL 170  62  0.36     8   Viktor Tikhonov [ 41] PHX , CHI , ARI111  22  0.20     9   Raitis Ivanans MTL , LAK , CGY 282  18  0.06     10   Herberts Vasiljevs FLA , ATL , VAN 51  15  0.29   
 
Denmark  Frans Nielsen is the second-highest scorer from Denmark.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Nikolaj Ehlers WPG , CAR 674  520  0.77     2   Frans Nielsen NYI , DET 925  473  0.51     3   Lars Eller STL , MTL , WSH , COL , PIT , WSH1,116  424  0.38     4   Oliver Bjorkstrand CBJ , SEA , TBL 624  384  0.62     5   Mikkel Boedker ARI , COL , SJS , OTT 709  327  0.46     6   Jannik Hansen VAN , SJS 626  256  0.41     7   Peter Regin OTT , NYI , CHI 243  67  0.28     8   Poul Popiel [ 42] BOS , LAK , DET , VAN , EDM 224  54  0.24     9   Philip Larsen  (D)DAL , EDM , VAN 150  37  0.25     10   Frederik Andersen ANA , TOR , CAR 517  16  0.03   
 
Kazakhstan  Evgeni Nabokov, a goaltender, is the fourth all-time leading point scorer from Kazakhstan. Although he played internationally for Russia, he started his junior career in Kazakhstan. One of his points comes from a goal  scored during the 2001–02 season .    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Nik Antropov TOR , NYR , ATL , WPG 788  465  0.59     2   Alexander Perezhogin [ 43] MTL 128  34  0.27     3   Pavel Vorobyev [ 44] CHI 57  25  0.44     4   Evgeni Nabokov [ 45] SJS , NYI , TBL 697  15  0.02     5   Viktor Antipin [ 46] BUF 47  10  0.21     6   Maxim Kuznetsov  (D)DET , LAK 136  10  0.07     7   Anton Khudobin [ 47] MIN , BOS , CAR , ANA , BOS, DAL , CHI 260  8  0.03     8   Konstantin Pushkarev LAK 17  5  0.29     9   Konstantin Shafranov STL 5  3  0.60     10   Vitali Kolesnik  (G)COL 8  1  0.13   
 
Paraguay   
Poland     Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Mariusz Czerkawski BOS , EDM , NYI , MTL , NYI, TOR , BOS745  435  0.58     2   Wojtek Wolski [ 49] COL , PHX , NYR , FLA , WSH 451  267  0.59     3   Nick Harbaruk [ 50] PIT , STL 364  120  0.33     4   Joe Jerwa [ 51] NYR , BOS , NYA , BOS, NYA234  87  0.37     5   Krzysztof Oliwa NJD , CBJ , PIT , NYR , BOS , CGY , NJD410  45  0.11     6   Peter Sidorkiewicz [ 52] HFD , OTT , NJD 246  9  0.04     7   Edward Leier [ 53] CHI 16  3  0.19   
 
Taiwan   
South Korea   
Belarus  Ruslan Salei was the NHL's all-time leading point scorer from Belarus at the time of his death.    Rank   Name   Team(s)   GP   Pts   PPG     1   Andrei Kostitsyn MTL , NSH 398  222  0.56     2   Ruslan Salei  (D)ANA , FLA , COL , DET 917  204  0.22     3   Yegor Sharangovich NJD , CGY 360  197  0.55     4   Sergei Kostitsyn MTL , NSH 353  176  0.50     5   Aliaksei Protas WSH 245  119  0.49     6   John Miszuk [ 57] DET , CHI , PHI , MNS 237  46  0.19     7   Konstantin Koltsov PIT 144  38  0.26     8   Sergei Bautin [ 58] WIN , DET , SJS 132  30  0.23     9   Vladislav Kolyachonok ARI , UTA , PIT 74  14  0.19     10   Artyom Levshunov CHI 18  6  0.33   
 
Netherlands  Daniel Sprong is the third Dutch-born player to play in the NHL, and the first one selected in the NHL Entry Draft. 
Brazil  Robyn Regehr is the all-time leading point scorer from Brazil, where his parents were missionaries. 
Estonia  Leo Komarov is the only NHL player to be born in Estonia, though he represents Finland in international competition. 
Brunei   
Italy   
Venezuela   
Uzbekistan  Arthur Kaliyev is the leading scorer from players born in Uzbekistan. He moved to the United States as a child and represents them in international competition. 
Australia  Jordan Spence is first player born in Australia to play in the NHL, although he represents Canada in international competition. 
Haiti   
South Africa  Olaf Kolzig is the only player from South Africa to have played in the NHL, although he represented Germany in international competition. 
Tanzania   
Jamaica   
Lebanon   
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Nigeria   
Indonesia   
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Croatia   
Bahamas   
Notes    ^ Stan Mikita was born in First Slovak Republic , in what is now Slovakia . He moved to Canada  when he was young, and he played internationally for Canada.  ^ Peter Stastny was born in Czechoslovakia , in what is now Slovakia . He played internationally with three countries (in order): Czechoslovakia, Canada , and Slovakia.  ^ Tomas Sandstrom was born in Finland , but played internationally for Sweden .  ^ Anze Kopitar was born in SFR Yugoslavia , in what is now Slovenia . He represents Slovenia internationally.  ^ Jan Mursak was born in SFR Yugoslavia , in what is now Slovenia . He represents Slovenia internationally.  ^ Dany Heatley was born in West Germany , in what is now Germany . His Canadian father retired from hockey  and the family moved to Canada when Heatley was still a toddler. Heatley plays for Canada internationally.  ^ Walt Tkaczuk was born in Allied-occupied Germany  in 1947. His birthplace lies within the territory that became the Federal Republic of Germany  (West Germany ) in 1949. His family moved to Canada  when he was two years old.  ^ Willie Huber was born in West Germany , in what is now Germany . He played internationally for Canada .  ^ Mikhail Grabovski was born to Belarusian  parents in East Germany , in what is now Germany . His family returned to Belarus when he was three years old, and he plays for that country internationally.  ^ Steve Thomas was born in England , United Kingdom , but represented Canada  internationally.  ^ Owen Nolan was born in Northern Ireland , United Kingdom , but was raised in Canada , and played for Canada internationally.  ^ Ken Hodge was born in England , United Kingdom , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Steve Smith was born in Scotland , United Kingdom , but was raised in Canada , and played for Canada internationally.  ^ Peter Lee was born in England , United Kingdom , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Jim McFadden was born in what is now Northern Ireland , United Kingdom , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Adam Brown was born in Scotland , United Kingdom , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Jim Conacher was born in Scotland , United Kingdom , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Tommy Anderson was born in Scotland , United Kingdom , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Red Beattie was born in England , United Kingdom , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Peter Bondra was born in the Ukrainian SSR  of the former Soviet Union . However, his family moved to their native Czechoslovakia  (now Slovakia ) when he was young, and he represented Slovakia internationally.  ^ Alexei Zhitnik was born in the Ukrainian SSR  of the former Soviet Union , and he represented the Soviet Union, the CIS /Unified Team , and Russia  internationally.  ^ Johnny Gottselig was born in the Russian Empire , in area that is now Ukraine. He was raised in Canada .  ^ Oleg Tverdovsky was born in the Ukrainian SSR  of the former Soviet Union , and represented Russia  internationally.  ^ Nikolay Zherdev was born in the Ukrainian SSR  of the former Soviet Union , and represents Russia  internationally.  ^ Anton Babchuk was born in the Ukrainian SSR  of the former Soviet Union , and represents Russia  internationally.  ^ Vitaly Vishnevskiy was born in the Ukrainian SSR  of the former Soviet Union , and represents Russia  internationally.  ^ Ivan Boldirev was born in SFR Yugoslavia , in what is now Serbia . He moved to Canada  in his youth.  ^ Stan Smrke was born in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , in what is now Serbia . He was raised in Canada .  ^ Andre Burakovsky was born in Austria , but was raised in Sweden . He plays for Sweden internationally  ^ Marko Dano was born in Austria , but was raised in Slovakia . He plays for Slovakia internationally  ^ Mark Hardy was born in Switzerland , but was raised in Canada , and played for Canada internationally.  ^ Mason McTavish was born in Switzerland , but plays for Canada internationally.  ^ Paul MacLean was born in France , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Xavier Ouellet was born in France , but was raised in Canada . He plays for Canada internationally.  ^ Bo Groulx was born in France , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Kalle Kossila was born in France , but was raised in Finland . He plays for Finland internationally.  ^ Dainius Zubrus was born in the Lithuanian SSR , in what is now Lithuania . He has played internationally for both Russia  and Lithuania.  ^ Darius Kasparaitis was born in the Lithuanian SSR , in what is now Lithuania . In international competitions, he has played for the Soviet Union , the CIS /Unified Team, Russia , and Lithuania.  ^ Sandis Ozolinsh was born in the Latvian SSR , in what is now Latvia . Internationally, he played with three countries (in order): the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States , and Latvia.  ^ Sergei Zholtok was born in the Latvian SSR , in what is now Latvia . Internationally, he played with three countries (in order): the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States , and Latvia.  ^ Viktor Tikhonov was born in the Latvian SSR , in what is now Latvia . He represents Russia  internationally.  ^ Poul Popiel was born in Denmark but moved to Canada as a child and lost his Danish citizenship when he became an American citizen.  ^ Alexander Perezhogin was born in the Kazakh SSR  of the former Soviet Union , but represents Russia  internationally.  ^ Pavel Vorobiev was born in the Kazakh SSR  of the former Soviet Union , but has represented Russia  internationally.  ^ Evgeni Nabokov was born in the Kazakh SSR  of the former Soviet Union , but has represented Kazakhstan  and Russia  internationally.  ^ Viktor Antipin was born in Kazakhstan , but represents Russia  internationally.  ^ Anton Khudobin was born in the Kazakh SSR  of the former Soviet Union , but represents Russia  internationally.  ^ Willi Plett was born in Paraguay , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Wojtek Wolski was born in Poland , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Nick Harbaruk was born in Poland , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Joe Jerwa was born in the Russian Empire , in what is now Poland . He was raised in Canada .  ^ Peter Sidorkiewicz was born in Poland , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Edward Leier was born in Poland , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Rod Langway was born at a US military base in Taiwan , but represented the United States  internationally.  ^ Richard Park was born in South Korea, but his family emigrated to the United States when he was young. He represents the United States  internationally.  ^ Jim Paek was born in South Korea, but his family emigrated to Canada when he was young. He represented Canada  internationally.  ^ John Miszuk was born in the Byelorussian SSR , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Sergei Batuin was born in the Byelorussian SSR , but represented Russia  internationally.  ^ Ed Beers was born in the Netherlands , but raised in Canada .  ^ Ed Kea was born in the Netherlands , but raised in Canada  from age 4.  ^ Daniel Sprong was born in the Netherlands , but moved to Canada  when he was 7 to further his hockey career.  ^ a b   Robyn and Richie Regehr are sons of  Canadian  Mennonite  missionaries . Their parents were serving in Brazil  when Robyn was born in 1980, and in Indonesia  when Richie was born in 1983. The family eventually returned to Canada, where both brothers were trained in hockey.  ^ Mike Greenlay was born in Brazil , but raised in Canada .  ^ Leo Komarov was born in the Estonian SSR , but was raised in Finland  and represents Finland internationally.  ^ Craig Adams was born in the British protectorate of Brunei , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Luca Sbisa was born in Italy , but moved to Switzerland  with his family when he was one year old. He represented Switzerland internationally.  ^ Nelson Debenedet was born in Italy , but moved to Canada  as a child.  ^ Rick Chartraw was born to American  parents in Caracas  while his father was working there as an engineer. The family returned to the U.S. when he was three years old.  ^ Don Spring was born to Canadian  parents in Maracaibo , Venezuela , but was raised and trained in Canada.  ^ Arthur Kaliyev was born in Uzbekistan , but moved to the United States  when he was two-years-old. He represents the United States internationally.  ^ Maxim Mayorov was born in the Uzbek SSR , but represents Russia  internationally.  ^ Jordan Spence was born in Australia , but was raised in Japan . He has represented Canada internationally.  ^ Claude Vilgrain was born in Haiti , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Olaf Kölzig was born in South Africa  to German parents. He moved to Canada  in his youth and represented Germany internationally.  ^ Chris Nielsen was born to Canadian  parents in Tanzania  while his father was stationed there with the Canadian International Development Agency . The family returned to Canada when he was three years old.  ^ Graeme Townshend was born in Jamaica , but emigrated with his family to Canada  in his early childhood, and was trained in Canada.  ^ Ed Hatoum was born in Lebanon , but was raised in Canada .  ^ Alexandar Georgiev was born in Bulgaria  and moved to Russia  as a child. He has dual citizenship and represents Russia internationally.  ^ Ryan O'Marra was born to Canadian  parents in Tokyo . The family returned to Canada when he was one year old.  ^ Rumun Ndur was born in Nigeria , but raised in Canada .  ^ Akim Aliu was born in Nigeria , but raised in Ukraine  and then Canada .  ^ Jan Benda was born in Belgium  to Czech  parents, and was raised in the former Czechoslovakia . He also played major junior hockey in Canada . Benda has since acquired German  citizenship and has represented that country internationally.  ^ Andre Deveaux was born in The Bahamas , but was raised in Canada .     Almost all players on this list from Russia , Ukraine , Latvia , Lithuania , Kazakhstan , and Belarus  were born in the Soviet Union  – in the Russian SFSR , Ukrainian SSR , Latvian SSR , Lithuanian SSR , Kazakh SSR , and Byelorussian SSR  respectively. The Soviet Union officially dissolved  at the end of 1991. Many of these players have represented both the Soviet Union and their respective nation in international competitions.  Almost all players on this list from the Czech Republic  or Slovakia  were born in Czechoslovakia . Czechoslovakia officially dissolved  at the end of 1992. Many of these players have represented both Czechoslovakia and their respective nation in international competitions.  Almost every player on this list from Germany  was born in West Germany . The exceptions are Mikhail Grabovski, born in East Germany , and Walt Tkaczuk, born shortly after World War II in the portion of Allied-occupied Germany  that became West Germany in 1949. West Germany and East Germany reunited  in 1990. Some of these players have represented both West Germany and Germany in international competitions. 
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