The Most Famous
HOCKEY PLAYERS from Poland
This page contains a list of the greatest Polish Hockey Players. The pantheon dataset contains 676 Hockey Players, 2 of which were born in Poland. This makes Poland the birth place of the 23rd most number of Hockey Players behind France, and Pakistan.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Polish Hockey Players of all time. This list of famous Polish Hockey Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Roy Henkel (1905 - 1981)
With an HPI of 53.51, Roy Henkel is the most famous Polish Hockey Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Reinhold "Roy" Henkel (August 22, 1905 in Briesen, German Empire – October 6, 1981 in Vancouver) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.
2. Stefan Liv (1980 - 2011)
With an HPI of 48.84, Stefan Liv is the 2nd most famous Polish Hockey Player. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Stefan Daniel Patryk Liv (born Patryk Śliż; 21 December 1980 – 7 September 2011) was a Polish-born Swedish professional ice hockey player who played as a goaltender. Liv played professionally in Sweden, North America and Russia. Liv played nine seasons for HV71 in the top-tier league in Sweden. He was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2000 NHL entry draft and played one season elsewhere in the Red Wings organization, but never played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He then returned to Europe and HV71, where he played three seasons before moving to Russia in 2010. Liv was a member of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) when he died, along with the rest of the team in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. He was a member of several Swedish national teams, including the 2006 Olympic championship team. A street in Jönköping was named "Stefan Livs gata" (English: Stefan Liv's street) in his honour on 2 August 2013.
3. Mariusz Czerkawski (b. 1972)
With an HPI of 47.17, Mariusz Czerkawski is the 3rd most famous Polish Hockey Player. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Mariusz Krzysztof Czerkawski (pronounced [ˈmarjuʂ t͡ʂɛrˈkafskʲi]; born 13 April 1972) is a Polish former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. In addition to playing in the NHL, Czerkawski played for several different European-based teams. A consistent scorer, Czerkawski was the first player born and trained in Poland to play in the NHL. Internationally, Czerkawski represented Poland in several tournaments, including the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1992 and 2002 World Championships.
4. Wojtek Wolski (b. 1986)
With an HPI of 37.08, Wojtek Wolski is the 4th most famous Polish Hockey Player. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Wojciech "Wojtek" Wolski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvɔjtɛk ˈvɔlski]; born February 24, 1986) is a Polish-Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, New York Rangers, Florida Panthers and Washington Capitals. After leaving the NHL in 2013, Wolski continued his career in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), playing for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, Metallurg Magnitogorsk (with whom he won the Gagarin Cup in 2016) and Kunlun Red Star. While he holds dual citizenship, Wolski is a product of the Canadian training system and was ineligible to represent Poland internationally. He was selected to represent Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Polish hockey players born between 1905 and 1986. Of these 4, 2 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Polish hockey players include Mariusz Czerkawski, and Wojtek Wolski. The most famous deceased Polish hockey players include Roy Henkel, and Stefan Liv. As of April 2024, 1 new Polish hockey players have been added to Pantheon including Mariusz Czerkawski.
