User:Wracking/Norwegian NHLers

The National Hockey League (NHL) is an ice hockey league which operates in Canada and the United States. Eight Norwegians have played in the NHL, and 23 have been drafted.

Hockey is not considered a popular sport in Norway.

The first Norwegian to play an NHL game was Bjørn Skaare, who played a single game for the Detroit Red Wings on November 29, 1978, after being drafted by the team in the fourth round of that year's draft. Fifteen years later, in 1995, Anders Myrvold began playing for the Colorado Avalanche, after being drafted in the fifth round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the team's predecessor, the Quebec Nordiques.

In 1997, Espen Knutsen debuted for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. Knutsen went on to play 207 NHL games for Anaheim and the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Players

 * Pos – Position, G (Goaltender), D (Defence), LW (Left wing), C (Centre), RW (Right wing)
 * GP – Number of games played in the NHL