The Most Famous
HOCKEY PLAYERS from France
This page contains a list of the greatest French Hockey Players. The pantheon dataset contains 364 Hockey Players, 2 of which were born in France. This makes France the birth place of the 20th most number of Hockey Players behind United Kingdom and Slovenia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary French Hockey Players of all time. This list of famous French Hockey Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Pierre-Édouard Bellemare (1985 - )
With an HPI of 27.47, Pierre-Édouard Bellemare is the most famous French Hockey Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Pierre-Édouard Bellemare (born 6 March 1985) is a French professional ice hockey player for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Vegas Golden Knights, Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning.
2. Antoine Roussel (1989 - )
With an HPI of 23.92, Antoine Roussel is the 2nd most famous French Hockey Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Antoine Roussel (born 21 November 1989) is a French professional ice hockey left winger who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Born in France, Roussel first played hockey there before moving to Quebec at the age of 16. After four years in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), he turned professional and played in the American Hockey League (AHL) and ECHL, minor leagues in North America. Signed by the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2012, he made his NHL debut in 2013 for the club. Regarded as a physical player, Roussel has consistently been one of the NHL's leaders in penalty minutes since he entered the league. He has scored 10 or more goals and earned 100 PIM in the same season six times in his career. Internationally Roussel has represented the French national team both at the junior and senior level, including multiple World Championships.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as hockey players born between 1985 and 1989. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living hockey players include Pierre-Édouard Bellemare and Antoine Roussel. As of April 2022, 2 new hockey players have been added to Pantheon including Pierre-Édouard Bellemare and Antoine Roussel.
