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, 1 of which were born in Poland. This makes Poland the birth place of the 26th most number of Hockey Players behind South Africa, and India.
Top 2
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 44.35, 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. Wojtek Wolski (b. 1986)
With an HPI of 27.74, Wojtek Wolski is the 2nd 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 2 people classified as Polish hockey players born between 1905 and 1986. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Polish hockey players include Wojtek Wolski. The most famous deceased Polish hockey players include Roy Henkel. As of April 2024, 1 new Polish hockey players have been added to Pantheon including Roy Henkel.
