List of banned National Hockey League jersey numbers

Wayne Gretzky , whose number 99 was banned throughout the league.

This is a list of the National Hockey League's banned jersey numbers . Blocked jersey numbers ("retired numbers") are usually no longer assigned by a team in order to honor an outstanding player who wore this number.

166 jersey numbers are currently blocked in the National Hockey League. In addition, there are nine numbers of the former teams, which are re-assigned by their successor teams (see formerly blocked numbers ). The Toronto Maple Leafs have the largest number of players at 19, honoring two players at the same time with five different digits. The same case occurred three times with the Canadiens de Montréal , twice with the New York Rangers and once with the Chicago Blackhawks . The Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues deviate from the practice of blocked numbers by accepting outstanding players in a kind of hall of fame ("honored numbers"), but the numbers continue to be assigned and only in exceptional cases (mostly prematurely due to illness / Injuries to Ended Careers). The Toronto Maple Leafs did the same for a long time, but blocked eleven jersey numbers to mark their centenary in October 2016.

Wayne Gretzky's jersey number "99" is the only number so far that was banned from across the league on February 6, 2000, with the Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers also honoring him separately. There are also eight other players whose numbers have been banned by two teams - Bobby Hull , Gordie Howe , Ray Bourque , Mark Messier , Patrick Roy , Tim Horton , Red Kelly and Scott Niedermayer .

The table is sorted chronologically according to the blocking date, but can be sorted according to all columns. Furthermore, the names of the teams that were current at the time of the award are given.

Blocked jersey numbers

Maurice Richard , No. 9 of the Canadiens de Montréal

Ted Lindsay , # 7 of the Detroit Red Wings

Mario Lemieux , No. 66 of the Pittsburgh Penguins

Bryan Trottier , # 19 of the New York Islanders

Ray Bourque , No. 77 of the Boston Bruins and the Colorado Avalanche

Mark Messier , No. 11 of the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers

Brian Leetch , # 2 of the New York Rangers

Joe Sakic , # 19 of the Colorado Avalanche

Mark Howe , Philadelphia Flyers No. 2

Pawel Bure , # 10 of the Vancouver Canucks

Teemu Selänne , No. 8 of the Anaheim Ducks

Red Kelly , No. 4 of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings

Vincent Lecavalier , No. 4 of the Tampa Bay Lightning

Jarome Iginla , # 12 of the Calgary Flames

Daniel Sedin , # 22 of the Vancouver Canucks

John Tonelli , # 27 of the New York Islanders

Roberto Luongo , No. 1 Florida Panthers

Abbreviations:
Nat. = Nationality; Pos. = Position with C = center , LW = left wing , RW = right wing , D = defender , G = goalkeeper , F = attacking player , R = rover

Color legend:

Players in the Hockey Hall of Fame were taken

Numbers that have been banned from multiple players by a team

Numbers that have been blocked for people who have not played on the team as players

League-wide blocked number

Surname	Nat.	Item	number	team	date
Ace Bailey		RW	6th	Toronto Maple Leafs	February 14, 1934
Lionel Hitchman		D.	3	Boston Bruins	February 22, 1934
Howie Morenz		C.	7th	Canadiens de Montréal	0November 2, 1937
The clapper		D.	5	Boston Bruins	February 12, 1947
Eddie Shore		D.	2	Boston Bruins	0April 1, 1947
Maurice Richard		RW	9	Canadiens de Montréal	0October 6, 1960
Jean Béliveau		C.	4th	Canadiens de Montréal	0October 9, 1971
Gordie Howe		RW	9	Detroit Red Wings	March 12, 1972
Barry Ashbee		D.	4th	Philadelphia Flyers	03rd April 1975
Henri Richard		C.	16	Canadiens de Montréal	December 10, 1975
Bob Gassoff		D.	3	St. Louis Blues	01st October 1977
Bobby Orr		D.	4th	Boston Bruins	0January 9, 1979
Bernie Parent		G	1	Philadelphia Flyers	October 11, 1979
Rod Gilbert		RW	7th	New York Rangers	October 14, 1979
Johnny Bucyk		LW	9	Boston Bruins	March 13, 1980
Milt Schmidt		C.	15th	Boston Bruins	March 13, 1980
Al Hamilton		D.	3	Edmonton Oilers	October 10, 1980
Stan Mikita		C.	21st	Chicago Black Hawks	October 19, 1980
Barclay Plager		D.	8th	St. Louis Blues	March 24, 1981
Yvon Labre		D.	7th	Washington Capitals	0November 7, 1981
Bobby Hull		LW	9	Chicago Black Hawks	18th December 1983
Bobby Clarke		C.	16	Philadelphia Flyers	November 15, 1984
Rogatien Vachon		G	30th	Los Angeles Kings	February 14, 1985
Guy Lafleur		RW	10	Canadiens de Montréal	February 16, 1985
Doug Harvey		D.	2	Canadiens de Montréal	October 26, 1985
Bill Masterton		C.	19th	Minnesota North Stars	17th January 1987
Phil Esposito		C.	7th	Boston Bruins	03rd December 1987
Tony Esposito		G	35	Chicago Blackhawks	November 20, 1988
Glenn Hall		G	1	Chicago Blackhawks	November 20, 1988
Brian Sutter		LW	11	St. Louis Blues	December 30, 1988
Eddie Giacomin		G	1	New York Rangers	March 15, 1989
Lanny McDonald		RW	9	Calgary Flames	March 17, 1990
Bill Barber		LW	7th	Philadelphia Flyers	October 11, 1990
Gilbert Perreault		C.	11	Buffalo Sabers	17th October 1990
Marcel Dionne		C.	16	Los Angeles Kings	0November 8, 1990
Bernie Federko		C.	24	St. Louis Blues	March 16, 1991
Stan Smyl		RW	12	Vancouver Canucks	03rd November 1991
Alex Delvecchio		C.	10	Detroit Red Wings	November 10, 1991
Ted Lindsay		LW	7th	Detroit Red Wings	November 10, 1991
Denis Potvin		D.	5	New York Islanders	0February 1, 1992
Bill Goldsworthy		RW	8th	Minnesota North Stars	February 15, 1992
Mike Bossy		RW	22nd	New York Islanders	0March 3, 1992
Frank Finnigan Note 1		RW	8th	Ottawa Senators	0October 8, 1992
Bill Barilko		D.	5	Toronto Maple Leafs	17th October 1992
Billy Smith		G	31	New York Islanders	February 20, 1993
Terry Sawchuk		G	1	Detroit Red Wings	0March 6, 1994
Bob Nystrom		RW	23	New York Islanders	0April 1, 1995
Dave Taylor		RW	18th	Los Angeles Kings	0April 3, 1995
Sid Abel		C.	12	Detroit Red Wings	April 29, 1995
Jacques Plante		G	1	Canadiens de Montréal	0October 7, 1995
Rick Martin		LW	7th	Buffalo Sabers	November 15, 1995
René Robert		C.	14th	Buffalo Sabers	November 15, 1995
Tim Horton		D.	2	Buffalo Sabers	05th January 1996
Clark Gillies		LW	9	New York Islanders	0December 7, 1996
Mario Lemieux		C.	66	Pittsburgh Penguins	November 19, 1997
Rod Langway		D.	5	Washington Capitals	November 26, 1997
Neal loaves		C.	7th	Dallas Stars	0February 7, 1998
Denis Savard		C.	18th	Chicago Blackhawks	March 19, 1998
Wayne Gretzky		C.	99	Edmonton Oilers	0October 1, 1999
Dale Hunter		C.	32	Washington Capitals	March 11, 2000
Minnesota Wild fans Note 2	-	-	1	Minnesota Wild	October 12, 2000
Michel Brière		C.	21st	Pittsburgh Penguins	0January 5, 2001
Ray Bourque		D.	77	Boston Bruins	0October 4, 2001
Jari Kurri		RW	17th	Edmonton Oilers	0October 6, 2001
Bryan Trottier		C.	19th	New York Islanders	October 20, 2001
Ray Bourque		D.	77	Colorado Avalanche	November 24, 2001
Wayne Gretzky		C.	99	Los Angeles Kings	0October 9, 2002
Terry O'Reilly		RW	24	Boston Bruins	October 24, 2002
Grant drove		G	31	Edmonton Oilers	0October 9, 2003
Patrick Roy		G	33	Colorado Avalanche	October 28, 2003
Cam Neely		RW	8th	Boston Bruins	January 12, 2004
Mike Richter		G	35	New York Rangers	0February 4, 2004
Paul Coffey		D.	7th	Edmonton Oilers	October 18, 2005
Yvan Cournoyer		RW	12	Canadiens de Montréal	November 12, 2005
Dickie Moore		LW	12	Canadiens de Montréal	November 12, 2005
Danny Gare		RW	18th	Buffalo Sabers	November 22, 2005
Mark Messier		C.	11	New York Rangers	January 12, 2006
Ron Francis		C.	10	Carolina Hurricanes	January 28, 2006
Scott Stevens		D.	4th	New Jersey Devils	0February 3, 2006
Pat LaFontaine		C.	16	Buffalo Sabers	0March 3, 2006
Bernie Geoffrion		RW	5	Canadiens de Montréal	March 11, 2006
Ken Daneyko		D.	3	New Jersey Devils	March 24, 2006
Al MacInnis		D.	2	St. Louis Blues	0April 9, 2006
Serge Savard		D.	18th	Canadiens de Montréal	November 18, 2006
Brett Hull		RW	16	St. Louis Blues	0December 5, 2006
Steve Yzerman		C.	19th	Detroit Red Wings	0January 2, 2007
Luc Robitaille		LW	20th	Los Angeles Kings	January 20, 2007
Ken Dryden		G	29	Canadiens de Montréal	January 29, 2007
Mike Vernon		G	30th	Calgary Flames	0February 6, 2007
Mark Messier		C.	11	Edmonton Oilers	February 27, 2007
Dale Hawerchuk		C.	10	Phoenix Coyotes	0April 5, 2007
Larry Robinson		D.	19th	Canadiens de Montréal	November 19, 2007
Brian Leetch		D.	2	New York Rangers	January 24, 2008
Bob Gainey		LW	23	Canadiens de Montréal	February 23, 2008
Keith Magnuson		D.	3	Chicago Blackhawks	November 12, 2008
Pierre Pilote		D.	3	Chicago Blackhawks	November 12, 2008
Patrick Roy		G	33	Canadiens de Montréal	November 22, 2008
Trevor Linden		C.	16	Vancouver Canucks	December 17, 2008
Mike Gartner		RW	11	Washington Capitals	December 28, 2008
Glenn Anderson		RW	9	Edmonton Oilers	January 18, 2009
Adam Graves		LW	9	New York Rangers	0February 3, 2009
Glen Wesley		D.	2	Carolina Hurricanes	February 17, 2009
Andy Bathgate		C.	9	New York Rangers	February 22, 2009
Harry Howell		D.	3	New York Rangers	February 22, 2009
Joe Sakic		C.	19th	Colorado Avalanche	0October 1, 2009
Émile Bouchard		D.	3	Canadiens de Montréal	04th December 2009
Elmer Lach		C.	16	Canadiens de Montréal	04th December 2009
Teppo numbers		D.	27	Phoenix Coyotes	January 30, 2010
Bill Torrey note 3		-	93	Florida panthers	October 23, 2010
Markus Näslund		LW	19th	Vancouver Canucks	November 12, 2010
Rod Brind'Amour		C.	17th	Carolina Hurricanes	February 18, 2011
Peter Forsberg		C.	21st	Colorado Avalanche	0October 8, 2011
Scott Niedermayer		D.	27	New Jersey Devils	December 16, 2011
Keith Tkachuk		C.	7th	Phoenix Coyotes	December 23, 2011
Jeremy Roenick		C.	97	Phoenix Coyotes	February 11, 2012
Mark Howe		D.	2	Philadelphia Flyers	0March 6, 2012
Pavel Bure		RW	10	Vancouver Canucks	0November 2, 2013
Adam Foote		D.	52	Colorado Avalanche	0November 2, 2013
Nicklas Lidström		D.	5	Detroit Red Wings	0March 6, 2014
Mike Modano		C.	9	Dallas Stars	0March 8, 2014
Guy Lapointe		D.	5	Canadiens de Montréal	0November 8, 2014
Teemu Selänne		RW	8th	Anaheim Ducks	January 11, 2015
Dominik Hašek		G	39	Buffalo Sabers	January 13, 2015
Rob Blake		D.	4th	Los Angeles Kings	17th January 2015
Martin Brodeur		G	30th	New Jersey Devils	0February 9, 2016
Syl Apps		C.	10	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Chief Armstrong		C.	10	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Johnny Bower		G	1	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Turk Broda		G	1	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
King Clancy		D.	7th	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Wendel Clark		LW	17th	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Charlie Conacher		RW	9	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Hap Day		D.	4th	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Doug Gilmour		C.	93	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Tim Horton		D.	7th	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Red Kelly		D / C	4th	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Theodore Kennedy		C.	9	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Dave Keon		C.	14th	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Frank Mahovlich		LW	27	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Börje Salming		D.	21st	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Darryl Sittler		C.	27	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Mats Sundin		C.	13	Toronto Maple Leafs	15th October 2016
Daniel Alfredsson		RW	11	Ottawa Senators	December 29, 2016
Martin St. Louis		RW	26th	Tampa Bay Lightning	January 13, 2017
Bob Plager		D.	5	St. Louis Blues	02nd February 2017
Jere Lehtinen		RW	26th	Dallas Stars	November 24, 2017
Milan Hejduk		RW	23	Colorado Avalanche	0January 6, 2018
Eric Lindros		C.	88	Philadelphia Flyers	January 18, 2018
Wayne Huizenga note 4		-	37	Florida panthers	19th January 2018
Vincent Lecavalier		C.	4th	Tampa Bay Lightning	February 10, 2018
Patrik Eliáš		LW	26th	New Jersey Devils	February 24, 2018
Jean Ratelle		C.	19th	New York Rangers	February 25, 2018
Victims of mass murder in Las Vegas note 5	-	-	58	Vegas Golden Knights	March 31, 2018
Paul Kariya		LW	9	Anaheim Ducks	October 21, 2018
Rick Middleton		RW	16	Boston Bruins	29th November 2018
Vic Hadfield		LW	11	New York Rangers	02nd December 2018
Red Kelly		D / C	4th	Detroit Red Wings	01st February 2019
Scott Niedermayer		D.	27	Anaheim Ducks	17th February 2019
Shane Doan		RW	19th	Arizona Coyotes	February 24, 2019
Jarome Iginla		RW	12	Calgary Flames	02nd March 2019
Daniel Sedin		LW	22nd	Vancouver Canucks	February 12, 2020
Henrik Sedin		C.	33	Vancouver Canucks	February 12, 2020
Chris Phillips		D.	4th	Ottawa Senators	February 18, 2020
John Tonelli note 6		LW	27	New York Islanders	February 21, 2020
Butch Goring		C.	91	New York Islanders	February 29, 2020
Roberto Luongo		G	1	Florida panthers	0March 7, 2020

Remarks

^{Note 1}Finnigan was not a player from the current Senators, but from 1893 to 1934 . Due to his sporting success there and his efforts to bring a franchise back to Ottawa, he was posthumously honored on the first day of the new Senators.

^{Note 2} The Minnesota Wild dedicated the number 1 to their fans right at the start of the first season of 2000/01.

^{Note 3} The Florida Panthers honored Torrey, longtime general manager and president of the franchise, with the number of the year in which the Panthers were founded (1993).

^{Note 4} The Florida Panthers honored Huizenga, the first owner of the franchise, with the number of his birth year (1937).

^{Note 5}The Vegas Golden Knights paid tribute to the 58 deaths in the Las Vegas mass murder that occurred just before the team's first season began.

^{Note 6}In consultation with Tonelli, Anders Lee , team captain of the Islanders at the time of the suspension, was allowed to wear the number 27 on his back.

Formerly blocked numbers

If a franchise is renamed or relocated, the previously blocked numbers are not treated uniformly. While some franchises do not assign the numbers under a new name, the Colorado Avalanche and the Carolina Hurricanes decided to put the numbers back into circulation after relocation. This affects players from the Nordiques de Québec and the Hartford Whalers . With the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes and their renaming to Arizona Coyotes in 2014, the earlier numbers of the Winnipeg Jets will also be reassigned. The nine numbers are listed below.

There can also be other reasons why a blocked number is worn again: Bobby Hull, for example, got his son Brett to wear his blocked “9” with the Phoenix Coyotes . In addition, Mario Lemieux made his comeback after his "66" was banned from the Pittsburgh Penguins , and ran back on with her as a result.

Surname	Nat.	Item	number	team	date
John McKenzie note 4		RW	19th	Hartford Whalers	1979
JC Tremblay note 4		D.	3	Nordiques de Québec	October 28, 1979
Gordie Howe		RW	9	Hartford Whalers	18th February 1981
Rick Ley		D.	2	Hartford Whalers	December 26, 1982
Marc Tardif		LW	8th	Nordiques de Québec	0November 1, 1983
Bobby Hull		LW	9	Winnipeg Jets	February 19, 1989
Michel Goulet		LW	16	Nordiques de Québec	March 16, 1995
Thomas Steen		C.	25th	Winnipeg Jets	0May 6, 1995
Peter Šťastný		C.	26th	Nordiques de Québec	February 26, 1996

Remarks

^{Note 4}John McKenzie and JC Tremblay were each active exclusively in the World Hockey Association for the predecessor teams of the later NHL franchises. Both were honored at the beginning of the first NHL season 1979/80 of the respective team.

literature

• Arizona Coyotes Media Guide 2014-2015 . Arizona Coyotes Hockey Club, 2014, pp. 269-271.
• Boston Bruins Media Guide 2014-2015 . Boston Bruins Hockey Club, 2014, pp. 265-266.
• Buffalo Sabers Media Guide 2014-2015 . Buffalo Sabers Hockey Club, 2014, pp. 291-294.
• Canadiens de Montréal Press Guide 2014–2015 . Club de Hockey Canadien, 2014, pp. 576-585.
• Carolina Hurricanes Media Guide 2014–2015 . Carolina Hurricanes Hockey Club, 2014, p. 208.
• Chicago Blackhawks Media Guide 2014-2015 . Chicago Blackhawks Hockey Club, 2014, pp. 236-242.
• Colorado Avalanche Media Guide 2014-2015 . Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club, 2014, pp. 190-192.
• Dallas Stars Media Guide 2014-2015 . Dallas Stars Hockey Club, 2014, pp. 266-268.
• Detroit Red Wings Media Guide 2014-2015 . Detroit Red Wings Hockey Club, 2014, pp. 267-278.
• Edmonton Oilers Media Guide 2014-2015 . Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club, 2014, p. 161.
• Florida Panthers Media Guide 2014-2015 . Florida Panthers Hockey Club, 2014, p. 14.
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• New York Rangers Media Guide 2014–2015 . New York Rangers Hockey Club, 2014, pp. 333–336.
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