NHL players are going to play in the Olympics for their respective countries. The NHL owners are not pleased and may not allow it in the future. They essentially have to shut the league down for a couple of weeks and risk injury to their players.
All 23 of them.
Yes, the NHL shuts down for two weeks during this time. It's due to many of the NHL's star players participating in the Winter Olympics.
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A total of 148 NHL players are donning their home country's colors during the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. Here is the breakdown by country:USA - 27Sweden - 24Canada - 22Czech Republic - 17Russia - 16Slovakia - 13Finland 13Switzerland - 10Austria - 3Norway - 1Slovenia - 1Latvia - 1
NBA players first Olympics was the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona and NHL players first Olympics was the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano.
There are 37 Russian Born Players in NHL
13 players
San Jose Sharks (8).
13 players
There will be 1,230 games in the NHL. This goes from the year 2013 to 2014.
AnswerThere are 23 players on an NHL team,20 players dress for each game, while 3 sit out.