Famous Ukranian Hockey Players

[Cheese]

Thought I would ice a team against the Jewish version posted below:

1. Wayne Gretzky
2. Mike Bossy
3. Johnny Bucyk
4. Dale Hawerchuk
5. Joffery Lupul
6. Bill Mosienko
7. Eddie Shack
8. Turk Broda
9. Terry Sawchuk
10. Wayne Babych
11. Bill Barilko
12. Johnny Bower
13. Bernie Federko

To hell with defence!

[ToewsFan]

Good list, but Gretzky's ancestor were from Belarus.

"Wayne Gretzky, the legendary Belarusian-Canadian ice hockey player, has met his Belarusian relatives during a visit to Belarus, Komsomolskaya Pravda v Belarusi reported. Gretzky’s grandfather Anthony Gretzky (Ciarenci Hrecki) was a Belarusian immigrant to Canada. Wayne Gretzky’s Belarusian relatives still live in the Hrodna province of Belarus."

http://belarusdigest.com/story/legen...relatives-1862

[Cheese]

Yeah lots of discussion about that.

Gretzky's ancestry is typically described as either Belarusian, Ukrainian, or Polish.[5] In interviews, Walter Gretzky has stated that his parents were "White Russians from Belarus",[6] and whenever anyone asked his father if they were Russian, he would reply, "Nyet. Belarus."[2][7] On other occasions he has mentioned his family's Polish ancestry.[8] However, "the only Slavic language spoken in the Gretzky family [was] Ukrainian,"[5] of which Walter was a fluent speaker from birth

[Bane]

14. Anton Babchuk

[Chingas]

Tkachuk is definitely a Ukrainian name.

[Beninho]

*1. Matthew Tkachuk

[undercoverbrother]

1. Wayne Gretzky
2. Mike Bossy
3. Johnny Bucyk
4. Dale Hawerchuk
5. Joffery Lupul
6. Bill Mosienko
7. Eddie Shack
8. Turk Broda
9. Terry Sawchuk
10. Wayne Babych
11. Bill Barilko
12. Johnny Bower
13. Bernie Federko

I don't think any of those guys are Ukrainian.

[JonDuke]

I thought Gretzky was Polish

Gretzky's paternal grandparents were ethnic Polish immigrants who came to Canada at the beginning of the 20th century from the town of Mogilev in the Russian Empire (now Belarus).
In a 1999 Hockey Hall Of Fame inductee press conference, Gretzky stated "Thank God I'm Polish" when a friendly joke was made about another inductee of Scottish descent who wore a traditional Scottish kilt as a dedication to his heritage.

[Cheese]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

1. Wayne Gretzky
2. Mike Bossy
3. Johnny Bucyk
4. Dale Hawerchuk
5. Joffery Lupul
6. Bill Mosienko
7. Eddie Shack
8. Turk Broda
9. Terry Sawchuk
10. Wayne Babych
11. Bill Barilko
12. Johnny Bower
13. Bernie Federko

I don't think any of those guys are Ukrainian.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...nian_Canadians
http://www.ukrainian-dreams.com/famousUCan.php

and Paul Brandt as well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Brandt

[Ducay]

Basically any player from rural SK or AB is going to be on the list.

I'm going to start a couple new Toews-like threads for the Regehr bros

- Famous Brazilian Hockey Players?
- If you had to pick favorite 5 Indonesian NHLers?

[Table 5]

Yes, but who is Ukrainian and Jewish?

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Cheese

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...nian_Canadians
http://www.ukrainian-dreams.com/famousUCan.php

and Paul Brandt as well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Brandt

So Canadian, got it.

[killer_carlson]

Didn't the Hitmen retire Boris Protsenko's number?

[jeffman]

Dave andrechuk

[Pointman]

Going by name, Todd Hlushko, Rick Chernomaz and Igor Kravchuk.

[RougeUnderoos]

Don't forget The Kiev Kid, Flames legend Sergei Varlamov.

[FlamesAddiction]

Fedotenko and Ponikarovsky

[Beninho]

Originally Posted by Ducay

Basically any player from rural SK or AB is going to be on the list.

I'm going to start a couple new Toews-like threads for the Regehr bros

- Famous Brazilian Hockey Players?
- If you had to pick favorite 5 Indonesian NHLers?

As a Brazilian Canadian Jew these threads keep getting better and better lol

[Morning Wood]

No Peter Bondra? He was fun to watch, just did not rack up as many assists as he scored goals.

[Red_Baron]

Not surprised about the question of Gretzky's ethnicity. I've tried to do some research on my own family and that section of Europe went through numerous border changes and different rules in a short period of time. My grandfather lived west of modern day Lviv, Ukraine​ but identified as being from Austria as the city was known as Lemberg under Austrian rule, he left due to the Russians. One of my Aunt's was born in the same house as 2 of her siblings and they all 3 have different nationalities due to the political turmoil prior to and resulting from WWI.