Retired numbers
32 was retired on October 23, 2021, immediately before the team played their first regular season home game, in recognition of the team being the 32nd to join the NHL and in honor of the 32,000 fans who placed deposits for tickets on the first possible day.
Washington Capitals Retired Numbers:
#5 – Rod Langway (D), 1997. #7 – Yvon Labre (D), 1980. #11 – Mike Gartner (RW), 2008. #32 – Dale Hunter (C), 2000.
It is fitting that we honor the number 32, as 32,000 fans made it possible for the Seattle Kraken to become the NHL's 32nd franchise, and the freezing point for ice which the players and community skate on at the Iceplex is - you guessed it - 32 degrees (Fahrenheit).
30 retired by the Buffalo Sabres on Jan. 19, before a game against the New York Islanders. The 41-year-old goalie retired from hockey after playing for the Anaheim Ducks last season. He played 11 of his 18 seasons for the Sabres.
3, 2011, and played seven seasons in the League, including winning the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2015 (wearing No. 11). Fun fact: Desjardins and forward Melvin Angelstad (two games with the Washington Capitals in 2003-04) are the only players in NHL history to wear No. 69.
Islanders rookie picked it to honor Penguins great for on-ice, off-ice success. Mario Lemieux said Thursday he has no problem with New York Islanders rookie forward Joshua Ho-Sang wearing No. 66, which was Lemieux's number during a Hockey Hall of Fame career with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The word, "Kraken", comes from the German word for octopus, "Krake".
"Seattle's a city with a deep maritime history," Kraken general manager Ron Francis said. "I think this name embodies a connection with the sea and a curiosity of what lies beneath it. It's a natural tie to Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. "In theory, it reflects the power and aggression in the game of hockey.
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Today, if a player did wear number 66, it would feel like 66 tons of weight on his back. It's a number they would have to live up to. It's a number they know they couldn't live up to. No player has worn number 66 full-time since Vancouver's Gino Odjick in 1991.
99 is retired throughout the NHL not only because he is considered the greatest player in League history, but because the number and his name are synonymous. Though there is no debate over who the best player to wear that number is, there are 98 other numbers with more than one worthy candidate.
0 — with Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Calvin Ridley announcing shortly thereafter that he would switch to the number. The NHL formerly allowed players to wear both No. 0 and 00, but nobody has worn either since Marty Biron suited up for the Buffalo Sabres in 1995–96 with the double-zero on his back.
As of May 2023, only the Winnipeg Jets have no retired numbers. Five teams have retired six numbers that are not those of former players from their franchises: the Ottawa Senators, Florida Panthers (x2), Minnesota Wild, Seattle Kraken, and Vegas Golden Knights.
Numbers retired: 1 for Turk Broda and Johnny Bower, 7 for Tim Horton and King Clancy, 9 for Teeder Kennedy and Charlie Conacher, 10 for Syl Apps and George Armstrong, 27 for Darryl Sittler and Frank Mahovlich, plus Bill Barilko's 5, Ace Bailey's 6, Mats Sundin's 13, Dave Keon's 14, Wendel Clark's 17, Borje Salming's 21 ...
The Montreal Canadiens, one of the oldest professional sports franchises in North America, have a very storied past of success. They have honoured 18 players by taking their 15 jersey numbers out of circulation (three players shared the same number). The Canadiens have the most retired numbers of any NHL team.
Recent News. Montreal Canadiens, Canadian professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. The oldest continually operating team in the National Hockey League (NHL), the Canadiens have won more Stanley Cup titles than any other team (24) and are the most successful franchise in league history.
The Vegas Golden Knights and Seattle Kraken — the National Hockey League's two newest franchises by far — have been among the league's most impressive teams in this year's playoffs.
Seattle Sea Hawks (1933–1941)
They were the NWHL champions in 1935–36. For their final season in 1940–41, the team was sold to new ownership and renamed the Seattle Olympics. Their first coach and general manager was Frank Foyston, a former Seattle Metropolitan and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The goal for the Kraken was to find a mascot that felt local. But that request also came with limitations. They did not want to have an octopus for a mascot because that already belongs to the Detroit Red Wings. They also did not want to use a kraken.
The Kraken joined the NHL as an expansion team in 2021. Its name derives from the giant sea monster of Scandinavian and Norwegian lore (the kraken) and the giant Pacific octopus found living in the waters of Puget Sound, where Seattle is situated.
Originating in Scandinavian folklore, the kraken is usually depicted as an aggressive cephalopod-like creature capable of destroying entire ships and dragging sailors to their doom.
It was with the Greyhounds that Gretzky first wore the number 99 on his jersey. He originally wanted to wear number 9—for his hockey hero Gordie Howe—but it was already being worn by teammate Brian Gualazzi. At coach Muzz MacPherson's suggestion, Gretzky settled on 99.
Only once in Gretzky's entire career did he finish a season with fewer points than one of his teammates—the 1992-93 NHL season when he played just 45 games, scoring 65 points.
He went on to score 100 points that season and won the Calder Trophy for best rookie. It was inevitable that Lemieux would be compared with Wayne Gretzky, the greatest player of his day. Lemieux chose to wear number 66, a modest reference to Gretzky's 99.