in the NHL

Number of Players by Season

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
2 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 4 3 2 2 3 5 2 2 3 4 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 - 3 4 4 7 5 7 7 7 7 6 5 2 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 5
Dryden
Fullan
McCutcheon
Nethery
Tredway
Hayward
Eliot
Dadswell
Nieuwendyk
Manderville
D'Alessio
Ratushny
Hughes
Drouin
Duffus
Pelletier
Chartrand
Underhill
LeNeveu
Murray
McKee
Iggulden
Moulson
O'Byrne
Vesce
Sawada
Bitz
Greening
B. Nash
Scrivens
R. Nash
Collins
Ferlin
      Ryan
MacDonald
Bardreau
Angello
Barron
Malott
Malinski
Stienberg
Mitchell
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
2 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 4 3 2 2 3 5 2 2 3 4 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 - 3 4 4 7 5 7 7 7 7 6 5 2 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 6