[caption id=“attachment_10453” align=“alignleft” width=“235”] TGC member Peter Forsberg[/caption]

To be part of a winning team in Stanley Cup, World Championship and Olympic Games in ice hockey means belonging to the Triple Gold Club.

To date (May 29th, 2022) there are 30 players who have accomplished that. They have all played either offense or defense. Here follows a list of them all (11 Canadians, 9 Swedes, 7 Russians, 2 Czechs, and one Finn). To many of whom perhaps the Stanley Cup Trophy shines the brightest while playing for your national team brings an altogether different kind of sense of accomplishment.

First you’ll see the chronological list from year 1958 onward, then the month-wise list in use in many of the articles here in Journeys of Life. Viacheslav Fetisov, the very first Russian-born NHL player, starts the list. And yes, we are still to see the first USA-born player here.

To note, there is also one coach who belongs to this prestigious club: the Canadian Mike Babcock.

1958-0420 Viacheslav Fetisov* from Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union (1997)
1959-1031 Mats Näslund* from Timrå, Sweden (1994)

1960-0412 Tomas Jonsson* from Falun, Sweden (1994)
1960-0703 Håkan Loob* from Visby, Gotland, Sweden (1994)
1960-1203 Igor Larionov* from Voskresensk, Russia, Soviet Union (1997)
1964-0708 Alexei Gusarov* from Leningrad, Russia, Soviet Union (1996)
1966-0418 Valeri Kamensky* from Voskresensk, Russia, Soviet Union (1996)
1968-0830 Vladimir Malakhov* from Sverdlovsk, Russia, Soviet Union (2000)
1969-0123 Brendan Shanahan* from Etobicoke, ON Canada (2002)
1969-0218 Alexander Mogilny* from Khabarovsk, Russia, Soviet Union (2000)
1969-0707 Joe Sakic* from Burnaby, BC Canada (2002)
1969-1210 Rob Blake* from Simcoe, ON Canada (2002)

1970-0428 Nicklas Lidström* from Krylbo, Sweden (2006)
1971-0530 Jiří Šlégr* from Jihlava, Czechoslovakia (2005)
1972-0215 Jaromír Jágr* from Kladno, Czechoslovakia (2005)
1973-0720 Peter Forsberg* from Örnsköldsvik, Sweden (1996)
1973-0831 Scott Niedermayer* from Edmonton, AB Canada (2004)
1974-1008 Fredrik Modin* from Sundsvall, Sweden (2006)
1974-1010 Chris Pronger* from Dryden, ON Canada (2007)
1976-1223 Mikael Samuelsson* from Mariefred, Sweden (2008)
1978-0720 Pavel Datsyuk* from Sverdlovsk, Russia, Soviet Union (2018)

1980-1009 Henrik Zetterberg* from Njurunda, Sweden (2008)
1981-0112 Niklas Kronwall* from Stockholm, Sweden (2008)
1983-0927 Jay Boowmeester* from Edmonton, AB Canada (2019)
1984-0320 Valtteri Filppula* from Vantaa, Finland (2022)
1984-1029 Eric Staal* from Thunder Bay, ON Canada (2010)
1985-0516 Corey Perry* from Haileybury, ON Canada (2016)
1985-0724 Patrice Bergeron* from L’Ancienne-Lorette, QC Canada (2011)
1987-0807 Sidney Crosby* from Cole Harbour, NS Canada (2015)
1988-0429 Jonathan Toews* from Winnipeg, MB Canada (2010)

BY MONTH
1981-0112 Niklas Kronwall* from Stockholm, Sweden
1969-0123 Brendan Shanahan* from Etobicoke, ON Canada

1972-0215 Jaromír Jágr* from Kladno, Czechoslovakia
1969-0218 Alexander Mogilny* from Khabarovsk, Russia, Soviet Union

1984-0320 Valtteri Filppula* from Vantaa, Finland

1960-0412 Tomas Jonsson* from Falun, Sweden
1966-0418 Valeri Kamensky* from Voskresensk, Russia, Soviet Union
1958-0420 Viacheslav Fetisov* from Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union
1970-0428 Nicklas Lidström* from Krylbo, Sweden
1988-0429 Jonathan Toews* from Winnipeg, MB Canada

1985-0516 Corey Perry* from Haileybury, ON Canada
1971-0530 Jiří Šlégr* from Jihlava, Czechoslovakia

1960-0703 Håkan Loob* from Visby, Gotland, Sweden
1969-0707 Joe Sakic* from Burnaby, BC Canada
1964-0708 Alexei Gusarov* from Leningrad, Russia, Soviet Union
1973-0720 Peter Forsberg* from Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
1978-0720 Pavel Datsyuk* from Sverdlovsk, Russia, Soviet Union
1985-0724 Patrice Bergeron* from L’Ancienne-Lorette, QC Canada

1987-0807 Sidney Crosby* from Cole Harbour, NS Canada
1968-0830 Vladimir Malakhov* from Sverdlovsk, Russia, Soviet Union
1973-0831 Scott Niedermayer* from Edmonton, AB Canada

1983-0927 Jay Boowmeester* from Edmonton, AB Canada

1974-1008 Fredrik Modin* from Sundsvall, Sweden
1980-1009 Henrik Zetterberg* from Njurunda, Sweden
1974-1010 Chris Pronger* from Dryden, ON Canada
1984-1029 Eric Staal* from Thunder Bay, ON Canada
1959-1031 Mats Näslund* from Timrå, Sweden

1960-1203 Igor Larionov* from Voskresensk, Russia, Soviet Union
1969-1210 Rob Blake* from Simcoe, ON Canada
1976-1223 Mikael Samuelsson* from Mariefred, Sweden

Finally, some Stanley Cup celebration! Stanley Cup Winners 1990-2017, credits to Bobby T.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z2GuOOZYgA

Updated 29.5.2022