Are the jersey numbers of hockey players relative to the positions they play?

Answer 1

It is not like football, any player at any position can wear any number, but 1 and 31 are very common goalie numbers.

Answer 2

Hockey Player Numbers

Answer 3

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Knights10 .. you beat me by 22 minutes. I was thinking about this one myself!! David Gallop and Steve Noyce must have been drinking out of the same wineglass. I think it's a stupid idea, because the teams mix up the jersey numbers now .. how often do the commentators say "who's that in jumper No. ??". The Australian Cricket Team, and other countries, only use numbers in ODIs and T/20 games, but the Test Matches retain the tradition of plain shirts. There are numbers under the Australian crest, but these show the player's place on the list of those who have represented their country. Anyway, even if the Test Teams did have numbers, and AFL and Union besides, why does Rugby League have to be sheep? Surely we can leave things as they are .. don't throw everything out because it's "old-fashioned". Fans of a particular player have always been able to have a number put on a replica jersey, and everyone knows who the player is because he has the number of his position in the team. Does the new plan mean the number going is to be retired when the player retires or moves on? Bad idea .. scrap it.

Answer 4

It is also quite rare that you will see forwards wearing numbers 2-6. Somewhat less rare are defenseman who wear numbers 12-19.
Goalies traditionally wear number 1 or numbers in the 30s but there are exceptions there too of course.
No. It doesn't matter whatsoever the number of a player to the position they play. Some say goalies are #1 or in the 30's but that's not entirely true either. The goalie will take whatever # they prefer.

Answer 5

No rules but the tradition of goaltenders wearing the number 1 dates back to the Original Six days when all teams travelled from city to city by train. The players on the team would select their seats in the sleeper car in order by uniform number. Since the goalie was considered the player whose rest was most important (teams didn't carry backup goalies), he was always given the number 1 so he had first choice of sleeping space. I guess defensemen were considered the next-important guys because they were always numbers 2 through 8. And then came the forwards: naturally the best forward on the team tended to wear number 9 (Gordie Howe is the first guy who comes to mind). Nowadays, of course, all teams fly charter and the numbering system can be a little scrambled but you will never see a skater with the number 1!

Answer 6

There are no rules as to what numbers can be worn. When numbers were introduced to hockey, the system was similar to soccer in that the keeper usually wore number 1 and then counted up from defense to forwards.

Up until recently, getting assigned a high number in camp indicated how unlikely an individual's chance of making the club was. That doesn't seem to be the case anymore.

Answer 7

Jersey numbers are NOT ralative to the position they play. A player may wear any number her/she chooses..........except three numbers: 0 or 00 - which the league does not allow (the last player to wear 00 was Buffalo's Martin Biron (a goalie wearing "oh oh").......and 99 - which was retired by the NHL upon Wayne Gretzky's retirement.

Answer 8

No, but 60-70, and 90-99 are mostly forwards

Jagr, Lemiuex, and Gretzgey all fall into that category

1 is often a goalies number

87 is the greatest when the name on the back is Crosby

Answer 9

No rules regarding numbers, some choose numbers for personal reasons. Like Jagr chose 68 to commemorate the year of the Czech revolt. Some like Wayne Gretzky and Ray Bourque couldn't get the numbers they wanted so they just doubled them. 99 and 77

Answer 10

No but alot of times goalies wear 1-30-31-33-35