5 sets of NHL brothers who shared the ice as part of the same team

For these NHL brothers, endowment connected the crystal runs successful the family. 

The NHL has a agelong past of welcoming brothers into the nonrecreational league. Sometimes, brothers go rivals connected competing teams, portion others person shared the crystal arsenic teammates. There person adjacent been brothers who person basked successful the glory of a title triumph together, hoisting the Stanley Cup up high. 

Since the NHL was organized successful 1917, galore brothers person shared the ice. Read connected to larn much astir a fewer brothers who besides were teammates. 

Many brothers successful the NHL person shared the crystal arsenic teammates. (Getty Images)

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1. The Sutter brothers
2. The Niedermayer brothers
3. The Staal brothers
4. The Richard brothers
5. The Hughes brothers

1. The Sutter brothers

Starting disconnected this database is the Sutter brothers. 

There are really 7 brothers successful the family, though lone six played successful the NHL: Brent, Brian, Ron, Duane, Rich and Darryl.

At 1 constituent oregon another, each six Sutter brothers played for either the Chicago Blackhawks oregon the St. Louis Blues. 

Duane and Brent Sutter played unneurotic connected the New York Islanders. (Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images)

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Among the brothers, six Stanley Cups were won arsenic players, including successful 1982 and 1983, erstwhile Duane and Brent worked unneurotic connected the Islanders for title wins. 

Rich and Ron were besides teammates for a time, spending 3 years unneurotic with the Philadelphia Flyers successful the 1980s and different 3 with the St. Louis Blues, coached by Brian. 

2. The Niedermayer brothers

Scott and Rob Niedermayer some recovered occurrence successful the NHL, including unneurotic connected the aforesaid team. 

They played together for the Anaheim Ducks and won the Stanley Cup successful 2007. 

Even though Scott and Rob grew up together, they person spoken astir however the NHL really brought them closer. 

"I learned a fewer things astir him I didn't know," Scott said successful 2007, per The Hockey News. "I got to cognize him a small better."

The Niedermayer brothers won the Stanley Cup unneurotic successful 2007. (David E. Klutho/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

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"I spot him successful the dressing room. He's a small much talkative and fun-loving than possibly I've seen him before. That's 1 country that is simply a spot caller to me," helium went connected to say. 

Before becoming teammates, they spent galore years apart. 

"In hockey season, ever since we were 15 oregon 16, we went our abstracted ways," Rob said, per The Hockey News. "We'd spot each different a spot successful the summer, but that was astir it."

"This is simply a batch better. We spot each much often. It's worked retired truly well," helium continued. 

3. The Staal brothers

There are 4 Staal brothers: Eric, Marc, Jordan and Jared. 

Multiple Sutter brothers person played for the Carolina Hurricanes.

In 2003, Eric was drafted by the Hurricanes, and won the Stanley Cup with the squad successful 2006. In 2013, Eric, Jordan and Jared each played for the team. 

In 2016, Eric went connected to play for the New York Rangers, wherever helium joined his member Marc. Eric and Marc besides played unneurotic for the Florida Panthers. 

Eric and Marc Staal played unneurotic for the Florida Panthers during the 2022–2023 season, portion Jordan was connected the Hurricanes. ( Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images)

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Jordan is the lone member inactive portion of the NHL, and arsenic of the 2024-2025 season, holds the rubric of skipper for the Hurricanes.  

4. The Richard brothers

The Richard brothers spent respective years unneurotic arsenic teammates. 

Maurie, nicknamed "Rocket," played his full career with the Montreal Canadiens, from 1942 to 1960. 

Henri, the younger brother, nicknamed "Pocket Rocket," joined the Canadiens successful 1955 with his brother. Henri won 11 Stanley Cups during his career, the astir of immoderate player, according to NHL Records. He retired from the league aft the 1974-75 season. 

The Richard brothers were some connected the Montreal Canadiens. (Getty Images)

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5. The Hughes brothers

The Hughes brothers person taken the NHL by storm. 

All 3 of the brothers were aboriginal picks successful assorted NHL drafts. 

Luke was the latest of the trio to articulation the NHL, arsenic the 4th wide prime successful the 2021 draught by the New Jersey Devils. 

In 2018, the oldest Hughes brother, Quinn, was chosen by the Vancouver Canucks arsenic the seventh wide pick. Jack was the archetypal wide NHL draught prime successful 2019, by the Devils. 

All 3 of the Hughes brothers were drafted into the NHL arsenic aboriginal picks. (Derek Cain/Getty Images)

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Luke and Jack some play for the Devils, portion Quinn remains portion of the Canucks. 

At the extremity of 2023, the 3 brothers each shared the crystal for the archetypal time. 

"Of people you imagination you're going to play with your brothers successful the NHL 1 day," Jack said up of the game, per the New Jersey Devils' website. "You're successful the basement, hanging out, playing, but you ne'er truly deliberation it's going to go a reality. For it to happen, it's decidedly beauteous wild. It's 3 kids successful 1 game."

The household became the ninth to person astatine slightest 3 brothers play the aforesaid game, according to the source. The past to bash truthful anterior to the Hughes brothers were the Staal brothers successful April of the aforesaid year.

"I decidedly didn't expect thing similar this to hap erstwhile we were kids, but it's truly cool," Luke said. "That's the dedication shown by our parents... however hard they worked and however hard the 3 of america worked too. It's going to beryllium fun."

"Of course, it's the dream," Quinn said of the game. "We astir apt talked astir it arsenic kids playing mini-sticks and worldly but arsenic acold arsenic this year, they're going to privation 2 points, I'm going to privation 2 points, and everyone's disquieted astir their idiosyncratic game."

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The Hughes brothers besides made past arsenic the archetypal acceptable of siblings to beryllium connected an EA Sports screen successful 2024.

"We consciousness incredibly honored to beryllium connected the screen of NHL 25," said Quinn, per NHL.com. "Being featured alongside my brothers is the benignant of happening you imagination astir arsenic a kid but could ne'er ideate happening successful existent life."