List of NHL players (U–V)

This is a list of National Hockey League (NHL) players who have played at least one game in the NHL from 1917 to present and have a last name that starts with either "U" or "V".

      Active during the 2010–2011 season

U

There have been 11 NHL players with a last name starting with "U".

Player	Pos.	Nationality	Birthdate	Birthplace	Seasons	Teams ↓	Refs
Gene Ubriaco	LW	Canada	26 Dec 1937	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	1967–1970	PIT, OAK, CHI	IHDB
Igor Ulanov	D	Russia	1 Oct 1969	Krasnokamsk	1991–2006	WPG, CHI, TB, MTL, EDM, NYR, FLA	IHDB
Norm Ullman [HOF]	C	Canada	26 Dec 1935	Provost, Alberta	1955–1975 [WHA]	DET, TOR	IHDB
Jeff Ulmer	RW	Canada	27 Apr 1977	Regina, Saskatchewan	2000–2001	New York Rangers	IHDB
Layne Ulmer	C	Canada	14 Sep 1980	North Battleford, Saskatchewan	2003–2004	New York Rangers	IHDB
R.J. Umberger	C	United States	3 May 1982	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	2005–present	Philadelphia Flyers	IHDB
Matt Underhill	G	Canada	16 Sep 1979	Campbell River, British Columbia	2003–2004	Chicago Blackhawks	IHDB
Garry Unger	C	Canada	7 Dec 1947	Calgary, Alberta	1967–1983	TOR, DET, STL, ATLf, LA, EDM	IHDB
Scottie Upshall	RW	Canada	7 Oct 1983	Fort McMurray, Alberta	2002–present	Nashville Predators	IHDB
Alexander Urbom	D	Sweden	20 Dec 1990	Stockholm	2010-present	New Jersey Devils	IHDB
Stefan Ustorf	C	Germany	3 Jan 1974	Kaufbeuren, Germany	1995–1997	Washington Capitals	IHDB

Va

There have been 110 NHL players with a last name starting with "V".

Player	Pos.	Nationality	Birthdate	Birthplace	Seasons	Teams ↓	Refs
Ossi Vaananen	D	Finland	18 Aug 1980	Vantaa	2000–2009	PHX, COL, PHI, VAN	IHDB
Nicholas Vachon	LW	Canada	20 Jul 1972	Montreal, Quebec	1996–1997	New York Islanders	IHDB
Rogatien Vachon [HC]	G	Canada	8 Sep 1945	Palmarolle, Quebec	1966–1982	MTL, LA, DET, BOS	IHDB
Carol Vadnais	D	Canada	25 Sep 1945	Montreal, Quebec	1967–1983	MTL, CAL, BOS, NYR, NJ	IHDB
Lubomir Vaic	C	Slovakia	6 Mar 1977	Spišská Nová Ves	1997–1998, 1999–2000	Vancouver Canucks	IHDB
Eric Vail	FW	Canada	16 Sep 1953	Timmins, Ontario	1973–1982	ATLf, CGY, DET	IHDB
Melville "Sparky" Vail	D	Canada	5 Jul 1906	Meaford, Ontario	1928–1930	New York Rangers	IHDB
Rick Vaive	RW	Canada	14 May 1959	Ottawa, Ontario	1979–1992 [WHA]	VAN, TOR, CHI, BUF	IHDB
Boris Valabik	D	Slovakia	14 Feb 1986	Nitra	2007-present	Atlanta Thrashers	IHDB
Chris Valentine	FW	Canada	6 Dec 1961	Belleville, Ontario	1981–1984	Washington Capitals	IHDB
Rob Valicevic	RW	United States	6 Jan 1971	Detroit, Michigan	1998–2004	NSH, LA, ANA, DAL	IHDB
Jack Valiquette	C	Canada	18 Mar 1956	St. Thomas, Ontario	1974–1981	TOR, COLr	IHDB
Steve Valiquette	G	Canada	20 Aug 1977	Etobicoke, Ontario	1999–2000, 2003–2004, 2006–2009	NYI, EDM, NYR	IHDB
Garry Valk	LW	Canada	27 Nov 1967	Edmonton, Alberta	1990–2003	VAN, ANA, PIT, TOR, CHI	IHDB
Lindsay Vallis	RW	Canada	12 Jan 1971	Winnipeg, Manitoba	1993–1994	Montreal Canadiens	IHDB
Shaun Van Allen	C	Canada	29 Aug 1967	Calgary, Alberta	1990–1991, 1992–2004	EDM, ANA, OTT, DAL, MTL	IHDB
John Van Boxmeer	D	Canada	20 Nov 1952	Petrolia, Ontario	1973–1984	MTL, COLr, BUF, QUE	IHDB
David Van Der Gulik	RW	Canada	20 Apr 1983	Abbotsford, British Columbia	2008-present	CGY, COL	IHDB
Wayne Van Dorp	LW	Canada	19 May 1961	Burnaby, British Columbia	1986–1992	EDM, PIT, CHI, QUE	IHDB
David Van Drunen	D	Canada	31 Jan 1976	Sherwood Park, Alberta	1999–2000	Ottawa Senators	IHDB
Darren Van Impe	D	Canada	18 May 1973	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	1994–2003	ANA, BOS, NYR, FLA, CLS	IHDB
Ed Van Impe	D	Canada	27 May 1940	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	1966–1977	CHI, PHI, PIT	IHDB
James van Riemsdyk	LW	United States	4 May 1989	Middletown, New Jersey	2009-present	Philadelphia Flyers	IHDB
Mike Van Ryn	D	Canada	14 May 1979	London, Ontario	2000–2009	STL, FLA, TOR	IHDB
John Vanbiesbrouck	G	United States	4 Sep 1963	Detroit, Michigan	1983–2002	NYR, FLA, PHI, NYI, NJ	IHDB
Ryan VandenBussche	RW	Canada	28 Feb 1973	Simcoe, Ontario	1996–2006	NYR, CHI, PIT	IHDB
Jim Vandermeer	D	Canada	21 Feb 1980	Caroline, Alberta	2002–present	PHI, CHI, CGY, PHX, EDM	IHDB
Pete Vandermeer	LW	Canada	14 Oct 1975	Red Deer, Alberta	2007–2008	Phoenix Coyotes	IHDB
Thomas Vanek	W	Austria	19 Jan 1984	Vienna	2005–present	Buffalo Sabres	IHDB
Vaclav Varada	LW	Czech Republic	26 Apr 1976	Vsetin	1995–2006	BUF, OTT	IHDB
Petri Varis	LW	Finland	13 May 1969	Varkaus	1997–1998	Chicago Blackhawks	IHDB
Semyon Varlamov	G	Russia	27 Apr 1988	Samara	2008-present	Washington Capitals	IHDB
Sergei Varlamov	LW	Ukraine	21 Jul 1978	Kiev	1997–1998, 1999–2000, 2001–2003	CGY, STL	IHDB
Jarkko Varvio	RW	Finland	28 Apr 1972	Tampere	1993–1995	Dallas Stars	IHDB
Josef Vasicek	C	Slovakia	12 Sep 1980	Havlíčkův Brod	2000–2008	CAR, NSH, NYI	IHDB
Alex Vasilevsky	RW	Ukraine	8 Jan 1975	Kiev	1995–1997	St. Louis Blues	IHDB
Alexei Vasiliev	D	Russia	1 Sep 1977	Yaroslavl	1999–2000	New York Rangers	IHDB
Herbert Vasiljevs	C	Latvia	27 May 1976	Riga	1998–2002	FLA, ATL, VAN	IHDB
Andrei Vasilyev	LW	Russia	30 Mar 1972	Voskresensk	1994–1997, 1998–1999	NYI, PHX	IHDB
Dennis Vaske	D	United States	11 Oct 1967	Rockford, Illinois	1990–1999	NYI, BOS	IHDB
Elmer Vasko	D	Canada	11 Dec 1935	Duparquet, Quebec	1956–1970	CHI, MIN	IHDB
Rick Vasko	D	Canada	12 Jan 1957	St. Catharines, Ontario	1977–1978, 1979–1981	Detroit Red Wings	7317IHDB
Julien Vauclair	D	Switzerland	2 Oct 1979	Delemont	2003–2004	Ottawa Senators	IHDB
Yvon Vautour	FW	Canada	10 Sep 1956	Saint John, New Brunswick	1979–1985	COLr, NJ, QUE	IHDB
Greg Vaydik	FW	Canada	9 Oct 1955	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories	1976–1977	Chicago Blackhawks	IHDB

Ve-Vy

Player	Pos.	Nationality	Birthdate	Birthplace	Seasons	Teams ↓	Refs
Stéphane Veilleux	LW	Canada	16 Nov 1981	Saint-Georges, Quebec	2002–present	Minnesota Wild
Mike Veisor	G	Canada	25 Aug 1952	Toronto, Ontario	1973–1975, 1976–1984	CHI, HAR, WIN
Darren Veitch	D	Canada	24 Apr 1960	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	1980–1989, 1990–1991	WSH, DET, TOR
Randy Velischek	D	Canada	10 Feb 1962	Montreal, Quebec	1982–1992	MNS, NJ, QUE
Mike Vellucci	D	United States	11 Aug 1966	Farmington, Michigan	1987–1988	Hartford Whalers
Vic Venasky	C	Canada	3 Jun 1951	Thunder Bay, Ontario	1972–1979	Los Angeles Kings
Gary Veneruzzo	LW	Canada	28 Jun 1943	Fort William, Ontario	1967–1968, 1971–1972 [WHA]	St. Louis Blues
Pat Verbeek	RW	Canada	24 May 1964	Sarnia, Ontario	1982–2002	NJ, HAR, NYR, DAL, DET
Antoine Vermette	C	Canada	20 Jul 1982	Saint-Agapit, Quebec	2003-present	OTT, CLS
Mark Vermette	RW	Canada	3 Oct 1967	Cochenour, Ontario	1988–1992	Quebec Nordiques
Mike Vernace	D	Canada	26 May 1986	Toronto, Ontario	2008-present	COL, TB
Kris Vernarsky	C	United States	5 Apr 1982	Detroit, Michigan	2002–2004	Boston Bruins
Mike Vernon	G	Canada	24 Feb 1963	Calgary, Alberta	1982–2002	CGY, DET, SJ, FLA
Darcy Verot	LW	Canada	13 Jul 1976	Radville, Saskatchewan	2003–2004	Washington Capitals
Claude Verret	C	Canada	20 Apr 1963	Lachine, Quebec	1983–1985	Buffalo Sabres
Kris Versteeg	C	Canada	13 May 1986	Lethbridge, Alberta	2007-present	CHI, TOR
Leigh Verstraete	FW	Canada	6 Jan 1962	Calgary, Alberta	1982–1983, 1984–1985, 1987–1988	Toronto Maple Leafs
Dennis Ververgaert	FW	Canada	30 Mar 1953	Hamilton, Ontario	1973–1981	VAN, PHI, WSH
Ryan Vesce	R	United States	7 Apr 1982	Lloyd Harbor, New York	2008–2010	San Jose Sharks
Jim Vesey	C	United States	29 Sep 1965	Charlestown, Massachusetts	1988–1990, 1991–1992	STL, BOS
Sid Veysey	C	Canada	30 Jul 1955	Woodstock, New Brunswick	1977–1978	Vancouver Canucks
Georges Vézina [HOF]	G	Canada	21 Jan 1887	Chicoutimi, Quebec	1917–1925 [NHA]	Montreal Canadiens
Dennis Vial	D	Canada	10 Apr 1969	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	1990–1998	NYR, DET, OTT
Steve Vickers	LW	Canada	21 Apr 1951	Toronto, Ontario	1972–1982	New York Rangers
J. P. Vigier	RW	Canada	11 Sep 1976	Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Manitoba	2001–2007	Atlanta Thrashers
Alain Vigneault [HC]	D	Canada	14 May 1961	Quebec City, Quebec	1981–1983	St. Louis Blues
Vesa Viitakoski	LW	Finland	13 Feb 1971	Lappeenranta	1993–1995	Calgary Flames
Claude Vilgrain	RW	Haiti	1 Mar 1963	Port-au-Prince	1987–1988, 1989–1990, 1991–1994	VAN, NJ, PHI
Gilles Villemure	G	Canada	30 May 1940	Trois-Rivières, Quebec	1963–1964, 1967–1977	NYR, CHI
Dan Vincelette	LW	Canada	1 Aug 1967	Verdun, Quebec	1986–1992	CHI, QUE
Pete Vipond	LW	Canada	8 Dec 1949	Whitby, Ontario	1972–1973	California Golden Seals
Hannu Virta	D	Finland	22 Mar 1963	Turku	1981–1986	Buffalo Sabres
Tony Virta	RW	Finland	28 Jun 1972	Hameenlinna	2001–2002	Minnesota Wild
Terry Virtue	D	Canada	12 Aug 1970	Scarborough, Ontario	1998–2000	BOS, NYR
Mark Visheau	D	Canada	27 Jun 1973	Burlington, Ontario	1993–1994, 1998–1999	WIN, LA
Ivan Vishnevskiy	D	Russia	18 Feb 1988	Barnaul	2008-present	Dallas Stars
Vitali Vishnevsky	D	Russia	18 Mar 1980	Kharkov	1999–2008	ANA, ATL, NSH, NJ
Lubomir Visnovsky	D	Slovakia	11 Aug 1976	Topoľčany	2000–present	LA, EDM, ANA
Harijs Vitolinsh	C	Latvia	30 Apr 1968	Riga	1993–1994	Winnipeg Jets
Emanuel Viveiros	D	Canada	8 Jan 1966	St. Albert, Alberta	1985–1988	Minnesota North Stars
Tomas Vlasak	LW	Czech Republic	1 Feb 1975	Prague	2000–2001	Los Angeles Kings
Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	Canada	30 Mar 1987	Montreal, Quebec	2006-present	San Jose Sharks
Ed Vokes	RW	Canada	27 May 1909	Quill Lake, Saskatchewan	1930–1931	Chicago Black Hawks
Tomas Vokoun	G	Czech Republic	2 Jul 1976	Karlovy Vary	1996–1997, 1998–present	MTL, NSH, FLA
Mickey Volcan	D	Canada	3 Mar 1962	Edmonton, Alberta	1981–1984	HAR, CGY
Anton Volchenkov	D	Russia	25 Feb 1982	Moscow	2002–present	Ottawa Senators, New Jersey Devils
Alexandre Volchkov	RW	Russia	25 Sep 1977	Moscow	1999–2000	Washington Capitals
David Volek	LW	Czech Republic	16 Jun 1966	Prague	1988–1994	New York Islanders
Doug Volmar	RW	United States	9 Jan 1945	Cleveland, Ohio	1969–1973 [WHA]	DET, LA
Aaron Volpatti	LW	Canada	30 May 1985	Revelstoke, British Columbia	2010-present	Vancouver Canucks
Reto Von Arx	LW	Switzerland	13 Sep 1976	Egerkingen	2000–2001	Chicago Blackhawks
Phil Von Stefenelli	D	Canada	10 Apr 1969	Vancouver, British Columbia	1995–1997	BOS, OTT
Jan Vopat	D	Czech Republic	22 Mar 1973	Most	1995–2000	LA, NSH
Roman Vopat	C	Czech Republic	21 Apr 1976	Litvinov	1995–2000	STL, LA, CHI, PHI
Jakub Voracek	RW	Czech Republic	15 Aug 1989	Kladno	2008-present	Columbus Blue Jackets
Pavel Vorobiev	RW	Kazakhstan	5 May 1982	Karaganda	2003–2006	Chicago Blackhawks
Vladimir Vorobiev	RW	Russia	2 Nov 1972	Cherepovets	1996–1999	NYR, EDM
Aaron Voros	RW	Canada	2 Jul 1981	Vancouver, British Columbia	2007-present	MIN, NYR, ANA
Carl Voss	C	United States	6 Jan 1907	Chelsea, Massachusetts	1926–1927, 1928–1929, 1932–1938	TOR, NYR, DET, OTT(o), STLe, NYA, MTLm, CHI
Petr Vrana	C	Czech Republic	29 Mar 1985	Sternberk	2008–2009	New Jersey Devils
Radim Vrbata	RW	Czech Republic	13 Jun 1981	Mladá Boleslav	2001–present	COL, CAR, CHI, PHX, TB
Vladimir Vujtek	RW	Czech Republic	17 Feb 1972	Ostrava	1991–1994, 1997–1998, 1999–2000	MTL, EDM, TB, ATL
Mick Vukota	RW	Canada	14 Sep 1966	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	1987–1998	NYI, TB, MTL
Igor Vyazmikin	LW	Russia	8 Jan 1966	Moscow	1990–1991	Edmonton Oilers
David Vyborny	RW	Czech Republic	22 Jan 1975	Jihlava	2000–2008	Columbus Blue Jackets
Sergei Vyshedkevich	D	Russia	3 Jan 1975	Dedovsk	1999–2001	Atlanta Thrashers

Notes

^ ^[HOF] = Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
^ ^[HC] = Also a Head coach
^ ^[WHA] = Also played in the World Hockey Association
^ ^[NHA] = Also played in the National Hockey Association

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