Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Player pages format
This page provides the recommended format for articles about ice hockey players. Scott Walker's information is used to illustrate examples, except for some goaltender-specific information. Not all articles will slavishly conform to this standard; obviously, superstars such as Wayne Gretzky will have longer and more involved articles than less well-known players (ex. Dallas Drake).
Player Infobox
editUse the Ice Hockey Player Infobox. Follow the instructions on the main page.
Generally, flag icons should not be used in infoboxes, even when there is a "country", "nationality" or equivalent field: they could be unnecessarily distracting and might give undue prominence to one field among many. See MOS:INFOBOXFLAG for more on this.
When listing a player's former_teams, the established practice is to include solely teams from top tier leagues in the infobox if a player's been on one, and only include teams from second-tier or lower if that's the highest level a player reached.
Article Sections
editThe first paragraph should be a very short introduction, including the player's position and notable teams for which he played. Do not say that the player "was" a hockey player unless he is deceased; rather say that he is a retired hockey player.
The following is a good example:
| Scott Walker (born July 19, 1973) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, principally for the Nashville Predators. He plays right wing, but prior to the 1996–97 NHL season played defense. |
The next section should be in paragraph form and provide an overview of the player's career. It should note in which draft the player was drafted (or, if the player was undrafted, the article should note that fact). Drafts should be formatted as: [[1999 NHL Entry Draft]].
When noting the year that player did something in the NHL, use the [[2001–02 NHL season]] tags.
The following is an example of a Playing Career section:
Playing careereditScott Walker first played junior hockey for Kitchener of the OHA Junior 'B' league in 1989–90, moving to his hometown Cambridge team later that season. In 1991, he moved up to the Owen Sound Platers of the Ontario Hockey League for two seasons. His play with the Platers led the Vancouver Canucks to select him in the fifth round, 124th overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He first joined the Canucks's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate Hamilton in 1993-94, moving to Syracuse with the team for the 1994–95 season. Walker made his NHL debut with the Canucks in 1994, splitting the 1994–95 season with Syracuse before becoming a full-time NHL player in 1995–96. He played three full seasons with the Canucks before being left unprotected in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft. He was selected by the Nashville Predators. Walker played seven seasons with Predators before being traded to the Carolina Hurricanes in July 2006. Walker became the highest-scoring player in Nashville Predators history during the 2003–04 NHL season. At that time he was one of only three remaining original Predators on the Nashville roster (along with Greg Johnson and Tomas Vokoun). When Greg Johnson was sidelined with injuries, Walker served as the Predators' interim captain from January 12 - January 25, 2003. On June 20, 2007, the Hurricanes announced that Walker signed a new three-year contract at $2.5 million per season. Career noteseditHe played 589 regular season NHL games over ten seasons before making it to post season play. That is the second longest wait in NHL history. Only Guy Charron played more games without making the playoffs. Charron retired in 1981 after 734 games, before he ever played a single post season game. He has two career hat tricks. The first came December 26, 2000 against the Colorado Avalanche at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville. The first two goals were against David Aebischer and the third was into an empty net. His second hat trick came against the Phoenix Coyotes on December 22, 2002, also in Nashville. All three goals came against Brian Boucher. He was the first person to ever score an NHL goal at Glendale Arena when on December 27, 2003 he got the puck past Sean Burke at 14:17 of the first period in the arena's first hockey game. |
After the playing career comes the Awards section. This is a bulleted list of any awards the player has earned. Citations do not necessarily have to be major awards (like the Norris Trophy or Lady Byng), but they do have to be notable. Put them in chronological order if possible.
The following is an example of an Awards section:
Awardsedit
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The next section is be a bulleted list of any records the person holds. It is acceptable to list records the person no longer holds, as long is it is noted who took the record from them, and when the record was taken from them.
The records listed can be of any level of notoriety (obviously not everyone is Wayne Gretzky). They can be for a franchise, nation, or league. Be sure and note what type of record (team record, league record, etc.) the person holds, as well as the year in which they were set, if applicable.
The following is an example of a Records section:
Recordsedit
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The next section is a wikitable of the player's statistics. There can be more than one totals section, but be sure to include the NHL (or highest league played in) totals. Do not include statistics from international competition; these will be included in the International Competition section below. As well, please refrain from updating stats mid-season, as it complicates things and Wikipedia's purpose is not to provide up-to-the-date statistics. Make sure to link team, and league articles (assuming there are articles for them), and the headings G, A, Pts and PIM. Additionally refrain from using +/-, GWG, SHG, etc. statistics as well, and only used Games Played (GP), Goals (G), Assists (A), Total points (Pts) and Penalty minutes (PIM).
Goalie stats and Skater stats are necessarily different.
The following is an example of a Career stats entry for a skater:
Career statisticseditRegular season and playoffsedit
Blank versionedit
The following is an example of a Career Stats section for a goalie (from Tomas Vokoun):
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