Heartland of hockey

37 Edmonton and metro area players currently play in the NHL. Take off Shawn Belle, S. Neidermayer, and Rene Borque off that list, leaves with a respectable 34.

Hockey mad city indeed

Current Edmonton's metro area players

NIEDERMAYER, SCOTT (D) (although raised in BC)

GEOFF SANDERSON (LW) (born in NWT, raised in Edmonton)

SHAWN BELLE (D)

FERENCE, ANDREW (D)

IGINLA, JAROME (R)

LANGKOW, DAYMOND (C)

LUNDMARK, JAMIE (C)

MCLENNAN, JAMIE (G)

PHANEUF, DION (D)

COMMODORE, MIKE (D)

WARD, CAM (G) (born in Saskatoon, raised in Edmonton)

WHITNEY, RAY (L)

BOURQUE, RENE (L) - born, but raised in La La Biche, Alberta

KEITH, MATT (R)

CHIMERA, JASON (L)

GOERTZEN, STEVEN (R)

SYDOR, DARRYL (D)

BARNES, STU (C)

LUPUL, JOFFREY (R)

PISANI, FERNANDO (R)

BOUWMEESTER, JAY (D)

SOURAY, SHELDON (D)

FIDDLER, VERNON (C)

NICHOL, SCOTT (C)

MATVICHUK, RICHARD (D)

BETTS, BLAIR (C)

COMRIE, MIKE (C)

MORRIS, DEREK (D)

NASH, TYSON (L)

REINPRECHT, STEVEN (C)

CHRISTENSEN, ERIK (C)

SMITH, MARK (C)

STEVENSON, GRANT (C)

ONDRUS, BENJAMIN (R)

SMITH, NATHAN (C)

PETTINGER, MATT (L)

SUTHERBY, BRIAN (C)