- 0
- The zero shirt has been worn by two players in NHL history- Paul
Bibeault & Neil
Sheehy.
- i. Paul
Bibeault - wore the shirt when playing for the Montreal
Canadiens as backup goalie during the 1942-43 season.
- ii. Neil
Sheehy - wore the shirt when playing defence for the Hartford
Whalers 1987-88. Neil told the A to Z that he had two reasons for wearing the number zero - "0 is the furthest number from 99 and talent-wise I was as far away from 99 as possible but remember opposites
attract" and "When my grandparents came to the United States from Ireland our family name was O'Sheehy, I wore 0 to get the O back".
iii. Aldege
'Baz' Bastien - wore the shirt when playing for the Pittsburgh Hornets 1948-49.
iv. Gil Mayer wore the shirt when playing for the
Pittsburgh Hornets 1954-55.
v. Gerry McNamara wore the shirt when playing for the
Pittsburgh Hornets 1961-62.
vi. Hank 'Red' Bassen wore the shirt when playing for the
Pittsburgh Hornets 1962-63.
- 00
- Two players have worn the double zero shirt in the NHL.
i. John
Davidson - New York Rangers goalie, wore the
shirt for one season in the 1970s.
ii. Martin
Biron - goalie with the Buffalo Sabres. Wore the
shirt during his rookie season in 1995-96.
One player wore the double zero shirt in the WHA.
i. Bernie
Parent - Philadelphia Blazers 1972-73.
- 95.2
- Worn by Thomas Eichberger when playing for EHC
Linz. We believe that 95.2 might have been a sponsor's radio frequency.
- 100
- Worn by Ulf 'Odda' Odmark in
1993-94 when he played for MoDo IK.
- 111
- Worn by Mel Hewitt when he played for Salt Lake Golden Eagles in the 1986-87 season (he also wore
19 during that season).
- 135
- Worn by Sergei Gomolyako during the 1994-95
Spengler Cup - 135 was his weight in kilograms (about 280 pounds). During that regular season with
Traktor Chelyabinsk he wore number 13.
- 150
- Worn by Daniel Pettersson for
two seasons, 1994-96, when he played for Skelleftea
AIK.
- 500
- Worn by Lars-Gunnar Pettersson in
1991-92, when playing for Lulea
Bears to mark his 500th Swedish league game.
- 700
- Worn by Thomas 'Bulan' Berglund in 2003-04, when he played
his 700th game for Lulea
Bears.
- 917
- Worn by Fredrik Andersson for three seasons, 1991-94, when he played for
Skelleftea AIK.
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