With the puck dropping on the 2013 NHL season Saturday, a few teams spent this week announcing new captains. It’s defenseman Ed Jovanovski in Florida, center Claude Giroux in Philadelphia, defenseman Bryce Salvador in New Jersey and Henrik Zetterberg in Detroit.
Of course, it’s still Shane Doan in Phoenix, Jarome Iginla in Calgary and Vinny Lecavalier in Tampa Bay.
Gabriel Landeskog of the Colorado Avalanche is the youngest captain at 20 years, 4 months and 27 days old as of Saturday. Daniel Alfredsson of the Ottawa Senators is the oldest at 40 years, 1 month and 8 days.
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals remains the only Russian NHL captain, after the Devils went with Salvador over Ilya Kovalchuk.
The Columbus Blue Jackets are the only team in the NHL to start the season without a captain. They traded face-of-the-franchise Rick Nash to the New York Rangers in the offseason.
Without further ado, the list and breakdown of the captains for the 2013 NHL season:
Southeast Division
WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Alex Ovechkin, LW/RW, Russia
CAROLINA HURRICANES
Eric Staal, C, Canada
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Ed Jovanovski, D, Canada
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Vinny Lecavalier, C, Canada
WINNIPEG JETS
Andrew Ladd, LW, Canada
Atlantic Division
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Bryce Salvador, D, Canada
NEW YORK RANGERS
Ryan Callahan, RW, United States
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Mark Streit, D, Switzerland
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Claude Giroux, C, Canada
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Sidney Crosby, C, Canada
Northeast Division
BOSTON BRUINS
Zdeno Chara, D, Slovakia
BUFFALO SABRES
Jason Pominville, RW, Canada
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Brian Gionta, RW, United States
OTTAWA SENATORS
Daniel Alfredsson, RW, Sweden
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Dion Phaneuf, D, Canada
Central Division
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
Jonathan Toews, C, Canada
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
No captain
DETROIT RED WINGS
Henrik Zetterberg, C, Sweden
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Shea Weber, D, Canada
ST. LOUIS BLUES
David Backes, C, United States
Northwest Division
CALGARY FLAMES
Jarome Iginla, RW, Canada
COLORADO AVALANCHE
Gabriel Landeskog, LW, Sweden
EDMONTON OILERS
Shawn Horcoff, C, Canada
MINNESOTA WILD
Mikko Koivu, C, Finland
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Henrik Sedin, C, Sweden
Pacific Division
ANAHEIM DUCKS
Ryan Getzlaf, C, Canada
DALLAS STARS
Brenden Morrow, LW, Canada
LOS ANGELES KINGS
Dustin Brown, RW, United States
PHOENIX COYOTES
Shane Doan, RW, Canada
SAN JOSE SHARKS
Joe Thornton, C, Canada
By country
Canada: 17
United States: 4
Sweden: 4
Finland: 1
Russia: 1
Slovakia: 1
Switzerland: 1
By position
Centers: 12
Wings: 11
Defensemen: 6
