It’s a hockey night in Pittsburgh. (Well, the Penguins are in Toronto, but still.) I will admit that I wasn’t that interested in hockey until guys like Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin started making the Penguins a relevant team again. This probably disappoints my die-hard-Pens-fan uncle.
Anyway, the game got me thinking about left-handed hockey players. According to HockeyStickExpert.com, when holding a hockey stick, the more coordinated, or dominant, hand should be on top.
According to Ranker.com, this is who the “Top 5 Left-handed Hockey Players” are:
1. Cam Neely
2. Phil Esposito
3. Roman Turek
4. Terry Sawchuk
5. Tom Barrasso
While I am familiar with most of these names, I am biased since I like Barrasso because he was the goalie for the early 90s Stanley Cup Penguins teams. That being said, I wouldn’t say he was better than Sawchuk or Esposito. However, if I put the list together, I would probably have Esposito at the top.
The other thing is, maybe the list would be better if it was split by position, since 3 of the 5 players on this list are goalies.
What are your thoughts?
Out of all of them, I would go with Barrasso.
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