List of current NHL defencemen
Below is a list of all current NHL defencemen, listed in order by the team they play for and what conference their team is in. Names in bold represent captains and alternate captains.
Accurate as of different dates between November 1 and November 17, 2006
Eastern Conference
New Jersey Devils
Sheldon Brookbank
Andy Greene
Paul Martin
Mike Mottau
Johnny Oduya
Karel Rachunek
Vitaly Vishnevski
Colin White
New York Islanders
Bryan Berard
Marc-Andre Bergeron
Chris Campoli
Bruno Gervais
Radek Martinek
Freddy Meyer
Andy Sutton
Brendan Witt
New York Rangers
Daniel Girardi
Marek Malik
Paul Mara
Thomas Pöck
Michal Rozsival
Jason Strudwick
Marc Staal
Fedor Tyutin
Philadelphia Flyers
Braydon Coburn
Rory Fitzpatrick
Derian Hatcher
Randy Jones
Lasse Kukkonen
Alexandre Picard
Mike Rathje
Jason Smith
Kimmo Timonen
Pittsburgh Penguins
Mark Eaton
Sergei Gonchar
Kris Letang
Alain Nasreddine
Brooks Orpik
Rob Scuderi
Darryl Sydor
Ryan Whitney
Boston Bruins
Andrew Alberts
Bobby Allen
Zdeno Chara
Andrew Ference
Mark Stuart
Aaron Ward
Dennis Wideman
Buffalo Sabres
Brian Campbell
Dmitri Kalinin
Toni Lydman
Teppo Numminen
Nathan Paetsch
Nolan Pratt
Andrej Sekera
Jaroslav Špaček
Henrik Tallinder
Montreal Canadiens
Francis Bouillon
Patrice Brisebois
Mathieu Dandenault
Josh Gorges
Roman Hamrlik
Mike Komisarek
Andrei Markov
Mark Streit
Ottawa Senators
Joe Corvo
Andrej Meszaros
Chris Phillips
Wade Redden
Luke Richardson
Christoph Schubert
Anton Volchenkov
Toronto Maple Leafs
Wade Belak
Carlo Colaiacovo
Hal Gill
Tomas Kaberle
Staffan Kronwall
Pavel Kubina
Bryan McCabe
Anton Stralman
Ian White
Andy Wozniewski
Atlanta Thrashers
Tobias Enstrom
Garnet Exelby
Niclas Havelid
Ken Klee
Steve McCarthy
Mark Popovic
Alexei Zhitnik
Carolina Hurricanes
Mike Commodore
Tim Gleason
Bret Hedican
Frantisek Kaberle
Dennis Seidenberg
David Tanabe
Niclas Wallin
Glen Wesley
Florida Panthers
Bryan Allen
Jay Bouwmeester
Jassen Cullimore
Branislav Mezei
Steve Montador
Cory Murphy
Ruslan Salei
Mike Van Ryn
Tampa Bay Lightning
Dan Boyle
Doug Janik
Filip Kuba
Brad Lukowich
Mike Lundin
Shane O'Brien
Paul Ranger
Washington Capitals
Steve Eminger
John Erskine
Mike Green
Milan Jurcina
Shaone Morrisonn
Brian Pothier
Tom Poti
Jeff Schultz
Western Conference
Chicago Blackhawks
Cam Barker
Dustin Byfuglien
Magnus Johansson
Duncan Keith
Danny Richmond
Brent Seabrook
Brent Sopel
Jim Vandermeer
James Wisniewski
Andrei Zyuzin
Columbus Blue Jackets
Adam Foote
Ron Hainsey
Jan Hejda
Rostislav Klesla
Kris Russell
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen
Duvie Westcott
Detroit Red Wings
Chris Chelios
Niklas Kronwall
Brett Lebda
Nicklas Lidström
Andreas Lilja
Derek Meech
Kyle Quincey
Brian Rafalski
Nashville Predators
Greg de Vries
Dan Hamhuis
Kevin Klein
Ville Koistinen
Ryan Suter
Shea Weber
Greg Zanon
Marek Zidlicky
St. Louis Blues
Christian Backman
Eric Brewer
Barret Jackman
Erik Johnson
Jay McKee
Bryce Salvador
Steven Wagner
Matt Walker
Calgary Flames
Adrian Aucoin
Anders Eriksson
David Hale
Dion Phaneuf
Tim Ramholt
Robyn Regehr
Cory Sarich
Brad Stuart
Rhett Warrener
Colorado Avalanche
Brett Clark
Kyle Cumiskey
Jeff Finger
Scott Hannan
Jordan Leopold
John-Michael Liles
Kurt Sauer
Kārlis Skrastiņš
Edmonton Oilers
Tom Gilbert
Denis Grebeshkov
Matt Greene
Joni Pitkanen
Mathieu Roy
Ladislav Smid
Sheldon Souray
Steve Staios
[...] Tarnstrom
Minnesota Wild
Brent Burns
Keith Carney
Kurtis Foster
Sean Hill
Kim Johnsson
Petteri Nummelin
Nick Schultz
Martin Skoula
Vancouver Canucks
Kevin Bieksa
Luc Bourdon
Alexander Edler
Lukas Krajicek
Willie Mitchell
Mattias Öhlund
Sami Salo
Mike Weaver
Anaheim Ducks
François Beauchemin
Joe DiPenta
Shane Hnidy
Kent Huskins
Maxim Kondratiev
Sean O'Donnell
Chris Pronger
Mathieu Schneider
Dallas Stars
Philippe Boucher
Trevor Daley
Niklas Grossman
Matt Niskanen
Mattias Norstrom
Stephane Robidas
Sergei Zubov
Los Angeles Kings
Kevin Dallman
Jack Johnson
Aaron Miller
Jaroslav Modry
Tom Preissing
Brad Stuart
Lubomir Visnovsky
Phoenix Coyotes
Keith Ballard
Brendan Bell
Nick Boynton
Matt Jones
Ed Jovanovski
Zbynek Michalek
Derek Morris
Travis Roche
Keith Yandle
San Jose Sharks
Matt Carle
Rob Davison
Christian Ehrhoff
Kyle McLaren
Douglas Murray
Sandis Ozolinsh
Craig Rivet
Alexei Semenov
Marc-Edouard Vlasic