Gay ice hockey players

In his junior years, he played with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens in the QMJHL, collecting 69 points in 131 games. In his honour, his family, (especially, his father, Brian Burke) helped create the You Can Play project, an initiative focused on ending homophobia in sports.

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Who is the Best Gay Hockey Player

Based on stats and on and off-field impact, Canadian defenseman, Luke Prokop comes out tops on our openly gay NHL players list.

In 2019, he became the first professional ice hockey player in Finland’s top league to openly identify as gay. Let’s have it in the comments.

FAQ

Is there an openly gay NHL player?

Yes. The 6 foot and 5 inch player made his mark with the Nashville Predators in 2020. They came in 4th in the regular season but came back in playoffs to win the trophy for the second year in a row.

Instead, he became a student manager for the Miami University RedHawks men’s ice hockey team, where he assisted with recruiting, studying game footage, and evaluating players. Savolainen is dating Scepters player Anna Kjellbin. It’s only year one, and they’re already tied for the most gay in the league! Taking advantage of his scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport, the skater rose to a high level.

He later in 2022, won the WHL Humanitarian of the Year award.

Top 10 Openly Gay NHL Players

• Luke Prokop
• Brock McGillis
• Brendan Lemieux
• Stephen Finkel
• Adam Fyrer
• Davis Atkin
• Gus Johnston
• Janne Puhakka
• Jon Lee-Olsen
• Brendan Gilmore Burke

Author’s Conclusion

Are there any gay NHL players?

Since then, Lee-Olsen has spoken openly about the value of living truthfully and has expressed his hope of encouraging other LGBTQ athletes to feel free to be themselves.

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10. Gone are the days when out gay athletes like Prokop were considered to be a “distraction” for a team.

The Admirals have won the Calder Cup one time, in 2004. However, for the league, the closest is Luke Prokop, a player who is under an NHL contract but plays with an affiliate AHL team.

Gay Hockey Players | Ranking 2025

Some NHL LGBTQ support groups have long been advocating for the league to introduce measures of support to improve the gay NHL players list.

While he has yet to play for the Predators, he still has a shot at becoming the first publicly out gay NHL player. The Victoire came in first in the regular season last year, so they’re looking to continue their success and then translate it into the postseason.

• Erin Ambrose
• Amanda Boulier
• Shiann Darkangelo
• Jade Downie-Landry
• Catherine Dubois
• Marie-Philip Poulin
• Laura Stacey

New York Sirens

In tragic news for the United States’ northeast, the New York Sirens were the other team that didn’t make playoffs last year.

Janne Puhakka

This Finnish ice hockey forward was recognised for both his courage on the ice and his activism away from it. Fortunately, it isn’t and so the former college ice-hockey player, who most notably, suited for St. Thomas Aquinas, New York, College makes the cut.

Playing as a right winger, Finkel made four assists and scored nine goals during a stretch.

He didn’t stop there, and took it head on by opening up on his sexual orientation to his other teammates and informed the athletic director about the matter. For my purposes “out” is defined by being public about a relationship/sexuality on social media, or talking about it in an interview.

As always, if you are an athlete and want to be added or removed from this list, DM me or email me at writethroughthenight @ gmail .