what is the triple gold club in hockey

what is the triple gold club in hockey

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The Triple Gold Club is a group of ice hockey players and coaches who have won an Olympic Games gold medal, a World Championship gold medal, and the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL) . Only 30 players have won all three championships, and they form the unique group that has won the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, the Olympic Ice Hockey tournament, and the Stanley Cup. Players are entered chronologically by date when the final championship of the triple has been achieved. If two or more players complete their triple on the same date, priority is given to the player who was the first to win one of the three titles. If two or more players have identical accomplishments, priority is given to the player who completes the triple at the younger age.

As of 2022, there are 30 player members of the Triple Gold Club, representing five nations: Canada (11), Sweden (9), Russia (7), Czechia (2), and Finland (1) . Eleven of the players are defensemen, and the remaining players are forwards; to date, no goaltender has achieved the honor. The induction ceremony was held, with all 22 members at the time present, at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, on 22 February 2010.

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