NHL Birthday Blog Battle: January 2nd - January 8th

Welcome to another Birthday Blog Battle, where we will be looking at birthday's of current/retired NHL players. As an added bonus, I will compare points between active players, and retired players. A Birthday Blog Battle of sorts. I personally think it is fun and interesting to find out when NHL players are born. Maybe you share a birthday with one of your favorite NHL stars! This will become a weekly blog article, so if you like this one, you will be happy to know that there will be more like it.

This week we start off by looking at birthday's from players born between January 2nd -8th. First we start with a list of active players:

January 2nd:

-Alexey Marchenko Detroit Red Wings, 25 years old

-Teemu Pulkkinen Minnesota Wild, 25 years old

-Blake Speers New Jersey Devils, 20 years old

January 3rd:

-Andrew Agozzino Colorado Avalanche, 26 years old

-Reto Berra Colorado Avalanche, 30 years old

-Ryan Ellis Nashville Predators, 26 years old

-Matt Frattin Toronto Maple Leafs, 29 years old

-Dylan Olsen Florida Panthers, 26 years old

January 4th:

-Seth Griffith Florida Panthers, 24 years old

-Jiri Hudler Dallas Stars, 33 years old

-Michael Keranen Minnesota Wild, 27 years old

-Brian Strait New York Islanders, 29 years old

January 5th:

-Zemgus Girgensons Buffalo Sabres, 23 years old

-Matthew Grzelcyk Boston Bruins, 23 years old

-Eddie Lack Carolina Hurricanes, 29 years old

-Mathieu Perreault Winnipeg Jets, 29 years old

January 6th:

-Andre Benoit St.Louis Blues, 33 years old

-Brett Kulak Calgary Flames, 23 years old

-Roman Lyubimov Philadelphia Flyers, 25 years old

January 7th:

-Eric Gudbranson Vancouver Canucks, 25 years old

-Zack Mitchell Minnesota Wild, 24 years old

-Chris Wideman Ottawa Senators, 27 years old

January 8th:

-William Karlsson Columbus Blue Jackets, 24 years old

-Trevor Lewis Los Angeles Kings, 30 years old

Here are the combined total number of games, goals, assists, and points of the above players.

GP = 3777

G = 450

A = 773

Pts = 1223

Those are some of the lowest totals we have seen for a week. There are alot of active players above, but the majority don't have much NHL experience.

Now here is a list of notable retired stars:

-Brian Boucher (January 2nd) 40 years old

-Mattias Norstrom (January 2nd) 45 years old

-Robert Svehla (January 2nd) 48 years old

-Rick Tabaracci (January 2nd) 48 years old

-Jacques Cloutier (January 3rd) 57 years old

-Cory Cross (January 3rd) 46 years old

-Bobby Hull (January 3rd) 78 years old

-Rick MacLeish (January 3rd) 67 years old

-Mike Walton (January 3rd) 72 years old

-Mike York (January 3rd) 39 years old

-Gre De Vries (January 4th) 44 years old

-Kyle Calder (January 5th) 38 years old

-Mike Grier (January 5th) 42 years old

-Joe Juneau (January 5th) 49 years old

-Tim Kerr (January 5th) 57 years old

-Basil McRae (January 5th) 56 years old

-Keith Crowder (January 6th) 58 years old

-Dickie Moore (January 6th) passed away at 85 years old on December 19th 2015

-Paul Reinhart (January 6th) 57 years old

-Richard Zednik (January 6th) 41 years old

-Donald Brashear (January 7th) 45 years old

-Randy Burridge (January 7th) 51 years old

-Guy Hebert (January 7th) 50 years old

-Mike Liut (January 7th) 61 years old

-Hooley Smith (January 7th) passed away at 60 years old on August 23rd 1963

-Ron Ellis (January 8th) 72 years old

How about we look at these players stats as well. See if they compare with those of active NHL players.

GP = 18,158

G = 3762

A = 5437

Pts = 9199

Once again, domination by the retired stars. Bobby Hull along, has as many points as the active players. (1170) Another victory by the retired stars, which brings there record to 5-0! Stay tuned for another Birthday Blog Battle!