NHL Birthday Blog Battle: January 30th - February 5th

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 30th- February 5th. First we start with a list of active players:

January 30th:

-Jorge Alves Carolina Hurricanes, 38 years old

-Thomas Chabot Ottawa Senators, 20 years old

-Joe Colborne Calgary Flames, 27 years old

-Stefan Elliot Nashville Predators, 26 years old

-Torrey Mitchell Montreal Canadiens, 32 years old

-Daniel O'Regan San Jose Sharks, 23 years old

-Luca Sbisa Vancouver Canucks, 27 years old

-Ryan Spooner Boston Bruins, 25 years old

January 31st:

-Conor Allen New York Rangers, 27 years old

-Brandon Bollig Calgary Flames, 30 years old

-Mikhail Grabovski New York Islanders, 33 years old

-Jacob Markstrom Vancouver Canucks, 27 years old

-Tyler Seguin Dallas Stars, 25 years old

February 1st:

-Shane Harper Florida Panthers, 28 years old

-Jason Megna Vancouver Canucks, 27 years old

-Tyler Myers Winnipeg Jets, 27 years old

-Kyle Palmieri New Jersey Devils, 26 years old

-Ladislav Smid Calgary Flames, 31 years old

February 2nd:

-Christian Dvorak Arizona Coyotes, 21 years old

-Curtis Lazar Ottawa Senators, 22 years old

-Brock McGinn Carolina Hurricanes, 23 year old

-Jordin Tootoo Chicago Blackhawks, 34 years old

February 3rd:

-Chris Brown Washington Capitals, 26 years old

-Paul Gaustad Nashville Predators, 35 years old

-John Merrill New Jersey Devils, 25 years old

-Sergei Tolchinsky Carolina Hurricanes, 26 years old

-Ryan Wilson Colorado Avalanche, 30 years old

-Marek Zidlicky New York Islanders, 40 years old

February 4th:

-Andrew Campbell Toronto Maple Leafs, 29 years old

-Sam Carrick Toronto Maple Leafs, 25 years old

-Darnell Nurse Edmonto Oilers, 22 years old

-Steven Olesky Pittsburg Pengiuns, 31 years old

-Max Reinhart Calgary Flames, 25 years old

-Brad Richardson Arizona Coyotes, 32 years old

-Lee Stempniak Carolina Hurricanes, 34 years old

February 5th:

-Joakim Andersson Detroit Red Wings, 27 years old

-Ty Rattie Carolina Hurricanee, 24 years old

-Joel Vermin Tampa Bay Lightning, 25 years old

Quite the quantity of active players this week. Let's see how their point total amount to.

GP: 9339

G: 1216

A: 2143

Pts: 3359

So lot's of games but not many points.

Now here is a list of notable retired stars:

-Trent Klatt (January 30th) 46 years old

-Chris Simon (January 30th) 45 years old

-Camille Henry (January 31st) passed away at 64 years old, on September 11th 1996

-Mark Recchi (February 1st) 49 years old

-Tommy Salo (February 1st) 46 years old

-Geoff Sanderson (February 1st) 45 years old

-Todd Bertuzzi (February 2nd) 42 years old

-Gary Dornhoefer (February 2nd) 74 years old

-Artus Irbe (February 2nd) 50 years old

-Mark Parrish (February 2nd) 40 years old

-Keithy Carney (February 3rd) 47 years old

-Mathieu Dandenault (February 3rd) 41 years old

-Lynn Patrick (February 3rd) passed away at 67 years old on January 26th, 1980

-Tiger Williams (February 3rd) 63 years old

-Dallas Drake (February 4th) 48 years old

-Manny Legace (February 4th) 44 years old

-Dennis Savard (February 4th) 56 years old

-Larry Hillman (February 5th) 80 years old

And let's have a look at their totals:

GP: 15,472

G: 3422

A: 5032

Pts: 8454

Yet once again, another victory for the retired starts. Their undefeated streak continues.

See you next Monday, for another Blog Birthday Battle!