NHL - Stastny

[IHateMyJob2004]

Has there ever been a better hockey family in the HNL? Professional sports?

5 in the family in the NHL at some point. Cripes.

His two uncles were NHLers. His dad(Peter) is a hall of famer. And his brother has played in the NHL (in minors now).

Has this happened in any other major sports where more than 5 family members were of professional caliber?

EDIT: OK, there are 4 Staal brothers in the NHL.

 

[uclaLabrat]

Sutter brothers?

 

[dennilfloss]

Hollywood is said to be in talks for making a movie about the Stastny's defection to the west.

 

[Drako]

Orr

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Ya, there are alot more pro sports families than I realized.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1033745-50-most-talented-families-in-sports/page/51

How the Stasney's were missed in that articles is beyond me though.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Hollywood is said to be in talks for making a movie about the Stastny's defection to the west.

Really?!?!?!?!!?

NICE!

Upon thinking about things, I think the Stasney's were the first "hockey family" that I recognized in my childhood years.

 

[uclaLabrat]

Read the wiki on the Sutter Family, I knew they had a lot of brothers in the league, but 6 (out of 7 brothers) played in the NHL, with 6 stanley cups shared between them and another as coach (Daryl with the Kings). Two of the younger generation (Brett and Brandon) currently play in the NHL with two more in the minors. So, 8 members in two generations are in the NHL, with two more potentially making it.

One hell of a dynasty.

 

[dennilfloss]

There's also the Howe family with Vic, Gordie, Mark & Marty. Then there's the 4 generations of Howie Morenz, Bernie Geoffrion, Dan Geoffrion, & Blake Geoffrion. The Staals from Thunder Bay are pretty famous these days. Many families have three members playing pro hockey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_family_relations_in_the_NHL#Siblings

 

[classy]

IMO there is no greater hockey family than the Hulls. Pop and Junior take the cake. All the ones mentioned are good ones though.

 

[rh71]

the chances to be good enough to make the NHL are slim yet all those Sutters...