Guy Carbonneau was drafted 44th overall in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. His strong play as a defensive forward helped the Canadiens to a Stanley Cup championship in 198586. Named as the 198990, he was named the captain of the Canadiens in 1989-90 he led them to another Stanley Cup win in 199293 against Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angeles Kings. Carbonneau spent one season in St. Louis before he was traded to Dallas, where he won his third Cup in 1999. Carbonneau retired in 2000.

Smooth-skating Paul Coffey embodied everything an offensive defenseman could be - lightning fast, a skilled playmaker, a booming shot and savvy, yet still able to defend his team's zone employing blinding speed. Through twenty-one NHL seasons, Paul Coffey won the Norris Trophy winner on three occasions and appeared in fourteen NHL All-Star Games and represented Canada at four Canada/World Cup tournaments. Paul retired as the highest scoring defenseman in NHL playoff history and the second most proficient defenseman in NHL regular season history. He finished his career with an outstanding 1531 points. Paul Coffey was voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Edmonton Oilers retired his uniform number 7 in 2005.

Born in Concord, Massachusetts, Hal Gill was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. The hulking defenceman split his first pro season with the Bruins and their AHL affiliate in Providence and after eight seasons with the Bruins, Gill was signed as a free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the summer of 2006, only to be traded in second season at trade deadline to the Pittsburgh Penguins where in in 2009, after an epic 7-game epic Stanley Cup Final, the Penguins dethroned the Red Wings and earned the franchise's third Stanley Cup title.

Gill's strong defensive play was a key contributor to the Penguins success. His plus 8 rating was tops among Pittsburgh defensemen and he was frequently used to shut down opponent's top scorers. Gill finished up his career with strong stints with the Montreal Canadiens and Nashville Predators playing over 1100 NHL games.

Al Iafrate was selected fourth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft after a standout career with the Detroit Compuware Spitfires and a short but distinguished stay with the Belleville Bulls of the OHL. Iafrate played 799 career NHL games over twelve NHL seasons, scoring 152 goals and 311 assists for 463 points. He also compiled 1301 penalty minutes. His best season statistically was the 199293 season, when he scored 25 goals and 41 assists with the Washington Capitals. He is perhaps most famous for his rocket slap shot that set the NHL Skills Competition record in 1993 which stood to 16 years, at 105.2 miles per hour (169.3km/h).

Marty McSorley is one of the toughest players to ever play in the NHL. During the mid-80’s he was best known around the hockey world as “Wayne Gretzky’s Bodyguard”. His physical play would play a prominent role in Edmonton capturing back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1987 and 1988. In just 961 career games, he amassed over 3000 penalty minutes. Over the course of his career, he has made several television and film appearances, including Bad Boys & Con Air.

Nicknamed "Trots," Trottier was drafted in the second round, 22nd overall, by the New York Islanders in the 1974 NHL Entry Draft, the team he played his first 15 out of 18 seasons in the NHL with. In 1976 he set a new record for most points by an NHL rookie player with 96 points when he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year. Bryan holds an NHL record with most points in a period with an incredible 6 points. Trottier won the Stanley Cup 6 times as a player and once as an assistant coach. Over the course of his brilliant NHL career Trottier recorded over 1400 points. Trottier is currently the 16th highest scorer in NHL history. Trottier was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1997.