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Where Are NHL and PWHL Goalies From?

Goalieography: the world map of goalies — every NHL and PWHL goaltender in our directory, plotted where they come from. Click a dot to meet the goalie.

Hometowns come from each goalie’s profile in the goaltender directory. Spot your town? There’s a goalie story in it.

Where goalies come from, answered

Where are NHL goalies from?

Of the 563 NHL goaltenders in our database, most were born in Canada (51%), United States (18%), Sweden (7%), and Finland (7%). In total, NHL goalies in our directory come from 22 different countries.

Where do PWHL goalies come from?

Of the 25 PWHL goaltenders in our database, most were born in Canada (60%), United States (32%), Finland (4%), and Germany (4%).

How many countries are goalies on the map from?

The 588 NHL and PWHL goaltenders plotted on our Goalieography map come from 22 different countries.

Every goalie on the map

All 588 plotted goaltenders by country — where the NHL and PWHL’s netminders actually come from. Every name links to that goalie’s full profile, stats and hockey card included.

Canada 303

United States 108

Sweden 41

Finland 41

Czechia 26

Russia 24

Switzerland 8

Germany 7

Latvia 6

Kazakhstan 5

Slovakia 4

United Kingdom 3

Belarus 2

Denmark 2

Bulgaria 1

France 1

Italy 1

Brazil 1

South Africa 1

Poland 1

Austria 1

Japan 1