Before we continue, can we state how much we love the hockey name of “Moose Vasko”?

It is awesome, right?

Let’s continue…

Undersized at 5 7”, Steve Sullivan used every pound he had in his small frame to make a productive career in pro hockey.  Sullivan was a crafty playmaker who secured seven 60 Point seasons in a career that spanned 1,011 Games.  Sullivan had his highest point totals with Chicago, but it was in Nashville where he made history as the first player in franchise history to win a major award, the Bill Masterton Trophy, in the 2008-09 season.

Alexei Zhitnik holds the distinction of being the first defenseman born in the former Soviet Union to play over 1,000 Games in the NHL.  Early in his career, Zhitnik was a member of the famed Red Army, and he would join his “comrades” in North America.  Zhitnik would go to two All-Star games and internationally would help the Unified Team win the Gold Medal at the Olympics in 1992.  He would win an Olympic Silver Medal with Russia in 1998.

Sylvain Cote may not seem like he belongs on this list at all, even if we were just talking about a “Hall of Very Good”.  However, this was a player who competed in 1,171 Games in the National Hockey League and was a steadying defensive presence for years in both Hartford and Washington.  In the latter team, Cote would put together back-to-back 50 Point Seasons, and he was named to play for Team Canada in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.  Any player who makes the Canadian team in a TRUE World Championship has to be pretty damn good!