Matt Boldy
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Age: 24
Hometown: Millis, Massachusetts
Team: Minnesota Wild (NHL)
Position: Forward
Jersey #: 12
Fun fact: His father, Todd, was a football player at the University of Maine.
Instagram: @mattboldy
Kyle Connor
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Age: 29
Hometown: Shelby Township, Michigan
Team: Winnipeg Jets (NHL)
Position: Forward
Jersey #: 81
Fun fact: His daughter with Ally Petack, Willa Jo, was born last March.
Instagram: @kyleconnor
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Jack Eichel
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Age: 29
Hometown: North Chelmsford, Mass.
Team: Vegas Golden Knights (NHL)
Position: Forward
Jersey #: 9
Fun fact: Eichel won the Stanley Cup with the Golden Knights in 2023, in his first playoff appearance.
Instagram: @jackeichel
Brock Faber
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Age: 23
Hometown: Maple Grove, Minnesota
Team: Minnesota Wild (NHL)
Position: Defenseman
Jersey #: 14
Fun fact: Before hockey, Faber played baseball, winning two state championships before his teens.
Instagram: @brockfaber14
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Jake Guentzel
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Age: 31
Hometown: Woodbury, Minnesota
Team: Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)
Position: Forward
Jersey #: 59
Fun fact: His father also played college hockey for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Instagram: @jakenbake20
Noah Hanifin
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Age: 28
Hometown: Norwood, Massachusetts
Team: Vegas Golden Knights (NHL)
Position: Defenseman
Jersey #: 15
Fun fact: He played just one season at Boston College (2014-15) at age 17, before heading to the NHL.
Instagram: N/A
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Connor Hellebuyck
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Age: 32
Hometown: Commerce, Michigan
Team: Winnipeg Jets (NHL)
Position: Goaltender
Jersey #: 37
Fun fact: He is an avid bass fisherman.
Instagram: @connor_hellebuyck37
Jack Hughes
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Age: 24
Hometown: Canton, Michigan
Team: New Jersey Devils (NHL)
Position: Forward
Jersey #: 86
Fun fact: Jack, and his brother Luke, who plays as a defenseman for the Devils, launched “Hughes Brothers’ Pucks & Pages,” a youth literacy program in New Jersey.
Instagram: @jackhughes
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Quinn Hughes
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Age: 26
Hometown: Canton, Michigan
Team: Minnesota Wild (NHL)
Position: Defenseman
Jersey #: 43
Fun fact: Quinn, along with brothers Luke and Jack, were the cover athletes for the deluxe edition of the EA Sports NHL 25 video game.
Instagram: @_quinnhughes
Jackson LaCombe
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Age: 31
Hometown: Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Team: Anaheim Ducks (NHL)
Position: Defenseman
Jersey #: 2
Fun fact: LaCombe won gold representing the U.S. at the 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he recorded one assist in six games. He was named to the Olympic roster at the end of January to replace the injured Seth Jones.
Instagram: @jacksonlacombe
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Clayton Keller
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Age: 27
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Team: Utah Mammoth (NHL)
Position: Forward
Jersey #: 91
Fun fact: Keller grew up playing hockey in his family’s basement, which was painted to look like an ice rink.
Instagram: @claytonkeller19
Dylan Larkin
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Age: 29
Hometown: Waterford, Michigan
Team: Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
Position: Forward
Jersey #: 21
Fun fact: He’s the first Detroit area native to captain the Red Wings.
Instagram: @dylanlarkin71
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Auston Matthews
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Age: 28
Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona
Team: Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)
Position: Forward
Jersey #: 34
Fun fact: His nickname, “Papi,” comes from David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox, his favorite baseball player growing up who also wore the number 34.
Instagram: @austonmatthews
Charlie McAvoy
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Age: 28
Hometown: Long Beach, New York
Team: Boston Bruins (NHL)
Position: Defenseman
Jersey #: 25
Fun fact: McAvoy grew up a fan of the New York Rangers. His wife, Kiley, is the daughter of the New York Rangers’ head coach Mike Sullivan.
Instagram: @cmcavoy25
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J.T. Miller
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Age: 32
Hometown: East Palestine, Ohio
Team: New York Rangers (NHL)
Position: Forward
Jersey #: 10
Fun fact: He became the first Rangers player since 1983 to score multiple goals in his Madison Square Garden debut, doing so in just his second NHL game.
Instagram: @j.tmiller9
Brock Nelson
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Age: 34
Hometown: Warroad, Minnesota
Team: Colorado Avalanche (NHL)
Position: Forward
Jersey #: 29
Fun fact: His uncle, Dave Christian, was on the 1980 U.S. “Miracle on Ice” gold medal team.
Instagram: N/A
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Jake Oettinger
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Age: 27
Hometown: Lakeville, Minnesota
Team: Dallas Stars (NHL)
Position: Goaltender
Jersey #: 30
Fun fact: He was a first round NHL draft pick in 2017.
Instagram: @jake30oettinger
Jake Sanderson
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Age: 23
Hometown: Whitefish, Montana
Team: Ottawa Senators (NHL)
Position: Defenseman
Jersey #: 85
Fun fact: His father, Geoff Sanderson, is an NHL veteran who played for several teams, including the Philadelphia Flyers and Edmonton Oilers.
Instagram: @_jakesanderson
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Jaccob Slavin 
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Age: 31
Hometown: Erie, Colorado
Team: Carolina Hurricanes (NHL)
Position: Defenseman
Jersey #: 74
Fun fact: He met his wife on Snapchat.
Instagram: @jslavin74
Jeremy Swayman
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Age: 27
Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska
Team: Boston Bruins (NHL)
Position: Goaltender
Jersey #: 1
Fun fact: His post-game ritual with fellow Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark went viral during the 2021-2022 NHL season.
Instagram: @jswayman1
Rachel King (she/her) is a news writer at Town & Country. Before joining T&C, she spent nearly a decade as an editor at Fortune. Her work covering travel and lifestyle has appeared in Forbes, Observer, Robb Report, Cruise Critic, and Cool Hunting, among others. Originally from San Francisco, she lives in New York with her wife, their daughter, and a precocious labradoodle. Follow her on Instagram at @rk.passport.
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