With the Stanley Cup finals happening, we have decided to share with you our best hockey players in finance list.
It appears Wall Street firms have a penchant for hiring these super competitive athletes. We tracked down a bunch of former professional hockey players and college stars who are now working on Wall Street as traders, financial advisers, hedge funders and bankers.
So check out our round up of some of the best ice hockey players in the financial services industry. (Note: These names are not in any particular order).
If we're missing any big names, feel free to send an email to jlaroche@businessinsider.com with your nomination. Please include a photo.
Clark Gillies
Finance Job: He's a senior vice president at Hilton Capital.
Age: 59
Position: Forward
Hockey Team(s): New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres
Highlights: While in the NHL, he played in 958 games, scored 697 points and spent 1023 minutes in the penalty box. He's a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He also won four consecutive Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders.
Patrick Hickey
Finance Job: He's an investment advisor at RBC. He's a Drexel Burnham and Bear Stearns alum, too.
Age: 60
Position: Foward
Hockey Teams: Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers and Team Canada (1978).
Highlights: While in the NHL, he played in 644 games, scored 404 points and spent 351 minutes in the penalty box.
He was also general manager and governor of the American Hockey League affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings. He was named American Hockey League Executive of the Year in 1992.
Mike Richter, who runs a private equity fund, was a goalie for the New York Rangers when the won the Stanley Cup.
Finance Job: Richter is the founding partner of $100 million private equity fund Environmental Capital Partners.
Age: 46
School: University of Wisconsin (He later attended Yale after retiring from pro hockey)
Position: Goalie
Hockey Team(s): U.S. National Team and the New York Rangers.
Highlights: He was selected by the New York Rangers round 2 No. 28 overall in 1985 NHL Entry Draft. He played for the Rangers from 1988 until 2003 and lead to team to winning the Stanley cup in 1994.
He's a member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame and his Jersey hangs in Madison Square Garden.
He represented the U.S. hockey team and helped the team capture the World Cup Gold in 1996 and an Olympic Silver Medal in 2002.
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