Has there ever been a case where 2 brothers played vs each other internationally?

[Riddum]

What the title says. Or 2 family members but that would be much less unusual.

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[1Gold Standard]

The potential is there someday maybe for the Foligno brothers to play each other.

 

[Caser]

Maybe the Reichel brothers?

Edit: yep, Robert (CZE) and Martin (GER) Reichel played against each other at 2002 OG.

 

[Kimi]

Steve Rucchin played against his brother Larry years ago. Steve for Canada, Larry for Italy.

 

[Caz]

Did the Stastny brothers ever play against each other on national level?
I'm talking about Peter-Anton-Marian as they were representing several different countries (Czechoslovakia, Canada, Slovakia) during their careers.

 

[IAmBobo]

William Nylander (Canada) vs Alex Nylander (Sweden)

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One day....

 

[aphyro]

William Nylander (Canada) vs Alex Nylander (Sweden)

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One day....

Dosen the rule say you must been playing 2 years in the country you want to represent? So how com Alex can play in the Swedish national team when he only have played 1 year in Sweden?

And dream on that a Swede would represent team Canada! Even tho i wouldent mind him playing for you guys.

 

[Sanderson]

He played in Sweden for at least three years straight, didn't he?
2012/13, 13/14 and 14/15, spread out over U16, U18 and U20. William, meanwhile, did basically the same, just one year earlier.

Both brothers have only ever played for Sweden, so I guess someome made sure that they were allowed to do that

 

[Gsus]

Dosen the rule say you must been playing 2 years in the country you want to represent? So how com Alex can play in the Swedish national team when he only have played 1 year in Sweden?

And dream on that a Swede would represent team Canada! Even tho i wouldent mind him playing for you guys.

I would mind big time if lets say Patrik Laine represented Canada.

 

[Theokritos]

More examples from a thread on the History of Hockey board:

František Tikal (Czechoslovakia) vs Zdeněk 'Steve' Tikal (Australia) at the 1960 Olympics (twin brothers!).

The Chappot brothers, Maurice and Roger. At the 1963 World Championship
Pool B tournament in Stockholm, with Maurice playing for France and Roger for
Switzerland, they faced each other on opposite sides on 11th of March, with
the Swiss winning 5-0 and Roger Chappot scoring the 3rd goal for Switzerland.

Miroslav Hlinka (SVK) played against his cousin Jaroslav Hlinka (CZE) durin WC in 2002 or 2003, possibly both.

 

[aphyro]

He played in Sweden for at least three years straight, didn't he?
2012/13, 13/14 and 14/15, spread out over U16, U18 and U20. William, meanwhile, did basically the same, just one year earlier.

Both brothers have only ever played for Sweden, so I guess someome made sure that they were allowed to do that

Yeah they have only represent team Sweden but Alexander according to wikipedia only have played in Sweden for 1 year?

AIK J20 team and AIK senior team 2014-15 and they lived in USA/Canada for most of their life only was in Sweden during summers!

I would mind big time if lets say Patrik Laine represented Canada.

Well he dosent just glide around and w8 for others to serv him the puck! i would love to have a hard worker like him.

 

[mattihp]

Maybe the Reichel brothers?

Edit: yep, Robert (CZE) and Martin (GER) Reichel played against each other at 2002 OG.

This was my first thought

 

[Sanderson]

Yeah they have only represent team Sweden but Alexander according to wikipedia only have played in Sweden for 1 year?

AIK J20 team and AIK senior team 2014-15 and they lived in USA/Canada for most of their life only was in Sweden during summers!

Wikipedia isn't really a good source when it comes to youth-teams, it's good for general information but not for in-depth hockey-stats.

Alexander definately played at least three consecutive years in Sweden, see here:
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=212641

 

[alko]

Did the Stastny brothers ever play against each other on national level?
I'm talking about Peter-Anton-Marian as they were representing several different countries (Czechoslovakia, Canada, Slovakia) during their careers.

As i know, it never happened. Peter Stastny played for Canada on World (Canada) Cup 1984. Both his brothers were at this time also defected.
He played a game vs Czechoslovakia. And if im correct, he also scored one goal. The game was live broadcasted in our country. But the commentators were strictly forbidden to even say his name. He was only a guy with number.

Later, when Peter Stastny was a GM of team Slovakia, i think, there was game vs USA, in which his son Paul or Yan had played. But im not sure about this.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

As i know, it never happened. Peter Stastny played for Canada on World (Canada) Cup 1984. Both his brothers were at this time also defected.
He played a game vs Czechoslovakia. And if im correct, he also scored one goal. The game was live broadcasted in our country. But the commentators were strictly forbidden to even say his name. He was only a guy with number.

Later, when Peter Stastny was a GM of team Slovakia, i think, there was game vs USA, in which his son Paul or Yan had played. But im not sure about this.

Paul played against Slovakia at the 2007, 2012, 2013 WHC and the 2014 OG.

 

[PsychoDad]

Dosen the rule say you must been playing 2 years in the country you want to represent? So how com Alex can play in the Swedish national team when he only have played 1 year in Sweden?

And dream on that a Swede would represent team Canada! Even tho i wouldent mind him playing for you guys.

There is seriously a rule forbidding Swedish citizens to play for their national team if they lived abroad for the most of their lives? What team are they supposed to play for if they only have swedish citizenship?

 

[IIHFjerseycollector]

not sure if Giulio(Italy)and Marco Scandella(Canada) ever played against each other? but thats a current possibility.

 

[alko]

Paul played against Slovakia at the 2007, 2012, 2013 WHC and the 2014 OG.

Aha. But Peter Stastny was not anymore GM of team Slovakia... So, that doesn't count.

 

[Sanderson]

There is seriously a rule forbidding Swedish citizens to play for their national team if they lived abroad for the most of their lives? What team are they supposed to play for if they only have swedish citizenship?

There isn't. However, there is a rule which states that dual citizens need to have played at least two consecutive years to be eligible to play for one of these nations (four if they have already played for the other). This is to prevent players from taking on a new nationality and playing right away, meaning a nation cannot just buy itself a team by handing out citizenships.

William and Alexander Nylander are dual citizens, because Sweden hands out citizenship based on bloodlines, while Canada hands out citizenship based on a person being born inside its borders (though a Canadian parent living abroad counts as well). With those two being the children of Michael Nylander, and being born in Calgary, they meet the criteria for both. If they never take on both citizenships, then there isn't really a problem, but if they hold both, then they need to fulfill the two year requirement to be eligible.

As another example: Dany and Mark Heatley are both dual citizens (Canadian and German). Mark Heatley played lots of hockey in Canada when he was young, and now has played in Germany for years, he thus would be eligible to play for either country, if he was good enough. Dany Heatley would only be allowed to play for Canada, because he has only played one year of hockey in Germany. As a normal dual citizen he would be required to play at least two consecutive years in Germany to be eligible; but seeing how he already has represented Canada, he would need to play four consecutive years in Germany before he would be allowed to switch to playing for Germany (only one such switch is allowed per career).

There are very rare cases where this rule leads to problems though, Liam Stewart being one. He's the son of Rod Stewart and Rachel Hunter, and a dual citizen of the UK and New Zealand. He spend his entire life in the US though, meaning he never met the criteria to play for either country. He was granted an exception to play for the UK without having played there before.

 

[MXD]

How does Zdenek ends up being nicknamed Steve...?

 

[Uncle Rotter]

Aha. But Peter Stastny was not anymore GM of team Slovakia... So, that doesn't count.

Though he was in the Slovakian Parliament. Like Moe Mantha Sr was in the Canadian House of Commons when Jr played against Canada.