Over 30, current & former NHLers with no kids

[Hockeyville USA]

Oates, Kariya, Crosby, Toews come to mind; who else over 30 doesn't have kids?

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[fish7]

and the point is?

 

[Hockeyville USA]

and the point is?

I'm curious and it hasn't been discussed before

 

[Bear of Bad News]

and the point is?

It's fine for a thread.

If you aren't interested, you aren't required to participate.

 

[Terry Yake]

jagr?

 

[Hockeyville USA]

jagr?

I've always presumed that, but can't completely confirm it

 

[Michael Farkas]

I've always presumed that, but can't completely confirm it

In as much as he can confirm it, he didn't recognize any at his retirement ceremony...he thanked his parents, he thanked his girlfriend - who he noted was not born yet when he was dominating in Pittsburgh...no kids.

 

[Crosby2010]

I would assume there would be plenty of players past and present that have no children that are over 30. People are having kids later in life unfortunately, and I think that applies to athletes too. So if you can think of people in your life without children over 30 - and we all can - I assume that applies to a lot of hockey players too.

The first name that came to mind for me was Sean Avery. I mean, even in his 40s that guy isn't a father is he? Yep, he is. He and his ex-wife have a son.

Derek Sanderson is 78 and while he and his ex-wife had a child die at birth in 1981 I don't think he had any children after this. So I guess he counts here.

Brent Burns has three children. Wouldn't have guessed it!

Maybe someone can confirm this but I don't believe Billy Smith had children. At least I can't confirm that he does have them. No mention of them.

Outside of hockey I would say Dolly Parton is perhaps the most famous person that didn't have any children that I can randomly think of at the moment. Although she did aid in raising some younger siblings.

 

[alko]

jagr?

Even Jagr doesn't know, if there isnt another "Jagr".

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

Oates, Kariya, Crosby, Toews come to mind; who else over 30 doesn't have kids?

Peter Forsberg now has three kids, but I remember thinking of/joking about him as an asexual guy married to hockey throughout his career. While he was still active, I don’t think he ever featured in any relationship rumors whatsoever? With the celebrity status he had it just seemed you occasionally would have read or heard about him dating someone or having a partner. Not that I would call hockey players’ relationships a point of interest for me, but with ‘everyone else’ you picked up on them being in long term relationships or getting married, and I thought Forsberg curiously stood out in this regard.

And then it seemed like immediately after retirement, he married a younger woman and had three kids.

As to my theory on Foppa being married to hockey, I remember listening to an interview with a former teammate of his (Brad Richards maybe?) who talked about how cool it was as a rookie being brought by Foppa to bars and stuff. Thing was, other players in their 30s typically weren’t bachelors, but Foppa was apparently enjoying life as a single still.

 

[dalewood12]

Crosby. But in fairness, he's the kid.

 

[McGarnagle]

Jagr must have a handful of kids all over the country, dude slayed in the 90s.

 

[frisco]

Outside of hockey I would say Dolly Parton is perhaps the most famous person that didn't have any children that I can randomly think of at the moment. Although she did aid in raising some younger siblings.

That's an interesting one. Not to derail the thread but Stevie Nicks, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Aniston, Dicaprio, Oprah come to mind. Not sure on these, though.

My Best-Carey

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

I would assume there would be plenty of players past and present that have no children that are over 30. People are having kids later in life unfortunately, and I think that applies to athletes too. So if you can think of people in your life without children over 30 - and we all can - I assume that applies to a lot of hockey players too.

The first name that came to mind for me was Sean Avery. I mean, even in his 40s that guy isn't a father is he? Yep, he is. He and his ex-wife have a son.

Derek Sanderson is 78 and while he and his ex-wife had a child die at birth in 1981 I don't think he had any children after this. So I guess he counts here.

Brent Burns has three children. Wouldn't have guessed it!

Maybe someone can confirm this but I don't believe Billy Smith had children. At least I can't confirm that he does have them. No mention of them.

Outside of hockey I would say Dolly Parton is perhaps the most famous person that didn't have any children that I can randomly think of at the moment. Although she did aid in raising some younger siblings.

Most definitely does, at least had two in the 80's.

 

[Crosby2010]

Jagr must have a handful of kids all over the country, dude slayed in the 90s.

Jagr not having kids would be like Mick Jagger not having kids. No way just based on percentages alone that he didn't have a kid somewhere....................I am guessing

 

[Moose Head]

Even Jagr doesn't know, if there isnt another "Jagr".

In an unrelated note, a suprisingly high number of puck bunnies in the 90’s had babies born with hockey mullets.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Oates, Kariya, Crosby, Toews come to mind; who else over 30 doesn't have kids?

I am 53, two ex wives no kids---what is your point

 

[Nerowoy nora tolad]

Peter Forsberg now has three kids, but I remember thinking of/joking about him as an asexual guy married to hockey throughout his career. While he was still active, I don’t think he ever featured in any relationship rumors whatsoever? With the celebrity status he had it just seemed you occasionally would have read or heard about him dating someone or having a partner. Not that I would call hockey players’ relationships a point of interest for me, but with ‘everyone else’ you picked up on them being in long term relationships or getting married, and I thought Forsberg curiously stood out in this regard.

Maybe this is a 'Swedish media choosing to be polite and not speculate' thing. At least one source about the 2000s Avs (I think Dater) mentions him as having a pretty active dating life. It was implied part of the 2001 brief-fake-retire-back-to-sweden affair was him wanting to avoid an angry ex in Denver.

 

[VanIslander]

Crosby is easy to explain...

Oates less so.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Crosby is easy to explain...

Oates less so.

Crosby (Kathy Leutner) and Kariya (Valerie Dawson) have been with successful models for years. It makes a ton of sense that all 4 people mentioned have prioritized their careers over children. Could be a variety of other reasons as well.