Cousins
| Cousin | Cousin | Cousin | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Attwell | Bill McCreary Jr. | Canada | ||
| Larry Aurie | Cummy Burton | Canada | Burton received special permission from James Norris to wear Aurie's retired No. 6 Detroit Red Wings sweater during Burton's tenure with the team. | |
| Ralph Backstrom | Daren Puppa | Canada | Ralph had long retired by the time Daren joined the NHL. | |
| Jeff Beukeboom | Joe Nieuwendyk | Canada | ||
| Henry Boucha | T. J. Oshie* | Gary Sargent | Canada | Boucha and Oshie are seconds cousins. Sargent and Oshie are first cousins. Boucha and Sargent both played for the Minnesota North Stars. |
| Johnny Boychuk* | Zach Boychuk* | Canada | Third cousins. | |
| Wade & Sheldon Brookbank | Geoff Sanderson | Canada | Wade and Geoff played for the Carolina Hurricanes and the Vancouver Canucks at some point in their own careers. | |
| Robin Burns | Pat Burns | Canada | ||
| Lyndon Byers | Dane Byers* | Canada | ||
| Jim Cain | Herb Cain | Canada | ||
| Terry Carkner | Matt Carkner* | Canada | Third cousins | |
| Chris Chelios | Nikos Tselios | United States | Chris's father legally changed his family's name from Tselios to Chelios. | |
| Marc Chouinard | Eric Chouinard | Canada | Played together during the 2003–04 NHL season for the Minnesota Wild. | |
| Wendel Clark | Joe Kocur | Barry Melrose | Canada | Clark & Melrose are first cousins with each other, and both are distant cousins of Kocur. Kocur has played with both his cousins for the Detroit Red Wings; he and Melrose were teammates for part of the 1985–86 NHL season towards the end of Melrose's career, while Clark was his teammate during the 1998–99 NHL season. |
| Brian Conacher | Pete Conacher | Murray Henderson | Canada | Both Conacher cousins played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. |
| Adam Deadmarsh | Butch Deadmarsh | Canada | Second cousins | |
| Shane Doan* | Keaton Ellerby* | Carey Price* | Canada | Doan and Ellerby are first cousins while Doan and Price are second cousins. |
| Shawn Evans | Dennis Kearns | Canada | ||
| Tom Fitzgerald | Keith Tkachuk | United States | ||
| Ron Francis | Mike Liut | Canada | Second cousins who both played for the Hartford Whalers. | |
| Chris Gratton | Dan Gratton | Josh Gratton | Canada | Josh played for the Phoenix Coyotes, where Chris played for two seasons; both also previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers. |
| Dale Hoganson | Paul Hoganson | Canada | ||
| Doug Jarvis | Wes Jarvis | Canada | Both played for the Washington Capitals, but just missed playing together; Wes was traded to the Minnesota North Stars a month before Doug came over from Montreal. | |
| Reg Kerr | Alan Kerr | Canada | ||
| Phil Kessel* | David Moss* | United States | ||
| Ted Lindsay | Bob Errey | Canada | Third cousins. Both played for the Detroit Red Wings. | |
| Morris Lukowich | Brad Lukowich | Canada | ||
| Ryan Malone* | Brad Malone* | United States, Canada |
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| Mitch & Joby Messier | Paul & Mark Messier | Canada | Second cousins. Joby & Mark played together from 1992 to 1995 with the New York Rangers. | |
| Kelly, Kevin & Kip Miller | Ryan* & Drew* Miller | United States | Kevin and Drew both played for the Detroit Red Wings. Drew and Kip both played for the Anaheim Ducks. | |
| Craig Muni | Gerry O'Flaherty | Canada, United States |
Both played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. | |
| Scott & Rob Niedermayer | Jason Strudwick | Canada | ||
| Mike David Peluso | Mike Peluso | United States | Both played for the Chicago Blackhawks and the New Jersey Devils. | |
| Jim Peplinski | Larry Trader | Canada | ||
| Bob Perreault | Gilbert Perreault | Canada | ||
| Jimmy Peters, Jr. | Glen Currie | Canada | Both played for the Los Angeles Kings. | |
| Frank Pietrangelo | Alex Pietrangelo* | Canada | Third cousins. | |
| Jean & Denis Potvin | Marc Potvin | Canada | Marc & Jean both played for the Los Angeles Kings. | |
| Dick & Mickey Redmond | Craig Redmond | Canada | Second cousins. | |
| Randy Rota | Darcy Rota | Canada | ||
| Philippe Sauve | Maxime Sauve* | United States, Canada |
Both were drafted in the second round of their respective drafts. | |
| Jean Savard | Denis Savard | Canada | ||
| Nick Schultz* | Jesse Schultz | Canada | ||
| Eric*, Marc*, & Jordan Staal* | Jeff Heerema | Canada | Eric plays for the Carolina Hurricanes, where Jeff used to play. | |
| Brandon Sutter* | Brett Sutter* | Canada | Played sixteen games together with the Carolina Hurricanes across the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. Brandon was part of a 'family' trade in 2012, teaming brothers Jordan and Eric Staal in Carolina for the 2012-13 NHL season. | |
| Scott Thornton | Joe Thornton* | Canada | Played together for part of the 2005–06 NHL season with the San Jose Sharks. | |
| John Tonelli | Ryan Jones* | Canada | ||
| Perry Turnbull | Randy Turnbull | Canada | Randy only played one game in the NHL. |
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