List of ice hockey line nicknames

The New York Ranger's famous "Bread Line" that existed between 1926-1937. It consisted of Hall of Famers Bill Cook, Bun Cook and Frank Boucher.

The three forwards – the centre, right wing and left wing – operate as a unit called a line. The tradition of naming the threesomes who compose the hockey teams' lines of attack extends back to the 1920s when Bun Cook, Frank Boucher and Bill Cook of the New York Rangers formed the Bread Line.

Famous NHL lines with nicknames

Famous non-NHL lines with nicknames

Current, short-lived and/or novelty lines

Famous forward combinations without acknowledged nicknames

Notes

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  3. 1 2 "The Mafia Line: Great in 1979". The Hockey History Blog.
  4. Dave Golokhov, "Top 10: All-Time NHL Lines" online at: http://ca.askmen.com/sports/fitness_top_ten_60/86_fitness_list.html
  5. http://www.sharenews.com/sports/2011/07/08/manny-mcintyre-was-part-hockey%E2%80%99s-only-all-black-line
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  7. The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team. Random House. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  8. Libero, Rich (September 14, 2004). "World Cup of Hockey 2004, Canada's DDT line poisons Finns". NHL.com. Retrieved 2006-06-08. Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  9. http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/spot_oneononep200002.htm
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