Being named the captain of an NHL team is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon a player. A hockey captain is a special kind of player, and not everyone is up to the task.
Ice hockey captains do not look quite like other captains. In other sports, such as American football, the team captains wear a "C" on their jersey. But with American football, most teams have not one captain but several.
In hockey, one player—and one player only—is given the honor of having the "C" placed on his sweater. There may be one or two alternate captains who get to wear the well recognized "A" on their jersey, but the man wearing the "C" is different—and everyone knows it.
This is one of the main reasons the captain of a hockey team is, arguably, more important than the captain, or captains, of teams in other major sports. In football or basketball, the team captain(s) is quite often the superstar of the team, or the best player or perhaps even the most marketable.
In hockey, the team captain might not be close to being considered the best player on the team. Very frequently in hockey, the team captain is not the best skater ...
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Article written by Dave Ungar
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