The Stanley Cup is a significant award that many hockey players dream of lifting above their heads someday.
Some NHL greats have never won the Stanley Cup, but there are players who have managed to secure the trophy with little effort.
In today’s list, we will discuss the 12 worst NHL players who somehow won multiple Stanley Cups throughout their careers. This list is not in any particular ranking order.
Colin Fraser – Chicago BlackHawks 2009-2010, Los Angeles Kings 2011-2012
Colin Fraser would play 359 career games, score 20 and 38 assists, score 58 career points, and average 9:57 minutes on ice throughout his career while securing two Stanley Cup rings with two dynasty teams in the early to mid-2010s. In 2010, with the Blackhawks, he only played in three playoff games, spending a total of 25 minutes on the ice. He produced one shot on goal, a block, five hits, and went 37.5% on the faceoff. With the Kings in 2012, he played 18 games but only managed to score one and assist while finishing the playoffs at -3 and averaging eight minutes a game.
Jordan Nolan – Los Angeles Kings 2011-12, 2013-14
Jordan Nolan would play 375 career games, scoring 24 goals and 29 assists for 52 points and averaging 9:26 minutes on the ice. He joined Fraser on the King’s dynasties in the early/mid-2010’s
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During the 2012 playoff run, he played in 20 games, scoring one goal and one assist while averaging 7 minutes of on-ice time. He only played three games in the 2014 playoffs and had no points while finishing with a -3 and 8 minutes of average on ice time.
Craig Adams – Carolina Hurricanes 2005-06, Pittsburgh Penguins 2008-09
Craig Adams finished his career with 951 games, 55 goals, 105 assists, and 16 points. While his career lasted long, his regular season, especially playoff production, was not the best with the teams he won with
He played 25 games with the Hurricanes during the 2006 run, scoring no points and finishing the playoffs as a -4 with an average on-ice time of 8:16. His run with the Penguins was better, with 24 games played. He scored three goals and two assists for 5 points and a -1 but was very lackluster on defense during the run.
Shawn Thornton – Anaheim Ducks 2006-07, Boston Bruins 2010-11
Shawn Thornton played 705 career games, scoring 42 goals and 60 assists for 102 points. Quoted for the popular diss of “Suck it, you milk drinker,” a grinder on the fourth line throughout his career managed to land on two tremendous Stanley Cup teams.
During the 2007 run with the Ducks, he played in 15 games and scored no points, finishing as a -3 and averaging just under 4 minutes of ice time. His time with the Bruins in 2011 was better; with 18 games played, he had one assist and finished as a -1 while averaging just under 7 minutes of ice time.
Dave Semenko – Edmonton Oilers 1983-84,1984-85
Dave Semenko has 65 goals and 88 assists for 153 points in 575 games. While average stats for a man who played 11 years in the WHA/NHL, his time was more known as Wayne Gretzky’s bodyguard on ice.
He scored five goals and had five assists in 19 games during the 1984 run but was carried hard in the 1985 playoffs. In 14 games, he had zero points and went from a +11 last year’s run to a +2 while shooting 19 fewer shots on goal.
Chris Dingman – Colorado Avalanche 2000-01, Tampa Bay Lighting 2003-04
Chris Dingman would have a disappointing career for being drafted that high up. In 385 games, he had 15 goals and 19 assists for 34 points, having a -58 on the career and producing little with two generational cup-winning teams.
In 2001, with the Avalanche, he played in 16 games and had four assists, averaging just over six minutes a game. In 2004, with the Lightning, he scored a goal and assisted in 23 games while playing just under six minutes a game.
Joey Kocur – New York Rangers 1993-94, Detroit Red Wings, 1996-97, 1997-98
Joey Kocur played 820 games and scored 80 goals and 82 assists. If he had finished his career the way he had started it, he wouldn’t have been on this list because his career took a hard turn after the 1989-90 season ended.
With the Rangers in 1994, he scored one goal and assisted in 20 games, and with the Red Wings in their back-to-back wins, he had five goals and three assists in 37 games played.
Darren McCarty – Detroit Red Wings, 1996-97,1997-98, 2001-02, 2007-08
With 127 goals and 161 assists for 288 points, Darren McCarty is the most winningest player with four championships. Someone who was dropped into the prime Red Wings era in the earlier 1990s and flourished with the talent around him
In four Stanley Cup runs, he has scored 11 goals and 17 assists in 82 games. Capitalizing off guys like Steve Yzerman, Nicklas Lidstrom, and Brendan Shanahan.
Connie Broden – Montreal Canadiens, 1956-56,1957-58
With a total of six game plates, two goals, and one assist in the regular season, Connie Broden has won two Stanley Cups, playing in three regular-season games each of the two years.
During the 1957 run, he played in six games and had one assist. The following year, he played in only one game of the 1958 playoffs and was created with the ring.
Tom Kuhnhackl – Pittsburgh Penguins 2015-16, 2016-17
After being drafted in the fourth round of the 2010 NHL Draft, Tom Kuhnhackl had 18 goals and 36 assists. He would see his first season in the NHL in the 2015-16 season, where he would reap the rewards.
He won both of his back-to-back Stanley Cup appearances, played 35 games, and scored three goals for seven points. He would play three more seasons before not playing in the league again.
Wendell Young – Pittsburgh Penguins 1990-91,1991-92
With 187 career games started, Wendell Young finished his career with 59 wins and 86 losses, averaging a 3.94 Goals Against Average and a .876 Save Percentage
He was a career AHL/NHL backup goaltender who saw the playoff action twice, but both games started in neither playoff run with the Penguins as he backed up Frank Pietrangelo in 1991 and Ken Wregget in 1992.
Kevin Hodson – Detroit Red Wings 1996-97,1997-98
With 71 games started, Kevin Hodson was a backup for the Red Wings during the 90s, when they saw few games as backups and none in the playoffs—seventeen career wings, 18 loose, with a 2.76 GAA and a .893 SV%.
He was the third goalie, not even the backup in the 1997 run and backup during the 1998 run. His name was engraved on the 1996 Stanley Cup, even though he wasn’t dressed during the playoffs entirely.
