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This infobox is to be used for Ice Hockey players. Suggestions on change should be noted in the talk page.

Usage

You must enter fields exactly as shown below (ie: letter case matters!). Please follow the guidelines provided in parenthesis for best results:

Required fields

Failure to fill in data for any of the following fields WILL NOT delete that field from the infobox

• position

(all positions can be wikified. ie: use [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]], [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]], [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left Wing/Right Wing]], [[Goaltender]])

• height_ft
• height_in
• weight_lb
• birth_date (use {{Birth date and age|yyyy|mm|dd}}. Add |df=yes before the }} if you want day-month format instead of month-day.)
• birth_place (city, then comma, then country code (use [[country|country's abbreviation]]))
• career_start

(first pro year. Remember that top national leagues in Europe and Russia are pro leagues. Check out the player's history on hockeydb.com)

Optional fields

Failure to fill in data for any of the following fields {except 'name'} WILL delete that field from the infobox

• name (otherwise the page name is used)
• shoots or catches

(choose one based on if player is a skater or a goalie. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that one of these two field choices is used in the template. The only reason that this field has been made optional is because there is discretion involved in choosing which of the two to use in the infobox, based on whether the player is a skater or a goalie)

• team (current NHL team the player plays for. Enter FULL NAME of team)
• league (use abbreviation. ie: [[Russian Hockey Super League|RSL]] or [[Swedish Elite League|SEL]] or [[NHL]]. If league name is relatively short, you can use the full name. ie: [[SM-liiga]]. Infobox WILL flex to accommodate the name)
• played_for (pro teams a retired player played for. Enter FULL NAME of teams)
• draft (position taken overall in NHL draft)
• draft_year
• draft_team (enter FULL NAME of team, NO ABBREVIATION. ie: [[Edmonton Oilers]])
• wha_draft (position taken overall in WHA draft)
• wha_draft_year
• wha_draft_team (enter FULL NAME of team, NO ABBREVIATION. ie: [[Cleveland Crusaders]])
• image (filename)
• image_alt image alt text, for visually impaired readers; see WP:ALT
• image_caption image caption
• image_size

(width in px, default is original image size. Try to use 230px, if image is too pixelated upon article preview, leave field blank and image will be shrunk to original size)

• ntl_team Any national senior teams a player played for.
• ntl_team_2 If a player played on two national senior teams.
• ntl_team_3 In the rare case that a player played on 3 national senior teams such as those from Russia, Soviet Union and the United Team.
• ntl_team_women Any national senior women's teams a player played for.
• ntl_team_women_2 If a player played on two national senior women's teams.
• ntl_team_women_3 In the rare case that a player played on 3 national senior women's teams such as those from Russia, Soviet Union and the United Team.
• death_date
• death_place
• career_end (year)
• former_teams

(Try placing a <br> after each team, so each new team starts on a new line. ie: enter [[Edmonton Oilers]]<br> [[New York Rangers]]<br> [[Florida Panthers]])

• prospect_league (for players who have been drafted by an NHL team, but have yet to play a game. Any entry into this field will also automatically place the title (prospect) next to the pro team listed)
• prospect_team (for players who have been drafted, but have yet to play in the NHL)
• halloffame (year of induction)
• website (player's official website)

Full empty example

 {{Infobox Ice Hockey Player | image           =  | image_alt       =  | image_caption   = | image_size      =  | position        =  | shoots          =  | shot            =  | catches         =  | caught          =  | height_ft       =  | height_in       =  | weight_lb       =  | team            =  | league          =  | prospect_team   =  | prospect_league = | former_teams    =  | played_for      =  | ntl_team        = | birth_date      =  | birth_place     =  | death_date      =  | death_place     =  | draft           =  | draft_year      =  | draft_team      =  | wha_draft       =   | wha_draft_year  =  | wha_draft_team  =  | career_start    =  | career_end      =  | halloffame      =  | website         =  }} 

Example for Aleš Hemský

 {{Infobox Ice Hockey Player | team = [[Edmonton Oilers]] | former_teams = '''[[Czech Extraliga|CZE]]'''<br>[[HC Pardubice]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | image = Hemskydraft.png | image_alt = Young man with clean-cut reddish-blonde hair and a blue business shirt and tie, holding up a dark athletic uniform reading "HEMSKY 01" in large white letters | image_size = 200px | position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]] | shoots = Right | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 192 | ntl_team = Czech Republic | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|8|13|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Pardubice]], [[Czechoslovakia|CS]] | draft = 13th overall | draft_year = 2001 | draft_team = [[Edmonton Oilers]] | career_start = 2002 }} 

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{Birth date}}) or {{Birth date and age}}) (optionally {{birth-date}} are used in the infobox.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

Please do not rename or remove these classes; nor collapse nested elements which use them.