Parent-children
| Last name | Parent | Children | Country | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abel | Sid | Gerry | Canada, United States | Gerry played only one game in the NHL. |
| Apps | Syl | Syl Jr. | Canada | |
| Arnason | Chuck | Tyler* | Canada, United States | |
| Ashton | Brent | Carter* | Canada | |
| Attwell | Ron | Bob | Canada, United States | Both Ron and Bob played twenty-two games in the NHL. Each of them also only recorded one goal. |
| Bassen | Hank | Bob | Canada | Both played for the Chicago Black Hawks. |
| Bennett | Harvey, Sr. | Curt, Harvey Jr., Bill | Canada, United States | Harvey Sr. and Bill both played for the Boston Bruins. |
| Boileau | Rene | Marc | Canada | René only played seven games in the NHL. |
| Bouchard | Emile "Butch" | Pierre | Canada | Both won the Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens. |
| Bordeleau | Paulin | Sebastien | Canada, France | Both played only five Stanley Cup playoff games. |
| Bourque | Ray | Chris* | Canada, United States | |
| Bowman | Scotty | Stan | Canada | Both have worked under the Chicago Blackhawks organization. |
| Brown | Adam | Andy | Canada | Both played for the Detroit Red Wings. |
| Bubla/Slegr | Jiri | Jiri | Czech Republic | They both played for the Vancouver Canucks. They both won the IIHF World Hockey Championship Gold Medals. Jiri the son uses his step-father's surname Slegr. |
| Buchanan | Ralph | Ron | Canada | Ron only played five games in the NHL, and Ron only played five. |
| Campbell | Colin | Gregory* | Canada | |
| Carr | Al | Gene | Canada | Al only played five games in the NHL. |
| Chorney | Marc | Taylor* | Canada, United States | |
| Chouinard | Guy | Eric | Canada | |
| Clancy | King | Terry | Canada | Both played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. |
| Colley | Tom | Kevin | Canada, United States | Tom played only one game in the NHL. |
| Conacher | Charlie | Pete | Canada | Both played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. |
| Conacher | Lionel | Brian | Canada | |
| Cote | Alain | Jean-Philippe | Canada | Jean-Philippe only played eight games in the NHL. All eight were played with the Montreal Canadiens. |
| Couturier | Sylvain | Sean | Canada | |
| Creighton | Dave | Adam | Canada | Both played for the Chicago Blackhawks. |
| Crombeen | Mike | B. J.* | Canada | Both played for the St. Louis Blues |
| Crozier | Joe | Greg | Canada | Greg played only one game in the NHL. |
| Cullen | Barry | John | Canada | Both played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. |
| DeMarco | Ab, Sr. | Ab, Jr. | Canada | Both played for the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. |
| Dineen | Bill | Peter, Gord, Kevin | Canada | Bill was Kevin's coach with the Philadelphia Flyers. |
| Dube | Norm | Christian | Canada | |
| Duchesne | Gaetan | Jeremy | Canada, United States | |
| Eaves | Mike | Patrick* | United States | |
| Erixon | Jan | Tim* | Sweden | Tim plays for the New York Rangers, the same team that his father played for. |
| Ferguson | John Sr. | John Jr. | Canada | John Sr. played for the Montreal Canadiens, and John Jr. was drafted by Montreal, but never played in the NHL. |
| Ferguson | Norm | Craig | Canada | |
| Fletcher | Cliff | Chuck | Canada | Cliff won the Stanley Cup in 1989 as general manager of the Calgary Flames; after having been a part of three finalist teams, Chuck finally did the same twenty years later as assistant general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009. Chuck is currently the general manager of the Minnesota Wild. |
| Fogolin | Lee Sr. | Lee Jr. | Canada, United States | |
| Foligno | Mike | Nick*, Marcus* | Canada, United States | Both Mike and Marcus played for the Buffalo Sabres. |
| Foster | Dwight | Alex | Canada, United States | Alex only played three games in the NHL. |
| Francis | Emile | Bob | Canada | |
| Gagner | Dave | Sam* | Canada | |
| Gainey | Bob | Steve* | Canada | Steve was drafted by his father, who was general manager of the Dallas Stars. |
| Gardner | Cal | Dave, Paul | Canada | Cal and Paul both played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. |
| Geoffrion | Bernie | Dan | Canada | All generations played for the Montreal Canadiens. |
| Geoffrion | Dan | Blake* | Canada, United States | |
| Goldup | Hank | Glenn | Canada | |
| Grahame | Ron and Charlotte | John | Canada, United States | Ron and John are the only father-son goalie combination to play for the same team, the Boston Bruins. On February 4, 2006, John faced Brent Johnson, the first time two-second generation goaltenders faced each other in an NHL game. |
| Hajt | Bill | Chris | Canada, United States | Chris only played six games in the NHL. |
| Hagman | Matti | Niklas* | Finland | First Finnish father-son pair in NHL history. They both have seven points in their NHL playoff careers. |
| Hampson | Ted | Gord | Canada | Gord only played four games in the NHL. |
| Hanson | David | Christian* | United States | |
| Haworth | Gordie | Alan | Canada | Gordie only played two games in the NHL. |
| Hextall | Bryan | Bryan, Jr., Dennis | Canada | All three played for the New York Rangers. |
| Hextall | Bryan, Jr. | Ron | Canada | |
| Hicks | Wayne | Alex | United States, Canada | Both played for the Pittsburgh Penguins. |
| Hodge | Ken | Ken, Jr. | Canada, United States | Both played for the Boston Bruins; became first father-son duo to score a hat trick for the same team. |
| Holmes | Louis | Chuck | Canada | |
| Howe | Gordie | Mark, Marty | Canada, United States | All three played together during the 1979–80 NHL season with the Hartford Whalers, the only such time in NHL history that a father and his sons were active at the same time. |
| Hull | Bobby | Brett | Canada, United States | Both played for the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes franchise; Brett wore his father’s retired number 9 when he joined the Coyotes. Only father-son combination to win the Hart Trophy for league MVP. |
| Ingarfield | Earl, Sr. | Earl, Jr. | Canada, United States | |
| Johansen | Bill | Trevor | Canada | Both played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. |
| Johnson | Bob | Mark | United States | Mark played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, where his father later coached the team to the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship, in 1991. |
| Johnson | Bob | Brent* | United States | Both played for the St. Louis Blues and Pittsburgh Penguins. On February 4, 2006, Brent faced John Grahame, the first time two second-generation goaltenders faced each other in an NHL game. |
| Kromm | Bobby | Richard | Canada | Bobby was a NHL head coach for the Calgary Flames. |
| Lacroix | Pierre | Eric | Canada | |
| Lafreniere | Roger | Jason | Canada | Roger only played thirteen games in the NHL. |
| Laperriere | Jacques | Daniel | Canada | |
| Larose | Claude | Guy | Canada | |
| Leach | Reggie | Jamie | Canada | |
| Lindsay | Bert | Ted | Canada | Bert only played twenty games in the NHL. |
| LoPresti | Sam | Pete | United States | First father-son goaltending combination. |
| Lukowich | Bernie | Brad* | Canada | |
| MacDermid | Paul | Lane* | Canada | |
| Mackell | Jack | Fleming | Canada | |
| Malone | Greg | Ryan* | Canada, United States | Both played for the Pittsburgh Penguins; became only the second father-son duo to score a hat trick for the same team. |
| McCreary | Bill, Sr. | Bill, Jr. | Canada, United States | Bill Jr. only played twelve games in the NHL. |
| McDonald | Gerry | Colin* | United States | |
| McMahon | Mike, Sr. | Mike, Jr. | Canada | |
| McNab | Max | Peter | Canada, United States | |
| McRae | Basil | Philip | Canada, United States | Both played for the St. Louis Blues. |
| Meloche | Gilles | Eric | Canada | Both played for the Pittsburgh Penguins. |
| Mikkelson | Bill | Brendan* | Canada | |
| Morrison | Jim | Dave | Canada | |
| Murray | Andy | Brady | Canada, United States | |
| Nilsson | Kent | Robert | Sweden | Both played for the Edmonton Oilers. |
| Nolan | Ted | Brandon, Jordan* | Canada | Ted was an assistant coach for the Hartford Whalers. Brandon played for the franchise in Carolina. |
| Nystrom | Bob | Eric* | Canada, United States | |
| O'Flaherty | "Peanuts" | Gerry | Canada, United States | |
| Olsen | Darryl | Dylan* | Canada | |
| Palazzari | Aldo | Doug | United States | |
| Parise | J. P. | Zach* | Canada, United States | |
| Patrick | Lester | Lynn, Muzz | Canada | Lester was general manager of the New York Rangers when Lynn and Muzz won the Stanley Cup in 1940. Muzz would later go on to serve as general manager. |
| Patrick | Lynn | Craig, Glenn | Canada, United States | Craig was general manager of the New York Rangers, becoming the third generation of his family to run the franchise (following grandfather Lester and father Lynn). |
| Peters | Jimmy, Sr. | Jimmy, Jr. | Canada | Both played for the Detroit Red Wings. |
| Plante | Cam | Alex* | Canada | Cam only played two games in the NHL, while Alex has only played seven. |
| Poile | Bud | David | Canada | David is the Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations and General Manager of the NHL's Nashville Predators. |
| Pratt | Babe | Tracy | Canada | Both played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. |
| Pyatt | Nelson | Taylor*, Tom* | Canada | |
| Raglan | Clare "Rags" | Herb | Canada | |
| Reise | Leo | Leo Jr. | Canada | First father-son combination to play in the NHL; both played for the New York Rangers. |
| Richmond | Steve | Danny* | United States | |
| Riggin | Dennis | Pat | Canada | Dennis only played eighteen games in the NHL. |
| Roberts | Doug | David | United States | |
| Robinson | Doug | Rob | Canada | |
| Sauve | Bob | Philippe | Canada, United States | |
| Sauve | Jean-Francois | Maxime | Canada | |
| Shero | Fred | Ray | Canada, United States | Fred was the head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers' first and second Stanley Cup-winning teams in 1974 and 1975; Ray was general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins' third in 2009. |
| Smith | Des | Brian, Gary | Canada | Des and Gary both played with the Chicago Black Hawks. |
| Smith | Stuart | Brian | Canada | Stuart only played seventeen games in the NHL. |
| Smrke | Stan | John | Canada | Stan only played nine games in the NHL. |
| Spring | Frank | Corey | Canada | Corey only played sixteen games in the NHL. |
| Stapleton | Pat | Mike | Canada | Both played for the Chicago Blackhawks. |
| Stastny | Peter | Paul*, Yan | Slovakia, United States | Paul plays for the Colorado Avalanche, the same franchise his father played for (Quebec Nordiques), and wears the same number (#26). |
| Steen | Thomas | Alexander* | Sweden | |
| Sutter | Brent | Brandon* | Canada | |
| Sutter | Darryl | Brett* | Canada | Brett made his debut with the Calgary Flames while his father was serving as the team's general manager. |
| Tambellini | Steve | Jeff* | Canada | Jeff plays for the Vancouver Canucks, the club that his father had been the assistant general manager for until April 2008. |
| Taylor | Billy, Sr. | Billy, Jr. | Canada | Both played two games for the New York Rangers; those were the only two of Billy Jr.’s NHL career. |
| Turnbull | Perry | Travis* | Canada, United States | |
| Vachon | Rogie | Nicholas | Canada | Nick played only one game in the NHL. |
| Walter | Ryan | Ben* | Canada | |
| Walton | Bob | Mike | Canada | Bob only played four games in the NHL. |
| Ward | Don | Joe | Canada | Joe only played four games in the NHL. |
| Wilson | Jerry | Carey | Canada | Jerry only played three games in the NHL. |
| Wilson | Carey | Colin* | Canada, United States | |
| Wilson | Larry | Ron | Canada, United States | |
| Wilson | Rick | Landon | Canada, United States |
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