Ngicela ungitshele okuncane ngokuphila komuntu siqu kwabadlali be-hockey abahamba phambili ngalesi sikhathi.
Nansi uhlu lwabadlali be-hockey abahamba phambili ku-NHL kanye nokuncane ngabo:  UConnor McDavid UConnor McDavid nentombi yakhe, umklami wezangaphakathi uLauren Kyle, baklama umuzi wabo wase-Edmonton. Ngemuva kokukhombisa izithombe zendlu kumagazini i-EDify ngo-2020 nokurekhoda ukuvakasha kwevidiyo ngo-2021 kwe-Architectural Digest, ukwakheka okuncane nokubukwa kabi kwe-Edmonton River Valley ngaphandle kwaba yi-meme ye-Intanethi. Njengomlandeli wezemidlalo e-Ontario, uMcDavid wayengumlandeli ozinikele wobuntwana kaMats Sundin kanye neqembu le-Toronto Maple Leafs NHL. Wachaza ikamelo lakhe lokulala ebuntwaneni ngokuthi "liyadumaza" ngenxa yobuningi bezinto ezikhumbulekayo ze-Maple Leafs. Ngaphandle kwe-hockey, usekela i-Toronto Blue Jays ye-Major League Baseball futhi waphonsa i-pitch yokuqala emcimbini womdlalo we-Blue Jays ngo-2016. NgoJuni 21, 2017, i-Electronic Arts iveze ukuthi uMcDavid uzoba ngumdlali wesembozo se-NHL 18, isitolimende sabo saminyaka yonke sochungechunge lwe-NHL video game. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isitayela sikaMcDavid esiyingqayizivele sokushushuluza sikhuthaze ubuchwepheshe be-Real Player Motion obusetshenziswe ku-NHL 19, lapho usayizi womdlali nezinye izimfanelo zithinta isivinini namandla abo okushushuluza. Ngo-2022, uMcDavid wayengomunye wabasubathi abaningi baseCanada abavela emabhokisini okusanhlamvu e-Cheerios njengengxenye yokukhushulwa kwabo kwe- "Be the Cheer", lapho amakhasimende ayengabhala khona imiyalezo eyenziwe yaba ngeyabo kubasubathi abaqhudelana eMidlalweni Yama-Olimpiki. Ngawo lowo nyaka, uMcDavid waba ngumdlali wokuqala osebenzayo osebenza njengommeli womkhiqizo wenkampani yokubheja kwezemidlalo iBetMGM.  I-Makar Kale UMakar uyindodana kaGary Makar noLaura MacGregor. Waqanjwa ngemuva komdlali wangaphambili we-NHL uCale Hulse. Umfowabo omncane uTaylor udlala e-UMass-Amherst, lapho uCale naye aya khona, futhi naye wakhethwa yi-Avalanche emzuliswaneni wesikhombisa we-NHL Entry Draft ka-2021. Umzala kaMakar uMark Logan naye wadlala i-hockey yasekolishi kusukela ngo-2015 kuya ku-2019 eRochester Institute of Technology. UTom Lysiak wayengumzala kayise. Udabuka e-Ukraine ngoyise. Ngesikhathi ekhula, wayengumlandeli weqembu lendawo iCalgary Flames.  U-Auston Matthews UMatthews uvela emndenini wabasubathi, nobaba wakhe odlale i-baseball ekolishi kanye nomalume wakhe, uWes Matthews, odlale kafushane eNational Football League yeMiami Dolphins. Uyise uyisikhulu sezobuchwepheshe enkampanini yokukhiqiza eseNew Jersey. Unabodadewabo ababili: u-Alexandria, omdala ngeminyaka emithathu, noBreyana, omncane ngeminyaka emihlanu. Ngenxa yokhokho bakhe baseMexico, uMatthews uyakwazi ukukhuluma iSpanishi.  Ngaphandle kweqhwa, uMatthews wabhaliswa ezifundweni eziningana ze-inthanethi ne-University of Nebraska Omaha. Ngasekupheleni kuka-Agasti 2016, wathuthela eToronto futhi waqala ukusebenza nozakwabo uMitch Marner noMorgan Rielly. Umsubathi ayemthanda kakhulu uMatthews lapho ekhula kwakunguKobe Bryant, kanti i-movie yakhe yezemidlalo ayithandayo kwakunguThe Mighty Ducks. Ungumlandeli wabadlali uJonathan Toews no-Anže Kopitar ngenxa yomdlalo wabo wokuhlasela nokuzivikela, uye waba nesitayela sakhe sokudlala uma eqhathaniswa nabo. Ukuhlonipha ukuqala kukaMatthews kwe-NHL ngamagoli amane, umculi we-rap uSVDVM ukhiphe ingoma enesihloko esithi "Auston Matthews". Emiklomelweni ye-NHL ka-2019, uMatthews waqokwa njengomdlali wesembozo somdlalo wevidiyo we-hockey ye-EA Sports NHL 20.