Hockey Stars: What's Their Salary Like?
Wade O'Keefe
2025-04-28 23:06:52
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Average salaries are believed to be in the range of £12,500 to £47,000 for players in the Elite League. On the show, he explained that players in the Elite League earned approximately $17,000 to $65,000. This equates to roughly £12,500 to £47,000. There are so many other benefits that need to be taken into account however.
Lilla D'Amore
2025-04-23 09:19:10
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Salaries here are understandably lower and EIHL players will bank something in the region of £10–30K yearly – a sum more closely resembling the average NHLer’s weekly earnings. North America’s National Hockey League (NHL) offers the finest example, boasting the sport’s highest level of competition and drawing a dedicated global following. With NHL players pocketing an average yearly salary of around £1.5M, the league ranks fifth worldwide for average player salaries –and the big numbers on those pay cheques attest to the league’s enormous popularity.
Kayli Moen
2025-04-16 02:40:21
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If he makes the Coyotes' roster, he will have a base contract (minimum amount Kirk can expect to earn and the minimum paid to a professional NHL player) of $750,000 (around £539,500) plus he can earn an additional $55,000 (around £39,500) in bonuses. He would earn $65,000 (around £46,700) if he plays in Tucson.
Therese Pagac
2025-04-05 01:21:28
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When it comes to player recruitment in any ice hockey league, the most important factor is the salary package on offer. With the NHL being a globally followed league it can offer lucrative deals that amount to some of the highest earnings in the sports history. Centre Nathan MacKinnon currently holds the title of the highest earner in the United States’ leading ice hockey competition. He earns around £13.6 million per season while on the books of the Colorado Avalanche.
It’s extraordinary that NHL teams can dedicate enormous sums to single players in pursuit of titles, while teams in the EIHC would not challenge the likes of MacKinnon’s wage packet with their entire team’s earnings. The average player wage in EIHL equates to around £34,000. This suggests that the highest salary for a player in the UK league only amounts to a tiny fraction of the biggest contract in the NHL – the top earners in history may have penned contracts of around £50,000 per year.
Ofelia Toy
2025-04-04 22:29:21
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For context, the very top players in the UK might earn £50k in the Elite League, but the average is half of that. That £50k salary is similar for someone on an entry-level “prospect” salary in the NHL, but you can add a zero to that figure if you join the 1st team squad. These players on below-average UK salaries competed alongside players earning in excess of $10m per year.
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