The Los Angeles Kings have now won the 2014 Stanley Cup. Prior to this there were 52 hockey players to have won an Olympic gold medal and had their names engraved on Lord Stanley’s Cup, but with the Kings victory, two more players will be added to this list – Drew Doughty, who played for Canada in 2010 and 2014,  and Mike Richards, who played for Canada in 2010 at Vancouver. In addition, Jeff Carter, who was already on the list from his 2014 Olympic gold and 2012 Stanley Cup (also with the Kings) gets his data updated slightly. Here is the list prior to 2014:

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Athlete,NOC,OlyGold,Stanley Cups

Patrice Bergeron,CAN,2010-14,2011 Boston Bruins

Rob Blake,CAN,2002,2001 Colorado Avalanche

Dan Boyle,CAN,2010,2004 Tampa Bay Lightning

Martin Brodeur,CAN,2002/10,1995/00/03 New Jersey Devils

Jeff Carter,CAN,2014,2012 Los Angeles Kings

Sidney Crosby,CAN,2010-14,2009 Pittsburgh Penguins

Slava Fetisov,URS,1984-88,1998 Detroit Red Wings

Adam Foote,CAN,2002,2001 Colorado Avalanche

Peter Forsberg,SWE,1994,1996/01 Colorado Avalanche

Ryan Getzlaf,CAN,2010-14,2007 Anaheim Ducks

Aleksey Gusarov,URS,1988,1996 Colorado Avalanche

Dominik Hašek,CZE,1998,2002/08 Detroit Red Wings

Milan Hejduk,CZE,1998,2001 Colorado Avalanche

Tomas Holmström,SWE,2006,2008 Detroit Red Wings

Jaromír Jágr,CZE,1998,1991-92 Pittsburgh Penguins

Tomas Jonsson,SWE,1994,1982-83 New York Islanders

Valery Kamensky,URS,1988,1996 Colorado Avalanche

Duncan Keith,CAN,2010-14,2010 Chicago Blackhawks

Patric Kjellberg,SWE,1994,1993 Montréal Canadiens

Aleksey Kovalyov,EUN,1992,1994 New York Rangers

Niklas Kronwall,SWE,2006,2008 Detroit Red Wings

Chris Kunitz,CAN,2014,2007 Anaheim Ducks / 09 Pittsburgh Penguins

Igor Larionov,URS,1984-88,1997-98/02 Detroit Red Wings

Nicklas Lidström,SWE,2006,2008 Detroit Red Wings

Håkan Loob,SWE,1994,1989 Calgary Flames

Vladimir Malakhov,EUN,1992,2000 New Jersey Devils

Bert McCaffrey,CAN,1924,1930 Montréal Canadiens

Dmitry Mironov,EUN,1992,1998 Detroit Red Wings

Fredrik Modin,SWE,2006,2004 Tampa Bay Lightning

Aleksandr Mogilny,URS,1988,2000 New Jersey Devils

Ken Morrow,USA,1980,1980-83 New York Islanders

Dunc Munro,CAN,1924,1926 Montréal Maroons

Mats Näslund,SWE,1994,1986 Montréal Canadiens

Scott Niedermayer,CAN,2002/10,1995/00/03 New Jersey Devils / 07 Anaheim Ducks

Joe Nieuwendyk,CAN,2002,1989 Calgary Flames / 99 Dallas Stars / 03 New Jersey Devils

Corey Perry,CAN,2010-14,2007 Anaheim Ducks

Chris Pronger,CAN,2002/10,2007 Anaheim Ducks

Joe Sakic,CAN,2002,2001 Colorado Avalanche

Mikael Samuelsson,SWE,2006,2008 Detroit Red Wings

Brent Seabrook,CAN,2010,2010 Chicago Blackhawks

Brendan Shanahan,CAN,2002,1998/02 Detroit Red Wings

Patrick Sharp,CAN,2014,2010/13 Chicago Blackhawks

Jiří Šlégr,CZE,1998,2002 Detroit Red Wings

Richard Šmehlík,CZE,1998,2003 New Jersey Devils

Hooley Smith,CAN,1924,1927 Ottawa Senators / 35 Montréal Maroons

Eric Staal,CAN,2010,2006 Carolina Hurricanes

Petr Svoboda,CZE,1998,1986 Montréal Canadiens

Jonathan Toews,CAN,2010/14,2010 Chicago Blackhawks

Dave Trottier,CAN,1928,1935 Montréal Maroons

Steve Yzerman,CAN,2002,1998/02 Detroit Red Wings

Henrik Zetterberg,SWE,2006,2008 Detroit Red Wings

Sergey Zubov,EUN,1992,1994 New York Rangers / 98 Dallas Stars

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It is even more unusual for a player to win a gold medal and play on the Stanley Cup champions in the same year. In fact, this has only happened 6 times previously. Here is the full list, adding Carter and Doughty to the list.

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Athlete,NOC,OlyGold,Stanley Cup

Ken Morrow,USA,1980,1980 New York Islanders

Brendan Shanahan,CAN,2002,2002 Detroit Red Wings

Steve Yzerman,CAN,2002,2002 Detroit Red Wings

Duncan Keith,CAN,2010,2010 Chicago Blackhawks

Brent Seabrook,CAN,2010,2010 Chicago Blackhawks

Jonathan Toews,CAN,2010,2010 Chicago Blackhawks

Jeff Carter,CAN,2014,2014 Los Angeles Kings

Drew Doughty,CAN,2014,2014 Los Angeles Kings

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