NHL Defensemen Totals by Birth Province, 2001‑02 Stats

Rk	Province	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Ontario	55	2759	192	516	708	3122	72	7	40
2	Alberta	31	1452	81	255	336	1623	21	1	17
3	Quebec	26	1263	72	207	279	836	19	3	18
4	Saskatchewan	19	828	30	111	141	1004	7	1	5
5	British Columbia	14	681	29	97	126	733	10	0	5
6	Manitoba	9	410	17	36	53	313	4	0	2
7	Nova Scotia	4	150	14	38	52	189	6	0	4
8	New Brunswick	1	81	3	15	18	35	1	0	0
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	2	52	0	4	4	123	0	0	0

Percentage of Defenseman Birth Provinces in 2001‑02 NHL

Rk	Province	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Ontario	34.2%	35.9%	43.8%	40.3%	41.2%	39.1%	51.4%	58.3%	44.0%
2	Alberta	19.3%	18.9%	18.5%	19.9%	19.6%	20.3%	15.0%	8.3%	18.7%
3	Quebec	16.1%	16.5%	16.4%	16.2%	16.2%	10.5%	13.6%	25.0%	19.8%
4	Saskatchewan	11.8%	10.8%	6.8%	8.7%	8.2%	12.6%	5.0%	8.3%	5.5%
5	British Columbia	8.7%	8.9%	6.6%	7.6%	7.3%	9.2%	7.1%	0.0%	5.5%
6	Manitoba	5.6%	5.3%	3.9%	2.8%	3.1%	3.9%	2.9%	0.0%	2.2%
7	Nova Scotia	2.5%	2.0%	3.2%	3.0%	3.0%	2.4%	4.3%	0.0%	4.4%
8	New Brunswick	0.6%	1.1%	0.7%	1.2%	1.0%	0.4%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	1.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Current season NHL stats last updated: May 18, 2013