Player Nationality Trends in the UHL
UHL (United Hockey League) was a North American professional league that ceased operations in 2010. The player material consisted primarily of Canadian and American players. The proportion of Canadian players varied between 45-74 percent over the league's 19 seasons, and American players between 19-45 percent.
The top European player was John Vecchiarelli, who was born in Canada but played for the Italian national team. He scored 607 points (259+348) in 417 games.
The chart below shows the relative proportions of different nationalities in the UHL during the 1991-1992 and 2009-2010 seasons. The data used in the chart can be found on the nationality totals statistics pages.
Last Season
United States
Regular Season
American UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for American UHL playersSeason records for American UHL playersPlayoffs
American UHL players - 2010 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for American UHL players - playoffsSeason records for American UHL players - playoffs
Canada
Regular Season
Canadian UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for Canadian UHL playersSeason records for Canadian UHL playersPlayoffs
Canadian UHL players - 2010 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Canadian UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Canadian UHL players - playoffs
Slovakia
Regular Season
Slovak UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for Slovak UHL playersSeason records for Slovak UHL playersPlayoffs
Slovak UHL players - 2009 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Slovak UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Slovak UHL players - playoffs
Russia
Regular Season
Russian UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for Russian UHL playersSeason records for Russian UHL playersPlayoffs
Russian UHL players - 2010 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Russian UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Russian UHL players - playoffs
Italy
Regular Season
Italian UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for Italian UHL playersSeason records for Italian UHL playersPlayoffs
Italian UHL players - 2008 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Italian UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Italian UHL players - playoffs
Latvia
Regular Season
Latvian UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for Latvian UHL playersSeason records for Latvian UHL playersPlayoffs
Latvian UHL players - 2008 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Latvian UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Latvian UHL players - playoffs
Netherlands
Regular Season
Dutch UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for Dutch UHL playersSeason records for Dutch UHL playersPlayoffs
Dutch UHL players - 2010 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Dutch UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Dutch UHL players - playoffs
Czech Republic
Regular Season
Czech UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for Czech UHL playersSeason records for Czech UHL playersPlayoffs
Czech UHL players - 2008 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Czech UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Czech UHL players - playoffs
Finland
Regular Season
Finnish UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for Finnish UHL playersSeason records for Finnish UHL playersPlayoffs
Finnish UHL players - 2001 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Finnish UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Finnish UHL players - playoffs
Hungary
Regular Season
Hungarian UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for Hungarian UHL playersSeason records for Hungarian UHL players
Denmark
Regular Season
Danish UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for Danish UHL playersSeason records for Danish UHL players
Sweden
Regular Season
Swedish UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for Swedish UHL playersSeason records for Swedish UHL playersPlayoffs
Swedish UHL players - 2010 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Swedish UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Swedish UHL players - playoffs
Kazakhstan
Regular Season
Kazakh UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for Kazakh UHL playersSeason records for Kazakh UHL playersPlayoffs
Kazakh UHL players - 2009 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Kazakh UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Kazakh UHL players - playoffs
Ukraine
Regular Season
Ukrainian UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for Ukrainian UHL playersSeason records for Ukrainian UHL playersPlayoffs
Ukrainian UHL players - 2006 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Ukrainian UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Ukrainian UHL players - playoffs
United Kingdom
Regular Season
British UHL players - 2009-2010 leadersAll-time records for British UHL playersSeason records for British UHL playersPlayoffs
British UHL players - 2003 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for British UHL players - playoffsSeason records for British UHL players - playoffsOther Seasons
France
Regular Season
French UHL players - 2002-2003 leadersAll-time records for French UHL playersSeason records for French UHL playersPlayoffs
French UHL players - 2003 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for French UHL players - playoffsSeason records for French UHL players - playoffs
Switzerland
Regular Season
Swiss UHL players - 2008-2009 leadersAll-time records for Swiss UHL playersSeason records for Swiss UHL playersPlayoffs
Swiss UHL players - 1994 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Swiss UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Swiss UHL players - playoffs
Slovenia
Regular Season
Slovenian UHL players - 2008-2009 leadersAll-time records for Slovenian UHL playersSeason records for Slovenian UHL players
Austria
Regular Season
Austrian UHL players - 2008-2009 leadersAll-time records for Austrian UHL playersSeason records for Austrian UHL playersPlayoffs
Austrian UHL players - 2003 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Austrian UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Austrian UHL players - playoffs
Belarus
Regular Season
Belarussian UHL players - 2000-2001 leadersAll-time records for Belarussian UHL playersSeason records for Belarussian UHL playersPlayoffs
Belarussian UHL players - 2000 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Belarussian UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Belarussian UHL players - playoffs
Germany
Regular Season
German UHL players - 2002-2003 leadersAll-time records for German UHL playersSeason records for German UHL playersPlayoffs
German UHL players - 1993 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for German UHL players - playoffsSeason records for German UHL players - playoffs
Ireland
Regular Season
Irish UHL players - 1991-1992 leadersAll-time records for Irish UHL playersSeason records for Irish UHL players
Norway
Regular Season
Norwegian UHL players - 2006-2007 leadersAll-time records for Norwegian UHL playersSeason records for Norwegian UHL players
Croatia
Regular Season
Croatian UHL players - 2008-2009 leadersAll-time records for Croatian UHL playersSeason records for Croatian UHL playersPlayoffs
Croatian UHL players - 2009 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Croatian UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Croatian UHL players - playoffs
Poland
Regular Season
Polish UHL players - 2002-2003 leadersAll-time records for Polish UHL playersSeason records for Polish UHL playersPlayoffs
Polish UHL players - 2000 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Polish UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Polish UHL players - playoffs
Israel
Regular Season
Israeli UHL players - 1991-1992 leadersAll-time records for Israeli UHL playersSeason records for Israeli UHL players
Estonia
Regular Season
Estonian UHL players - 2005-2006 leadersAll-time records for Estonian UHL playersSeason records for Estonian UHL playersPlayoffs
Estonian UHL players - 2006 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Estonian UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Estonian UHL players - playoffs
Serbia
Regular Season
Serbian UHL players - 2001-2002 leadersAll-time records for Serbian UHL playersSeason records for Serbian UHL playersPlayoffs
Serbian UHL players - 1997 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Serbian UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Serbian UHL players - playoffs
Japan
Regular Season
Japanese UHL players - 2003-2004 leadersAll-time records for Japanese UHL playersSeason records for Japanese UHL players
Australia
Regular Season
Australian UHL players - 2000-2001 leadersAll-time records for Australian UHL playersSeason records for Australian UHL playersPlayoffs
Australian UHL players - 2001 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Australian UHL players - playoffsSeason records for Australian UHL players - playoffs