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Janice Rankin
Janice Rankin (Janice Watt), born 1972 in Inverness, is a Scottish curler who won Olympic gold as lead for Great Britain at Salt Lake City 2002, plus world junior title 1992 and silvers at 1994 Worlds and 1998 Europeans.
Jarome Iginla
Jarome Iginla, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (born 1977), Calgary Flames all-time leader in goals, points, and games; 625 NHL goals, Art Ross and two Rocket Richard trophies, Olympic gold 2002 and 2010, inducted 2020.
Jaromír Jágr
Jaromír Jágr (born 1972, Kladno) is a Czech hockey right winger, second in NHL career points (1,921) behind Gretzky, two-time Stanley Cup winner, 1998 Olympic champion, and Rytíři Kladno owner-player who played into his 50s.
Jaroslav Spacek
Jaroslav Špaček (Jaroslav Spacek), Czech defenseman born 1974 in Rokycany; 880 NHL games 1998-2012, Nagano 1998 Olympic gold, three World Championship golds, later Czech national-team assistant coach and father of David Spacek.
Jarret Stoll
Jarret Stoll, Canadian NHL center from Yorkton, Saskatchewan; two-time Stanley Cup winner (2012, 2014) with the Los Angeles Kings; elite faceoff specialist; later Kings player development coach and Fox Sports West analyst.
Jason Spezza
Jason Spezza, born 1983, Canadian center drafted second overall in 2001 by Ottawa; 995 points in 1,248 NHL games; retired 2022; now Pittsburgh Penguins assistant general manager.
Jaswant Rajput
Jaswant Singh Rajput (1926-2015), Indian field hockey halfback from Delhi who won gold with India at the 1948 London Olympics, was a non-playing squad member of the 1952 gold team, played for Bhowanipore and Mohun Bagan, and helped win the Beighton Cup.
Jaxon Cover
Jaxon Cover (born 2008) is a Canadian-Caymanian hockey prospect with the London Knights who became the first Cayman Islands native drafted by an NHL team, selected 32nd overall by the Ottawa Senators in 2026.
Jay Bouwmeester
Jay Bouwmeester, Canadian defenceman born 1983 in Edmonton; 17 NHL seasons with Florida, Calgary, St. Louis; 2019 Stanley Cup; 2014 Olympic gold; 29th Triple Gold Club member; retired 2021.
Jayden Struble
Jayden Struble (born 2001, Cumberland, RI) is an American NHL defenseman, drafted 46th overall by Montreal in 2019, a Northeastern alum, traded to Nashville in October 2026.
Jayna Hefford
Jayna Hefford, born 1977 in Trenton, Ontario, is a Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame forward who won four straight Olympic golds (2002-2014) and seven World Championship titles with Team Canada, and now leads PWHL hockey operations.
Jean-Sébastien Giguère
Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Canadian NHL goaltender (born 1977, Montreal), drafted 13th overall by Hartford in 1995; 2003 Conn Smythe winner on losing Ducks finalist, 2007 Stanley Cup champion, 597 NHL games.
Jeff Archibald
Jeff Archibald (Jeffrey Victor Archibald, born 1952, Auckland) is a New Zealand field hockey player who won gold at Montreal 1976 and also competed at Munich 1972 and Los Angeles 1984; father of Ryan Archibald.
Jeff Carter
Jeff Carter (born 1985, London, Ontario) is a Canadian former NHL forward who played 19 seasons with Philadelphia, Columbus, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh, winning Stanley Cups in 2012 and 2014 and retiring in 2024 with 851 points in 1,321 games.
Jeff Powers
Jeff Powers (Jeffrey Brian Powers, born 1980), American water polo player; three Olympics (2004, 2008, 2012), 2008 Beijing silver medalist, UC Irvine All-American, USA Water Polo Hall of Fame 2019.
Jeff Skinner
Jeff Skinner, born 1992 in Toronto, is a Canadian NHL left wing drafted seventh overall by Carolina in 2010; Calder Trophy winner 2010-11, 699 points in 1,078 games, later with Buffalo, Edmonton, and San Jose.
Jenn Wakefield
Jenn Wakefield (Jennifer Dorothy June Wakefield), born 1989, is a Canadian ice hockey forward, Olympic gold (Sochi 2014) and silver (PyeongChang 2018) medalist, Hockey East 120-goal scorer, and now a coach with Penn State and Canada's development team.
Jennifer Botterill
Jennifer Botterill, Canadian ice hockey forward, three-time Olympic gold medallist (2002, 2006, 2010) and five-time world champion; two-time Patty Kazmaier winner at Harvard; 2025 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee, now NHL broadcaster.
Jenny Morris
Jenny Morris (Jennifer Lynn Morris), Australian field hockey defender born 1972 in Maryborough, Queensland; won Olympic gold with the Hockeyroos at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, the first women's team to defend an Olympic hockey title.
Jenny Schmidgall Potter
Jenny Schmidgall Potter (born 1979, Saint Paul, Minnesota), also Jenny Potter, American ice hockey forward; four-time Olympian with gold 1998, silver 2002 and 2010, bronze 2006, and leading U.S. Olympic scorer.
Jeremy Roenick
Jeremy Roenick, American NHL center (born 1970, Boston), 20 seasons, 1,363 games, 513 goals, 1,216 points; Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2024, US Hockey Hall of Fame 2010, 2002 Olympic silver medalist.
Jeremy Swayman
Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins goaltender from Anchorage, Alaska, drafted 111th overall in 2017; Jennings Trophy winner 2023, 2025 World Championship and 2026 Olympic gold medalist, and 2025-26 Vezina Trophy finalist.
Jeroen Delmee
Jeroen Delmee (Jeroen Petrus Maria Delmée, born 1973, Boxtel) is a Dutch field hockey coach and former player with 401 caps, Olympic gold 1996 and 2000, and Netherlands men's head coach since 2021, winning EuroHockey 2023 and Olympic gold 2024.
Jesus Miguel Rollan
Jesus Miguel Rollan (Jesús Miguel Rollán Prada, 1968–2006), Spanish water polo goalkeeper, Olympic gold 1996 and silver 1992, world champion 1998 and 2001; died after a fall at a clinic in La Garriga.
Jillian Saulnier
Jillian Saulnier, born 1992 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a Canadian ice hockey forward who won Olympic silver in 2018 and gold in 2022, starred at Cornell, and now plays for the PWHL Boston Fleet.
Jim Craig (ice hockey)
Jim Craig (James Downey Craig, born 1957) is the American goaltender who made 36 saves in the 1980 Miracle on Ice and won Olympic gold; later Atlanta Flames, Bruins, North Stars goalie and Gold Medal Strategies founder.
Jim Montgomery (ice hockey)
Jim Montgomery, Montreal-born NHL coach and former player: Maine's 301-point scorer and 1993 NCAA champion, Denver's 2017 title coach, Jack Adams winner with the record-setting 2022-23 Bruins, now St. Louis Blues head coach.
Jimmy Borland
Jimmy Borland (James Andrew Borland, 1910–1970), British ice hockey defenceman/forward born in Stalybridge, raised in Canada; won 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Olympic gold with Great Britain; Brighton Tigers captain; not the Glasgow-born 1905 Eurohockey namesake.
Jimmy Chappell
Jimmy Chappell (James William Chappell, 1915-1973), English-born Canadian-raised ice hockey player; won 1936 Olympic gold with Great Britain, played 1948 Olympics, European titles 1937-38, Brighton Tigers, D-Day veteran.
Jimmy Hayes (ice hockey)
Jimmy Hayes (James Ryan Hayes, 1989-2021), American NHL right wing from Dorchester, Massachusetts; 334 NHL games with Chicago, Florida, Boston, New Jersey; died at 31 in Milton, Mass.