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Paul Rabil
Paul Rabil, American lacrosse midfielder and executive; Johns Hopkins four-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion; pro field lacrosse all-time scoring leader (657 points); co-founder, president, and chief creative officer of the Premier Lacrosse League.
Paul Stastny
Paul Stastny, born 1985 in Quebec City, retired NHL center; son of Hall of Famer Peter Stastny. Drafted 44th overall by Colorado in 2005; 822 points in 1,145 games over 17 seasons with five teams.
Pavel Bure (Павел Владимирович Буре)
Pavel Bure, nicknamed the Russian Rocket, is a Russian retired right winger who starred for the Vancouver Canucks and Florida Panthers, scoring 437 goals in 702 NHL games.
Pavel Datsyuk (Павел Валерьевич Дацюк)
Pavel Datsyuk (Павел Дацюк), "The Magic Man," Russian center born 1978 in Sverdlovsk; Detroit Red Wings 2001-2016, 918 points, two Stanley Cups, three Selke and four Lady Byng trophies; Hockey Hall of Fame 2024.
Pavel Patera
Pavel Patera, Czech ice hockey center born 1971 in Kladno; 1998 Nagano Olympic gold medalist, four-time world champion, brief NHL stint with Dallas and Minnesota; now head coach of HC Energie Karlovy Vary.
Pavol Demitra
Pavol Demitra (1974-2011), Slovak NHL forward for Ottawa, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Minnesota, and Vancouver; 768 points in 847 games, Lady Byng 2000, 2010 Olympic scoring leader; died in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash; Blues Hall of Fame 2024.
Pawan Sehrawat (पवन सेहरावत)
Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (पवन सेहरावत), the "Hi-Flyer", is an Indian kabaddi raider born 1996 in New Delhi; PKL champion and MVP with Bengaluru Bulls (Season 6), top raider in Seasons 6-8, single-match record 39 raid points, Arjuna Awardee 2023.
Pedro Ibarra
Pedro Ibarra, Argentine field hockey defender, captain of Los Leones, born 1985 in San Fernando. Olympic gold at Rio 2016 (scored equalizer in 4-2 final win over Belgium), 303 caps, Tokyo 2020 closing flagbearer.
Pekka Rinne
Pekka Rinne, Finnish NHL goaltender (born 1982, Kempele), played 15 seasons for the Nashville Predators; 683 games, 369 wins, 60 shutouts, 2018 Vezina Trophy, No. 35 retired, Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
Penalty (ice hockey)
Penalty (ice hockey): rule infraction punished by penalty-box time (minor 2 min, double minor 4, major 5, misconduct 10, game misconduct) or a penalty shot; also delayed calls, penalty killing, and NHL vs IIHF differences.
Per Johan Axelsson
Per Johan Axelsson (Pebben, P.J. Axelsson), born 1975 in Kungälv, Swedish left wing; entire NHL career with Boston Bruins (797 games, 287 points), Olympic gold 2006 and Frölunda SM gold 2005.
Percy Rees
Percy Montague Rees (1883–1970), English field hockey outside-right for Barnes Hockey Club who won gold with England at hockey's 1908 Olympic début, later Unilever's chief accountant and a Military Cross recipient.
Peter DeBoer
Peter DeBoer (George Peter DeBoer, born 1968, Dunnville, Ontario) is an NHL head coach, now with the New York Islanders, formerly Panthers, Devils, Sharks, Golden Knights, Stars; 662 wins, 9-0 in Game 7s, two Cup Finals.
Peter Forsberg
Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey center (born 1973, Ornskoldsvik), Hart and Art Ross winner 2003, two Stanley Cups, two Olympic and two World golds, Hockey Hall of Fame 2014.
Peter Laviolette
Peter Laviolette (born 1964, Norwood, Massachusetts) is an American NHL head coach, now with the Los Angeles Kings; 846 wins (seventh all-time), 2006 Stanley Cup with Carolina, Cup Finals with three franchises.
Peter Paul Fernandes
Peter Paul Fernandes (1916-1981), Karachi-born Goan field hockey forward, won gold with British India at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, scoring twice against Japan, and also played first-class cricket for Sind.
Peter Šťastný
Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey center born 1956 in Bratislava; defected from Czechoslovakia in 1980 to the Quebec Nordiques, second NHL scorer of the 1980s behind Gretzky, 1,239 points, Hall of Fame 1998.
Peter Trump
Peter Trump (born 1950, Frankenthal) is a German field hockey player, 213-time West German international, Olympic gold medalist Munich 1972 (1-0 final vs Pakistan), fifth at Montreal 1976, TG Frankenthal club player, later coach and sports goods shop owner.
Peter Windt
Peter Windt, born Pieter Windt in 1973 in Veendam, Netherlands, is a former Dutch field hockey player who won gold with the national team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Petr Svoboda
Petr Svoboda: name of several Czech athletes, chiefly the ice hockey defenseman (born 1966, Most) who scored the winning goal for Czech Olympic gold at Nagano 1998 and won the 1986 Stanley Cup, and the hurdler (born 1984) who was 2011 European indoor 60 m hurdles champion.
Petteri Lindbohm
Petteri Lindbohm (born 1993, Helsinki) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenseman, 2012 St. Louis Blues draft pick, 2019 World Championship and 2022 Olympic gold medalist, currently playing for TPS Turku in the Liiga.
Phil Esposito
Phil Esposito (born 1942) is a Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame centre, 1972 Summit Series scoring leader with 13 points, record-setting Boston Bruins goal scorer (76 goals in 1970-71), and co-founder of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Phil Kessel
Phil Kessel, American NHL winger from Madison, Wisconsin; drafted fifth overall in 2006 by Boston; two-time Stanley Cup winner (Pittsburgh 2016, 2017); NHL-record 1,064 consecutive games; 992 points in 1,286 games; U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
Phil Verchota
Phil Verchota (Philip John Verchota, born 1956), American ice hockey left wing from Duluth, Minnesota; won 1980 Olympic gold with the Miracle on Ice team and captained the 1984 U.S. Olympic team; later a banking executive.
Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers: NHL expansion team (1967) in the Metropolitan Division, first expansion club to win the Stanley Cup (1974, 1975) as the Broad Street Bullies; rebuilding under GM Danny Brière after a playoff drought from 2020.
Philip Witte
Philip Witte, born in Hamburg in 1984, is a German former field hockey forward who won Olympic gold with Germany at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Philipp Zeller
Philipp Zeller, born 1983 in Munich, German field hockey defender and lawyer; two-time Olympic champion (2008, 2012), 2006 World Cup winner, European champion 2003 and 2011; older brother of Christopher Zeller; later labor-law attorney and Magenta Sport hockey expert.
Pien Sanders
Pien Sanders (born 1998, Udenhout) is a Dutch field hockey defender-midfielder and captain of HC Den Bosch and Oranje; two Olympic golds (2020, 2024), 2022 world champion, four European titles, 162 caps.
Pierre-Luc Dubois
Pierre-Luc Dubois, Canadian NHL center born 1998 in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec; drafted third overall 2016 by Columbus; Capitals center since June 2024 trade from Kings for Darcy Kuemper; career-high 66 points in 2024-25.
Piet-Hein Geeris
Piet-Hein Geeris (born 1972, Boxtel) is a retired Dutch field hockey forward and midfielder; 194 caps, 29 goals, Olympic gold at Sydney 2000, 1998 World Cup winner, three-time Champions Trophy winner.