List of ice hockey line nicknames

In ice hockey, three forwards – centre, right wing and left wing – operate as a unit called a line. The tradition of naming the lines extends back to the inaugural 1917–18 NHL season, when Didier Pitre, Jack Laviolette, and Newsy Lalonde of the Montreal Canadiens were dubbed the "Flying Frenchmen Line".
==Lines with nicknames==
Line name 	Members 	Team 	League	Description 	Date 	
The Black Aces 	Herb Carnegie, Ossie Carnegie, Manny McIntyre 	Quebec Aces 	QSHL 	The first all-black line in the Quebec Senior Hockey League. 	1940s 	
The Century Line 	Syl Apps Jr., Lowell MacDonald, Jean Pronovost 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	Named by their team publicist after the line scored over 100 goals in the 1973–1974 season. 	1973–1976 	
The Coneheads 	Mark Pavelich, John Harrington, Buzz Schneider 	United States Men's National Team	 	Part of the Miracle on Ice team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. All three grew up playing pickup games on ponds in the Iron Range of Northeast Minnesota. They named themselves after the Saturday Night Live sketch. 	1980 	
The Dynasty Line 	Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt, Pete Mahovlich (later replaced by Jacques Lemaire) 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	1970s 	
The Espo Line 	Wayne Cashman, Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 	Named after their center, Esposito. 	1967–1975 	
The French Connection 	Gilbert Perreault, Rick Martin, Rene Robert 	Buffalo Sabres 	NHL 	Named after the Oscar-winning 1971 film, as all three players were French-Canadian. 	1972–1979 	
The Grind Line 	Kris Draper, Joe Kocur (replaced by Darren McCarty after 1998 season), Kirk Maltby	Detroit Red Wings 	NHL 	 	late 1990s	
The Grumpy Old Men 	Kirk Muller, John MacLean, Mike Keane 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 	Named after a reference to the 1993 film Grumpy Old Men. When the three veterans played for the Dallas Stars in 2001, they had 105 years and five Stanley Cup wins between them. 	2001 	
The KLM Line 	Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov, Sergei Makarov 	Soviet national team 	 	The KLM Line was the top line on the dominant Soviet national teams of the 1980s. They won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics. Together with the top defensive pairing of Slava Fetisov and Alexei Kasatonov, the five of them were collectively known as "The Green Unit" because of the green jerseys they wore in practice. 	1980s 	
The Kraut Line 	Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart, Bobby Bauer 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 	Named for the German ancestry shared by all three, who grew up together in Kitchener, Ontario. 	1936–1947 	
The Legion of Doom 	Eric Lindros, John LeClair, Mikael Renberg 	Philadelphia Flyers 	NHL 	Named as all weighed over 220 pounds, and ranged from 6'2" to 6'4" tall. 	1994–1997 	
The LILCO Line 	Billy Harris, Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	Named after the Long Island Lighting Company because they lit the lamps so often with their goal-scoring. 	1970s 	
The Mafia Line 	Phil Esposito, Don Maloney, Don Murdoch 	New York Rangers 	NHL 	Named for the "godfather" Phil Esposito and his two "dons", Don Maloney and Don Murdoch. 	late 1970s	
The Perfection Line 	Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 	 	2014–2022 	
The Production Line 	Sid Abel, Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay 	Detroit Red Wings 	NHL 	Named in reference to their prolific goal production as well as the automotive industry in Detroit. The line was put together by head coach Tommy Ivan in 1947. 	1947 	
The Punch Line 	Toe Blake, Elmer Lach, Maurice Richard 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	The trio was the top line on the Montreal Canadiens from 1943 to 1948 and won two Stanley Cups. 	1943–1948 	
The S Line 	Nels Stewart, Babe Siebert, Hooley Smith 	Montreal Maroons 	NHL 	 	1927–1932 	
The Triple Crown Line 	Dave Taylor, Charlie Simmer, Marcel Dionne 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 	Named after their achievements; in 1980–81, the trio combined for 328 points to become the first line in NHL history where each player scored 100 points or more in the same season. 	1979–1984 	
The Trio Grande 	Mike Bossy, Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	The Trio Grande won four Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders in the 1980s, and all three are in the Hockey Hall of Fame. 	1980s 	
The Uke Line 	Johnny Bucyk, Bronco Horvath, Vic Stasiuk 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 	Named for their common Ukrainian heritage. 	1957–1961 	
The West Coast Express	Markus Naslund, Brendan Morrison, Todd Bertuzzi 	Vancouver Canucks 	NHL 	Named as a reference to the local commuter rail service of the same name. 	2000–2006 	
The A Line 	Patrik Elias, Petr Sykora, Jason Arnott 	New Jersey Devils 	NHL 	Named For the Letter A in their names; The trio combined for 428 points during the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons and was the best offensive line to play together on the Devils. 	1999–2002 	
The Crash Line 	Mike Peluso, Bobby Holik, Randy McKay 	New Jersey Devils 	NHL 	These three fourth-liners were named the Crash Line because of their size; put simply, they crashed. All three of them weighed over 200 pounds each and accomplished much more than the average fourth-liners would. Not only could they hit and fight, but the three also combined for 13 goals and 23 points in the 1995 playoffs when the Devils won their first ever Stanley Cup.	1995-1998 	
==See also==
*The Russian Five
==References==
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