What’s in a number? How NHLers get their digits

What’s in a number? How NHLers get their digits

Drew Doughty had the same digit stitched on his back since junior.

‘He didn’t want to give it up’: How NHLers end up with their jersey numbers

Drew Doughty had the same digit stitched on his back since junior.

'He didn't want to give it up': How NHLers end up with their jersey numbers

Drew Doughty had the same digit stitched on his back since junior. The Los Angeles Kings defenceman got No. 8 to match his birthday when he joined the Ontario Hockey League’s Guelph Storm and kept it after making the NHL. Doughty, a two-time Stanley Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medallist, wore the same number 19 combined seasons — until he didn’t partway through his 20th. Cale Makar was an early inclusion for Canada’s roster at last Fe…