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Mark Messier or Jarome Iginla? Joe Sakic or Steve Yzerman? Maurice 'Rocket' Richard, Jean Beliveau, Mike Bossy or Mario Lemieux? Who is the best hockey player from B.C., Alberta, Quebec? The choice is yours... As part of TSN's six-hour hockey celebration Canada's Game: Hockey Lives Here, TSN.ca offers visitors the chance to judge Canada's best players by provinces and territories. From today to February 16, visitors can make their choices for the top five players from yesterday and today in seven provincial and territorial groupings. The ballots are categorized by birthplace and feature a blend of the greatest pre-expansion and expansion era NHLers. The results of the poll will be announced on Saturday, Feb. 19 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. ET during Canada's Game: Hockey Lives Here. The complete list of players is as follows: British Columbia & the Territories: Glenn Anderson Ray Ferraro Danny Gare Paul Kariya Andy Moog Cam Neely Mark Recchi Geoff Sanderson Joe Sakic Cecil (Tiny) Thompson Steve Yzerman Alberta Johnny Bucyk Grant Fuhr Bill Gadsby Jarome Iginla Lanny McDonald Mark Messier Scott Niedermayer Brent Sutter Norm Ullman Mike Vernon Saskatchewan Max Bentley Johnny Bower Bernie Federko Theoren Fleury Clark Gillies Glenn Hall Gordie Howe Elmer Lach Eddie Shore Bryan Trottier Manitoba Andy Bathgate Eddie Belfour Turk Broda Bobby Clarke Butch Goring Ron Hextall Reggie Leach Babe Pratt Terry Sawchuk Jack Stewart Ontario Paul Coffey Ken Dryden Phil Esposito Wayne Gretzky Bobby Hull Brett Hull Red Kelly Ted Lindsay Frank Mahovlich Howie Morenz Bobby Orr Denis Potvin Larry Robinson Milt Schmidt Scott Stevens Quebec Jean Beliveau Mike Bossy Ray Bourque Martin Brodeur Marcel Dionne Bernie Geoffrion Doug Harvey Guy Lafleur Mario Lemieux Dickie Moore Gil Perreault Jacques Plante Henri Richard Maurice (Rocket) Richard Patrick Roy Atlantic Canada Keith Brown (Nfld) Gordie Drillon (NB) Gerard Gallant (PEI) Danny Grant (NB) Flash Hollett (NS) Al MacAdam (PEI) Al MacInnis (NS) Bobby MacMillan (PEI) Glen Murray (NS) Brad Richards (PEI) Bobby Smith (NS) Don Sweeney (NB) Canada's Game: Hockey Lives Here is a six-hour tribute to Canada's favourite past time, with special hockey-themed programming on February 19 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. ET. NHL Network, ESPN Classic Canada and TSN's French-language partner RDS will also televise hockey-themed shows and classic games as part of the special day. TSN is Canada's Sports Leader. Setting the Canadian sports broadcasting standard, TSN's flagship news program, SportsCentre, was voted the number-one source for sports news by sports fans from across the country.
