Halifax Heartthrobs

The Halifax Heartthrobs (colloquially known as the Hearts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They compete in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division.

The Heartthrobs were founded in 1974 as an expansion franchise, and were revitalized in the early 2000s with the drafting of star players Anders Wulff and Pavel Borisov. In 2014, 40 years after the formation of the team, the Heartthrobs won their first Championship Cup. They have reached the Championship Cup Finals a total of three times since their inauguration into the league.

Team captains

 * Todd Wellington, 1974 - 1978
 * Landon Murray, 1978 - 1988
 * Gideon Lane, 1989 - 1993
 * Cash Boyle, 1993 - 2005
 * Anders Wulff, 2005 - 2022
 * Tomáš Zelinka, 2023 - present

Head coaches

 * Hunter Byrne, 1974 - 1980
 * Nicolas Mainse, 1980 - 1986
 * Rory Russell, 1986 - 1995
 * Andreas Mattson, 1995 - 2000
 * Reggy Roskamp, 2000 - 2011
 * Eric Sim, 2011 - 2027
 * Anders Wulff, 2027 - present

General managers

 * Francis Segal, 1974 - 1976
 * Luke McDonald, 1976 - 1977
 * Winston Hart, 1977 - 1987
 * Derek Clarkson, 1987 - 1990
 * Timothy Glen, 1990 - 2004
 * Hudson Foster, 2005 - 2016
 * Jakob Hoffman, 2017 - 2025
 * Easton Brant, 2025 - present

Awards and trophies
Championship Cup





First-round draft picks

 * 1974: Max Miller (1st overall)
 * 1975: Lochlan Black
 * 1976: Jesse March
 * 1977: Jacob Banks
 * 1978: Xavier Timbrell
 * 1979: None
 * 1980: Mattias Holmgren
 * 1981: Derek Castle
 * 1982: Mark Bagshaw
 * 1983: Jonah Scott
 * 1984: Bruno Cameron
 * 1985: Kason Cote and Harry Pearson
 * 1986: Thomas Bradley
 * 1987: Stanley Turner
 * 1988: Kane Roberts
 * 1989: Mark Preston
 * 1990: Nolan Granholm
 * 1991: Brandon Davies
 * 1992: Mateo Till
 * 1993: Ryan Barber
 * 1994: Jaromír Čech
 * 1995: Eric Aberg
 * 1996: None
 * 1997: Dylan Kane and Gustav Spühler
 * 1998: Jacobas Boutin
 * 1999: Andrew Moisan
 * 2000: Micheal Gamble
 * 2001: Rory Sutton
 * 2002: Joshua White
 * 2003: Jonas Lindeman
 * 2004: Hudson Ryan
 * 2005: Anders Wulff (1st overall)
 * 2006: Simon Keen
 * 2007: Huugo Heikkinen
 * 2008: Zéric Moreau
 * 2009: Pavel Borisov
 * 2010: Dominik Ztratil and Jackson Workman
 * 2011: Tristan Morrow
 * 2012: Chris Elliker and Elijah Merritt
 * 2013: Jacob McCain
 * 2014: Daniels Kulmanis
 * 2015: Andrei Kravchuck
 * 2016: Jaroslav Kubyshkin
 * 2017: Beckett Gesner
 * 2018: Roman Moore
 * 2019: Jabez Nagy (24th overall)
 * 2020: Ethan Segal
 * 2021: Jerome Lehoux
 * 2022: Mark Hoffman
 * 2023: Oliver Bednář
 * 2024: Jace Johnson
 * 2025: Jordan Lake, Liam Lebeau, and Ronan McLaughlin
 * 2026: Viktor Severinov
 * 2027: None
 * 2028: Sijmen Vrijlink
 * 2029: Maddox Hall
 * 2030: Alex Tokunaga
 * 2031: Mathieu Baribeau
 * 2032: Kevin Odenberg and Karter Banks
 * 2033: Reino Sproģi
 * 2034: Andrei Dorokhin and Matthew Oak