Players on Two Different Teams Two Times

[Parker McDonald]

How many players played on two different teams during two periods of time?

For example, Kovalev was on the Rangers, then the Penguins, then the Rangers again, and eventually found his way back to the Penguins.

This has to be extremely rare.

[gonzo11]

back when there were only 6 teams it happened for players on the third and 4th line

[nik jr]

mikael samuelsson

florida in '04 and '12
DRW from '06-'09, and '13

[eastcoaster]

Just off the top of my head Jim Roberts - Montreal, St. Louis, Montreal, St. Louis.

[MS]

Geoff Sanderson with Columbus and Vancouver, despite only playing 22 games total for Vancouver and only 2 games for Columbus during his 2nd stint.

Marty McSorley for Pittsburgh and LA.

Wade Brookbank for Ottawa and Vancouver in a two-week stretch in 2003-04 as teams played waiver ping-pong with him, although he was only 'team property' rather than playing games.

[Analyzer]

Petr Nedved

He was traded from St. Louis to the Rangers.

TRaded from the Rangers to the Pens, then traded back to the Rangers.

Rangers traded Nedved to the Oilers and near the end of his career the oilers picked him up on waivers from Philadelphia.

[mrhockey193195]

Recchi: Pittsburgh to Philly to start his career, and then later stints with Philly and Pittsburgh again.
Rucinsky: Three stints with NYR, two with STL

[STLBlueshistory]

Curt Bennett

St Louis, NY Rangers, Atlanta, St Louis and back to Atlanta

Steve Duchesne

2 tours with LA Kings, Philadelphia Flyers & St Louis Blues

[STLBlueshistory]

Pascal Rheaume

A member of the St Louis Blues 2 different times (3 if you count with the organization, played 1 game for Peoria last year) & 3 stints with NJ Devils.

[Master_Of_Districts]

Francis Bouillon with MTL and NSH.

[reckoning]

Lucien Deblois - Rangers and Quebec
Mario Marois - Quebec and Winnipeg
Ken Linseman - Philadelphia and Edmonton

[Classic Devil]

Rolston - Boston and New Jersey.

[BubbaBoot]

Bill Ranford
BOS - EDM - BOS - WASH - TB - DET - EDM

Gary Doak
DET - BOS - VAN - NYR - DET - BOS

Marc Bergevin
CHI - NYI - HAR - TB - DET - STL - PITT - STL - PITT - TB - PITT - VAN

Johnny McKenzie
CHI - DET - CHI - NYR - BOS - PHI (WHA) - VAN (WHA) - MINN (WHA) - CINN (WHA) - MINN (WHA) - NEW (WHA)

[Mayor Bee]

Shawn McEachern

1991-92 and 1992-93 in Pittsburgh, then part of 1993-94 and 1994-95.

1995-96 in Boston, and 2005-06 as well.

To get him from and back to Pittsburgh involved trading him for Marty McSorley both times.

Marty McSorley

1983-84 and 1984-85 with Pittsburgh, then part of 1993-94

1988-89 through 1993-94 with Los Angeles, then 1994-95 and 1995-96.

To get those two stints with both Pittsburgh and Los Angeles involved him being traded for Shawn McEachern.

[Ralph Malfredsson]

Mike Comrie
Twice with EDM and OTT

[Killion]

Detroit Red Wings
Los Angeles *Sharks
Detroit Red Wings
Los Angeles Kings

*Ok, so he defected to the WHA, but still, back to LA...

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Vinny Prospal (PHI and TBL)

http://www.hockey-reference.com/play...prospva01.html

[pnep]

2+ stints with 2+ teams

[SealsFan]

Wayne Merrick, twice with the Cleveland Barons and Islanders

Stan Gilbertson, twice with the Seals and Capitals

[begbeee]

Jozef Stumpel:

1991-1997 Boston Bruins
1997-2002 LA Kings
2002-2003 Boston Bruins
2004 LA Kings

[kaiser matias]

Originally Posted by Mayor Bee

Shawn McEachern

1991-92 and 1992-93 in Pittsburgh, then part of 1993-94 and 1994-95.

1995-96 in Boston, and 2005-06 as well.

To get him from and back to Pittsburgh involved trading him for Marty McSorley both times.

Marty McSorley

1983-84 and 1984-85 with Pittsburgh, then part of 1993-94

1988-89 through 1993-94 with Los Angeles, then 1994-95 and 1995-96.

To get those two stints with both Pittsburgh and Los Angeles involved him being traded for Shawn McEachern.

As pnep shows, McSorley also played with the Oilers on two seperate occasions, some 15 years apart.