While active players in the National Hockey League focus entirely on grueling athletic schedules that preclude attending medical school, the hockey world features prominent medical professionals who dedicated decades to caring for players. The most legendary and revered medical figure in hockey history is Dr. David Mulder, who served as the head physician for the Montreal Canadiens for an astonishing sixty years. While Dr. Mulder was an accomplished surgeon and trauma specialist rather than an active skater, he played competitive hockey in his youth before dedicating his life to medicine. During his historic tenure with Montreal, he was a part of eight Stanley Cup championships, sewed up countless facial lacerations for players right off the ice, and treated life-threatening injuries, setting the gold standard for medical care and player safety across the entire professional hockey landscape.