Get ESPN NHL Team Roster
Value
A fastRhockey_data tibble with one row per player:
| col_name | types | description |
| position_group | character | Position group name (e.g. Centers). |
| id | character | ESPN player identifier. |
| uid | character | ESPN player uid. |
| guid | character | Player global unique identifier. |
| alternate_id | character | Alternate player identifier. |
| alternate_ids_sdr | character | Alternate ids sdr. |
| first_name | character | First name. |
| last_name | character | Last name. |
| full_name | character | Full name. |
| display_name | character | Display name. |
| short_name | character | Short name. |
| weight | numeric | Weight (lbs). |
| display_weight | character | Display weight string. |
| height | numeric | Height (inches). |
| display_height | character | Display height string. |
| age | integer | Player age. |
| date_of_birth | character | Date of birth. |
| slug | character | URL slug. |
| jersey | character | Jersey number. |
| headshot_href | character | Headshot image URL. |
| headshot_alt | character | Headshot alt text. |
| hand_type | character | Shooting/catching hand type. |
| hand_abbreviation | character | Hand abbreviation. |
| hand_display_value | character | Hand display value. |
| position_id | character | Position identifier. |
| position_name | character | Position name. |
| position_display_name | character | Position display name. |
| position_abbreviation | character | Position abbreviation. |
| position_leaf | logical | Whether position is a leaf node. |
| position_parent_id | character | Parent position identifier. |
| position_parent_name | character | Parent position name. |
| position_parent_display_name | character | Parent position display name. |
| position_parent_abbreviation | character | Parent position abbreviation. |
| position_parent_leaf | logical | Whether parent position is leaf. |
| experience_years | integer | Experience years. |
| debut_year | numeric | Debut year. |
| status_id | character | Status identifier. |
| status_name | character | Status name. |
| status_type | character | Status type. |
| status_abbreviation | character | Status abbreviation. |
| birth_place_city | character | Birth place city. |
| birth_place_state | character | Birth place state. |
| birth_place_country | character | Birth place country. |
| birth_place_display_text | character | Birth place display text. |
| birth_country_abbreviation | character | Birth country abbreviation. |
| college_id | character | College identifier. |
| college_guid | character | College guid. |
| college_mascot | character | College mascot. |
| college_name | character | College name. |
| college_short_name | character | College short name. |
| college_abbrev | character | College abbreviation. |
| college_logos | character | College logo URLs (pipe-delimited). |
| team_id | character | ESPN team identifier (from arg). |
See also
Other ESPN NHL Functions:
espn_nhl_athletes_index(),
espn_nhl_award(),
espn_nhl_awards(),
espn_nhl_calendar(),
espn_nhl_calendar_offseason(),
espn_nhl_calendar_ondays(),
espn_nhl_calendar_postseason(),
espn_nhl_calendar_regular_season(),
espn_nhl_coach(),
espn_nhl_coach_record(),
espn_nhl_coach_season(),
espn_nhl_coaches(),
espn_nhl_conferences(),
espn_nhl_countries(),
espn_nhl_draft(),
espn_nhl_franchise(),
espn_nhl_franchises(),
espn_nhl_game(),
espn_nhl_game_all(),
espn_nhl_game_broadcasts(),
espn_nhl_game_competition(),
espn_nhl_game_leaders(),
espn_nhl_game_odds(),
espn_nhl_game_official_detail(),
espn_nhl_game_officials(),
espn_nhl_game_play(),
espn_nhl_game_play_personnel(),
espn_nhl_game_plays(),
espn_nhl_game_powerindex(),
espn_nhl_game_predictor(),
espn_nhl_game_probabilities(),
espn_nhl_game_propbets(),
espn_nhl_game_scoringplays(),
espn_nhl_game_situation(),
espn_nhl_game_status(),
espn_nhl_game_team(),
espn_nhl_game_team_leaders(),
espn_nhl_game_team_linescores(),
espn_nhl_game_team_record(),
espn_nhl_game_team_roster(),
espn_nhl_game_team_statistics(),
espn_nhl_game_teams(),
espn_nhl_games(),
espn_nhl_injuries(),
espn_nhl_leaders(),
espn_nhl_leaders_core(),
espn_nhl_league_notes(),
espn_nhl_league_root(),
espn_nhl_news(),
espn_nhl_pbp(),
espn_nhl_player_awards(),
espn_nhl_player_bio(),
espn_nhl_player_box(),
espn_nhl_player_career_stats(),
espn_nhl_player_contracts(),
espn_nhl_player_core(),
espn_nhl_player_eventlog(),
espn_nhl_player_gamelog(),
espn_nhl_player_info(),
espn_nhl_player_injuries(),
espn_nhl_player_news(),
espn_nhl_player_notes(),
espn_nhl_player_overview(),
espn_nhl_player_records(),
espn_nhl_player_seasons(),
espn_nhl_player_splits(),
espn_nhl_player_statistics(),
espn_nhl_player_statisticslog(),
espn_nhl_player_stats_v3(),
espn_nhl_player_vs_player(),
espn_nhl_players_index(),
espn_nhl_position(),
espn_nhl_positions(),
espn_nhl_providers(),
espn_nhl_schedule(),
espn_nhl_scoreboard(),
espn_nhl_season_athletes(),
espn_nhl_season_awards(),
espn_nhl_season_coaches(),
espn_nhl_season_draft(),
espn_nhl_season_draft_round_picks(),
espn_nhl_season_freeagents(),
espn_nhl_season_futures(),
espn_nhl_season_group(),
espn_nhl_season_group_children(),
espn_nhl_season_group_teams(),
espn_nhl_season_groups(),
espn_nhl_season_info(),
espn_nhl_season_players(),
espn_nhl_season_pointer(),
espn_nhl_season_powerindex(),
espn_nhl_season_powerindex_leaders(),
espn_nhl_season_team(),
espn_nhl_season_teams(),
espn_nhl_season_type(),
espn_nhl_season_type_corrections(),
espn_nhl_season_type_leaders(),
espn_nhl_season_types(),
espn_nhl_season_week(),
espn_nhl_season_week_games(),
espn_nhl_season_weeks(),
espn_nhl_seasons(),
espn_nhl_standings(),
espn_nhl_standings_core(),
espn_nhl_statistics_league(),
espn_nhl_summary(),
espn_nhl_talentpicks(),
espn_nhl_team(),
espn_nhl_team_box(),
espn_nhl_team_core(),
espn_nhl_team_depthcharts(),
espn_nhl_team_history(),
espn_nhl_team_injuries(),
espn_nhl_team_leaders(),
espn_nhl_team_news(),
espn_nhl_team_record(),
espn_nhl_team_schedule(),
espn_nhl_team_transactions(),
espn_nhl_teams_core(),
espn_nhl_teams_site(),
espn_nhl_tournaments(),
espn_nhl_transactions(),
espn_nhl_venue(),
espn_nhl_venues()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(espn_nhl_team_roster(team_id = "4"))
#> ── NHL Team Roster data from ESPN.com ───────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-12 14:18:33 UTC
#> # A tibble: 30 × 53
#> position_group id uid guid alternate_id alternate_ids_sdr first_name
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 Centers 5149125 s:70~… 81dd… 5149125 5149125 Connor
#> 2 Centers 5216886 s:70~… 908d… 5216886 5216886 Sacha
#> 3 Centers 3115033 s:70~… 73cf… 3115033 3115033 Ryan
#> 4 Centers 5291935 s:70~… a477… 5291935 5291935 Anton
#> 5 Centers 5080227 s:70~… 0825… 5080227 5080227 Ryan
#> 6 Centers 3151322 s:70~… 4344… 3151322 3151322 Sam
#> 7 Centers 5149194 s:70~… 4852… 5149194 5149194 Oliver
#> 8 Centers 5080157 s:70~… eaef… 5080157 5080157 Frank
#> 9 Centers 2592095 s:70~… 527b… 2592095 2592095 Teuvo
#> 10 Centers 3942809 s:70~… 21ba… 3942809 3942809 Dominic
#> # ℹ 20 more rows
#> # ℹ 46 more variables: last_name <chr>, full_name <chr>, display_name <chr>,
#> # short_name <chr>, weight <dbl>, display_weight <chr>, height <dbl>,
#> # display_height <chr>, age <int>, date_of_birth <chr>, slug <chr>,
#> # jersey <chr>, headshot_href <chr>, headshot_alt <chr>, hand_type <chr>,
#> # hand_abbreviation <chr>, hand_display_value <chr>, position_id <chr>,
#> # position_name <chr>, position_display_name <chr>, …
# }