A builder of hockey is a person who works to "manage" or build the game. It does not include forwards, defencemen nor goaltenders. The Hockey Hall of Fame has a section specifically for builders.
Hockey Hall of Fame Builders:
Name - Election Year
- Charles F. Adams 1960
- Weston W. Adams 1972
- Frank Ahearn 1962
- Bunny Ahearne 1977
- Al Arbour 1996
- Sir Montagu Allan 1945
- Keith Allen 1992
- Harold Ballard 1977
- Father David Bauer 1989
- J. P. Bickell 1978
- Scotty Bowman 1991
- George V. Brown 1961
- Walter A. Brown 1962
- Frank Buckland 1975
- Jack Butterfield 1980
- Frank Calder 1947
- Angus Campbell 1964
- Joseph Cattarinich 1966
- Leo Dandurand 1977
- Frank Dilio 1964
- George Dudley 1958
- Jimmy Dunn 1968
- Alan Eagleson 1989
- Emile Francis 1982
- Jack Gibson 1976
- Tommy Gorman 1963
- Frank Griffiths 1993
- Bill Hanley 1986
- Charles Hay 1974
- Jim Hendy 1968
- Foster Hewitt 1965
- W. A. Hewitt 1947
- Fred Hume 1962
- Punch Imlach 1984
- Tommy Ivan 1974
- William M. Jennings 1975
- Bob Johnson 1992
- Gordon Juckes 1979
- John Kilpatrick 1960
- Seymour Knox III 1993
- Al Leader 1969
- Bob LeBel 1970
- Tommy Lockhart 1965
- Paul Loicq 1961
- John Mariucci 1985
- Frank Mathers 1992
- Fredric McLaughlin 1963
- Jake Milford 1984
- Hartland Molson 1973
- Francis Nelson 1947
- Bruce Norris 1969
- James D. Norris 1962
- James E. Norris 1958
- William Northey 1947
- Ambrose O'Brien 1962
- Brian O'Neil 1994
- Fred Page 1993
- Frank Patrick 1958
- Allan Pickard 1958
- Rudy Pilous 1985
- Bud Polie 1990
- Sam Pollock 1978
- Senator Donat Raymond 1958
- John Ross Robertson 1947
- Claude Robinson 1947
- Philip Ross 1976
- Dr. Gunther Sebetzki 1995
- Frank J. Selke 1960
- Harry Sinden 1983
- Frank Smith 1962
- Constantine Smythe 1958
- Ed Snider 1988
- Lord Stanley 1945
- James Sutherland 1947
- Anatoli Tarasov 1974
- Bill Torrey 1995
- Lloyd Turner 1958
- Thayer Tutt 1978
- Carl Voss 1974
- Fred Waghorne 1961
- Arthur Wirtz 1971
- Bill Wirtz 1976
- John Ziegler 1987
- Eagleson resigned in 1998 after being found guilty of fraud.
