What is the most iconic jersey number in hockey history?

One number is retired across the entire league. Another was picked because of two Olympic basketball golds in the family. Vote for the number that says hockey to you before the name attached to it does.

1. 1
   30 - Martin Brodeur

   One number, one team, 21 seasons and three Cups in New Jersey.
   1000pts
2. 2
   99 - Wayne Gretzky

   Retired league-wide in 2000, the only number no NHL player may wear.
   958pts
3. 3
   1 - Jacques Plante

   The goalie's number from the era when goalies wore only that one.
   958pts
4. 4
   68 - Jaromir Jagr

   Chosen for 1968, the year Soviet tanks entered Prague.
   809pts
5. 5
   8 - Alex Ovechkin

   Chosen for his mother's two Olympic basketball golds, now the number of the goals record.
   684pts
6. 6
   19 - Steve Yzerman

   Detroit's captain number through the 1990s dynasty.
   684pts
7. 7
   4 - Bobby Orr

   The number that made a defenceman the most exciting player on the ice.
   684pts
8. 8
   66 - Mario Lemieux

   Gretzky's 99 turned upside down, and worn well enough to earn it.
   684pts
9. 9
   9 - Gordie Howe

   Worn for 26 seasons in Detroit and copied by half the league since.
   532pts
10. 10
    87 - Sidney Crosby

    His birthday, 8/7/87, and the face of the league for two decades.
    532pts
11. 11
    11 - Mark Messier

    Retired by both Edmonton and New York for the same player.
    532pts
12. 12
    21 - Peter Forsberg

    The number on the Colorado sweater of the best two-way forward of his era.
    532pts
13. 13
    33 - Patrick Roy

    Worn through four Cups and three Conn Smythes in two cities.
    342pts
14. 14
    5 - Nicklas Lidstrom

    Seven Norris Trophies in the quietest great career the position has had.
    342pts