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Justin Hocking (ice hockey)

Canadian ice hockey player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ7243925 ↗
Source-derived summary

Justin Hocking (born January 9, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Los Angeles Kings during the 1993–94 NHL season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1993 to 2002, was spent in the minor leagues.

Born in Stettler, Alberta, Hocking was selected in the second round (39th overall) in the 1992 NHL entry draft by the Los Angeles Kings.

Hocking also played in the International Hockey League, ECHL, American Hockey League and later in the British Ice Hockey Superleague.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Justin Hocking (ice hockey)” as canadian ice hockey player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974, 1993, 2002, 1992—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1974-01-09. The account is most persuasive where Justin, Hocking and hockey can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as canadian ice hockey player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7243925. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1974, 1993, 2002 and 1992.

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This entry incorporates text from “Justin Hocking (ice hockey)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.