PuckAPI

search_players

Read-only

Use when looking up a player by name. Searches 4,900+ players across every season since 2010-11. Returns active players by default; set active=false for retired/historical. Use the returned player ID with get_player_stats for full details. Costs 2 credits.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description
`team`	No	Filter by team abbreviation
`limit`	No	Max results (default 10)
`query`	Yes	Player name to search for (partial match supported)
`active`	No	Filter by active status (default: true). Set false to search active plus retired/historical players.
`league`	No	League. Defaults to nhl. One of: nhl, pwhl, ohl, whl, qmjhl, echl, ahl, ushl.
`position`	No	Filter by position

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`note`	No
`count`	Yes
`players`	Yes
`included_inactive`	Yes

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed2 schema fields changedOct 8, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / league / description

Previous value: -"League. Defaults to nhl. One of: nhl, pwhl, ohl, whl, qmjhl, echl."New value: +"League. Defaults to nhl. One of: nhl, pwhl, ohl, whl, qmjhl, echl, ahl, ushl."

changedInput schema / properties / league / enum

Previous value: -[
-  "nhl",
-  "pwhl",
-  "ohl",
-  "whl",
-  "qmjhl",
-  "echl"
-]New value: +[
+  "nhl",
+  "pwhl",
+  "ohl",
+  "whl",
+  "qmjhl",
+  "echl",
+  "ahl",
+  "ushl"
+]

Changed2 schema fields changedOct 8, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / league / description

Previous value: -"League. Defaults to nhl. One of: nhl, pwhl."New value: +"League. Defaults to nhl. One of: nhl, pwhl, ohl, whl, qmjhl, echl."

changedInput schema / properties / league / enum

Previous value: -[
-  "nhl",
-  "pwhl"
-]New value: +[
+  "nhl",
+  "pwhl",
+  "ohl",
+  "whl",
+  "qmjhl",
+  "echl"
+]

Changed1 schema field changedOct 5, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / league

Added value: +{
+  "description": "League. Defaults to nhl. One of: nhl, pwhl.",
+  "enum": [
+    "nhl",
+    "pwhl"
+  ],
+  "type": "string"
+}

First observedSep 27, 2026

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