Jan Popiel is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 296 games in the World Hockey Association. He played for the Chicago Cougars, Denver Spurs, Ottawa Civics, Houston Aeros and Phoenix Roadrunners. He is the younger brother of former NHL player Poul Popiel. Popiel was drafted 10th overall in the 1964 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Black Hawks making him the highest drafted Danish-born player in NHL history until Mikkel B�dker was drafted in 2008 as number 8. Popiel, however, was raised in Canada and is a Canadian citizen. 

October 9th, 1947 in Virum (Age 77)