The Colorado Avalanche named Gabriel Landeskog their new captain on Tuesday, making him the youngest captain in NHL history* at the age of 19 years and 286 days. Landeskog is also the youngest captain in the league by five years. With that in mind, Sportsnet.ca looks at the youngest current captains in the NHL.

*Brian Bellows was technically the youngest NHL captain at the age of 19 years and 131 days, but it was only on an interim basis.

Jonathan Toews, 24, has been the leader of the Chicago Blackhawks since he was just 20 years and 80 days old. “Captain Serious” as his teammates call him, took the Blackhawks to a Stanley Cup Championship in 2010 and became the second youngest captain to win the Cup in doing so.

At the age of 25, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is the third youngest captain in the NHL. Named captain when he was just 19 years, 297 days old, Crosby is now the second-youngest leader in NHL history. Crosby does still hold the distinction of being the youngest ever captain to win the Stanley Cup though, thanks to the Penguins’ 2009 Cup victory.

Andrew Ladd of the Winnipeg Jets checks in as the fourth-youngest player to currently captain an NHL squad. In 2010-11 Ladd became team captain while the team was still the Atlanta Thrashers, at the age of 24.

The fifth man on the list is none other than the Washington Capitals’ 26-year-old sniper Alexander Ovechkin. “Ovie” was given the “C” on Jan. 5, 2010 when he was 24. Ovechkin became the first European and second youngest player to captain the Caps.

At 27, American Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings is the sixth-youngest player to don the “C” currently in the NHL. A recent NHL champ, “Brownie” has been captain of the Kings since he was just 23 years old (2008).

Shea Weber, 27, checks in seventh on the list as the captain of the Nashville Predators. Weber, known for his bruising body checks and blistering slap shot has worn the captain’s “C” since 2010 when he was 24 years of age. When given the captain’s responsibilities, Weber became the youngest captain in Predators history.

Eighth on the list, and the third 27-year-old, is Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf. The Ducks named Getzlaf team captain prior to the 2010-11 season, his sixth, when he was 25 years old.

Checking in at number nine, Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf is the fourth 27-year-old on our list. Phaneuf was handed the “C” for one of the NHL’s oldest and most storied franchises in 2010 when he was 25. Phaneuf became the 18th captain in Maple Leafs history, filling the long standing void left by Mats Sundin.

Last, but definitely not least, Ryan Callahan of the New York Rangers in the final 27-year-old on our list. “Cally” was named captain of the Original 6 franchise in Sept. of 2011. He was 26-years-old at the time, becoming the 26th captain in Rangers history and the fifth-youngest in Blueshirts history.