Best nicknames in hockey history

[svetovy poharu]

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be as many clever nicknames in the game today as there once was. Can you remember some of the best ones you have heard? Here's a few of my all-time favourites:

Larry "King" Kwong
Tim "Muddy" Watters
Mark "Trees" LaForest
Bernie "Pumper" Nicholls
Merlin "The Magician" Malinowski
Camille "The Eel" Henry
Clarence "Happy" Day
Frank "Ulcers" McCool
Dave "Cementhead" Semenko

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Brian "Bugsy" Watson

Bob "Battleship" Kelly

Bob "Hound Dog" Kelly

(same name, different players)

Tony "Tony O" Esposito

Dave "The Hammer" Schultz

Michel "Bunny" Larocque

Don "Big Bird" Saleski

 

[Le Golie]

Lorne 'Gump' Worsely

 

[Le Golie]

I forgot...

Pie Face McKenzie

 

[chooch*]

Brian "Bugsy" Watson

Bob "Battleship" Kelly

Bob "Hound Dog" Kelly

(same name, different players)

Tony "Tony O" Esposito

Dave "The Hammer" Schultz

Michel "Bunny" Larocque

Don "Big Bird" Saleski

Larry Robinson was also Big Bird.

 

[VanIslander]

Pat "Little Ball of Hate" Verbeek

Esa "The Grate One" Tikkanen

 

[The Kingslayer]

My favourite has always been "The Russian Rocket"

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Add to my list: Mike "Shaky" Walton.

 

[Masao]

Patrice "Breeze-by" Brisebois

 

[VanIslander]

Patrice "Breeze-by" Brisebois

My favourite memories of going to Habs games is joining the chant of "Breeze-by, Breeze-by"

 

[John Flyers Fan]

Two of my favorites

Andre "Red Light Racicot

&

Larry "Izzy" Goodenough

 

[Roughneck]

"Rocket" Richard.

It replaced his first name people!

 

[acr*]

Here's a name for you nostalgia fans: Clarence "Screaming Buffalo" Swamptown.

 

[KOVALEV10*]

"the Flower"

 

[Daoust]

"Tiger" Williams
"Cyclone" Taylor

 

[BuRe#9]

My favourite has always been "The Russian Rocket"

yea def. Russian Rocket

 

[Quiet Robert]

"Terrible" Ted Lindsay. One of my all time favorite nicknames. Fits his personality perfectly.

Maurice "Rocket" Richard. That one just sounds so great and also fits him perfectly. Funny how these two players hated each other when they played.

 

[Crossbar]

Brian Skrudland - "Screwy"
Claude Lemieux - "Pepe" / "Claude the Fraud"

 

[Malefic74]

Pat Verbeek "the little ball of hate"

Ken Linseman "the rat"

Jean Beliveau "gros bill"

Dave Schultz "the hammer"

but two of the best come from the WHA's Birmingham Bulls:

Gilles "Bad News" Bilodeau

and

Frank "Seldom" Beaton

who between the two of them had 537 PIMs in 115 games!

 

[I Hate You All*]

Two of my favorites

Andre "Red Light" Racicot

That's my favorite.

 

[Habsfan 32]

I like le Gros Bill for Béliveau and Rocket for Richard.

 

[KOVALEV10*]

What about "the dominator" Dominik Hasek!! And Lorne "GUMP" Worsley.. Yes is name was Lorne not Gump

 

[monkey_00*]

Brad "Motor City" Smith
Dave "Tiger" Williams
Walter "Turk" Broda
Eddie "the Eagle" Belfour
Felix "the Cat" Potvin
Curtis "Cujo" Joseph
Pat "La La La" Lafontaine

 

[pnep]

Balderis Helmuts -- "The Riga Express"
Bentley Max -- "Dipsy Doodle Dandy From Delisle"
Bernier Serge -- "Le Gros Tou Tou"(The Big Teddy Bear)
Bierk Zac -- "Qwerky" :lol
Bower Johnny -- "China Wall"

 

[Habsfan 32]

Having the nickname ''Red Light'' when you're a goalie must suck. :lol