OT: DFF's Hockey Name Hall of Fame (also: best and worst hockey names)

[Tripod]

Garth Butcher
Darren Rumble
Darrell Powe
Radek Bonk

These are good "action" names.

 

[CanuckistanFlyerfan]

I have both these cards and as a kid I couldn't stop laughing at the site of them (thought they were brothers)....but Juha's name I always thought was bad but the pic made it worse I think..

Niiiice - 2 players...5 chins.


What about Sprague Cleghorn....or Steele Boomer?

 

[JXC]

 

[Amorgus]

Pete Peeters had to have the insufferably smuggest parents.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

I am so happy to see this thread revived.

 

[Lord Defect]

Not everyday you get to see a 8 year necro post

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

This thread was resuscitated from ye olde days.

How about Vyacheslav Gennadievich Butsayev?

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

*Rumour is that TSN is wrong about his middle name being Ivan.

Still one of my favourite graphics of all time.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

Bob Gassoff

 

[Jack Straw]

One of the all-time great hockey names plays QB for the Chargers, formerly Carson Wentz's backup at ND State:

Easton Stick

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Stanislav Neckar
Last name pronounced nets-cash

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

There needs to be an Igor/Yegor thread that just gathers data on all Igor/Yegor players around the world. If I have time later I will take this on, otherwise it would be greatly appreciated if someone else could get that going.

 

[Jack Straw]

There needs to be an Igor/Yegor thread that just gathers data on all Igor/Yegor players around the world. If I have time later I will take this on, otherwise it would be greatly appreciated if someone else could get that going.

Igor Larionov springs to mind.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

There needs to be an Igor/Yegor thread that just gathers data on all Igor/Yegor players around the world. If I have time later I will take this on, otherwise it would be greatly appreciated if someone else could get that going.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

You probably know LaCock's father is game-show host Peter Marshall.

But did you ever hear the story about Hall of Famer Bob Gibson --- by many accounts the definition of a competitor -- who surrendered a grand slam to LaCock in the pitcher's last inning in the majors? LaCock apparently told the story often enough that many years later in an Old Timers' Game, Gibson drilled the batter.

 

[kudymen]

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*Rumour is that TSN is wrong about his middle name being Ivan.

Still one of my favourite graphics of all time.

Later that day of that game i learned that the U20 could have rolled (if nominated) with a line of Ivan Ivan, Marcel Marcel and Marek Marek

Marcel Marcel | Hokej.cz - web českého hokeje
Marek Marek | Hokej.cz - web českého hokeje

 

[Jack Straw]

Later that day of that game i learned that the U20 could have rolled (if nominated) with a line of Ivan Ivan, Marcel Marcel and Marek Marek

Marcel Marcel | Hokej.cz - web českého hokeje
Marek Marek | Hokej.cz - web českého hokeje

Maute Bol's son is Bol Bol

 

[Lord Defect]

Maute Bol's son is Bol Bol

I hope they call their house the Sack. I’d be known as the Bol Sack.
I kill myself sometimes.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

You probably know LaCock's father is game-show host Peter Marshall.

But did you ever hear the story about Hall of Famer Bob Gibson --- by many accounts the definition of a competitor -- who surrendered a grand slam to LaCock in the pitcher's last inning in the majors? LaCock apparently told the story often enough that many years later in an Old Timers' Game, Gibson drilled the batter.

Knew about the former (thank you, Topps), but not the latter. It makes perfect sense for Gibson. Fierce competitor. He was one of those players that, if I hadn't seen him play, I would have felt cheated. Same with Aaron, Kaline, Robinson (x2), McCovey and a knot of others. Nothing like watching Gene Garber, Al Hrabosky, and Luis Tiant pitch, too. Golden Age, for me.

 

[Tripod]

Maute Bol's son is Bol Bol

Not to be outdone

Ivan Ivan Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

You probably know LaCock's father is game-show host Peter Marshall.

But did you ever hear the story about Hall of Famer Bob Gibson --- by many accounts the definition of a competitor -- who surrendered a grand slam to LaCock in the pitcher's last inning in the majors? LaCock apparently told the story often enough that many years later in an Old Timers' Game, Gibson drilled the batter.

Bob Gibson was a bad man.

 

[kudymen]

Stanislav Neckar
Last name pronounced nets-cash

Even better, "Neckář" and with an "ř" which is something I cant possibly describe (a bit harder than the -sh in "cash")
Just for fun, here at 0:05-0:07 it can be heard in "Neckářovi"