Mean-spirited nicknames

[Tavaresmagicalplay*]

Remembering the nickname "Floppa" got me thinking. What are some of the cleverest and most cruel nicknames in nhl history?

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[sexydonut]

Andre "Red Light" Racicot.

 

[Mayor Bee]

Steve Buzinski, aka "The Puck Goes-inski".

Career stat line of 2-6-1 and a GAA of around 6.00. In the span of four games, he allowed 33 goals.

 

[seventieslord]

Wendy.

 

[sr edler]

rejean let-them-in-elin

 

[kmad]

Ken Linseman, "The Rat"

 

[Ishdul]

Jose Three-or-more

and the less clever but crueler Roberto 7uongo.

 

[Killion]

Wiki's got a pretty lengthy page on "Hockey Nicknames".
Not so sure Mike Walton liked being called "Shaky".
Not a guy with a real big sense of humor...

I cant think of anything really "mean spirited", however, Imlachs
deliberate corruption's of Frank Mahovlichs' surname certainly
was; "Maholovitz, Macholovick, err.. Frank". Just ta get him riled...

 

[FinHockey]

I love the "Red Light". Also for Jose Theodore there is Jose Three-or-four. Not as good as Three-or-more but still decent.

E: Just remembered Chris Not-so-good and Osbad.

 

[plusandminus]

I think Cindy (Crosby) is pretty provoking. I mean the nickname.

 

[sr edler]

lots of goalies here, easy to make fun of perhaps

i have to throw in colorado rockies goalie hardy 'the swedish sieve' åström

even his own coach called him that

it was don cherry though

 

[Pajicz]

Antti Miettinen aka Antti Miss-the-net. Describes him perfectly.

 

[Oowatanite]

Andre "Red Light" Racicot.

Came here to post this.

 

[VanIslander]

Little Ball of Hate

 

[reckoning]

While it never really caught on, some fans started calling Patrick Kane "20 Cent" after his arrest.

There was a goalie with Chicago in the mid-80s named Warren Skorodenski who would often be referred to as "Score-against-me".

 

[Johnny Engine]

Little Ball of Hate

I wouldn't call that mean-spirited, more a compliment towards an intense player who played bigger than his size. You could have given that name to Theo Fleury or Darcy Tucker and it would have meant the same.

Alexei Cash-in, on the other hand...

 

[TasteofFlames]

One of my favorites: Any Elmore

 

[Communal Blood]

Darcy Tucker "Sideshow Bob".

 

[Killion]

Little Ball of Hate

That would be Pat Verbeek,

Milan Lucic - Lurch
Nick Palmieri - Napalm
Alf Pike - The Embalmer
Marty Brodeur - Satans Wallpaper
Adam Burish - Patient Zero
Daniel Carcillo - Car Bomb
Tie Domi - Albanian Assassin
Clark Gillies - Jethro
Al Iafrate - Wild Thing
Mike Green - Game Over
John LeClaire - Johnny Vermont
Ken Dryden - Thieving Giraffe
Jere Lehtinen - King of Little Things

 

[KingGallagherXI]

Réjean Houle was nicknamed Peanut as a reference to the size of his penis.

 

[nutbar]

Réjean Houle was nicknamed Peanut as a reference to the size of his penis.

Rotfl.

 

[YoSoyLalo]

Kari Let-Them-In.

 

[Big Phil]

One of my favorites: Any Elmore

Pretty much. No (d)efense.

I wouldn't call that mean-spirited, more a compliment towards an intense player who played bigger than his size. You could have given that name to Theo Fleury or Darcy Tucker and it would have meant the same.

Alexei Cash-in, on the other hand...

I remember it mostly as "Cashin' Yashin'. And in my opinion he deserved every bit of it.

Alfredsson was constantly called "Krusty" with his one-time shag haircut.

Steve "Stumpy" Thomas is a nickname I have never wanted to even know where it came from

Hmmm..........not mean, but is "Lucky Luc" really a compliment for Robitaille? I mean in all honesty he was known for being the player who was right there time and time again after the goalie made a big save and was wildly out of position only to have the puck float to Robitaille's stick. But I think I'd get sick of it eventually

John "Pieface" McKenzie

Claude "Pepe" Lemieux. Not sure if being named after a skunk is something to be proud of, but then again its only Claude so don't feel too bad

 

[PearJuice*]

"Special" Ed Jovanovski
Brett Hedican't
Kevin Bieksux
Whine Gretzky

 

[DaveG]

Any Elmore
"Special" Ed Jovanovski
Chris "Wasgood", or "Osbad", or "Never was good", etc.
Milan "Quasimodo" Lucic

absolutely detest the last one personally but I've seen it used a number of times due to his spinal condition.