Zigmund Palffy has a son, who also plays professional hockey. But his surname isn't Palffy.
Zigmund Palffy has a son, who also plays professional hockey. But his surname isn't Palffy.
Does he? Eliteprospects is usually pretty good at keeping track of that, and has no son listed for Palffy.
That said, it would not be the first time that happened: Jiri Bubla's son was Jiri Slegr. Both played for the Vancouver Canucks at one point, too.
The Caps drafted Bear Hughes last month. Assuming he signs an ELC with them, and the Caps don't change affiliates by then, he could play for the Hershey Bears in the AHL in a couple years.How many players have played for a team whose nickname (or singular term of team nickname) is the same as their last name?
Dwight King of the LA Kings is the only one I can think of but there have been many NHL players with the last name King. The only other possibilities I see are if there were players with last names like Ranger, Leaf, or Knight that played for those teams.
Jari Kurri in his prime (say, 1982-83 through 1988-89) remains one of the very finest players I've ever seen. One season he scored 90 goals (RS + playoffs) in 91 games, and, as Mark Messier said, "probably should have won the Selke".I never would have guessed that Jari Kurri was the fifth-fastest player to score 1,000 pts. (or sixth if you consider that Gretzky holds the first two spots due to scoring 1,000 pts. twice). Gretzky, Lemieux, Bossy, Peter Stastny...then Kurri.
What about Mariusz Czerkawski?In NHL (or WHA) history, there are only two players with a 'z' in their first or last names where the 'z' is not the initial letter:
- Zellio Toppazzini (played for Chicago in the 1950s)
- Steve Yzerman
(unless you want to count Michael Del Zotto, in which case there are three)
Zarley Zalapski is the only player in history to have 'z's in both his names.
Wow, I totally missed him! (and he even played for Edmonton briefly...)What about Mariusz Czerkawski?
In NHL (or WHA) history, there are only three players with a 'z' in their first or last names where the 'z' is not the initial letter:
- Zellio Toppazzini (played for Chicago in the 1950s)
- Steve Yzerman
- Mariusz Czerkawski
(unless you want to count Michael Del Zotto, in which case there are four)
Zarley Zalapski and Mariusz Czerkawski are the only players in history to have 'z's in both names.
(Full credit to @DeysArena for pointing out Czerkawski, whom I overlooked!)
Obviously not. I will now do surgery to my post...And Walt Tkaczuk, Kozlov, Kuznetsov... Have you really thought this through?
And Walt Tkaczuk, Kozlov, Kuznetsov... Have you really thought this through?
He forgot Wayne Gretzky so.... No, not a lot of thought put into it.
He forgot Wayne Gretzky so.... No, not a lot of thought put into it.
I count 37 NHL goaltenders who meet this criterion, including such luminaries as Georges Vezina, Olaf Kolzig, Ilya Bryzgalov, Peter Sidorkiewicz, Roger Crozier, Wade Dubielewicz, and Petr Mrazek.
Just off the top of my head, Jason Muzzati, Mark Fitzpatrick, Pavel Francouz, Manny Fernandez...
The Penguins had that guy a few seasons back to Zatkoff? What was his name, he was a backup for them for a bit.
I've done the exact same thing.Probably the last guy on Hfboards I’d expect would forget about Gretzky, however I’ve spent time searching for my keys while holding them myself.
Unless someone else has done it recently, I believe the only NHL players whose last names were palindromes are Joel Otto, Gary Lupul and Joffrey Lupul.