Yes, that is true considering everyone in America came from somewhere else in the world except Native Americans. But a name like Skjei is not one I’ve come across before for someone born and raised in the States. Kind of like the Tkachuk family, actually, in terms of consonant placement.
Like the previous poster said the first name is pretty good indicator, if the guy is named Brady you're fairly safe assuming they're North American despite the last name.
Lots of good old Northern European names like Matt, Steve, Ryan, Chris, Jack and Mike! Erik stands out from that group.
Pretty sure his whole point is that being European =/ from Europe (necessarily).
Canadian hockey-playing dad in Germany (HC Freiburg) and mom from Berlin.
Tkachuk is a ukrainian name. A lot of ukrainians came to Canada at one point. Gretzky is the most famous example.
So you're surprised a guy with a very Swedish name is Swedish?
We don't need to go all the way to Mars, are natives of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Europeans given that they only have French passports and even live on French territory, despite living closer to Paris, Texas than Paris, France? He thought he was eligible to represent Canada and it was already too late to do the paperwork once it turned out he wasn't, as he had already moved to the US to play junior hockey there.
So what is he to you?
Yes but many from European country that do not produce much nhler.
Namestnikov was born in Russia and played for Russia, but he's been in NA since he's a small child. If you've never heard him speak English before, it's really surprising. The accent is basically gone.
