What is the most dominant first name in hockey?

[El Travo]

If you were to look through NHL history, what first name would you consider to be most commonly associated with the best players?

To make things more even, names of similar pronunciation or those that are shortened would be bundled together, such as: Joe and Joseph or Nicolas, Niklas, and Nick.

Give examples of the players associated with those names to give a bit of context behind why you chose your answer.

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[JAK]

Wayne has the most points

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Ryan.

 

[CartographerNo611]

Stu, Stu Grimson is still the GOAT name for an enforcer.

 

[Master P]

This is PEAK off season thread talk.

 

[TheTang58]

Off the top of my head, Henrik or Evgeni(y).

 

[Hank Plank]

Engelbert

 

[kingsholygrail]

Ryan

 

[MrThomas]

Mikko of course

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

This is PEAK off season thread talk.

We're reaching offseason-talk levels we could have only dreamed of!

 

[Thenameless]

Start with a common name, and see how many you can think of. Not-so-average-Joe's:

Joe Malone
Joe Juneau
Joe Mullen
Joe Murphy
Joe Sakic
Joe Nieuwendyk
Joe Thornton
Joe Pavelski

 

[MadLuke]

Alex
Delvecchio, Ovechkin, Mogilny, Kovalev, Tanguay, Yashin, Zhamnov

Steve
Yzerman, Larmer, Thomas, Shutt, Stamkos, Duchesne, Sullivan,

Patrick/Patrice
Roy, Bergeron, Marleau, Elias, Kane

Robert/Bob/Bobby/Roberto
Hull, Clarke, Orr, Smith, Holick, Rousseau, Carpenter, Nevin, Sauve, Essensa, Luongo

 

[Trap Jesus]

Steve and Mike to mind first. Just looking at predominant white male names.

 

[Staniowski]

Sergei....
Makarov
Fedorov
Kapustin
Gonchar
Zubov
Nemchinov
many more...you should be able to ice an entire team of quality players.

 

[Prairie Habs]

Leafs have a guy at dev camp named gunnarwolfe Fontaine. There was a draftee last month named hunter skinner, but gunnarwolfe Fontaine is in a league of it's own.

 

[WatchfulElm]

Alex
Delvecchio, Ovechkin, Mogilny, Kovalev, Tanguay, Yashin, Zhamnov

Add : Zhitnik, Burrows, Tuch, Emelin, Daigle, Selivanov, Steen, Pietrangelo, Galchenyuk, Radulov, Edler, Semin, Wennberg, Texier

Steve
Yzerman, Larmer, Thomas, Shutt, Stamkos, Duchesne, Sullivan,

Add : Ott, Montador, Smith, Mason

Patrick/Patrice
Roy, Bergeron, Marleau, Elias, Kane

Add : Lafontaine, Flatley, Laine, Maroon, Sundstrom, Lalime, Hornqvist, Sharp

Robert/Bob/Bobby
Hull, Clarke, Orr, Smith, Holick, Rousseau, Carpenter, Nevin, Sauve, Essensa

Add : Gainey, Brown, Ftorek, Nystrom, Probert, Murray, Ryan, Blake, Lang

I'm trying Mark :
Messier, Recchi, Howe, Giordano, Stone, Scheifele, Hunter

 

[HabsQC]

Alex
Delvecchio, Ovechkin, Mogilny, Kovalev, Tanguay, Yashin, Zhamnov

Steve
Yzerman, Larmer, Thomas, Shutt, Stamkos, Duchesne, Sullivan,

Patrick/Patrice
Roy, Bergeron, Marleau, Elias, Kane

Robert/Bob/Bobby
Hull, Clarke, Orr, Smith, Holick, Rousseau, Carpenter, Nevin, Sauve, Essensa

And newly retired Bobby Lu ?

 

[The Grouch]

Bobby Hull - Bobby Clarke - Bobby Bauer
Bob Pulford - Bobby Smith - Bobby Rousseau
Bob Gainey - Bobby Holik - Bob Nevin
Robert Lang - Bob Bourne - Bob Nystrom

Bobby Ryan
Bob Probert

Bobby Orr - Rob Blake
Bob Murray - Bob Baun
Robert Svehla - Rob Ramage

Bob Plager

Roberto Luongo
Bob Sauve

Bob Froese

 

[ZDH]

Randle

 

[Cheddabombs]

Pernell-Karl

 

[Cane mutiny]

Sergei....
Makarov
Fedorov
Kapustin
Gonchar
Zubov
Nemchinov
many more...you should be able to ice an entire team of quality players.

Came to say this. Samsonov, a personal fav.

 

[roflstomper]

Team Alex

Ovechkin - Barkov - Kovalev
Delvecchio - Yashin - Mogilny
Tanguay -Steen - Radulov
Yakushev - Burmistrov - Semin

Kasatonov-- Pietrangelo
Gusarov - Petrovic

Auld

Team Bob

Hull - Clarke - Bauer
Ryan - Smith - Nystrom
Gainey - Holik -
Pulford - Bourne -

Orr

Bobrovsky
Essensa

 

[1967th Heaven]

Bobby Hull - Bobby Clarke - Bobby Bauer
Bob Pulford - Bobby Smith - Bobby Rousseau
Bob Gainey - Bobby Holik - Bob Nevin
Robert Lang - Bob Bourne - Bob Nystrom

Bobby Ryan
Bob Probert

Bobby Orr - Rob Blake
Bob Murray - Bob Baun
Robert Svehla - Rob Ramage

Bob Plager

Roberto Luongo
Bob Sauve

Bob Froese

That made me dizzy

 

[Khelandros]

 

[brighteststars]

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