What NHL player name did you always say wrong and were corrected by someone???

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Mother**** I still can't pronounce Colaiacovo.

I can say it but there's no way I can spell it. I was happy the Wings bought him out for that reason alone.

I still want to pronounce Frk as "frick."

 

[Frank Drebin]

Still can't say Beaulieu properly

Bull-you?

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Doug Brown

Dö-ghgh Bûh-Rrrœ-whhhnnn-gn

Took me years.

It's actually "Brown-ov"



(for you youngsters, that's a Russian 5 reference)

 

[Bob Barker]

My buddy (when we were young): Seen Burke instead of Sean (Shawn) Burke

 

[ViktorBaeArvidsson]

When I first got into hockey back in 09 I thought Jonathan Toews was pronounced Jonathan Toes.

 

[sparxx87]

Ondrej Kase - I’d never heard or said it, but it was ‘case’ in my head for a while until I heard it on a broadcast.

 

[Nalens Oga]

Out of curiosity, is Borgman supposed to be pronounced Bor-yeh-mann instead of Borg-mann?

 

[ModernUser]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Neckář

Stan neckar

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

To this day I still pronounce Parise as Pa-ree-zay even though I know it's wrong.

It's the right pronunciation. In French it's Parisé.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

As someone originally from Québec, I assume all of the names which are Francophone are meant to be pronounced the French way, but then the players themselves pronounce it the English way. First name that comes to mind is Gaudreau, people pronounce it "goo-droh" all the time so I guess I am the one saying it wrong?

(For those interested, it's because a lot of Francophones immigrated to the States after they became independent, so some French names are pretty common in the States)

His dad is a francophone, but for some reason Johnny himself says "Goodrow".

 

[HanSolo]

It's the right pronunciation. In French it's Parisé.

Well then why in the hell are people telling me it's Pah ree see

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Well then why in the hell are people telling me it's Pah ree see

Because they're wrong and I'm right

 

[Bizz]

 

[Ozz]

https://www.pensburgh.com/2017/11/2/16597396/conor-sheary-penguins-announcer-pronunciation

"Conor Sheary’s name has been mispronounced all along"

 

[MasterDecoy]

It's "plekanets" and "zidlidsky" right? Idk

Plekanec you got right, the other is pronounced jidliskee, soft j.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Plekanec you got right, the other is pronounced jidliskee, soft j.

Thanks

 

[Legionnaire11]

Daniel Paille... I initially pronounced it as Pile

Other than that, mostly just prospects because you read their name likely well before you hear it.

Reminds me of a quote: "Never make fun of someone who mispronounces a word because that means they learned it while they were reading"

 

[Huokaus]

Out of curiosity, is Borgman supposed to be pronounced Bor-yeh-mann instead of Borg-mann?

Yeah, according to Eliteprospects: http://files.eliteprospects.com/layout/player_audio/andreas_borgman.mp3