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

[Richi]

Former goalie Cristobal Huet. Always pronounced it like it sounds in Swiss German which literally translates to the word hat. Only when I noticed my brother laughing at me I started to pronounce it the French way.

 

[ijuka]

I said Sergei Fedorov instead of Sergei Fyodorov.

 

[Paris in Flames]

Curtis Joseph was always difficult for me.

 

[Peggy]

dubnyk

Im lazy and say his name dub instead of doob

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

I pronounced Lemieux Leh-me-eh-yuX with a powerful X at the end.

 

[Swervin81]

I used to pronounce Kovalchuk "Kovalchook".

Lmao, I remember watching the NESN feed last year for a Leafs/Bruins game and Edwards kept calling Soshnikov "Sosh-knee-kov".

Either I'm incapable of pronouncing Borowiecki or the announcers are. It's probably me.

I personally pronounce it "Boro-we-etzky"

 

[Satastic]

Curtis Joseph was always difficult for me.

Jack Johnson is even harder

 

[JuniorNelson]

Shattenkirk. I always pronounced it the modern way instead of old English.

 

[Nalens Oga]

No one in North America pronounces Nyqvist's name correctly. Or any Swedish player that has an å in their name.

 

[Mav3rick07]

Vincent Damphousse.

I used to say Damp House .

 

[These Are The Days]

For almost a year I thought Toews was pronounced like "Taze" and when I heard broadcasts I thought I was right on my first try because I just never caught the "v" sound. Knowing it's a German name like my own I should've expected it.

 

[Albatros]

Does someone pronounce it as Töws (the German way that is) in the NHL media?

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Peter Fraws-berg... Just could not get it in my head to say Fours-berg....

It's actually Peter Foursh-Bear-e

 

[Paulinvancouver]

You mean it's NOT Pat Georetty?

 

[SoupaTroupa]

I always thought Sekera was pronounced Se-KARE-ra. But hear announcers calling him SEK-er-a. I’m still not convinced I’m wrong.

 

[wabagee]

I thought peter, Taggli, and eddy were three different players always together!

 

[SoCalFan]

For almost a year I thought Toews was pronounced like "Taze" and when I heard broadcasts I thought I was right on my first try because I just never caught the "v" sound. Knowing it's a German name like my own I should've expected it.

his name makes me nuts. my last name has the "oe" in it as well, but we pronounce as long O. every time I see Toews' name in print, I pronounce it long O in my head. when speaking it, I have to consciously think about pronouncing it as "taves" and I stutter.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

It's Pull-lock not Poo-lock. But I keep saying Poo-lock.

 

[joe dirte]

haha. not a hockey player but a funny story.

I had a friend in university who was in engineering. the vast majority of her classmates in one class (an engineering math class) were asian. as was the professor. first day he was doing roll call. going through all these Chinese names, he rang them off like nothing. he gets to her name, and struggles to get it out. "Jaaaaaaaa neh. Browwwwww neh". her name is jane brown. he barely got it out.

 

[SoupaTroupa]

Both Johnathan Toews and Travis Zajac are from Winnipeg, and both of those last names are pretty common here. I know many people with both of those last names. They all pronounce it the way you hear it in the NHL. I guess the ethnic pronunciation of their names changed over the years after their families moved to Canada as has happened with many, if not most, last names in Canada and the US.

 

[TychoFan]

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)

 

[thedustman]

I used to say zibanejad like “zee-barnyard” but i still like him.

I still pronounce the first S in Desharnais.

I still refrain from correcting people when they butcher a name I know.

 

[SoupaTroupa]

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)

I’m not French but I am Canadian. The first time I heard “ GooDrow “, I did a double take and kinda chuckled. I’ve never heard it pronounced like that before.

 

[aemoreira1981]

Mark Borowiecki, since Patrick Wiercioch is taken.

 

[Fantomas]

I used to pronounce Kovalchuk "Kovalchook".

This is the correct pronunciation of Kovalchuk. Technically it's Koval'chook, but close enough.