Worst name you have seen in hockey

KadrüH · 10-30-2008, 03:13 PM

Kirby Law !!!
Honorable mention to:
Petr Svartvadet and Hnat (wth?) Dominichelli

AD · 10-30-2008, 03:15 PM

I wish my parents called me Jaromir.

I coulda been a pornstar or an actor or a hockey player with a name like that.

Edit: Or a hockey playing pornstar!!

Ozymandias · 10-30-2008, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mcphee

The Habs had a goalie in the system named Les Kuntar at some point. Phoenetically, I think it was Kooontar.

I had a call in show on one day and the caller kept saying that they had to call up Kuntar, using the flat U sound. I think the hosts were Elliot Price and Melnick, and from what I remember, they couldn't even stop laughing long enough to talk to the guy. They completely lost control as the guy used the name about 8 times.

LMAO

sakiaba · 10-30-2008, 03:25 PM

Great thread. So many favourites mentioned already...

...but I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Per Djoos ('Pear Juice') yet.

**loadie** · 10-30-2008, 03:25 PM

Bettman

Inkling · 10-30-2008, 03:29 PM

Parris Duffus

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/p...y.php?pid=1465

hototogisu · 10-30-2008, 03:30 PM

Luca Cunti

Blades 0f Steel · 10-30-2008, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by One

I always liked Tony Twist. Actually, I wish this would be my name

Don't get any ideas, or it'll cost ya.

CoupeStanley · 10-30-2008, 03:38 PM

Dale Hawerchuk
Dave Andreychuck
Clint Marlarchuk

There was this goalie too..

Peter Sidorkiwiecz

or something

Ozymandias · 10-30-2008, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoupeStanley

Dale Hawerchuk
Dave Andreychuck
Clint Marlarchuk

There was this goalie too..

Peter Sidorkiwiecz

or something

Or as we called him in French, Clint Malheurchuk

Pedro McGuire* · 10-30-2008, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by CH4THECUP

he does get the Tanguay, Latendresse, Begin etc.. better then any other commentator

In Pierre's defence though, many times ive heard him explain why he pronounces it weird, sometimes the players even request such pronounciation but he doesnt explain this to his viewers every single time. the latest example i can think of is Vokoon why he pronounces "Vos Cones" lol.

snakeye · 10-30-2008, 04:52 PM

lmao so many funny names in this thread.

Some that sound weird to me are

Bruce Boudreau
Terry Sawchuk

airic000 · 10-30-2008, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Charley_5054

Again.

Pierre Houde asks each and every player how to pronounce the name correctly. He says every name the way it should be pronounced.

Earlier this year, they said Vebere for Weber. The game after, they asked him, and they said during the game that Weber wanted it to be pronoucend Weber. And they started to say it correctly.

Is that why he called Kovalev "Kovalyef" for about a year?

LilWinger11 · 10-30-2008, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by airic000

Is that why he called Kovalev "Kovalyef" for about a year?

That would be closer to the Russian pronounciation, yeah.

Bumjoo Wang* · 10-30-2008, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by AD

I wish my parents called me Jaromir.

I coulda been a pornstar or an actor or a hockey player with a name like that.

Edit: Or a hockey playing pornstar!!

Either way, you would've had an awesome mullet

slocheauska · 10-30-2008, 05:05 PM

Not a hockey player, but a baseball one: Tony Gwynn (ton égouine, Tony Gouine)...

Krautso · 10-30-2008, 05:09 PM

Worst...

Luciano Borsato - not a hockey name at all sounds like a tenor...

Tony Tanti - sounds like a broadway musical dancer

One of the best names..Basil McRae - Another scrappin name

Lestriker · 10-30-2008, 05:29 PM

Some nice ones in this thread... an oldie not mentioned yet: Harold Snepsts

But the best of the best is a former Expos player: Razor Shines, and I am not kidding.

RC51 · 10-30-2008, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryan Walter

Some nice ones in this thread... an oldie not mentioned yet: Harold Snepsts

But the best of the best is a former Expos player: Razor Shines, and I am not kidding.

nope...
how about COCO LABOY

xduckiex · 10-30-2008, 05:54 PM

Whilst we're on the topic of pronoucing names, what is the proper way to say Kostitsyn,
Kos-TIT-syn or Kos-TEET-syn? Depending on what you're listening to they pronounce it both ways :S

Chris Cutter · 10-30-2008, 05:57 PM

The best name in the NHL is Ersberg, period.

bentheprop · 10-30-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Mad Habber

Not actually in hockey, but somewhat related. Richard "D*ck" Pound.

My ex-wife had a real good laugh when she first heard the name Tug-nutt.

For appropriate names, I always thought that Garth Butcher had a great name for a stay at home, in your face D. And a junior goalie in Niagara Falls I believe around 1990. Roch Belley. Take your best shot. You can't hurt Roch Belley.

Wow I forgot all about Roch Belley. I remember watching him play. He was eventually replaced in net by Manny Legace.

King Kovalev · 10-30-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CH4THECUP

I went to a Rimouski-Chicoutimi game in the Q yesterday. There is a guy on Rimouski that has the worst name to pronounce. I challenge anyone to find a worst name then that...

D. Frank Grzeszczak #77

http://www.oceanic.qc.ca/joueur/2008...ex.php?lang=fr

EDIT: And he is american!

Its Polish its prononced Greshshak

Erik Cole 72 · 10-30-2008, 06:10 PM

Irv Frew
Dick Gamble - Poker playing pornstar
Gizzy Hart
Les Kuntar - Mod Edit: if people can't figure it for themselves we shouldn't point out the R-rated possibilities of the name.

Drive425 · 10-30-2008, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by gohabsgo_11

Irv Frew
Dick Gamble - Poker playing pornstar
Gizzy Hart
Les Kuntar - Mod Edit: if people can't figure it for themselves we shouldn't point out the R-rated possibilities of the name.

An absolute classic!