How to Create Hockey Nicknames

You will most likely never hear an NHL player yell to their teammate "Hey Ovechkin, I'm open, pass me the puck!" or "Nice Save Khabibulin". Saying a player's entire last name is just too much of a mouthful. Instead, players in hockey all have nicknames. I'm not talking about a nickname that looks good on paper like The Dominator, The Great One or Super Mario. I'm talking about those that you can quickly and easily spurt out of your mouth when on the ice to get that players attention.

Kaner, Buff, Chelly, Mule, Ovi & Hemmer are more like it. There are a few simple rules of thumb & ideas you need to follow:

• Can not be more than 2 sylables
• Take first sylable of last name and add "ER" (Patrick Kane is Kaner)
• Add an "S" (Chris Pronger is Prongs)
• Simply take first sylable of last name (Dustin Byfuglien is Buff)
• Add a "Y" or "EY" to either first or last name (Patrick Sharp is Sharpy)
• Put a spin on name using rules above (Brian Campbell is Soupy - like Campbell's Soup)
• Some shortened version of first or last name (Sidney Crosby is Sid and Evgeni Makin is Geno)

This being said, ALMOST anyone can have a nickname. Here is what everyone will be called from now on in ABC League based on rules above.

Alien

• Jeremy Knipper - Knip
• Mike Dylo - Mikey
• Chris LeFleur - Leffy
• Brendan McCallum - Macky
• Scott Blomquist - Blommy
• Nate Brand - Brando
• Joe Bafia - Baf
• Mark Dylo - Marky
• Mike Fascian - Facer
• Adam Keller - AK
• Gene Kelley - Geno
• Aaron Clutts - Cluttsy
• Matt Haynes - Haynser
• Dan Bishop - Bish
• Adam Lowel - A-Lo
• Shane Bast - Shane-O

Irwins

• Dane Maxwell - Dane-O
• Pete Anthan - Petey
• Bill Goodman - Goody
• Dave Lasnek - Laser
• Rob Wheeler - Trucker (as in 18 Wheeler)
• Chad Beyer - CB
• Brent Hanke - Hanks
• Gary Holloway - Holler
• Michael Johnson - MJ
• Jeff Kennedy - Pres (as in JFK)
• Nick Place - Placer
• Kurt Potthoff - Harry (as in Harry Potter)
• Jon Rech - Wrecker
• Ryan Smiley - Smiles
• Jim Goeke - Gokes
• Todd Garrett - Todder

Kryptonite

• Brook Current - Brooksy
• Richard Huyck - Hitch (as in hitchhiker)
• Brendan Barker - Barks
• Christopher Hill - Hillsy
• Scott Kundel - Kundy
• Tim Close - Closer
• Adam Schnieders - Shneedz
• Adam Edgington - Edge
• Brad Dean - Dean-O
• Dave Green - Greeny
• Brian Gugat - Googs
• Matt Johnson - Matty
• Mike Pedersen - Petey
• Ben Paoli - Pazer
• Blaine Barker - Blaine-O

Hawgs

• Nick Sindelar - Sinder
• Mike Beede - Beeds
• Mike Bartak - FiveO (as in police)
• Howard Hewlett - Tres
• Sergi Kozak - Kozy
• Mike Kielty - Kilts
• Nataliya Dudechenko - Dude
• Pat Hoolihan - Hooly
• Austin Dagenais - Dags
• Dave Gannon - Gans
• Rick Kavan - Kaver
• Lisa Schumacher - Nike (as in shoe maker)
• Terry Sindelar - Block (as in cinder block)
• Matt Tessau - Tesser
• Ben Hudson - Bay (as in Hudson Bay)

Red Alert

• Mark Battista - Batty
• Justin West - Westy
• Josh Feathers - Dobbie
• Brian Battista - Batts
• Dusty Beenan - Beener
• Tod Dunn - Dunner
• Jim Kent - Clarky (as in Clark Kent)
• Casey Miller - Caser
• Dave Swift - Swifty
• Rod Bragg - Braggs
• Scott Brueck - Bricks
• Paul Curran - Pauly
• Joe Henson - Henny
• Brian Hobbs - Hobsy
• Mark Scholz - Scholzy
• Tony Hansen - Hanser

Voodoo

• Dan Toomey - Tooms
• Matt Whitaker - Whitty
• Nick Dawson - Creek (as in Dawson's Creek)
• Ben Griswell - Grisley
• Tim Lewis - Timmer
• Ross Posegate - Poser
• Mark Loverude - Rudy
• Jason Wolf - Wolfy
• Kristen Zorich - Zorro
• Ron Ambrose - Amby
• Nick Giunta - Gin
• Dan Koenig - Dan-O
• Caleb Harrelson - Woody (as in Woody Harrelson)
• Monty Brown - Brownie
• Natasha Kucherenki - Ashton (as in Ashton Kutcher)
• Kacy Reeves - Kaser

As of now, these names must be adhered to. Any misuse of these names will result in a 3 minute penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. Changing your nickname is only permitted with the approval of the ABC League commissioner & the Canadien Mounted Police Chief.