Players
The following are hockey players listed by their last name along with nicknames. Players listed in bold are still active.
| Player | Nat | Nickname | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Abbott | The Preacher, Rev | ||
| David Aebischer | Abby, Bisher | ||
| Antero Niittymaki | Frank | ||
| Daniel Alfredsson | Alfie, God | ||
| Al Arbour | Radar | ||
| Colby Armstrong | Army, Armdog, Armstrongov | ||
| George Armstrong | Chief | ||
| Norm Armstrong | Red | ||
| Jean-Sebastien Aubin | Seabass, Aubs | ||
| Larry Aurie | Little Dempsey | ||
| Per Johan Axelsson | P. J., Pebben, Axe | ||
| Anton Babchuk | The Anton, King Anton, Dear Leader | ||
| Garnet Bailey | Ace | ||
| Irving Bailey | Ace | ||
| Bill Barilko | Bashin' Bill | ||
| Tom Barrasso | Tomcat, Tommy B | ||
| Aldege Bastien | Baz | ||
| Jonathan Battaglia | Bates | ||
| Ken Baumgartner | Bomber | ||
| Don Beaupre | Bobo, Donnie Bo | ||
| Wade Belak | The Intimidator | ||
| Ed Belfour | The Eagle, Eddie the Eagle, Crazy Eddie, Eddie the Billionaire | ||
| Jean Beliveau | Le Gros Bil | ||
| Max Bentley | Dipsy-Doodle-Dandy | ||
| Gordon Berenson | Red, The Red Baron | ||
| Andrew Berenzweig | Andy, Bubba | ||
| Aki-Petteri Berg | Birdie, The King | ||
| Patrice Bergeron | Bergy | ||
| Todd Bertuzzi | Big Bert | ||
| Kevin Bieksa | Juice | ||
| Martin Biron | Baby Dominator, The Thermometer | ||
| Hector Blake | Toe | ||
| Sergei Bobrovsky | Bob, Bobs, The Cop | ||
| Dave Bolland | The Rat, Greyhound, Bolly | ||
| Peter Bondra | Bonzai, The Special Agent | ||
| Derek Boogaard | The Boogie Man | ||
| Emile Bouchard | Butch | ||
| Georges Boucher | Buck | ||
| Francis Bouillon | The Cube, Frank the Tank | ||
| Johnny Bower | The China Wall | ||
| Dan Boyle | Boiler | ||
| Donald Brashear | Huggy Bear, The Don, Brash, Big Rig | ||
| Andy Brickley | Brick | ||
| Frank Brimsek | Mr. Zero | ||
| Rod Brind'Amour | Rod the Bod | ||
| Harold Broadbent | Punch | ||
| Walter Broda | Turk | ||
| Martin Brodeur | Satan's Wallpaper, Marty | ||
| Richard Brodeur | King Richard, Kermit | ||
| Adam Brown | The Flying Scotsman | ||
| Ilya Bryzgalov | Bryz, Mr. Universe, Universe, Breeze | ||
| Johnny Bucyk | Chief | ||
| Peter Budaj | Ned Flanders, Buds | ||
| Pavel Bure | The Russian Rocket | ||
| Adam Burish | Bur, Casanova, Patient Zero | ||
| Sean Burke | Big Bird, Burkie, The Burke Wall | ||
| Steve Buzinski | The Puck Goes Inski | ||
| Dustin Byfuglien | Big Buff, Buff, Buff Daddy | ||
| Dan Bylsma | Disco Dan | ||
| Kyle Calder | Grease | ||
| Brian Campbell | Soupy, Rusty | ||
| Gregory Campbell | Soupy | ||
| Daniel Carcillo | Carbomb | ||
| Jim Carey | Net Detective, The Mask, Ace | ||
| Roman Cechmanek | The Roman Empire, Roman Candle, Checko, The Bipolar Goaler | ||
| Erwin Chamberlain | Murph, Old Hardrock | ||
| Zdeno Chara | Big Z | ||
| Gerry Cheevers | Cheesy | ||
| Don Cherry | Grapes | ||
| Erik Christensen | Crusher | ||
| Francis Clancy | King | ||
| Victor Clapper | Dit | ||
| Wendel Clark | Wendy, Captain Crunch | ||
| James Cleghorn | Odie | ||
| Sprague Cleghorn | Peg | ||
| Mike Comrie | The Edmonton Kid | ||
| Charlie Conacher | The Big Bomber | ||
| Lionel Conacher | The Big Train | ||
| Frederick Cook | Bun | ||
| Matt Cooke | Cookie, Cookie Monster | ||
| Carson Cooper | Shovel-Shot | ||
| Harold Cotton | Baldy | ||
| Yvan Cournoyer | The Roadrunner | ||
| Corey Crawford | Crow, Crawf | ||
| Sidney Crosby | Sid the Kid, The Next One, Cindy Crybaby, Criesby | ||
| Mariusz Czerkawski | The Polish Prince | ||
| Ken Daneyko | Mr. Devil, Dano | ||
| Pavel Datsyuk | The Magic Man, Pasha, Houdini | ||
| Clarence Day | Hap, Happy | ||
| Alex Delvecchio | Fats | ||
| Nathan Dempsey | Demmer | ||
| Eric Desjardins | Rico | ||
| Marcel Dionne | Little Beaver | ||
| Rick DiPietro | DiPi, Ricky D., Ricky Deep, Rico | ||
| Shane Doan | Doaner | ||
| Tie Domi | The Albanian Assassin | ||
| Ed Dorohoy | The Great Gabbo | ||
| Ken Dryden | The Thinker, Thieving Giraffe, Octopus | ||
| Woodrow Dumart | Woody, Porky | ||
| Andre Dupont | Moose | ||
| Mervyn Dutton | Red | ||
| Radek Dvorak | The Keyboard | ||
| Cecil Dye | Babe | ||
| Patrik Elias | St. Patrik, Patty | ||
| Leighton Emms | Hap | ||
| Tobias Enström | Tobias, Toby | ||
| Tony Esposito | Tony O | ||
| Bob Essensa | Goalie Bob, Sense, Enzo, Backup Bob | ||
| Bill Ezinicki | Wild Bill | ||
| Todd Fedoruk | The Fridge | ||
| Ray Ferraro | Chicken Parm | ||
| Frank Finnigan | The Shawville Express | ||
| Tomas Fleischmann | Flash | ||
| Bill Flett | Cowboy | ||
| Marc-Andre Fleury | Rebounds, Flower, MAF | ||
| Ron Flockhart | Flockey Hockey | ||
| Lou Fontinato | Leaping Louie | ||
| Adam Foote | Footer, Footy | ||
| Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg | Foppa, Peter the Great | ||
| Jimmy Fowler | The Blonde Bouncer | ||
| Ron Francis | Ronnie Franchise | ||
| Johan Franzen | The Mule | ||
| Grant Fuhr | Coco | ||
| Norman Gainor | Dutch | ||
| Jake Gardiner | Silver, Silver Stick | ||
| Jason Garrison | Boom Boom | ||
| Paul Gaustad | Goose | ||
| Martin Gelinas | The Eliminator | ||
| Bernie Geoffrion | Boom-Boom | ||
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere | Jiggy | ||
| Hal Gill | Skillsie | ||
| Clark Gillies | Jethro | ||
| Doug Gilmour | Killer, Dougie | ||
| Claude Giroux | G | ||
| Alex Goligoski | Go-Go, Goose | ||
| Scott Gomez | Gomer | ||
| Larry Goodenough | Izzy | ||
| Mikhail Grabovski | Grabo, Crosbovski | ||
| Josh Green | Anchorman | ||
| Mike Green | Game Over | ||
| Brent Gretzky | The Other One | ||
| Wayne Gretzky | The Great One, The Great Gretzky | ||
| Stu Grimson | The Grim Reaper | ||
| Armand Guidolin | Bep | ||
| Carl Gunnarsson | Gunner, Uzi | ||
| Jonas Gustavsson | The Monster | ||
| Glenn Hall | Mr. Goalie | ||
| Joe Hall | Bad Joe | ||
| Scott Hartnell | Hartsy, Bird Dog | ||
| Dominik Hasek | Dominator, Hašan | ||
| Johan Hedberg | Moose, Yo-Yo | ||
| Ron Hextall | Hexy, Hex, Voodoo | ||
| Mel Hill | Sudden Death | ||
| Wilbert Hiller | Dutch | ||
| William Hollett | Flash | ||
| Tomas Holmstrom | Homer, Demolition Man | ||
| George Horner | Red | ||
| Rejean Houle | Peanut | ||
| Gordie Howe | Mr. Hockey | ||
| Jiri Hudler | Happy | ||
| Cristobal Huet | The Man From France, CristoWall, Le Cousin, Hip-hip-hu-et | ||
| Bobby Hull | The Golden Jet | ||
| Brett Hull | The Golden Brett | ||
| Al Iafrate | Wild Thing, The Hammer | ||
| Jarome Iginla | Iggy | ||
| George Imlach | Punch | ||
| Jaromir Jagr | Mario Jr., Jags (pronounced 'yags') | ||
| Harvey Jackson | Busher | ||
| Ivan Wilfred Johnson | Ching | ||
| Ryan Johnson | Duce | ||
| Jussi Jokinen | Juicey, Juice | ||
| Aurel Joliat | Little Giant | ||
| Curtis Joseph | Cujo | ||
| Ed Jovanovski | Jovocop | ||
| Bill Juzda | The Honest Brakeman | ||
| Rudolph Kampman | Bingo | ||
| Gordon Keats | Duke | ||
| Leonard Kelly | Red | ||
| Ted Kennedy | Teeder | ||
| Phil Kessel | Phil the Thrill, The Gender Bender | ||
| Nikolai Khabibulin | The 'Bulin Wall | ||
| Hec Kilrea | Hurricane | ||
| Miikka Kiprusoff | Kipper, Finnisher | ||
| Joe Klukay | The Duke of Padocah | ||
| Nicholas Kobasew | Chuck | ||
| Saku Koivu | Captain K | ||
| Olaf Kolzig | Ollie the Goalie | ||
| Vladimir Konstantinov | The Vladiator | ||
| Anze Kopitar | Kopi, Kopistar | ||
| Ilya Kovalchuk | Kovy | ||
| Alexei Kovalev | AK27, Kovi, l'Artiste | ||
| Nikolai Kulemin | Kulie, Kululemon | ||
| Leonard Labine | Leo the Lion | ||
| Guy Lafleur | The Flower, Le Démon Blond | ||
| Eduoard Lalonde | Newsy | ||
| Dave Langevin | Bammer | ||
| Rod Langway | The Secretary of Defense | ||
| Ian Laperriere | Mumbles, Lappy | ||
| Georges Laraque | Douli, Big, The Vegan | ||
| Igor Larionov | The Professor | ||
| Reggie Leach | The Riverton Rifle | ||
| John LeClair | Johnny Vermont | ||
| Manny Legace | Legs, The God, The Ferret, Jimmy Buffet | ||
| Jere Lehtinen | King of Little Things | ||
| Mario Lemieux | The Magnificent, Super Mario | ||
| Nicklas Lidstrom | Lids, The Perfect Human | ||
| Trevor Linden | Captain Canuck, Captain Clutch | ||
| Ted Lindsay | Terrible Ted | ||
| Ken Linseman | The Rat | ||
| Milan Lucic | Looch, Lurch, Lurchback of New England | ||
| Harry Lumley | Apple Cheeks | ||
| Henrik Lundqvist | King Henrik, Hank | ||
| Roberto Luongo | Lou, Bobby-Lu, The unclutch | ||
| John Madden | Mad Dog | ||
| Frank Mahovlich | The Big M | ||
| Peter Mahovlich | The Little M | ||
| Evgeni Malkin | Geno | ||
| Greg Malone | Bugsy | ||
| Ryan Malone | Bugsy | ||
| Harold March | Mush | ||
| Brad Marchand | Marchmont, Nose Face Killah, Little Ball of Hate | ||
| Wilfred McDonald | Bucko | ||
| Curtis McElhinney | McBackup, McHardtospell | ||
| Frank McGee | One-Eyed | ||
| Kirk McLean | Captain Kirk, Mack, McGoalie, The Iceman, The Scot | ||
| Jamie McLennan | Noodles | ||
| Adam McQuaid | Darth Quaider | ||
| Mark Messier | Moose, The Messiah | ||
| Stan Mikita | Stosh | ||
| Milan Michalek | 9MM | ||
| Willie Mitchell | Bill Pickle | ||
| Alexander Mogilny | AlMo, Alexander the Great | ||
| Al Montoya | The Big Cuban | ||
| Andy Moog | Papa Moog, Peaches, Moger, Squeaky, Dennis The Menace | ||
| Howie Morenz | The Stratford Streak, The Mitchell Meteor | ||
| Ken Morrow | Wolfman | ||
| Kirk Muller | Captain Kirk | ||
| Douglas Murray | Crankshaft | ||
| Evgeni Nabokov | Nabby, John | ||
| Lou Nanne | Sweet Lou from the Soo | ||
| Scott Nichol | Scooter | ||
| Bernie Nicholls | The Pumper Nicholl Kid | ||
| Antti Niemi | Nemo, The Finnish Fortress | ||
| Joe Nieuwendyk | Nieuwy, Nieuws, Nieuwsy | ||
| Frank Nighbor | The Pembroke Peach | ||
| Chris Nilan | Knuckles | ||
| Matt Niskanen | Nisky | ||
| Lawrence Northcott | Baldy | ||
| Shane O'Brien | SOB | ||
| Herbert O'Connor | Buddy | ||
| John O'Flaherty | Peanuts | ||
| Ryan O'Reilly | Radar, Ryno | ||
| Brooks Orpik | Free Candy | ||
| Chris Osgood | The Wizard of Oz, Ozzie | ||
| Alexander Ovechkin | Ovie, Alexander the Great, The Great Eight, The Russian Machine | ||
| Max Pacioretty | MaxPac | ||
| Zigmund Palffy | Ziggy | ||
| Nick Palmieri | Napalm | ||
| Scott Parker | The Sheriff | ||
| Mark Parrish | Grumpy | ||
| Joe Pavelski | The Big Pavelski, Pavs | ||
| Michael Peca | Captain Crunch | ||
| Theo Peckham | Teddy | ||
| Dustin Penner | Penncakes | ||
| Dion Phaneuf | D, Neuf, Neufy | ||
| Alf Pike | The Embalmer | ||
| Jacques Plante | Jake the Snake | ||
| Jason Pominville | The Mayor | ||
| Felix Potvin | The Cat | ||
| Walter Pratt | Babe | ||
| Cliff Purpur | Fido | ||
| Andre Racicot | Red Light | ||
| Andrew Raycroft | Razor | ||
| Mark Recchi | The Wrecking Ball, Rex | ||
| Earl Reibel | Dutch | ||
| Robert Reichel | Albi, Captain Czech | ||
| James Reimer | Optimus Reim, Busta Reim, The Statue, The Reim Minister of Defence | ||
| Glenn Resch | Chico | ||
| Mike Ribeiro | Mickey Ribs | ||
| Henri Richard | The Pocket Rocket | ||
| Maurice Richard | The Rocket | ||
| Larry Robinson | Big Bird | ||
| Luc Robitaille | Lucky | ||
| Jeremy Roenick | J. R. | ||
| Dwayne Roloson | Roli the Goalie | ||
| Patrick Roy | Casseau, Saint Patrick | ||
| Joe Sakic | Burnaby Joe, Super Joe, Mr Clutch | ||
| Ruslan Salei | Rusty | ||
| Sami Salo | The Finnish MacInnis | ||
| Curtis Sanford | The Sandman | ||
| Glen Sather | Slats | ||
| Rob Schremp | The Cocktail Schremp, Bob The Builder | ||
| David Schriner | Sweeney | ||
| Dave Schultz | The Hammer | ||
| Rob Scuderi | The Piece | ||
| Brent Seabrook | Biscuit, Seabs | ||
| Teemu Selanne | The Finnish Flash, Teukka Salama | ||
| Eddie Shack | The Entertainer | ||
| Fred Shero | The Fog | ||
| Eddie Shore | Old Blood and Guts, Mr. Hockey, The Edmonton Express | ||
| Albert Siebert | Babe | ||
| Harold Simpson | Bullet Joe | ||
| Jack Skille | Crash, Skills, JackJack, Skittles | ||
| Karlis Skrastins | Ironman | ||
| Jim Slater | Jimmy Slats | ||
| Jiri Slegr | Guma (Rubber) | ||
| Billy Smith | Billy the Kid, Battlin' Billy, Hatchet Man | ||
| Jason Smith | Gator | ||
| Reginald Smith | Hooley | ||
| Ryan Smyth | Captain Canada | ||
| Jordan Staal | Gronk, Staalsy, Jordan Stall | ||
| Wally Stanowski | The Whirling Dervish | ||
| Tim Stapleton | Stapler, Tiger, Buster | ||
| Scott Stevens | Captain Crunch | ||
| Jack Stewart | Black Jack | ||
| Nels Stewart | Old Poison | ||
| George Sullivan | Red | ||
| Sundin, MatsMats Sundin | Sudden | ||
| Brent Sutter | Pup | ||
| Duane Sutter | Dog | ||
| Maxime Talbot | Mad Max, Superstar, Rocky | ||
| Billy Taylor | Billy the Kid | ||
| Chris Therien | Bundy | ||
| Steve Thomas | Stumpy | ||
| Tim Thomas | The Tank, Tim Tom | ||
| Chris Thorburn | Thorbs, Thor | ||
| Joe Thornton | Jumbo Joe, Big Joe | ||
| Shawn Thornton | Sugar Shawn, The Boxing Bruin | ||
| Keith Tkachuk | Big Walt | ||
| Jonathan Toews | Tazer, Captain Serious | ||
| Ron Tugnutt | Tugger, The Accountant, Nuts | ||
| Marty Turco | Turks, Turkey | ||
| Garry Unger | Iron Man | ||
| Steve Valiquette | The Big Valley, Big Bird, Big Valvoski, The Great Valvoski | ||
| John Vanbiesbrouck | Beezer, JVB | ||
| Elmer Vasko | Moose | ||
| Pat Verbeek | Little Ball of Hate | ||
| Georges Vezina | The Chicoutimi Cucumber | ||
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic | Pickles | ||
| Niclas Wallin | The Gorilla, The Secret Weapon | ||
| Mike Walton | Shakey | ||
| Cam Ward | Wardo, The Warden | ||
| Kevin Weekes | Cheesy, Weekesy, Shady 80 | ||
| Ralph Weiland | Cooney | ||
| Marvin Wentworth | Cyclone | ||
| Blake Wheeler | Wheels, Big Wheels | ||
| Ray Whitney | The Wizard | ||
| David Williams | Tiger | ||
| James Wisniewski | Wiz | ||
| Lorne Worsley | Gump, The Gumper | ||
| Stephane Yelle | Sandpaper | ||
| Doug Young | The Gleichen Cowboy | ||
| Steve Yzerman | Stevie Wonder, Stevie-Y, The Captain | ||
| Henrik Zetterberg | Ice Berg, Zata, Hank, Z | ||
| Alexei Zhamnov | Archie | ||
| Sergei Zubov | Zubie |
Read more about this topic: List Of Ice Hockey Nicknames
Famous quotes containing the word players:
“Yeah, percentage players die broke too, don’t they, Bert?”
—Sydney Carroll, U.S. screenwriter, and Robert Rossen. Eddie Felson (Paul Newman)
“The players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out [a] line. My answer hath been, “Would he had blotted a thousand.””
—Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637)
“I do not like football, which I think of as a game in which two tractors approach each other from opposite directions and collide. Besides, I have contempt for a game in which players have to wear so much equipment. Men play basketball in their underwear, which seems just right to me.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)