List of Sportspeople By Nickname - Ice Hockey

Ice Hockey

See also: List of hockey nicknames

• "747" = Marc Crawford, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Ace" =
  • Irvine Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Jim Carey, United States ice hockey player
• "AK-27" = Alexei Kovalev, Russian winger
• "Alexander the Great" =
  • Alexander Mogilny, Russian winger
  • Alexander Ovechkin, Russian winger
• "AlMo" = Alexander Mogilny, Russian winger
• "The A-Train" = Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player
• "Babe" =
  • Cecil Dye, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Walter Pratt, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Albert Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Baldy" = Harold Cotton, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Barney" = Russ Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Bates" = Jon Battaglia, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Battleship" = Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Baz" = Aldege Bastien, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Beezer" = John Vanbiesbrouck, U.S. goaltender
• "Big Bird" = Larry Robinson, Canadian defenceman
• "Big Bomber" = Charlie Conacher, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Big Daddy" = Patrick Kane, U.S ice hockey player
• "Big Dog" = Jeff Christian, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Big E" = Eric Lindros, Canadian centre
• "BGL (Big Georges Laraque)" = Georges Laraque, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Big M" = Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Big Nose" = Martin Ručínský, Czech winger
• "The Big Train" = Lionel Conacher, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Big Z" = Zdeno Chara, Slovakian ice hockey player
• "Bill" = Hubert Quackenbush, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Billy" = Hamilton Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Black Jack" = John Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Blackie" = Jean Chouinard, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Boomer" = Steve Hawrysh, ice hockey executive
• "Boom Boom" =
  • Tom Driscoll, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player

Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player

• "Bouse" = John Hutton, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Brick" = Andy Brickley, U.S. ice hockey player
• "The Bruise Brothers" = Joe Kocur and Bob Probert, Detroit Red Wings ice hockey teammates
• "Bubba" =
  • Barry Beck, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Andrew Berenzweig, U.S. ice hockey player
• "Buck" = George Boucher, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Bucky" = Ralph Buchanan, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Bud" =
  • Alex Cook, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Norman Poile, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Jim MacPherson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Buddy" = Carl Boone, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Buddy" = Herbert O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Bulin Wall" = Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian goaltender
• "Bullet Joe" = Harold Simpson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Bun" = Fred Cook, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Bunny" =
  • John Ahearne, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Napoleon Dame, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Burnaby Joe" = Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey centre
• "Busher" = Harvey Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Buster" = Russ Brayshaw, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Butch" =
  • Émile Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Frank Stahan, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Buzz" = Frank Boll, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Captain" =
  • Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey centre
  • Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey centre
• "Captain Kirk" =
  • Kirk McLean, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey centre
• "Cat" = Félix Potvin, Canadian goaltender
• "Cheesie" = Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Chico" = Glenn Resch, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Chicoutimi Cucumber" = Georges Vézina, Canadian goaltender
• "Chief" =
  • George Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Ching" = Ivan Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Chuck" = Claude Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Claude Printemps" (French for "Springtime Claude") = Claude Lemieux, Canadian winger
• "The Cocktail Schremp" = Rob Schremp, U.S. ice hockey player
• "Cooney" = Ralph Weiland, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Cornelius" = Lyle Odelein, Canadian defenceman
• "CristoWall" = Cristobal Huet, French goaltender
• "Crow" = Marc Crawford, Canadian ice hockey coach
• "CuJo" = Curtis Joseph, Canadian goaltender
• "Cyclone" = Fred Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Le Démon Blond" (French for "The Blond Devil") = Guy Lafleur, Canadian winger
• "Digger" =
  • Richard Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Paul Dixon, British ice hockey player/coach
• "Dit" = Aubrey Clapper, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Dodger" = Norman Collings, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Dollar Bill" = W.W. Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks NHL franchise
• "The Dominator" = Dominik Hašek, Czech goaltender
• "Dubbie" = Russell Bowie, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Duke" = Gordon Keats, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Eddie the Eagle" = Ed Belfour, Canadian goaltender
• "The Finnish Flash" = Teemu Selanne, Finnish winger
• "Flower" = Guy Lafleur, Canada winger
• "Foppa" = Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey centre
• "Gentleman Joe" =
  • Joe Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey centre
• "Godzilla" = Olaf Kölzig, German goaltender
• "The Golden Brett" = Brett Hull, Canadian-American winger (after his father, "The Golden Jet")
• "The Golden Jet" = Bobby Hull, Canadian winger
• "Goose" = Paul Gaustad, American ice hockey player
• "Grapes" = Don Cherry, Canadian ice hockey coach, player and commentator
• "The Great One" = Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey centre and coach
• "Le Gros Bill" (French for "Big Bill") = Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey centre
• "Gump" = Lorne Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Gumper" = Lorne Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Hammer" = Dave Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Hap" or "Happy" =
  • Clarence Day, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • Harry Holmes, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Hod" = William H. Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Hooley" = Reginald Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
• "House" = Jim Sandlak, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Iron Mike" = Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager
• "Jacques" = Joseph H. Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Jake the Snake" = Jacques Plante, Canadian goaltender
• "Jean" = Joseph Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Jumbo Joe" = Joe Thornton, Canadian ice hockey centre
• "King" =
  • Francis Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
• "King Richard" = Richard Brodeur, Canadian hockey goalie
• "Knuckles" = Chris Nilan, U.S. ice hockey player
• "Kovy" =
  • Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian winger
  • Alexei Kovalev, Russian winger
• "The Legion of Doom" = Eric Lindros (Canadian ice hockey player), John LeClair (U.S. ice hockey player) and Mikael Renberg (Swedish ice hockey player)
• "The Little Ball of Hate" = Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Little Giant" = Aurel Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Little M" = Peter Mahovlich, Canadian winger
• "Lolo" = Rosario Couture, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Looch" = Milan Lučić, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Lord Byron" = Byron Dafoe, English goaltender
• "Lou" = "'Roberto Luongo", Canadian goaltender
• "M-Dubbs" = Mike Warne, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Mad Max" = Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Mad Mike" = Mike Milbury, U.S. hockey player/former general manager and coach
• "Le Magnifique" (French for "The Magnificent") = Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey centre
• "The Mask" = Jim Carey, U.S. goaltender
• "The Messiah" = Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey centre
• "Mickey" = Fred J. Ion, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Mr. Hockey" = Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Mr. Zero" = Frank Brimsek, U.S. ice hockey player
• "Mo" = Mike Modano, U.S. ice hockey player
• "Moose" =
  • André Dupont, Canadian ice hockey player
  • F. X. Goheen, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Ernest Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey centre
  • Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Murph" = Erwin Chamberlain, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Mush" = Harold March, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Newsy" = Édouard Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Net Detective" = Jim Carey, U.S. goaltender
• "The Next One" =
  • Sidney Crosby, Canadian ice hockey centre
  • Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey centre
• "Nosey" = Art Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Old Bootnose" = Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Old Poison" = Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Ossie" = Oscar Asmundson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Ovie" = Alex Ovechkin, Russian winger
• "Ozo" = Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian defenceman
• "Ozzie" = Chris Osgood, Canadian goaltender
• "Le Penseur" (French for "The Thinker") = Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Pete Dug" = Jordan Peter Douglas Orava, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Phat" = Gordon Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Phantom Joe" = Maurice Malone, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Phil the Thrill" = Phil Kessel American ice hockey player
• "Pit" =
  • Alfred Lepine, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Hubert Martin, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Pocket Rocket" = Henri Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (after his brother, Maurice)
• "The Professor" = Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey centre
• "Puff Nuts" = Jaromír Jágr, Czech winger
• "Punch" =
  • Harry L. Broadbent, Canadian ice hockey player
  • George Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• "Rat" = Harry Westwick, Canadian winger
• "Razor" = Rob Ray Canadian ice hockey player
• "Rebounds" = Marc-André Fleury, Canadian goaltender
• "Red" =
  • Gordon Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player
  • George Horner, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Leonard Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Roy Storey, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Red Light" = André Racicot, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Riverton Rifle" = Reggie Leach, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Roadrunner" = Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian winger
• "The Rocket" = Maurice Richard, Canadian winger
• "The Russian Rocket" = Pavel Bure, Russian winger
• "Rusty" = Samuel Crawford, Canadian ice hockey player
• "St. Patrick" = Patrick Roy, Canadian goaltender
• "Sammy" = Sergei Samsonov, Russian winger
• "Scotty" =
  • Allan M. Davidson, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Ian Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Le Sénateur" (French for "The Senator") = Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Shorty" = Wilfred Green, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Shrimp" = Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Silver Fox" = Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• "Sid the Kid" = Sidney Crosby, Canadian ice hockey centre
• "Skippy" = Fred Burchell, U.S. ice hockey player
• "Slats" = Glen Sather, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Spider" = Ken Lockett, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• "Spunk" = Emory Collins, Canadian auto racer and ice hockey player
• "Steamer" = Fred G. Maxwell, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Stevie Wonder" = Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey centre
• "Stevie Y" = Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey centre
• "The Stratford Streak" = Howard W. Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Super Mario" = Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey centre
• "Sweeney" = David Schriner, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Tank" = Tim Thomas, American ice hockey goaltender
• "The Tasmanian Devil" = Terry O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Teeder" = Ted Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Terrible Ted" = Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Tiger" = Dave Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Tim" = Miles Horton, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Tiny" = Cecil R. Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Toe" = Hector Blake, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Turk" = Walter Broda, Canadian goaltender
• "Turkey" = Gerard Gallant, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• "Twin Towers" = Nik Antropov and Alexei Ponikarovsky Kasakhk Ukrainian ice hockey players
• "Ulcers" = Frank McCool, Canadian
• "Wardo" = Cam Ward, Canadian goaltender
• "Whipper" = Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Wizard(s)" = Daniel Sedin & Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey players