Lord Stanely 39 Report post Posted January 25, 2011 Name some of the great nicknames players have been given over the years: The Great One- Gretzky The rocket- Richard The pocket Rocket- Henry Richard Mr. Hockey- Gordie The Russian Rocket- Bure The Angry Ute- Sawchuck The Turtle- Lemieux The Tooth Fairy- the Rock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McAwesome 754 Report post Posted January 26, 2011 Wolf "The Dentist" Stanson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HankthaTank 1,100 Report post Posted January 26, 2011 Goldberg "The Goalie" 1 Hockeymom1960 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HankthaTank 1,100 Report post Posted January 26, 2011 Charlie "Spazway" Conway. I mean I could go on.... 1 wingnut40 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irishtemper14+25 11 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 "Dr. Hook" McCracken Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Original-Six 254 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 Terrible Ted 1 hokeychik22 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Finnish Wing 110 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 The Finnish Flash. Also, Lame-O. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
selkie 10 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 The Grim Reaper- Stu Grimson Little Ball of Hate- Pat Verbeek 1 Nev reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 Mario Lemieux - Le Magnifique. Yzerman - Stevie Wonder, hehe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HankthaTank 1,100 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 More of a nickname I gave him but we all secretly called him this... Jamie "The Stache" Macoun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Original-Six 254 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 Chris "Douchebag" Pronger Matt "Assclown" Cooke Sean "lolumadbro" Avery 3 wingnut40, Hockeymom1960 and Rick D reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Konnan511 1,736 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 Nicknames I came up with and like, Abdelkader - AppleFritters, iFlip/vFlip for when Ilari and Valtteri Filppula play on the Wings next year. Rafalski - RafLOLski Lidstrom - Mr. Perfect Nikolai Khabibulin - The Bulin Wall Jonathan "Bates" Battaglia Ed Jovanovski - Jovocop The Eagle, Eddie the Eagle, Crazy Eddie Big Bert, The Todd Derek Boogaard - The Boogie Man Crosby - The Wizard of Croz Probably a lot more I forgot. Crap, how'd I forget: Igor Larionov - The Professor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seeinred 1,488 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 Olli Jokinen - Chief, Pumpkinhead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) Here is the whole Red Wings team as far as I've ever heard them refer to each other with nicknames. I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Justin Abdelkader - Abby Todd Bertuzzi - Bert Dan Cleary - Bear Pavel Datsyuk - Pav, Pasha Kris Draper - Drapes, Chuck Norris Patrick Eaves - Eaver Valtteri Filppula - Fil Johan Franzen - Mule Darren Helm - Helmer, Danger Tomas Holmstrom - Homer, Demolition Man Jiri Hudler - Huds Drew Miller - Millsie Mike Modano - Mo Henrik Zetterberg - Z, Hank, Sasha Jonathan Ericsson - Big E, Jonny Jakub Kindl - Kuba Niklas Kronwall - Kronner Nicklas Lidstrom - Swede Brian Rafalski - Rafi Ruslan Salei - Rusty Brad Stuart - Stewie Jimmy Howard - Howie Chris Osgood - Ozzie EDIT 1: Forgot Danger and Demolition Man. Edited January 27, 2011 by titanium2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 Here is the whole Red Wings team as far as I've ever heard them refer to each other with nicknames. I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Justin Abdelkader - Abby Todd Bertuzzi - Bert Dan Cleary - Bear Pavel Datsyuk - Pav, Pasha Kris Draper - Drapes, Chuck Norris Patrick Eaves - Eaver Valtteri Filppula - Fil Johan Franzen - Mule Darren Helm - Helmer Tomas Holmstrom - Homer Jiri Hudler - Huds Drew Miller - Millsie Mike Modano - Mo Henrik Zetterberg - Z, Hank, Sasha Jonathan Ericsson - Big E, Jonny Jakub Kindl - Kuba Niklas Kronwall - Kronner Nicklas Lidstrom - Swede Brian Rafalski - Rafi Ruslan Salei - Rusty Brad Stuart - Stewie Jimmy Howard - Howie Chris Osgood - Ozzie Kuba like in the island country home to Havana or like in kuba diving? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 Kuba like in the island country home to Havana or like in kuba diving? Not sure... Here's the quote though: "Kuba (Kindl) has got to decide he wants to shoot the puck, or he won't be on the power play,'' Babcock said. "Kuba, did you hear what I said there?''http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2010/10/red_wings_mike_babcock_juggles.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey v3.4 45 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) Tim Cheveldae - Chevy If you think goaltenders today have it hard, look up that dudes career One of the Wings most famous goalies. Not....because they did good those years...either. Edited January 27, 2011 by Joey v3.4 1 Rick D reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
selkie 10 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 Was Cheveldae the guy Demers couldn't start for home games anymore because the booing was too bad? Or was he the guy who did get the home starts because they were booing the other guy? Speaking of doghouses of yore, there's also Big Keith Primeau, always said with irony because he played like someone who was 5'6". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey v3.4 45 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) Was Cheveldae the guy Demers couldn't start for home games anymore because the booing was too bad? Or was he the guy who did get the home starts because they were booing the other guy? Speaking of doghouses of yore, there's also Big Keith Primeau, always said with irony because he played like someone who was 5'6". You should know, Cheveldae, started more games in a season, than any other wings Goaltender has ever started. He was, effectively, despite a horribly losing season, Detroits most iron goalie, in history. He sucked, sure. But he backstopped the worst team in Wings history, day in, day out. But I notice, you don't know what you're talking about, so perhaps you should look it up? Edited January 27, 2011 by Joey v3.4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skippy_kenn 0 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 Steve Yzerman - The Captain or Stevie Wonder Chris Osgood - Ozzie or the Wizard of Oz Igor Larionov - The Professor Curtis Joesph - Cujo Felix Potvin - Felix the Cat Tomas Holmstrom - Homer Johan Franzen - Mule Kris Draper - Drapes Kirk Maltby - Malts Paul Ysebart - Rocketman Darren McCarty - Mack Nikolai Khabibulin - The Bulin Wall Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
selkie 10 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 Per the Freep today: Darren Helm is also known as "Danger" I prefer not to think too much about goaltending of the 80s and 90s because it's such an unhappy place, and the level of suck tends to make me think that Bob Essena was around far longer than he was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightfall 871 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 Guy "The Flower" Lafleur Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HankthaTank 1,100 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 Here is the whole Red Wings team as far as I've ever heard them refer to each other with nicknames. I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Justin Abdelkader - Abby Todd Bertuzzi - Bert Dan Cleary - Bear Pavel Datsyuk - Pav, Pasha Kris Draper - Drapes, Chuck Norris Patrick Eaves - Eaver Valtteri Filppula - Fil Johan Franzen - Mule Darren Helm - Helmer, Danger Tomas Holmstrom - Homer, Demolition Man Jiri Hudler - Huds Drew Miller - Millsie Mike Modano - Mo Henrik Zetterberg - Z, Hank, Sasha Jonathan Ericsson - Big E, Jonny Jakub Kindl - Kuba Niklas Kronwall - Kronner Nicklas Lidstrom - Swede Brian Rafalski - Rafi Ruslan Salei - Rusty Brad Stuart - Stewie Jimmy Howard - Howie Chris Osgood - Ozzie EDIT 1: Forgot Danger and Demolition Man. I've heard Holmstrom referred to as Tommy by Mule before. Not super original but another to add. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeymom1960 5,107 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 Sidney Crosby - Crybaby, Rosby, person we shall not name 1 wingnut40 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Finnish Wing 110 Report post Posted January 27, 2011 Sidney Crosby - Crybaby, Rosby, person we shall not name Plus Kidney and Cindy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
