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Nickname Talk
by Paul on 10/15/09 at 02:06 PM ET
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from Brian Duff at NHL.com,
Have you noticed any changes at the NHL Network this season?
Yes, we have a new studio set.
Yes, On the Fly begins at 8 p.m.
Yes, I have less hair with each passing night.
Yes, Dan Pollard’s highlights—not the ones he’s talking about—appear to have a slightly different tinge to them.
And yes, we have an analyst who is changing the culture of the game whenever he graces us with his presence.
Often referred to as “deep” by his closest colleagues, former NHL goalie (yet still not officially retired) Kevin Weekes is putting a new spin on what seemed like the inevitable—bad hockey nicknames.
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Here’s what I have:
Gilbert “Crème” Brule
Josh “Tonya” Harding
Bob “Serge” Errey (surgery)
Dave “Boll and Chain” Bolland
David Clarkson “Lake” (a lake in Ontario, according to Google)
“Warm and Easy” Zach Parise
Adam “Birthday” Pardy
“Randy” Travis Zajac
Bryce “El” Salvador
Drew “Staff Infection” Stafford
Evgeni “R2D2” Artyuhkin
Dan “Perry” Ellis
Rich Peverley “Hills”
John “Erse Kin and Fire” Erskine
Patrick “Christmas” Eaves
Leftovers:
Albert Marc Savard
West Sam Gagner
Nathan—
I agree you’re probably right about Marc “Serge” Savard, but I don’t get Albert = Dan Ellis and Perry = Bob Errey. Can you ‘splain?
Posted by YzermanZetterberg on 10/15/09 at 02:39 PM ET
Nathan—
I agree you’re probably right about Marc “Serge” Savard, but I don’t get Albert = Dan Ellis and Perry = Bob Errey. Can you ‘splain?
Albert Ellis, famous psychologist.
Perry… it rhymed…
Though I’m with you, I think Dan “Perry” Ellis makes more sense, and the others you had I missed all sound right on.
So, assuming Marc “Serge” Savard, that would leave:
Bob Errey
Sam Gagner
...to go with…
“West”
“Albert”
Or, if we do “Serge” Errey, we have Marc Savard left.
Posted by Nathan from Jonny Ericsson's ice cream truck on 10/15/09 at 04:12 PM ET
Sam Gagner --> sounds like “Gan-ye” -->
sounds like “Kanye West” --> so West = Sam Gagner?
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/15/09 at 05:31 PM ET
Hope he isn’t the hockey version of Chris Berman, though. Bleargh. :(
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/15/09 at 05:35 PM ET
I am waiting for the ‘Mary’ Tyler Myers reference.
Nice owl B.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 10/15/09 at 06:33 PM ET
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My best guesses…
Serge = Marc Savard
Birthday = Adam Pardy
El = Bryce Salvador
Erse Kin and Fire = John Erskine
Boll and Chain = Dave Bolland
Staff Infection = Drew Stafford
Tonya = Josh Harding
Creme = Gilbert Brule
Albert = Dan Ellis
Randy = Travis Zajac
Warm and Easy = Zach Parise
R2D2 = Evgeni Artyukhin
Perry = Bob Errey
Not sure on the rest…
West David ClarksonHills Rich Peverley
Lake Sam Gagner
Christmas Patrick Eaves
Posted by Nathan from Jonny Ericsson's ice cream truck on 10/15/09 at 01:43 PM ET