Bye- Week Fun: How did you come up with your screen name?

[sarge88]

Wouldn’t post this if not for the bye, but I’m curious about so many screen names.

Obviously some are just variations of peoples names, other basic info, or players names, but what about the more intriguing ones?

Mine is a simple combination of a nickname given to me as a baby and my HS graduation year.

I was the 4th Albert (uggh!) and the other three were still alive when I was born.

My dad was a sergeant in the national guard when I was born and my great grandmother saw how much I looked like him and said….”it’s a little sergeant“.

So it stuck and instead of being a “junior” or “A.J.” everyone called me “Sarge” straight through HS, including teachers and coaches.

Really only people at work or those I’ve become friends with as an adult call me Al.

Also, if yours is in reference to a TV show, movie, band, etc. don’t assume everyone gets it.

lol

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[Ladyfan]

Mine is not exciting. Many years ago, when I joined HF, I just thought ...well I am a fan and a lady. There seemed to be far more guys here than girls.

Now there are many women!

 

[Gee Wally]

My name is Walter as was my dad’s. So I was ‘Wally’.
Growing up in the Leave It To Beaver years it was always ‘gee Wally……’

 

[HustleB]

College nicknames were “hustle” as in tries too hard at intramural sports. And Bagley which I’m not explaining. So I blended them.

 

[RoccoF14]

For 10yrs, I was a US Navy RIO flying backseat in F-14s. My callsign was Rocco.

 

[nORRis8]

Came up with this name probably close to 20 years now.
First on CBC who had a plain unmoderated site.Then moved to Sportsnet.
Then off to Metroboards ( of which I do believe HF was morphed from)
Then I landed here on HF once Metroboards deteriorated.

The name is to honor Bobby Orr.

Norris....Norris Trophy.
Orr....
8......8 times Bobby won it.....nORRis8

 

[Fenway]

 

[Bruinaura]

I despise coming up with usernames.

Bruin: I like the Bruins
Aura: the car I was driving at the time

So incredibly stupid lol

Maybe I should be BruinEncore now

 

[wintersej]

I'm boring. Its my last name and first and middle initials.

 

[Bruinaura]

For 10yrs, I was a US Navy RIO flying backseat in F-14s. My callsign was Rocco.

Better than Goose!

 

[rfournier103]

Mine is pretty easy.

“r” is the first letter of my first name, and “fournier” is my last name. I’m a member of IBEW Local 103, so that’s where the 103 comes from.

My screen name has NOTHING to do with former NHL referee and Montreal radio host Ron Fournier. I’ve gotten numerous questions about that over the years, but I had never even heard of him until I came here and had already chosen my screen name.

 

[Ozzy Osbourne]

Mine is rocks greatest living legend.

 

[Joe Zanussi]

When we traded Phil Esposito, I was a despondant kid. My father insisted we won the trade and kept telling me that Joe Zanussi was the difference. I always thought it was cool that he was so excited about a guy I had never heard of.…or maybe he was just trying to make his son feel better. So now I often use the name as a password, screen name, etc…

 

[RoccoF14]

When we traded Phil Esposito, I was a despondant kid. My father insisted we won the trade and kept telling me that Joe Zanussi was the difference. I always thought it was cool that he was so excited about a guy I had never heard of.…or maybe he was just trying to make his son feel better. So now I often use the name as a password, screen name, etc…

That's a great story. I remember being despondent when we traded Espo too. I also remember being pretty upset when we traded Barry Pederson! Shows what I know...

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

 

[Lobster57]

back the days of Napster there was a moderator in one of the chatrooms who's name was "evilhamsterofdeath" they hated people making fun of the name, so i changed my name to "somewhatnastylobsteroflife" which is unwieldy and got shortened down to lobster. 57 was my number when i played football

 

[Thomas 11]

Mine is pretty straight forward. Timmy was my favourite player & 2011 was a wonderful year!

 

[SheDrivesMeKrejci]

I was in a fantasy Hockey pool years ago and needed a team name. After much deliberation, I came up with ‘She Drives Me Krejci’ and thought it worked well!

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

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I don’t get it.

 

[PB37]

I'm a big Pearl Jam fan, and back in 02, I was listening to one of their live albums while trying to think of a cool name for the board. My GF at the time walked in and said " what's Vedder ranting about this time? " And thus, VeddarRants was born ( complete with unintentional misspelling of the last name ).

I changed my name to PB37 a few years back because like everyone else, I love the man and player.

 

[Si Hopkins]

My great-grandfather was a Vaudeville-era hypnotist, singer, performer of all stripes. He had a character he went under called "Si Hopkins." This was in the early 20th century so I never met him, but as a performer/actor myself, I've always felt a special kinship with him and that character.

 

[McGarnagle]

This was my favorite episode of the Simpsons as a kid. I must have had watched it recently when I had to come up with a username.

 

[I am Bettman]

A poorly photoshopped Batman mask on Gary Bettman, the name came easily after that.

 

[eightspokedb]

When Dave Goucher was the Bruins PBP radio guy. He would describe the colors of both teams' sweater....he would always say 'eightspokedb' for the Bruins' crest....

 

[mikelvl]

I just took all the vowels out of my last name. That might make me the Boring Sean Monahan of this place.....