European heritage of US/Canadian players by surname Part II
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Henrique: Portuguese
Mike Cammalleri: Italian
Michael Ryder: Irish, English or possibly Dutch
Travis Zajac: Either Polish, Czech or Slovak
Scott Gomez: Spanish
Steve Bernier: French
Damon Severson: Swedish
Eric Gelinas: French
Andy Greene: Irish
Jon Merrill: English
Stephen Gionta: Italian
Ryane Clowe: English
Peter Harrold: English
Henrique: Portuguese
Mike Cammalleri: Italian
Michael Ryder: Irish, English or possibly Dutch
Travis Zajac: Either Polish, Czech or Slovak
Scott Gomez: Spanish
Steve Bernier: French
Damon Severson: Swedish
Eric Gelinas: French
Andy Greene: Irish
Jon Merrill: English
Stephen Gionta: Italian
Ryane Clowe: English
Peter Harrold: English
LadyJet26
LETS GO BLUE!!!!!
Vlady was never really a prospect. He is a local legend though
. As is his pops.
A lot of these could be polish as well, the languages are so similar. Konopka's father is from Poland. Zajac is also means rabbit. Dubnyk is very Polish sounding.
Zajac is of Ukrainian descent. No one could mistake that nose for anything but Ukrainian
As we all know, pretty much all (at least white) americans and canadians have european roots, whether its 1 generation back or 15 generations.
Im pretty interested in history so when games get boring I tend to speculate about where players origin from.
Thus far I've come to the conclussion that Ryan O'Reilly has irish heritage.
Giroux has obviously got french roots, as alot of Canadian players. Cammalleri, Italian? Stamkos is of Ukrainian or Belarusian heritage if im not mistaken. Milan Lucic sounds Albanian or Bosnian to me.
Feel free to contribute!
(By the way, do you north american ever pay attention to your european roots? My impression is that italian americans seem to identify themselves a bit more with their european roots then north americans hailing from other european countries. Perhaps the french canadians should be mentioned as well?)
Lucic is Serbian. I'm good friends with his cousin in Vancouver.
LolungoReboundo
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He's MacedonianAs we all know, pretty much all (at least white) americans and canadians have european roots, whether its 1 generation back or 15 generations.
Im pretty interested in history so when games get boring I tend to speculate about where players origin from.
Thus far I've come to the conclussion that Ryan O'Reilly has irish heritage.
Giroux has obviously got french roots, as alot of Canadian players. Cammalleri, Italian? Stamkos is of Ukrainian or Belarusian heritage if im not mistaken. Milan Lucic sounds Albanian or Bosnian to me.
Feel free to contribute!
(By the way, do you north american ever pay attention to your european roots? My impression is that italian americans seem to identify themselves a bit more with their european roots then north americans hailing from other european countries. Perhaps the french canadians should be mentioned as well?)
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Tyler Kennedy: Irish
Tye McGinn: Irish
Matt Irwin: Scottish
James Sheppard: English
Scott Hannan: Celtic?
Justin Braun: German
Tommy Wingels: German?
Vlasic: Croatian, Slovenian?
Joe Pavelski: Polish
Patrick Marleau: French
Tomas Hertl: German?
Tye McGinn: Irish
Matt Irwin: Scottish
James Sheppard: English
Scott Hannan: Celtic?
Justin Braun: German
Tommy Wingels: German?
Vlasic: Croatian, Slovenian?
Joe Pavelski: Polish
Patrick Marleau: French
Tomas Hertl: German?
SwedenCanada
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.........no way man.......Danes are a lot more handsome then those goofy looking brothers !
Kokoschka
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Stempniak can be both Ukrainian/Polish. Demko is definitely Ukrainian and means "related to Dementiy" or just Dema - a common first name.
I have always assumed that everyone in NA with a surname that ends with sson, son, sen have Scandinavian heritage.
I doubt that the Stepan surname is Italian though, sounds Eastern European.
Bosnian Beast
Formerly Janko Unchained
Vlasic is Croatian. So is Sarich, and Sakic was another player of Croatian descent. Stamkos and Jovanovski are both Macedonian (in Stamkos' case he's half), Stajan is of Slovenian background.
I was going to post that I'd assume Jovanvski was at least part Polish but then I remembered that I had a friend in college that was I think Macedonian and his last name ended in "ski".
BTW, not hockey but another famous Croatian, or at least half Croatian is Bill Belichick.
KirkAlbuquerque
#WeNeverGetAGoodCoach
Im pretty sure Stamkos is Greek.
Anyway the Italian-Americans and Italian-Canadians are pretty obvious:
Del Zotto
Girardi
Cammalleri
Palmieri
Bonino
Cogliano
Coliacovo
Gionta(x2)
Pietrangelo
etc
Anyway the Italian-Americans and Italian-Canadians are pretty obvious:
Del Zotto
Girardi
Cammalleri
Palmieri
Bonino
Cogliano
Coliacovo
Gionta(x2)
Pietrangelo
etc
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Voight
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Nice to see Croatians being represented in North American sports. Part of the reason why I like Sakic so much.
Surprised nobody has mentioned Luongo. Carcillo as well (good friends with his brother and its pretty obvious lol)
Shanahan is a giveaway (Irish).
Hedning
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Nope, more likely British.
It all depends on the first name in the sson/son surname.
If it's a name like Johnson, Clarkson, etc... (or Severson as above) it's most likely of British origin. But if it's Anderson. Ericson, Johanson, and similar, it's most likely of Scandinavian origin instead.
John is the equal to Johan in Scandinavia, and for instance Scarlett Johansson is of Swedish origin as an example.
Cory Trevor
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That Macedonia-Greece-Bulgaria area is still undecided on what they are too. He's probably a little of both(Greek and Macedonian)((if you consider them two different things))
