Finnish players, names translated to English

[Lapa]

????
http://www.namekun.com/name-meaning-of/kapanen

I'm Finnish and even I didn't know this

 

[myzteriouz]

shouldn't Jokipakka be more like Riverdeck?

 

[Uno Bench]

shouldn't Jokipakka be more like Riverdeck?

Correct, or River package

 

[Rosen Plevneliev]

Donskoi means "of the Don" the Don is a river in Russia. Just thought I'd add that

 

[ModryJazyk]

so via Google Translator Pokka translated to english is ... Pokka
and the Hawks traded Sharp 2x

 

[teravaineSAROS]

There's also:

Suomalainen = Finnish
Virolainen = Estonian
Suomi = Finland
Saksa = Germany
Ruotsi = Sweden

Growing up, I knew a guy who's surname was Saksa (=Germany). His nickname was Itä-Saksa (East-Germany).

There's even Saksa?? waiting for a Finnish prospect named Esa Eteläafrikka to come up any year now

 

[LtnCastillo]

There was a good player back in the 80s named Reijo Ruotsalainen, which means Reijo The swede.

Reggie Swede

Also Risto Siltanen = Christopher Bridges

Some cup-of-coffe NHL players/picks

Mika Pyörälä = Mike Wheeler
Topi Jaakola = Toby Jacobs

 

[Huokaus]

so via Google Translator Pokka translated to english is ... Pokka
and the Hawks traded Sharp 2x

Actually pokka is short for pokerinaama = poker face

 

[Falco Lombardi]

Ted Sharp is a successful real estate mogul name.

 

[Reaper45]

What about Alex Lintuniemi, Esa Pirnes, Mikko Eloranta, Lauri Tukonen and Tuukka Mäntylä?

 

[myzteriouz]

What about Alex Lintuniemi, Esa Pirnes, Mikko Eloranta, Lauri Tukonen and Tuukka Mäntylä?

Lintuniemi is Birdcape (Birdpeninsula)

 

[Keke]

Mikko Eloranta = Michael Livingbeach

Edit: or Alivebeach

 

[Huokaus]

What about Alex Lintuniemi, Esa Pirnes, Mikko Eloranta, Lauri Tukonen and Tuukka Mäntylä?

Lintuniemi = bird cape
Pirnes doesn't mean nothing in particular
Eloranta = life/living beach
Tukonen means nothing but tukko(i)nen = congested
Mänty means pine, -lä/-la usually is often indication of a place, so roughly Mäntylä = pine-place
Also, people often misspell Tuukka as Tukka, which means hair (only the hair on your head)

 

[Lempo]

Mikko Eloranta = Michael Livingbeach

Edit: or Alivebeach

Mike Cropshore, I'd say. In the context 'elo' I would gather means crop, or the ripe grain that you harvest in August, our 'crop-month', following the 'hay-month' and preceding 'fall-month'.

 

[W75]

A few years back we found that Tuomo Ruutu = Tom Screen on a translated article on the Canes board

This is correct too. Ruutu = square, screen (tv or computer), pane, diamond (cards).. etc.

 

[emeyezee]

Hahaha Ted Sharp... I'll never look at Teuvo the same way

 

[Trilliann]

There's even Saksa?? waiting for a Finnish prospect named Esa Eteläafrikka to come up any year now

There's a BJÖRNINEN playing in Liiga, it sounds like a foreigner tried to make up a Finnish name

 

[CanadienShark]

Dick Woodpecker... That's just three synonyms.

 

[FoSotC]

????
http://www.namekun.com/name-meaning-of/kapanen

What is this supposed to be, horoscopes but with names?

 

[Dod93Cityt]

Thor Quick

 

[MTU hockey]

Can someone please translate Vili Saarijarvi?

 

[DyerMaker66*]

What is this supposed to be, horoscopes but with names?

Eh? I know the personality traits associated with my names. My last name is an occupation.

 

[IDuck]

still confirms that IMO Finn's are the COOLEST people ever....now I need find out what my finnish name is.

some of my favs. are Larry Blackwater and Thor Quick

 

[snipes]

Dick Woodpecker is oddly appropriate.

Fits Esa perfectly, I laughed seeing that.

 

[Plural]

Can someone please translate Vili Saarijarvi?

Philip Island-lake