What NHL player name did you always say wrong and were corrected by someone???

[MuffinMerc]

McIlrath. I thought it was "Mc-Il-Wraith".



Then I heard his name said properly last year. My version was better.

 

[Hopelesslucicfan]

I swear everbody I know calls the sedins the sundins... at this point I just let it go.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Mike Smith

I keep calling him Bubbles.

 

[Fear]

I still can't pronounce Chiasson, is it Shay-zawn or Key-a-son or something in between

 

[AtNightWeFly]

I used to say Landenskog. Not sure where I got the second n from.

 

[Baby Ryan]

Borowiecki. That one gets me PO

Friend always nagging me: "It's Borvieski you moron"

 

[emeyezee]

"Teravainen Teuvo (tehr-a-VIGH-nuhn, TEW-voh)"
Hmm... I swear I've heard Teuvo himself pronounce his first name as "Tay-voh"

 

[JackTheTulip]

As to Farv, it's a Southern Mississippi dialect thing. In French, Favre would be pronounced Fahve.

No it would be pronounced Favre.

 

[jferguson]

Toni Lydman

Definitely thought it was lid-man not luud-man

 

[Woll Smoth]

Zidane O'Chara

 

[detredWINgs]

What? It's actually a French name, meaning of the strait (hint: the Detroit river is actually a strait). It's pronounced "de-twah".

Uh, no its not. Just like St. Louis is pronounced Saint Loo-iz. And New Orleans is pronounced New Orlins.

You don't go around saying America as though you are imitating a German accent, do you? Because I'm pretty sure when a German named this country "America," he didn't pronounce it like an English-speaking American.

And for the record, De-troy-it doesn't even make sense. There is one "i." And it creates the "oyt" sound. There is no other letter there to create the "it" sound.

 

[Windy River]

Never understood Toews, didn't know who people were talking about for about a month. A football one I never understood is Favre. How is it pronounced f-a-r-v when the v is before the r??

I recall seeing something about Favre, and how it actually IS pronounced how it is spelled. But people messed it up, now it's stuck, and the Favre's are cool with it.

 

[Headshot77]

I called Sergei Plotnikov Plotkinov many times.

 

[ottawa]

I used to say Sidney Crosby like Sid-nay Cros-bye until 2010 because that's how some online YouTube video told me it was pronounced. I corrected it after the Vancouver Olympics

 

[JustABlackhawksFan]

Datsyuk

 

[dire wolf]

Mike Smith

I keep calling him Bubbles.

classic. +1

 

[Viqsi]

The first and so far only time I've ever had a problem with a name was Shayne Gosthisbehere. I just kept seeing "ghost his be here". It's actually three syllables, emphasis on the middle, and there's no "h" in the first one.


And can we kvetch about annoying pronunciations we've heard elsewhere? For example, the LA broadcasters keep pronouncing Tyutin "tee-YOUT-in", which is painful to hear.

 

[NickLidstrom]

I called Ryan Suter Ryan Sutter for the longest time.

 

[NyQuil]

I still can't pronounce Chiasson, is it Shay-zawn or Key-a-son or something in between

So, here's the story.

In Dallas, he was called "Shay-zawn" because he felt that Americans would have more issues pronouncing it correctly. (2 syllables)

When he returned to Ottawa, he quietly informed the announcers that he'd prefer the French pronounciation, which is "She-ay-ssson". (3 syllables)

 

[chupanibre]

According to the announcers I pronounce all the Italian names wrong

But seriously I pronounce Neuvirth wrong everyime, I always say New-virth.
I also always used to pronounce McDonagh Mc-doh-nag

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

ive been calling him Joo-nis Donskoi.... but I heard announcers calling him Yo-nis Donskoi..... whats with the extra "o"?..... Cmon Donskoi parents and keep it simple

 

[Sniperr]

Nelson Mandela but turned out it was Wayne Gretzky

 

[SatanwasaSlovak]

Selanne and Fedorov. Said the english pronounciation because i played too much NHL 99. And the pronounciation is completely different in their real language.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

I like how it's not Wiercioch your friend gets wrong, it's Patrick.

I used to add an "L" to Malhotra for the longest time, like Malholtra

Wow, I've been doing this too and only noticed when I ready your post hahaha.

Mark Pysyk. I thought it was pronounced like "psych" but instead it's the noise you make when you try to scare a cat or when you have a secret for someone

I also used to say Nyquist with a "v" in the middle instead of a "U" like Lundqvist.

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

Oh god. That's just horrible. And they think they're saying it right too. I remember one time them talking about it, and saying that's the correct pronunciation.
What makes it so awful is that they're supposed to be professionals, and they can't figure out after several years that they are absolutely butchering this guy's name in such a way.