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

[Man Bear Pig]

Apparently I never get Gadreaus name right no matter what. I just refer to him as johnny hockey now.

 

[NyQuil]

I always liked the way RDS said "Koh-fah-leff".

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Some broadcasters say Soderberg differently. Some say SAWderberg and some say SOderberg.

 

[dire wolf]

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.

nope. it's pronounced PEH-sick (but his nickname is Pisser)

 

[DyerMaker66*]

Yes. Imagine calling Milan Lucic "Milan Lou-kick"

Maybe Joe Sakic's family changed the pronunciation when they came to Canada but it should definitely be sak-ich

That's an awesome way to explain it.

 

[PenguinTommy]

Yep: https://devilsmedia.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/2014-15_pronunciationguide.pdf

LOL this guide is incorrect.. I just checked two names, Slovak players, and they're incorrect, obviously.


Zdeno Chara and Tomas Jurco.. or Zdeno Chára and Tomáš Jurčo

Ch in Chara is one letter in Slovak alphabet..pronouced similar to "KH" or "CH" in Lochness.
Č in Jurčo is pronouced like "ch" in "chase" in English.

It's more "Jurcho" and "Khara".



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[Puhis]

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

That's actually how the name is commonly written in Finland. I would know, I'm a Joonas too. Usually foreigners just drop the other "o"

 

[Diglett]

Andreas Lilja.

Took me awhile to find out it's pronounced Peter Worrell.

 

[thegoldenyear]

Haven't watched a ton of hockey this year. League announcers and talking heads still having a terrible time with "Tavares"?

John didnt help matters last awards show when the host asked him for the correct pronunciation, only to have him demur, "either way." (JT really playing the nice Canadian boy bit to the hilt.) It matters to me, only because it's ridiculous to hear a Glen Wesley type use BOTH versions in the same play sequence.

Tah-VAIR-iz, not Tah-VARR-iz.

 

[landy92mack29]

Most avs fans I've heard pronounce Meloche and Geertsen wrong.

 

[KingTux]

I always liked the way RDS said "Koh-fah-leff".

They get so many names wrong

 

[roflstomper]

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.

Relax champ he pronounces it exactly how Kulikov told him to.

 

[Z40]

LIN-strom, instead of LID-strom. Drives me crazy! Guy is a Hall of Fame Legend and I still hear even Detroit fans mispronounce it. Such a disgrace.

 

[Stive Morgan]

Didn't know Plekanec was actually "Plekanets" or whatever for the longest time.

Also thought Bartek Bison in the WHL was pronounced "bee-shawn" or some weird European way but it turns out his name is literally just Bison.

 

[Voight]

Mike Knuble (used to say nun-bul)

Jack Eichel (pronounced it Jack I-chel)

 

[iamjs]

Guy Hebert

I pronounced it how it is spelled

I was told the easy way to remember it was that it was pronounced in the same way that you would pronounce "see a bear." What's funny is that is mom and dad pronounced it differently.

And just what is the story on his name anyway?

"My mom calls me Guy," Hebert said, saying his name with an English pronunciation.

"My father calls me Guy," Hebert continued, making his name sound French.

Paul Hebert, an avid hockey fan, noticed the name, "Guy," in a copy of the Hockey News one day while Carole Hebert was pregnant with their second son.

Guy Hebert (say it: Ghee Ay-bear) sounded like a good hockey name back in January 1967. It sounds just as good in 1999, especially to the Ducks.

http://articles.latimes.com/1999/apr/11/sports/sp-26454

 

[iamjs]

Everybody from fans to announcers called former Penguins' head coach Mike Johnston "Mike Johnson"

This is Mike Johnson

This is not Mike Johnson

(he would be Mike Johnston, with a t)

 

[Nzap]

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

TEW-voh is correct.
And that "TEW" is pronounced like the word "sow" but with a t and an e.
Not like "few"

Some broadcasters say Soderberg differently. Some say SAWderberg and some say SOderberg.

both are wrong
Or SOderberg is more correct if you take out the ö from Söderberg I guess.
Just copy Söderberg to google translate and listen.

 

[Cult of Hynes]

I was just about to say this then I saw this post haha.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

No it would be pronounced Favre.

There's a bit of a difference between English and French with the phonetics of "r," but Fahve is closer than what an English Favre would sound like.

 

[Mav3rick07]

When I was a kid, I used to think Vincent 'Damphousse' was pronounced exactly how it was spelt - "damp-house".

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Jimmy Vesey.....

Have always said Vess-See, but its pronounced Vee-See

Still sounds weird saying Vee-see so I still say Vess-see haha

kind of a tongue twister that was!

 

[Dabeast]

Jimmy Vesey.....

Have always said Vess-See, but its pronounced Vee-See

Still sounds weird saying Vee-see so I still say Vess-see

This 100%

 

[GordieHowsUrBreath]

i still don't know if it's "taze" or "taves" when saying jonathan's last name, all i know is he's damn overrated

the most mispronounced name is martin st. louis, people actually say it like the city of st. louis

 

[leaflover]

Juha Widing.