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

[Lays]

Slater Koekkoek
Used to say it how it looks Koh-ek-koh-ek
My friend told me it was KooKoo but i didn’t believe him because how the hell does Koekkoek turn into KooKoo but I guess I was wrong

 

[JadedLeaf]

Roy isn't actually pronounced "Waa" that's just because the rolling "r" sound needed to properly pronounce it is pretty hard for people who don't speak a language that requires it like English. My last name is actually "Roy" and half my family are franch and the other half english. French side pronounces it with the rolling r, the english side just says roy, as in leroy lol.

It's hard to write it out the way it would sound because it uses two sounds that you don't really hear in the english language.

 

[Patrik Barkov]

Thought Jason Pominville's name was Jason Poiminville for years for some reason.

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

I wish Butch Goring posted here.

 

[Master P]

Austin Matthews always gets me. I know it seems so simple. But I always need to spell it out when I say it lol. Like this: W-A-Y-N-E G-R-E-T-Z-K-Y

Jokes aside my biggest one was Patrick ROY when I was a kid.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Victor Mete. Apparantely he's a fancy pants and its pronounced maytay. Whatever, he's Victor Meat to me.

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

I still don’t know if it’s Lindrose or Lindrahss.

 

[solidprospect]

Borowieki
Neckar

 

[Jerzey Devil]

I called a Weber (Webber) grill Weeber the other day because of Shea Weber and was corrected by someone. I guess I probably called Shea Weber Shea Webber at first though.

 

[jetsforever]

Patrik Laine

I used to say it like "Patrik Lane"

Same. Even now I say it correctly out loud but when I read the name in my head my brain usually goes with "lane".

 

[I am not exposed]

A few here and there. Mostly the Russian ones! Still, I'm not as bad as Denis Potvin! He can't even pronounce Ekblad correctly!

 

[jetsforever]

I called a Weber (Webber) grill Weeber the other day because of Shea Weber and was corrected by someone. I guess I probably called Shea Weber Shea Webber at first though.

What? I'm pretty sure Shea Weber is pronounced "Webber"

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

Austin Matthews always gets me. I know it seems so simple. But I always need to spell it out when I say it lol. Like this: W-A-Y-N-E G-R-E-T-Z-K-Y

Jokes aside my biggest one was Patrick ROY when I was a kid.

Haha. When I was a kid, I’d say Roy (English phonetically). Then my dad told me that it’s Rooah because he’s French Canadian. Took me years of therapy to accept that it’s closer to Wah.

 

[Little Psycho]

I roll my eyes when commentators STILL say An-zey, it's pronounced Ahn-jay.

 

[Albatros]

A few here and there. Mostly the Russian ones! Still, I'm not as bad as Denis Potvin! He can't even pronounce Ekblad correctly!

I just can't force myself to pronounce Ekblad the English way either though, feels so wrong.

 

[Master P]

Found this video. Makes for a good laugh.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

The other day I was driving and listening to the Canes v Leafs game and heard Joe Bowen pronounce Jacob Slavin, like 'Ya-kob Slah-veen' and I was like WTF?

 

[sharkhawk]

Miroslav Satan. Called him say-tan like the devil for the longest time

 

[Jerzey Devil]

What? I'm pretty sure Shea Weber is pronounced "Webber"

Maybe it was an announcer saying it wrong one time and it stuck with me.

 

[HisIceness]

Martin St. Louis like the city.

Patrick Roy, thought it was Roy as in Roy Rogers.

Not a player, but when I was younger I thought the Jose in San Jose was pronouced like Joe-Say.

 

[Machinehead]

We're still having trouble with Chytil.

Actually, if you go by the technical Czech pronunciation, I think Chytil is having trouble with Chytil.

 

[TheMule93]

I know a guy who pronounces Pietrangelo as Pie-tran-jello

 

[Laineux]

Lindström and Lindroos.

 

[TychoFan]

Found this video. Makes for a good laugh.

I, along with most NHL fans, probably cannot pronounce a large percentage of European skaters' names. I apologize on everyone's behalf. I thought a lot of the pronunciations were correct in the video, must be amusing for Finns though.

 

[Kelly]

Berezin.

Use to call him, Bur-E-zin.