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This is a list of nicknames in the sport of ice hockey.

Players

The following are hockey players listed by their last name along with nicknames.

Player	Nat	Nickname	Note
Daniel Alfredsson		Alfie	[1]
Al Arbour		Radar	[2]
Colby Armstrong		Army	[3]
George Armstrong		Chief	[4]
Norm Armstrong		Red	[4]
Larry Aurie		Little Dempsey	[4]
Per Johan Axelsson		P. J., Pebben, Axe
Garnet Bailey		Ace	[4]
Irving Bailey		Ace	[4]
Bill Barilko		Bashin' Bill	[4]
Aldege Bastien		Baz
Jonathan Battaglia		Bates
Wade Belak		Beler
Ed Belfour		The Eagle, Eddie the Eagle, Crazy Eddie	[5]
Jean Beliveau		Le Gros Bil	[4]
Max Bentley		Dipsy-Doodle-Dandy	[4]
Gordon Berenson		Red, The Red Baron	[4]
Patrice Bergeron		Bergey, Trice, Patty
Todd Bertuzzi		Big Bert, The Freight Train, Todd "The Watuzzi" Bertuzzi
Kevin Bieksa		Juice	[6]
Martin Biron		Baby Dominator, The Thermometer	[7]
Hector Blake		Toe	[8]
Derek Boogaard		The Boogie Man	[9]
Andy Berenzweig		Bubba	[4]
Emile Bouchard		Butch	[4]
Georges Boucher		Buck	[4]
Francis Bouillon		The Cube, Frank the Tank	[10]
Andy Brickley		Brick	[8]
Frank Brimsek		Mr. Zero	[8]
Harold Broadbent		Punch	[4]
Walter Broda		Turk	[8]
Martin Brodeur		Satan's Wallpaper	[4]
Richard Brodeur		King Richard, Kermit
Adam Brown		The Flying Scotsman	[4]
Johnny Bucyk		Chief	[4]
Pavel Bure		The Russian Rocket	[4]
Steve Buzinski		The Puck Goes Inski	[11]
Dustin Byfuglien		Big Buff	[12]
Dan Bylsma		Disco Dan	[13]
Kyle Calder		Grease	[14]
Brian Campbell		Soupy	[15]
Jim Carey		Net Detective, The Mask	[16]
Erwin Chamberlain		Murph, Old Hardrock	[4]
Zdeno Chara		Zee, Big Z	[17]
Gerry Cheevers		Cheesy	[4]
Don Cherry		Grapes	[4]
Jeff Christian		Big Dog	[18]
Erik Christensen		Crusher	[14]
Francis Clancy		King	[4]
Victor Clapper		Dit	[4]
James Cleghorn		Odie	[4]
Sprague Cleghorn		Peg	[8]
Charlie Conacher		The Big Bomber	[4]
Lionel Conacher		The Big Train	[4]
Frederick Cook		Bun	[4]
Carson Cooper		Shovel-Shot	[4]
Harold Cotton		Baldy	[4]
Yvan Cournoyer		The Roadrunner	[4]
Marc Crawford		747, Crow
Samuel Crawford		Rusty
Sidney Crosby		Bing, Sid the Kid, Sid Vicious, Darryl	[4]
Byron Dafoe		Lord Byron
Clarence Day		Hap, Happy	[4]
Alex Delvecchio		Fats	[4]
Marcel Dionne		Little Beaver	[4]
Tie Domi		The Albanian Assassin	[4]
Rick DiPietro		Rico, Ricky D, D. P.	[19]
Ed Dorohoy		The Great Gabbo	[4]
Chris Drury		Captain Clutch, McDrury
Ken Dryden		The Thinker, Thieving Giraffe, Octopus	[7]
Woodrow Dumart		Woody, Porky	[8]
Andre Dupont		Moose	[4]
Mervyn Dutton		Red	[4]
Cecil Dye		Babe	[4]
Patrik Elias		St. Patrik	[20]
Ray Emery		Razor
Leighton Emms		Hap	[4]
Tony Esposito		Tony O	[21]
Bob Essensa		Goalie Bob, Sense, Enzo, Backup Bob	[7]
Bill Ezinicki		Wild Bill	[4]
Todd Fedoruk		The Fridge	[22]
Ray Ferraro		Chicken Parm	[23]
Frank Finnigan		The Shawville Express	[4]
Tomas Fleischmann		Flash	[24]
Bill Flett		Cowboy	[4]
Marc-Andre Fleury		Rebounds, Flower	[4]
Ron Flockhart		Flockey Hockey	[4]
Lou Fontinato		Leaping Louie	[4]
Adam Foote		Footer, Footy	[4]
Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg		Foppa, Peter the Great	[25]
Jimmy Fowler		The Blonde Bouncer	[4]
Johan Franzen		The Mule	[26]
Grant Fuhr		Coco	[8]
Martin Gelinas		The Eliminator	[27]
Norman Gainor		Dutch	[4]
Paul Gaustad		Goose	[28]
Bernie Geoffrion		Boom-Boom	[4]
Jean-Sebastien Giguere		Jiggy	[29]
Clark Gillies		Jethro	[4]
Doug Gilmour		Killer	[4]
Alex Goligoski		Go-Go	[30]
Scott Gomez		Gomer	[31]
Josh Green		Anchorman	[32]
Mike Green		Game Over	[33]
Wayne Gretzky		The Great One, The Great Gretzky	[4]
Stu Grimson		The Grim Reaper	[4]
Armand Guidolin		Bep	[4]
Jonas Gustavsson		The Monster	[34]
Glenn Hall		Mr. Goalie	[8]
Joe Hall		Bad Joe	[4]
Dominik Hasek		The Dominator
Johan Hedberg		Moose, Yo-Yo	[7]
Mel Hill		Sudden Death	[4]
Wilbert Hiller		Dutch	[4]
William Hollett		Flash	[4]
Tomas Holmstrom		Homer, Demolition Man	[35]
George Horner		Red	[4]
Gordie Howe		Mr. Hockey	[4]
Cristobal Huet		The Man From France, CristoWall, Le Cousin, Hip-hip-hu-ey	[36]
Bobby Hull		The Golden Jet	[4]
Brett Hull		The Golden Brett	[4]
John Hutton		Bouse	[18]
Al Iafrate		Wild Thing	[4]
Jarome Iginla		Iggy	[37]
George Imlach		Punch
Harvey Jackson		Busher	[4]
Jaromir Jagr		Jagrmeister, Mario Jr, Daddy, Puff Nuts
Ivan Wilfred Johnson		Ching	[4]
Ryan Johnson		Duce	[6]
Aurel Joliat		Little Giant	[4]
Curtis Joseph		Cujo	[38]
Ed Jovanovski		Jovocop	[4]
Bill Juzda		The Honest Brakeman	[4]
Rudolph Kampman		Bingo	[4]
Patrick Kane		Kaner, Big Daddy	[18]
Gordon Keats		Duke	[4]
Leonard Kelly		Red	[4]
Ted Kennedy		Teeder	[4]
Phil Kessel		Phil the Thrill	[39]
Nikolai Khabibulin		The Bulin Wall
Mikka Kiprusoff		Kipper, Finnisher	[7]
Saku Koivu		Captain K	[40]
Olaf Kolzig		Olie the Goalie, Godzilla, Kolzilla
Tom Kostopoulos		Tommy Non-stopoulos
Alexei Kovalev		Kovy, AK-27, l'Artiste	[18]
Vyacheslav Kozlov		The Professor	[41]
Joe Klukay		The Duke of Padocah	[42]
Leo Labine		The Lion	[4]
Guy Lafleur		The Flower, Le Démon Blond	[4]
Eduoard Lalonde		Newsy	[4]
Dave Langevin		Bammer	[43]
Ian Laperriere		Mumbles, Lappy	[44]
Georges Laraque		BGL (Big Georges Laraque)	[18]
Igor Larionov		The Professor
Reggie Leach		The Riverton Rifle	[4]
John Leclair		Johnny Vermont	[45]
Manny Legace		Legs, The God, The Ferret, Jimmy Buffet	[7]
Albert Leduc		Battleship
Jere Lehtinen		King of Little Things	[46]
Mario Lemieux		The Magnificent, Super Mario, Ace	[4]
Nicklas Lidstrom		Saint Nicklas
Trevor Linden		Captain Canuck, Captain Clutch	[47]
Eric Lindros		The Big E
Ted Lindsay		Terrible Ted	[4]
Ken Linseman		The Rat	[4]
Milan Lucic		Looch, Lurch, Lurchback of New England	[48]
Henrik Lundqvist		King Henrik
Roberto Luongo		Bobby-Lu	[4]
John Madden		Mad Dog	[14]
Frank Mahovlich		The Big M	[4]
Peter Mahovlich		The Little M	[4]
Evgeni Malkin		Geno	[4]
Maurice "Joe" Malone		Phantom Joe
Harold March		Mush	[4]
Steve Mason		The Wall	[4]
Brad May		May Day
Frank McCool		Ulcers
Wilfred McDonald		Bucko	[4]
Frank McGee		One-Eyed	[8]
Kirk McLean		Captain Kirk, Mack, McGoalie, The Iceman, The Scot	[7]
Mark Messier		Moose, The Messiah	[4]
Stan Mikita		Stosh	[4]
Willie Mitchell		Bill Pickle	[32]
Andy Moog		Papa Moog, Peaches, Moger, Squeaky, Dennis The Menace	[7]
Kirk Muller		Captain Kirk	[4]
Douglas Murray		Crankshaft	[14]
Alexander Mogilny		AlMo, Alexander the Great	[49]
Howie Morenz		The Stratford Streak, The Mitchell Meteor	[4]
Ken Morrow		Wolfman	[50]
Evgeni Nabokov		Nabby, John	[7]
Lou Nanne		Sweet Lou from the Soo	[4]
Scott Nichol		Scooter	[14]
Bernie Nicholls		The Pumper Nicholl Kid	[4]
Frank Nighbor		The Pembroke Peach	[4]
Chris Nilan		Knuckles
Matt Niskanen		Nisky	[51]
Lawrence Northcott		Baldy	[4]
Herbert O'Connor		Buddy	[4]
Lyle Odelein		Cornelius
John O'Flaherty		Peanuts	[4]
Chris Osgood		The Wizard of Oz, Ozzie	[7]
Alexander Ovechkin		Alex the Great, Ovie, The Mechanic, The Russian Machine, The Great Eight	[4]
Sandis Ozolinsh		Ozo
Scott Parker		The Sheriff	[52]
Mark Parrish		Grumpy	[14]
Mike Peca		Captain Crunch	[53]
Alf Pike		The Embalmer	[54]
Jacques Plante		Jake the Snake	[4]
Felix Potvin		The Cat	[55]
Walter Pratt		Babe	[4]
Cliff Purpur		Fido	[4]
Hubert Quackenbush		Bill
Earl Reibel		Dutch	[4]
Mark Recchi		The Wrecking Ball, Rex	[56]
Glenn Resch		Chico
Mike Ribeiro		Mickey Ribs	[57]
Henri Richard		The Pocket Rocket	[4]
Maurice Richard		The Rocket	[4]
Larry Robinson		Big Bird	[4]
Luc Robitaille		Lucky	[4]
Jeremy Roenick		J. R.	[58]
Patrick Roy		Casseau, Saint Patrick	[4]
Martin Rucinsky		Big Nose
Jarkko Ruutu		Roots, Gravy Train
Joe Sakic		Burnaby Joe, Super Joe, Mr Clutch	[59][60]
Glen Sather		Slats	[4]
Curtis Sanford		The Sandman	[4]
Sami Salo		The Finnish MacInnis	[61]
Serge Savard		Le Sénateur
Rob Schremp		The Cocktail Schremp	[62]
David Schriner		Sweeney	[4]
Dave Schultz		The Hammer	[4]
Brent Seabrook		Biscuit	[63]
Teemu Selanne		The Finnish Flash
Eddie Shack		The Entertainer	[4]
Brendan Shanahan		Shanny, The Big Smooth
Fred Shero		The Fog	[64]
Eddie Shore		Old Blood and Guts, Mr. Hockey, The Edmonton Express	[4]
Albert Siebert		Babe	[4]
Harold Simpson		Bullet Joe
Reginald Smith		Hooley	[4]
Jason Smith		Gator	[14]
Ryan Smyth		Captain Canada	[65]
Jason Spezza		Spezz, Spez-dispenser
Jordan Staal		Gronk	[14]
Wally Stanowski		The Whirling Dervish	[4]
Scott Stevens		Captain Crunch	[66]
Jack Stewart		Black Jack	[4]
Nels Stewart		Old Poison	[4]
George Sullivan		Red	[4]
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin		Sudden	[67]
Brent Sutter		Pup	[68]
Duane Sutter		Dog	[69]
Maxime Talbot		Mad Max	[70]
Billy Taylor		Billy the Kid	[4]
Steve Thomas		Stumpy	[71]
Tim Thomas		The Tank	[72]
Joe Thornton		Jumbo Joe
Keith Tkachuk		Big Walt	[73]
Jonathan Toews		Mr. Serious, Tazer	[4]
Jordin Tootoo		The Tootoo Train
Ron Tugnutt		Tugger, The Accountant, Nuts	[7]
Garry Unger		Iron Man	[4]
Steve Valiquette		The Big Valley, Big Bird, Big Valvoski, The Great Valvoski	[7]
John Vanbiesbrouck		Beezer, JVB	[7]
Elmer Vasko		Moose	[4]
Pat Verbeek		Little Ball of Hate	[4]
Georges Vezina		The Chicoutimi Cucumber	[4]
Marc-Edouard Vlasic		Pickles	[14]
Anton Volchenkov		A-Train
Niclas Wallin		The Gorilla, The Secret Weapon	[74]
Mike Walton		Shakey	[4]
Cam Ward		Wardo	[7]
Kevin Weekes		Cheesy, Weekesy, Shady 80	[7]
Ralph Weiland		Cooney	[4]
Marvin Wentworth		Cyclone	[4]
Ray Whitney		The Wizard	[75]
David Williams		Tiger
Lorne Worsley		Gump, The Gumper	[8]
Doug Young		The Gleichen Cowboy	[4]
Steve Yzerman		Stevie Wonder, Stevie-Y, The Captain	[4]
Henrik Zetterberg		Ice Berg, Zata, Hank, Z	[76]
Sergei Zubov		Zubie	[77]

Teams

The origin of the nickname(s) (if known) it is noted below. Several of the above are simply shortened names or plays on the current team name or jersey.

• "Broad Street Bullies" – Philadelphia Flyers: during the team's Stanley Cup runs during the 1970s, their home ice was the Spectrum on Broad Street in South Philadelphia. The team currently plays in the Wachovia Center, which is also on Broad Street.)
• "Buds" – Toronto Maple Leafs: probably based on the team's use of a leaf as a logo
• "Cats" - Florida Panthers: the Panther is a cat
• "Fishsticks" - New York Islanders: the Islanders' uniforms for two seasons (1995–97) featured a logo of what looked like the Gorton fisherman holding a hockey stick. The uniforms actually looked okay, but rival fans (likely Ranger fans) wanted a way to taunt the team and played up the Gorton's resemblance, hence the derisive nickname.
• "Les Glorieux" (French, "The Glorious Ones") – Montreal Canadiens
• "'Nucks" – Vancouver Canucks (Local Press and fans)
• "Les Rouges" – Montreal Canadiens: after the red colour of their jerseys
• "Slugs" - Buffalo Sabres: A disparaging nickname derived from their logo, which resembles a cross between a buffalo and a slug.
• "Swords" - Buffalo Sabres: A nickname derived from their title, the "sabres", which is a sword
• "Sabs"-Buffalo Sabres: An abbreviation of the name "sabres".
• "Los Tiburones" (Spanish, "The Sharks") – San Jose Sharks
• "Le Tricolore" (French, "The Tricolour") – Montreal Canadiens: after the flag of France, which has the same colour scheme (blue-white-red)
• "Tomales" – Toronto Maple Leafs: Taken from the first two letters of the teams full name ('TO'ronto 'MA'aple 'LE'afS)
• "Dead Wangs" - Detroit Red Wings: Nickname given by the rivaled Hawks fans
• "La sainte flanelle" (French, "The holy flannel") - Montreal Canadiens : Maurice Richard came back on the ice after being cut to the head to score the Stanley Cup winning goal against Boston Bruins in 1953. His jersey was full of blood.

Arenas

This is a list of hockey arena nicknames and their home teams; nicknames are often merely abbreviations of the full name; otherwise, the origin of the nickname (if known) is noted.

• "The Aud" – Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York; former home of the Buffalo Sabres (1970–1996)
• "The Bank"" - Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, Ontario; current home of the Ottawa Senators (1996-); as in 'two points in the bank' and reference to corporate sponsor
• "The Barn" – Windsor Arena, Windsor, Ontario; as Border Cities Arena, the former home of the Detroit Cougars (1926–1927); in reference to its appearance
• "The Bat Cave" – Luedecke Arena, Austin, Texas, home of the Austin Ice Bats; in reference to the home team
• "The Big Mac" – McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, Colorado; former home of the Denver Spurs (1975–1976), the Colorado Rockies (1976–1982), and the Colorado Avalanche (1995–1999)
• "The Bulb" – Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia, home of the Atlanta Thrashers; in reference to the arena's sponsor Philips major products, lightbulbs.
• "The Can" - Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado, home of the Colorado Avalanche, the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Mammoth and the Colorado Crush; in reference to the arena's sponsor
• "The Coliseum" - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island, New York; home of the New York Islanders
• "The Dome" – Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta; home of the Calgary Flames; a play on the name "Saddledome"
• "Fort Neverlose" – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York; home of the New York Islanders; a reference to the Islanders dominance on home ice during the 80's dynasty
• "Fort Knox" – HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York; home of the Buffalo Sabres; a reference to the Sabres' original owners Seymour and Northrup Knox
• "F.U. Center" – First Union Center, former name of the Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; home of the Philadelphia Flyers, a play on the euphemism "F.U."
• "The Garage" – GM Place, Vancouver, British Columbia; home of the Vancouver Canucks; a reference to the arena's sponsor, General Motors
• "The Gahden" - TD Banknorth Garden or Boston Garden, Boston; Home of the Boston Bruins
• "The Garden" – Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York; home of the New York Rangers
• "The Hangar" – Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario; home of the Toronto Maple Leafs; a reference to the arena's sponsor, Air Canada. Also refers to American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, home of the Dallas Stars.
• "Hockeytown" – Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan; home of the Detroit Red Wings
• "The House that Al Built" - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island, New York; home of the New York Islanders; a reference to the legendary coach, Al Arbour.
• "The Ice Palace" - (now known as the St. Pete Times Forum) Tampa, Florida; original name of the Tampa Bay Lightning's arena. Local fans frequently still call it that.
• "The Igloo" – Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; home of the Pittsburgh Penguins; a reference to ice and cold, despite igloos being arctic and penguins being Antarctic, some also claim the reference to how the arena from the outside looks like an igloo.
• "JLA" – Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan; home of the Detroit Red Wings
• "The Joe" – Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan; home of the Detroit Red Wings
• "Kålleseum" - Scandinavium, home of the Frölunda Indians; pronounced exactly like Colosseum, Kålle is a fictional character associated with inhabitants of Gothenburg where the arena is located.
• "MSG" – Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York; home of the New York Rangers
• "The Madhouse on Madison (Street)" – Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois; former (1929–1994) home of the Chicago Blackhawks; from the noise attributed to the fabled Barton organ that was played during hockey games there
• "The Mausoleum" - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island, New York; home of the New York Islanders A Pejorative alluding to the Coliseum quality & condition as viewed by fans of rival teams, typically those in the mid atlantic division.
• "The Marina" – HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York; home of the Buffalo Sabres; a portmanteau of "Marine Midland Arena", its former name
• "The Meadowlands" or "Meadowlands Arena" – former name that the fans and the media still reference to the Continental Airlines Arena (now the Izod Center), East Rutherford, New Jersey; former home of the New Jersey Devils
• "The Old Red Barn" – Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan; former (1927–1986) home of the Detroit Red Wings; from its appearance
• "The Phil" – Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia, home of the Atlanta Thrashers
• "The Phone Booth" - Verizon Center, Washington, DC; home of the Washington Capitals; from it being named after a phone company
• "The Pond, Ponda Center" - Honda Center, Anaheim, California; home of the Anaheim Ducks; a reference to both the team and the arena's original name, Arrowhead Pond.
• "The Rat Trap" – Miami Arena, Miami, Florida; former home of the Florida Panthers; from the fact the fans littered the ice with plastic rats in the 1996 playoffs. Based on an incident involving Scott Mellanby and a live rat found in the locker room.
• "The Rock"^[86] - Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey; home of the New Jersey Devils; from Prudential's prior advertising campaign encouraging others to "own a piece of the rock".
• "The Shark Tank" – HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California; home of the San Jose Sharks; a reference to the team's name or "The Cow Palace" - a reference to the Sharks original home, as they once played in the California State Livestock Pavilion in Daly City prior to the construction of their new arena in San Jose. The Cow Palace was unique as it was the only building to host a professional sports franchise with extensive stable and barn facilities for animal events, which are used for the annual Grand National Rodeo and occasionally for other events.
• "Smashville" - Sommet Center, Nashville, Tennessee; home of the Nashville Predators.
• "The Swamp"^[87] - Continental Airlines Arena (now the Izod Center), East Rutherford, New Jersey; former home of the New Jersey Devils; a reference to the swampy area it sits on.
• "The Thunderdome" - St. Petersburg, Florida; nickname of Tropicana Field, where the Tampa Bay Lightning played before the "Ice Palace" (now known as St. Pete Times Forum) was built in Tampa. Reference to high incidents of lightning strikes in the area, it's a dome (where the Tampa Bay Devil Rays play) and a play on the team's name (Lightning).
• "The UC" - United Center, Chicago, Illinois; Home of the Chicago Blackhawks (1994–Present)
• "The White House" – Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg, Manitoba; former home of the Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996) and the Manitoba Moose (1996–2004); named for the Winnipeg White Out, where Winnipeg fans would wear white clothing for an attention-grabbing "Sea of White" effect
• "The World's Most Famous Arena" – Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York; home of the New York Rangers.
• "The 'X'" – Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota; home of the Minnesota Wild
• "The Old Barn, The Arena, The Checkerdome" - The Arena, St. Louis, Missouri, home of the St. Louis Eagles 1934-35, St. Louis Blues from 1967–1994
• "The Fort" - K-Rock Centre, Kingston, Ontario, home of the Kingston Frontenacs; in reference to the remaining walls of Fort Frontenac beside the arena

Notes and references

See also

• Nickname
• List of ice hockey linemates
• List of athletes by nickname
• List of monarchs by nickname
• List of nicknames of historical personages