Lousy Nicknames

As someone who attended Adirondack Red Wings games in the 80's and fell in love with hockey partially because of them, I not thrilled that the team playing in Glens Falls now is called the FROSTBITE! Yeesh!! :thumbd:

Yes, there seems to have been a general decline since the 80's of team and player nicknames.

I'm especially bored of the supposed nicknames of players where it's just a shortened version of their actual name. Whatever happened to Killer, or other more imaginative names!?!

It used to work years ago when players had nicknames for their lines. But not nowadays, since players change teams like we change our socks. Remember the FLY line? Lindros, York, Fleury? Yeah Fleury went into rehab partway through the season and York was then traded. Yeah that lasted long eh?

I seriously considered not watching hockey anymore after the NHL approved an expansion franchise named AFTER A DISNEY MOVIE :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Don't forget the Leafs' all-star "sky line". I'm not sure who was on it other than Antropov, but then again how much more info do you need than that?

Don't know if this falls into the same category but how about Andre "Red Light" Racicot? Now it would suck to be a goalie and have that nickname!!

Don't forget the Leafs' all-star "sky line". I'm not sure who was on it other than Antropov, but then again how much more info do you need than that?

Joe Nieuwendyk and Alexander Ponikarovsky

THe "MAG" line? WTF???? I get ticked off when I see that name it just doesnt have any significance at all, yet the Stars fans insist on using it.

The Knuble-Thornton-Murray line was called the "700 Pound Line", which I thought was pretty dumb. That was a great line, they deserved better than something about their combined weight.

If I remember right, I think Claude Julien coined it in an interview after a B's-Habs game.

Don't know if this falls into the same category but how about Andre "Red Light" Racicot? Now it would suck to be a goalie and have that nickname!!

Why? When you're on the road you stop for a red light, calling Racicot 'red light' would suggest things (pucks, maybe) stop for him. :dunno:

Why? When you're on the road you stop for a red light, calling Racicot 'red light' would suggest things (pucks, maybe) stop for him. :dunno:
I hope you aren't seriously that naive to believe that... Please tell me there was sarcasm in that suggestion...

Why? When you're on the road you stop for a red light, calling Racicot 'red light' would suggest things (pucks, maybe) stop for him. :dunno:

I hope you're pullin' are leg. :joker:

I hope you aren't seriously that naive to believe that... Please tell me there was sarcasm in that suggestion...

The :dunno: doesn't give off enough sarcasm? ;)

Bad nicknames. I think the worst come from teams that switch cities but keep the old names. The best examples I can think of are in basketball. The Utah Jazz - Jazz in Utah? Hmm... Should have either stayed in New Orleans or changed the name. Don't see too many mormons bopping to Miles Davis' Greatest Hits.

The LA Lakers? Horrible name! Made sense in Minnesota... but LA?

The Calgary Flames doesn't make a ton of sense. We all know about the fires in Atlanta (see Gone With The Wind) so the Atlanta Flames name makes sense... but flames in Calgary? Hmm... I guess you could make some reference to oil fires or even forrest fires so I guess I couls let this one go.

The Anaheim Mighty Ducks... what a friggin joke. Please contract so we can all forget. The sooner the better.


I hope you're pullin' are leg. :joker:

I hope you are from Quebec, the deep south or happen to be under the age of 12 because that is some poor english bro.

[QUOTE=mazmin]Bad nicknames. I think the worst come from teams that switch cities but keep the old names. The best examples I can think of are in basketball. The Utah Jazz - Jazz in Utah? Hmm... Should have either stayed in New Orleans or changed the name. Don't see too many mormons bopping to Miles Davis' Greatest Hits.

The LA Lakers? Horrible name! Made sense in Minnesota... but LA?

The Calgary Flames doesn't make a ton of sense. We all know about the fires in Atlanta (see Gone With The Wind) so the Atlanta Flames name makes sense... but flames in Calgary? Hmm... I guess you could make some reference to oil fires or even forrest fires so I guess I couls let this one go.

The Anaheim Mighty Ducks... what a friggin joke. Please contact so we can all forget. The sooner the better.

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Great post, now those names are gonna peeve me off every time I see or hear them. Thanks a lot :banghead:

The Penguins are named after the shape of our building.

Apparently someone didn't realize PENGUINS DON'T LIVE IN IGLOOS

I still love the name, but the way that we came across it is just sad...

Here would be a great place to pay homage to the lower minor leagues in North America:

The UHL's Rockford Ice Hogs (sadly this franchise used to be the great Thunder Bay Thunderhawks/Senators/Thundercats before bing bought and moved to the States) EDIT: There logo is the bakend of a pig! http://www.laughinghyena.net/LogoServer/hockey/RockfordIceHogs0001.GIF
I can't remember which league it is (East coast I think) but the name Macon Whoopee just is an awful name for a hockey team.

In Japan, I think Dr Randy Gregg played for a team called the Kikudu Bunnies. Surely, they weren't the Charleston Chiefs of Japan.

Any names in the ECHL.

The Flames name did make more sense in Atlanta until Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics (Flames coming off of a torch anyone?).

To me, the worst ones are ones where they use the word "ice" or "blades" with another word.

Ice Pilots
IceGators
Ice Dogs
IceHogs
Ice Bats
IceCats
Everblades
Thoroughblades


And ones that are misspelled on purpose "to give the name an edge" are another one:

Corpus Christi Rayz
Greenville Grrrowl


But the worst name and logo has to go to the Danbury Trashers. A hockey playing garbage can? WTF?

I hope you are from Quebec, the deep south or happen to be under the age of 12 because that is some poor english bro.

some poor english, yes

The Penguins are named after the shape of our building.

Apparently someone didn't realize PENGUINS DON'T LIVE IN IGLOOS

I still love the name, but the way that we came across it is just sad...

Polar opposites one might say. Does anyone renrmber the ' real live' penguin mascot they trained to skate and lead them onto the ice? They gave up after it caught a cold and died.

A near miss in this department: a proposed name for the Avs was the Rocky Mountain Extreme. Lucky that got leaked before the announcement and quickly smacked down.

Polar opposites one might say. Does anyone renrmber the ' real live' penguin mascot they trained to skate and lead them onto the ice? They gave up after it caught a cold and died.

Rest In Peace Petey :cry:


(the Penguins skating penguin logo is lovingly named after that deceased flightless waterfowl)

Here would be a great place to pay homage to the lower minor leagues in North America:

The UHL's Rockford Ice Hogs (sadly this franchise used to be the great Thunder Bay Thunderhawks/Senators/Thundercats before bing bought and moved to the States) EDIT: There logo is the bakend of a pig! http://www.laughinghyena.net/LogoServer/hockey/RockfordIceHogs0001.GIF
I can't remember which league it is (East coast I think) but the name Macon Whoopee just is an awful name for a hockey team.

In Japan, I think Dr Randy Gregg played for a team called the Kikudu Bunnies. Surely, they weren't the Charleston Chiefs of Japan.


I'm glad you brought up Macon. A thread like this is lacking if we don't mention the Whoopee. Macon isn't doing much better these days, with a team called the Trax, in a league you probably never heard of, the SPHL.

http://www.thesphl.com/

worst nickname........ The Egg Line

As someone who attended Adirondack Red Wings games in the 80's and fell in love with hockey partially because of them, I not thrilled that the team playing in Glens Falls now is called the FROSTBITE! Yeesh!


OT- By chance, did you ever see Kory Kocur play? Why is it he never moved up to the show?

I'm glad you brought up Macon. A thread like this is lacking if we don't mention the Whoopee. Macon isn't doing much better these days, with a team called the Trax, in a league you probably never heard of, the SPHL.

http://www.thesphl.com/

I was planning on mentioning names that were very bad puns, but I deleted that bit before I posted as it was getting long winded. Macon Whoopee was such a bad pun that it's clever, Macon Trax is just dumb.

worst nickname........ The Egg Line

that one and MAG line. Completely insignificant.

I was planning on mentioning names that were very bad puns, but I deleted that bit before I posted as it was getting long winded. Macon Whoopee was such a bad pun that it's clever, Macon Trax is just dumb.

Could be worse. They could be the Macon Bacon.

that one and MAG line. Completely insignificant.


Boston College had a line called the HEM line: Steve Heinze, David Emma and Marty McInnis.

that one and MAG line. Completely insignificant.


Or the GAG line (for you old Ranger fans)

Polar opposites one might say. Does anyone renrmber the ' real live' penguin mascot they trained to skate and lead them onto the ice? They gave up after it caught a cold and died.

is it wrong that I almost fell out of my chair laughing when I read that?

"Oh, there are some I'd like to take back," he began with a smile. "I can remember one perfect pass I laid to Bernie Nicholls after he called my name, my nickname, and I gave him a blind pass right in front of the net and he deposited it behind Bob Essensa, I believe. He called for it and I gave it to him and the worst thing about it was not only giving him the puck and getting fooled into it, but that I twisted my knee and banged my knee trying to scramble back and I missed three weeks. You remember those things."

- Randy Carlyle

...If I could only remember his nickname. :banghead:

I think it's pretty bad too ... darn.

Almost every single baseball name is stupid. TWO teams are named SOX. twins? padres? expos? wtf is a dodger?

for some reason, i think "bluejackets" is really dumb, especially with the hockey stick-magic wand thing. (No offence, guys...;))

Twins = Twin Cities ;) fyi...

Also the Ice Bats aren't as bad as people think per say. Austin has the largest Mexican Free Tail Bats (I believe) living under a bridge (namely the Congress Avenue Bridge), so I could see the Ice Bats...

Now the stadium...Oi! That is horrible. They play basically in a barn...seriously. They have rodeos in the Expo Center, where they play. Smells like a barn too. But it's fun and I enjoy it.

Go Ice Bats! Better than calling them the Austin Bats...

Oh and I was peeved they didn't call the Dallas Stars, the Dallas Lone Stars...errr wait that sounds crappier.

The Houston Texans are pretty crappy too of a name.

And the Cleveland Browns...Right...Chalk that one up...

Other nicknames...

New Orleans Hornets...Could you PLEASE change the name after you move?

There are some other ones I really dislike but I can't remember...

for some reason, i think "bluejackets" is really dumb, especially with the hockey stick-magic wand thing. (No offence, guys...;))

The other name considered for the Columbus franchise was the Justice, which IMHO is much worse than Blue Jackets (I wasn't crazy about Blue Jackets at first, either). I also think the third jersey logo is much better than the original one.

The other name considered for the Columbus franchise was the Justice, which IMHO is much worse than Blue Jackets (I wasn't crazy about Blue Jackets at first, either). I also think the third jersey logo is much better than the original one.I was pretty disappointed with the name (and the whole "Stinger" thing) too, when it was first announced.

But the name grows on you, if you're a CBJ fan. I've come to like the original crest, and as Foley said the 3rd uni crest is pretty sweet, IMO.

- Randy Carlyle

...If I could only remember his nickname. :banghead:

I think it's pretty bad too ... darn.

Was it Kitty Carlyle?

Was it Kitty Carlyle?

Yes it was. At least it's not Bill Barber's nickname. His was Pigs--t. :joker:

I really thought the Pocket Rocket was a goofy nickname. It sounds like you are describing something different altogether.

It was made even worse when Henri Richard was asked how he was adjusting to hockey after his brother's retirement:
"I liked playing with my brother, but I like playing with myself too."

Could be worse. They could be the Macon Bacon.

Don't give them any ideas.........

Any team that uses a verb or a state of being or anything other than a plural noun as their team nickname. This is particularly prevalent in the WNBA.

Howabout when parent teams stick their farm teams with the same name even when inappropriate?

Binghamton Senators
Binghamton Whalers
P.E.I Senators
Thunder Bay Senators
Captial District Islanders
Cape Breton Oilers
...and
The Mighty Ducks of Cincinatti

I'm glad you brought up Macon. A thread like this is lacking if we don't mention the Whoopee. Macon isn't doing much better these days, with a team called the Trax, in a league you probably never heard of, the SPHL.

http://www.thesphl.com/

Heh. I've kind of been following the SPHL since Hartford/Charlotte have some players stashed there. Man, they have some bad names/logos that break the rules mentioned here

Macon Trax (At least the locomotive logo is fresh. What was the Whoopee's logo?)
Fayetteville FireAntz ("extreme" spelling)
Knoxville Ice Bears ("ice" name)
Winton-Salem Polar Twins ("Polar Twin powers, activate!" Plus their logo makes me think of Klondike Ice Cream Bars.

Only the Asheville Aces have a name AND logo that looks good.

Ah, the joys of lower-level minor hockey. (Although, I wish the SPHL well. It basically crawled from the wreckages of the WHA2 and the SEHL.(

Almost every single baseball name is stupid. TWO teams are named SOX. twins? padres? expos? wtf is a dodger?

Sox dates back to like, the 1870's, with the Cincinnati Red Stockings. Both Boston and Chicago franchises have been around forever.

Twins refers to Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ).

I would guess that Padres has something to do with missionaries ( not the position ).

The Dodgers were given that name when they were in Brooklyn, in reference to "train dodging".

:teach:

TWO teams are named SOX.

I don't think that's so weird. When the North Stars moved I always said that they should have been called the Lone Stars so that if Minnesota ever got an expansion team, they could call it the North Stars again. Thought it would be kinda neat to have Lone Stars and North Stars in the same league. But it didn't happen and Minnesota got stuck with a horrendous nickname.

Almost every single baseball name is stupid. TWO teams are named SOX.

You can also count the Reds and Tigers in there as well, as both of those teams were originally named after the socks they wore. The Pirates have to be one of my favourites, as, supposedly, they were named that due to the fact that they were always stealing other teams' players. The nickname seems kind of ironic nowadays though, considering the Pirates troubles in keeping their players.

Ever notice that there are 2 AHL teams called the Admirals? (Milwuakee is a holdover from the IHL while Norfolk is a "promoted" ECHL franchise)

From the shadowy past....

California Golden Seals
Binghamton (Broome County) Dusters (NAHL/AHL)
Moncton Golden Flames (AHL)
Wichita Wind (old CHL)
Alabama Slammers (WHA2)
Memphis South Stars (old CHL)
Mohawk Valley Prowlers (UHL)
B.C. Icemen (UHL)


From the present...

Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (CHL)
Odessa Jackalopes (CHL)
Danbury Trashers (UHL)
Pee Dee Pride (ECHL)
Lewiston MAINEiacs (QMJHL)
Toledo IceDiggers (NAHL)
Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)

Was it Kitty Carlyle?

Yes! Thank you.


Speaking of Carlyle,

I just read an interview with Randy and he was talking about his days playing with Ron Wilson. He'd always call Wilson a midget, until one day Wilson remarked
"you're no giant either, Randy."
Randy replied
"yeah, but I can still eat peanuts off the top of your head with my hands tied behind my back."

That cracked me up.




Bad nicknames? How about my favourite, Dale "Ducky" Hawerchuk.

No wonder the Jets never won...names like Pokey, Kitty, Ducky... geeez! :banghead:

Almost every single baseball name is stupid. TWO teams are named SOX. twins? padres? expos? wtf is a dodger?Baseball nicknames 100 years ago were generally divised by sports writers. Teams often didn't have official names.

When the American League formed in 1901, the only uniform references to nicknames were Baltimore's orange "O" on their black road uniforms, Detoit's red tiger silhoutte on their caps, and Philadelphia's "A" on both their home and road uniforms.

The Boston team of the AL wore blue socks and were refered to as the Pilgrams or Amcericans in the press. During their second season, they wore a "BA" on their home and road jerseys so they could be distinguished from the Boston National League team in black and white newspaper photos. In 1908, the Americans switched to red socks and placed a large red sock logo with the word "Boston" on it on their home and road jerseys.

The Red Stockings was the nickname of the first fully professional base ball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869. Baseball has also had White Stockings, Browns and Blues. The Chicago club of the American League officially adopted "White Sox" in 1911 after the Chicago National League team of the 19th Century (who officially became the "Cubs" in 1908.)

padres? expos? wtf is a dodger? AHL MV did a good job of explaining these, but here's a little more:
San Diego was founded by Spanish priests (which is Padre in Spanish.) As a baseball nickname, the San Diego club on which Ted Williams got his pro start was called the Padres.

Montreal hosted the World's Fair in 1967, which was called Expo67. The city was awarded an expasnsion team, as well as the nation's first first Major League Baseball team two years later.

To go see a baseball game in Brooklyn, a fan had to literally dodge the trolleys to get to the field. They were refered to as the "Trolley Dodgers" for a time in the 19th Century. The famous "Dodger" script was added to their uniforms in 1938.

Player nicknames have really gone downhill lately. The trend is to cut the name in half and add an "ie". How boring. I miss the days of the Rockey, Mr Hockey, Big Bird, Gump, The Chicoutimi Cucumber, The Stratford Streak, Tiger, etc...

I would guess that Padres has something to do with missionaries ( not the position ).

:lol: :lol: :lol:

The Canucks fans have a terrible way of giving nicknames to Canuck players.

Jason King = Kinger
Matt Cooke = Cookie
Trent Klatt = Klatter

Player nicknames have really gone downhill lately. The trend is to cut the name in half and add an "ie". How boring. I miss the days of the Rockey, Mr Hockey, Big Bird, Gump, The Chicoutimi Cucumber, The Stratford Streak, Tiger, etc...

Yeah, it's fine to have the TEAM call you by a shortened version of your name when you are on the ice ("Chuk, Chuk" for Dave Andreychuk, for instance), but for promotional purposes the nickname should be better.