Players who are surprisingly not from Europe

[Nogatco Rd]

Also I know France doesn’t produce a lot of hockey players but anyone with a nickname or adjective type last name like lajeunesse (youthful) jolicœur (joyful heart) labonté (kindness) Latendresse (tenderness) Malenfant (bad child) or laliberté (freedom) is usually not from France and almost 100% from Quebec

that’s really interesting, what’s the reason for that?

 

[bh53]

You ok bro? I said "or something." I'm not an expert on Latvian names, so sorry.

It's pretty weird to be upset about not knowing Latvian naming conventions

 

[mattihp]

that’s really interesting, what’s the reason for that?

Are they walloons undercover?

 

[Zenos]

This is the opposite of this thread but I've always felt like Gabriel Landeskog has the most "North American" demeanor Ive ever seen a European player have. You would think he was born and raised in Canada / US.

Gabe Landeskog wins this, but Draisaitl is up there too. Every now and again he'll still say something that sounds German, but his accent and idioms are meanwhile very Canadian.

It's funny to hear, but also not that surprising considering he came over as a teenager, and unlike many CHL imports certainly grew-up speaking (at least school) English too.

 

[mattihp]

Another one on the flip side is Erik Karlsson not knowing that "inramning" is a way to talk about the spectators and ambience of an arena. Guy must have heard it all of his youth, but so many years abro removed it

 

[HFpapi]

It's pretty weird to be upset about not knowing Latvian naming conventions

Haha right? I can appreciate a good passive aggressive comment if I said something truly clueless but that's a weird thing for him to think should be common knowledge.

 

[Garl]

That's only been the law since 2000 (prior to that, at age 21 you had to choose German or your parents citizenship and could not keep both) and at least one parent must be a legal permanent resident who has been in the country for 8 years.

Which is extremely restrictive and excludes huge portions of immigrant and refugee communities.

Maybe don't comment unless you actually know what you're talking about.

Not enough

 

[Garl]

Im sorry but this thread is just full of insanely dumb comments.

Like it's like reading kindergarteners talk about something.

"vincent isnt a european name" like wtf?

How are people people confused about immigration, culture and ethnicity? These are basic ass concepts for an adult.

"wow a guy with the surname galchenyuk is american, how can that happen???"

"wow get this. his name is lucic but he's from canada!"

IT is however very smart to go bonkers over such thing and feel intelectually superior

The question is about players whos names sound european and people thought they are euros. Galchenyuk is a good example, internationally plays for USA but has a totally russian/ukrainian name. Not like Brady Tkachuk or Cody Golubef who are oviously americans or canadians because nobody in Russia or Ukraine names kids Brady or Cody. But Alexander is the most popular name in Russia/Belarus/Ukraine.

So yes, if you see a guy named Alexander Galchenyuk, or Nikita Nesterenko, or Arthur Kaliyev you would assume they are from Europe. And you are not a kindergardener or lacking the concept of immigration because of this.

 

[Garl]

Pretty much, as there's no such thing as European or North American ethnicity or citizenship. They're just continents with very diverse sets of residents with all kinds of ethnicities or legal situations.

Epitome of an "Akschually" comment

And yes, there are european ethnicities we are not all mixed in a melting pot yet.

 

[Albatros]

Epitome of an "Akschually" comment

And yes, there are european ethnicities we are not all mixed in a melting pot yet.

Ethnicity is defined by common features, so being mixed in a melting pot is in essence its precondition.

 

[Garl]

Ethnicity is defined by common features, so being mixed in a melting pot is in essence its precondition.

U cant help yourself man

 

[LightningStrikes]

Jakob Oettinger

Fun fact: Oettinger is a German brand of (cheap) beer (and soda)!

 

[sr edler]

Anders Bjork sounds Icelandic but is actually from Wisconsin

Björk's a Swedish surname not Icelandic, it's only Icelandic as a given female name. Anders is also a Swedish name, but Anders Bjork the American hockey player is really named Anderson Bjork.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

Roslodick

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Martinook I was never sure of, sounds Czech to me.

 

[Aurinko]

I'm pretty sure every finnish hockey fan has been scratching their head while googling Matt Niskanen and Jake Virtanen.

 

[maroon 6]

Victor Oreskovich

 

[Dr Aidonis Bison]

Charlie Lindgren.

On the flip side, I always thought Erik Haula was North American.