List of hockey nicknames

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

Contents 1 Players 1.1 # 1.2 A 1.3 B 1.4 C 1.5 D 1.6 E 1.7 F 1.8 G 1.9 H 1.10 I 1.11 J 1.12 K 1.13 L 1.14 M 1.15 N 1.16 O 1.17 P 1.18 Q 1.19 R 1.20 S 1.21 T 1.22 U 1.23 V 1.24 W 1.25 X 1.26 Y 1.27 Z 2 Teams 3 Arenas 4 Lines 5 See also

[edit] Players

The following are hockey players (listed by nickname) and their nationality.

[edit] #

• "16A" – Ken Linseman, Canadian
• "3-D" – Al Arbour, Canadian

[edit] A

• "A Train"-Anton Volchenkov, Russian
• "Ab" – Albert Demarco, Canadian
• "Abby" – David Aebischer, Swiss
• "Ace" –
  • Irvine Bailey, Canadian
  • Garnet Bailey, Canadian
• "Aebi" - David Aebischer, Swiss
• "AK 27" - Alexei Kovalev, Russian
• "Albanian Assassin, The" – Tie Domi, Canadian
• "Alexander the Eight" - Alexander Ovechkin, Russian (after his uniform number with the Washington Capitals)
• "Alexander the Great" -
  • Alexander Ovechkin, Russian
  • Alexander Mogilny, Russian
• "Alfie"- Daniel Alfredsson, Sweden
• "Alley Cat" – Al Iafrate, American
• "Ally" – Al Rollins, Canadian
• "AlMo" – Alexander Mogilny, Russian
• "Andy" –
  • Glenn Anderson, Canadian
  • John Anderson, Canadian
  • Lloyd Andrews, Canadian
• "Animal, The" – Frank Bialowas, Canadian
• "Ants" – Don Ashby, Canadian
• "Apple Cheeks" – Harry Lumley, Canadian
• "Army" – George Armstrong, Canadian
• "Artful Dodger - Roger Crozier, Canadian
• "Ash" – Don Ashby, Canadian
• "AU31" – Darren Puppa, Canadian
• "Auggy"- Andrew Augaitis, American
• "Auldy" – Alex Auld, Canadian
• "Axe" – Gary Smith, Canadian

[edit] B

• "Babe" –
  • Cecil Dye, Canadian
  • Walter Pratt, Canadian
  • Albert Siebert, Canadian
• "Baby Bull" – Rob Ramage, Canadian
• "Baby Huey" – Brad Marsh, Canadian
• "Bad" - Joe Hall, Canadian
• "Bad Brad" – Brad Maxwell, Canadian
• "Bad News" - Gilles Bilodeau, Canadian
• "Badger" – Bob Johnson, American
• "Baldy" – Harold Cotton, Canadian
• "Bam-Bam" – Alain Belanger, Canadian
• "Bantam Bouncer, The " – Pierre Pilote, Canadian
• "Barney" – Russell Stanley, Canadian
• "Bash" – Pat Boutette, Canadian
• "Bashin'" –
  • Bob Bailey, Canadian
  • Bill Barilko, Canadian
• "Batman" - Jim Lorentz, Canadian
• "Battlin'" – Billy Smith, Canadian
• "Baz" – Aldege Bastien, Canadian
• "Beaker" – Gary Nylund, Canadian
• "Bear, The " –
  • Al Smith, Canadian
  • Drake Berehowsky, Canadian
• "Beast, The" –
  • Ken Belanger, Canadian
  • Allan Bester, Canadian
  • Bill Juzda, Canadian
• "Beaver" – Serge Boisvert, Canadian
• "Beetle-Brow" – Lorne Chabot, Canadian
• "Benji" – Jim Benning, Canadian
• "Benny" –
  • Benoit Hogue, Canadian
  • Bernie Parent, Canadian
• "Bert" - Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian
• "Biff" – Frank Dunlap, Canadian
• "Big Al" – Al Secord, Canadian
• "Big Bert"- Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian
• "Big Bird" – Larry Robinson, Canadian
• "Big Blue Bomber" – Charlie Conacher, Canadian
• "Big Daddy" – Bob McGill, Canadian
• "Big 'E', The" – Eric Lindros, Canadian
• "Big Hawk" – Larry Cahan, Canadian
• "Big Indian" – Chris Evans, Canadian
• "Big Jack" – Jack Valiquette, Canadian
• "Big Kurt" – Orland Kurtenbach, Canadian
• "Big M" – Frank Mahovlich, Canadian
• "Big Mac" – Lanny McDonald, Canadian
• "Big Ou" - Willie Gillis, Canadian
• "Big Pussycat, The " – Walter Pratt, Canadian
• "Big Sam" – Allan Stanley, Canadian
• "Big Swede" - Mats Sundin, Sweden
• "Big Z" - Zdeno Chara, Slovakia
• "Bill" –
  • William Johnson, Canadian
  • Hubert George Quackenbush, Canadian
• "Bill Pickle" - Willie Mitchell. Canadian
• "Billy" –
  • Hamilton Livingstone Gilmour, Canadian
  • Paul Knox, Canadian
• "Billy D." – Bill Derlago, Canadian
• "Bingo" – Rudolph Kampman, Canadian
• "Bird, The " – Gord McRae, Canadian
• "BJ" – Borje Salming, Swedish
• "Black Jack" – John Sherratt Stewart, Canadian
• "Blazer" – Mike Blasidell, Canadian
• "Block" – Trevor Johansen, Canadian
• "Blonde Bouncer, The " – Jimmy Fowler, Canadian
• "Blunt" – Brian Glennie, Canadian
• "BMo" - Brendan Morrison, Canadian
• "Bobby Hawk" – Ian Turnbull, Canadian
• "Bobby Lu" - Roberto Luongo. Canadian
• "Bobo" – Don Beaupre, Canadian
• "Bomber, The " –
  • Ken Baumgartner, Canadian
  • Charlie Conacher, Canadian
  • Lloyd Gross, Canadian
• "Bone Rack" – Dave Burrows, Canadian
• "Bones" – Bronco Horvath, Canadian
• "Bonzai" - Peter Bondra, Ukrainian/Slovakian
• "Boogie" – Bill Burega, Canadian
• "Boom Boom" - Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian
• "Boomer" –
  • Bob Baun, Canadian
  • Wendel Clark, Canadian
• "Booter" – Pat Boutette, Canadian
• "Boss,The" – Orland Kurtenbach, Canadian
• "Bouse" – John Bower Hutton, Canadian
• "Box Car" –
  • Ed Hospodar, Canadian
  • Gaye Stewart, Canadian
• "Brick" – Andy Brickley, U.S.
• "Broadway" – Roger Jenkins, Canadian
• "Broomstick" – Fred Boimstruck, Canadian
• "Brownie" –
  • Arnie Brown, Canadian
  • Jeff Brown, Canadian
• "Bru" – Jeff Brubaker, Canadian
• "Bubba" –
  • Barry Beck, Canadian
  • Andrew Berenzweig, U.S.
• "Bubs" – George Parsons, Canadian
• "Buck" –
  • George Boucher, Canadian
  • Alvin Jones, Canadian
• "Bucko" – Wilfred McDonald, Canadian
  • Berkeley Buchko, Canadian
• "Bud" –
  • Jim Jarvis, Canadian
  • Stanley Kemp, Canadian
  • Norman Poile, Canadian
  • Gilles Thibaudeau, Canadian
• "Buddy" – Herbert William O'Connor, Canadian
• "Bugsy" – Jerry Butler, Canadian
• "Bulin Wall" - Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian
• "Bull" – Ian Turnbull, Canadian
• "Bullet, The" – Mike Bullard, Canadian
• "Bullet Joe" – Harold Joseph Simpson, Canadian
• "Bun" – Frederick Joseph Cook, Canadian
• "Bundy" –
  • Warren Rychel, Canadian
  • Chris Therien, Canadian
• "Bunny" –
  • John Francis Ahearne, Canadian
  • Michel Larocque, Canadian
• "Burnaby Joe" – Joe Sakic, Canadian
• "Busher" – Harvey Jackson, Canadian
• "Butch" –
  • Al Arbour, Canadian
  • Amos Arbour, Canadian
  • Garth Butcher, Canadian
  • Mel Keeling, Canadian
• "Butts" – Jerry Butler, Canadian
• "Buzz" – Frank Boll, Canadian
• "Buzzy" - Ron Busniuk, Canadian

[edit] C

• "Cagie" – Ken Doraty, Canadian
• "Cammie" – Harry Cameron, Canadian
• "Cannonball" – George Parsons, Canadian
• "Captain, The" – Steve Yzerman, Canadian
• "Captain Canada" – Ryan Smyth, Canadian
• "Captain Canuck" - Trevor Linden, Canadian
• "Captain K" - Saku Koivu, Finnish
• "Captain Kirk" –
  • Kirk Muller, Canadian
  • Kirk McLean, Canadian
• "Carrott" – Blake Wesley, Canadian
• "Cartman" - Pasi Nurminen, Finnish
• "Casseau" - Patrick Roy, Canadian
• "Cat, The" –
  • Felix Potvin, Canadian
  • Emile Francis, Canadian
  • Curtis Joseph, Canadian
• "Cement" – Dave Semenko, Canadian
• "Cementhead" – Dave Semenko, Canadian
• "Chabotsky" – Lorne Chabot, Canadian
• "Chad" – Ed Chadwick, Canadian
• "Chaser" – Kelly Chase, Canadian
• "Cheechoo Train" - Jonathan Cheechoo, Canadian
• "Cheesey" – Gerry Cheevers, Canadian
• "Chewey" - Robert Parsons, Canadian
• "Chicoutimi Cucumber, The" – Georges Vezina, Canadian
• "Chico" - Robert Esche, American
• "Chicky" – Rob Loov, Canadian
• "Chief" –
  • Craig Berube, Canadian
  • Chris Simon, Canadian
  • Dale McCourt, Canadian
  • George Armstrong, Canadian
  • George Ferguson, Canadian
  • Johnny Bucyk, Canadian
• "Chief Shoot-the-Puck" – George Armstrong, Canadian
• "China Clipper, The" – Norman Kwong, Canadian
• "China Wall, The" – Johnny Bower, Canadian
• "Ching" – Ivan Johnson, Canadian
• "Chocolate Buzzsaw, The" - Jarome Iginla, Canadian
• "Chopper" - Al MacInnis, Canadian
• "Chuck" – Claude Earl Rayner, Canadian
• "Chuckie" – Dave Andreychuk, Canadian
• "Ciggy" – Eddie Johnston, Canadian
• "Claude Printemps" (French for "Springtime Claude") – Claude Lemieux, Canadian
• "Cleaver" - Don Lever, Canadian
• "Cloud Nine" – Curtis Joseph, Canadian
• "Clouts" - Dan Cloutier, Canadian
• "Clown Prince of Hockey" – Eddie Shack, Canadian
• "Coco" – Grant Fuhr, Canadian
• "Colinator, The" - Colin Manuszewski, American
• "Colonel, The" – Brian Curran, Canadian
• "Coma" – Fredrik Modin, Swedish
• "Con" – Bert Corbeau, Canadian
• "Connor" – Brandon Convery, Canadian
• "Cooker" – Matt Cooke, Canadian
• "Cookie" – Matt Cooke, Canadian
• "Cooner" – Jamie Macoun, Canadian
• "Cooney"– Ralph Weiland, Canadian
• "Coop" – Brad Cooper, Canadian
• "Corneilus" – Lyle Odelein, Canadian
• "Cornflakes" – Leonard Kelly, Canadian
• "Couz" – Marcel Cousineau, Canadian
• "Cowan the Brabarian" - Jeff Cowan, Canadian
• "Cowboy" –
  • Bill Flett, Canadian
  • Bill Kendall, Canadian
  • Eric Pettinger, Canadian
• "Craiger" – Mike Craig, Canadian
• "Cristo-wall" - Cristobal Huet , France
• "Cronin The Barbarian" - Shawn Cronin, American
• "Crow" – Marc Crawford, Canadian
• "Crow, The" – Joe Crozier, Canadian
• "Cruiser" – Mike Krushelnyski, Canadian
• "CuJo" "The Cat" – Curtis Joseph, Canadian
• "Cully" – Carol Wilson, Canadian
• "Curly" – Errol Thompson, Canadian
• "Cyclone" – Frederick Taylor, Canadian

[edit] D

• "Dad" –
  • Gerry Ehman, Canadian
  • Gerry Meehan, Canadian
• "Dangerous Danny" – Dan Daoust, Canadian
• "Dank" - Daniel Sedin, Swedish
• "Dantz" - Mike Danton, Canadian
• "Darryl" - Sidney Crosby, Canadian
• "Dart" – Don Edwards, Canadian
• "Dashin' Danny" – Danny Lewicki, Canadian
• "Digger" – Dale Degray, Canadian
• "Digging Dicker" – Dickie Moore, Canadian
• "Ding" – Johnny Ingoldsby, Canadian
• "Dippy" – Don Simmons, Canadian
• "Dipsy Doodle Dandy from Delisle" – Max Bentley, Canadian
• "Dit" – Aubrey Clapper, Canadian
• "Dizzy" – Ken Belanger, Canadian
• "Doc" –
  • Bill Carson, Canadian
  • Elwyn Romnes, Canadian
  • Eric Prentice, Canadian
• "Doctor" – Rod Smylie, Canadian
• "Dog" – Ron Wilson, Canadian
• "Dominator" – Dominik Hašek, Czech
• "Donnie Bo" – Don Beaupre, Canadian
• "Doo" – Dan Daoust, Canadian
• "Door, The" - Jose Theodore, Canadian
• "Driftwood" – Daniel Lower, Canadian
• "Dubbie" – Russell Bowie, Canadian
• "Ducky" – Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian
• "Duds" - Rick Dudley, Canadian
• "Duffy" – Dick Duff, Canadian
• "Duke" –
  • Garry Edmundson, Canadian
  • George Harris, Canadian
  • Gordon Blanchard Keats, Canadian
  • Chris Speyer, Canadian
• "Duke of Paducah, The" – Joe Klukay, Canadian
• "Dumb-Dumb" – Bill Barilko, Canadian
• "Dumbo" – Don Simmons, Canadian
• "Dunc" – Art Duncan, Canadian
• "Dusty" –
  • George Blair, Canadian
  • Damian Rhodes, American
  • Alf Skinner, Canadian
  • Frank Nighbor, Canadian
  • Jim Cain, Canadian

[edit] E

• "E.J." – Eddie Johnston, Canadian
• "Easty" – Mike Eastwood, Canadian
• "Easy Ed" – Ed Chadwick, Canadian
• "Eddie O" – Ed Olczyk, Canadian
• "Eddie the Eagle" – Ed Belfour, Canadian
• "Elbows" – Eric Nesterenko, Canadian
• "Eliminator, The" - Martin Gelinas, Canadian
• "Elvis" – Wayne Presley, American
• "Embalmer, The" - Alf Pike, Canadian
• "Entertainer, The" – Eddie Shack, Canadian
• "Ernie" – Allan Bester, Canadian
• "Ezzie" – Bill Ezinicki, Canadian

[edit] F

• "Fast Eddie" – Eddie Shack, Canadian
• "Fat Albert" – Al Smith, Canadian
• "Fatman" – Walter Broda, Canadian
• "Favy" – Doug Favell, Canadian
• "Fearless Frank" – Frank Finnigan, Canadian
• "Fehrer, Der" - Eric Fehr, Canadian
• "Fergie" – Tom Fergus, Canadian
• "Fern" – Ferdinand Flaman, Canadian
• "Felix the Cat - Felix Potvin, Canadian
• "Finger" – Cal Gardner, Canadian
• "The Finnish Flash" - Teemu Selänne, Finnish
• "The Finnish MacInnis" - Sami Salo, Finnish
• "Finny" – Frank Finnigan, Canadian
• "Fireman, The" – Bill Juzda, Canadian
• "Flame" – Fleming MacKell, Canadian
• "Flapper" – Gerry O' Flaherty, Canadian
• "Flash" –
  • Corb Denneny, Canadian
  • Frank Hollett, Canadian
• "Fleeting Frenchman, The" – Pete Bellefeuille, Canadian
• "Flipper" – Jim Dorey, Canadian
• "Flower" - Marc-Andre Fleury, Canadian
• "Flying Dutchman, The" – Frank Nighbor, Canadian
• "Foppa" – Peter Forsberg, Swedish
• "Frank" - Eric Desjardins, Canadian
• "French Pete" – Pete Bellefeuille, Canadian
• "The Fridge" - Todd Fedoruk, Canadian
• "Frodo" - Kyle Wellwood, Canadian
• "Fuhrsie" – Grant Fuhr, Canadian

[edit] G

• "Gabby" –
  • Marian Gaborik, Slovak
  • Bruce Boudreau, Canadian
• "Garts" – Mike Gartner, Canadian
• "Gary" – Ranleigh Collins, Canadian
• "Gator" - Jason Smith, Canadian
• "Gaye One, The" – Gaye Stewart, Canadian
• "Geico"- Mike Zigomanis, Canadian
• "Geno" - Evgeni Malkin, Russian
• "Gentleman, The" – Joe Primeau, Canadian
• "George" – Jiri Crha, Canadian
• "Gerry" – Edwin James, Canadian
• "Giller" – Todd Gill, Canadian
• "Gillzy" – Todd Gill, Canadian
• "Ginger" –
  • Billy Stuart, Canadian
  • Cal Gardner, Canadian
  • Joe Thornton, Canadian
• "Godzilla" – Olaf Kolzig, German
• "Gold Dust Twins, The" – Jimmy Thomson with Gus Mortson, Canadians
• "Golden Boy Mark I" – Bob Goldham, Canadian
• "Golden Boy Mark II" – Ray Timgren, Canadian
• "Golden Brett, The" – Brett Hull, U.S.
• "Golden Jet, The" – Bobby Hull, Canadian
• "Goldie" – George Prodgers, Canadian
• "Good One, The" - Keith Gretzky, Canadian
• "Goose" – John McCormack, Canadian
• "Grapes" – Don Cherry, Canadian (also coach and commentator)
• "Grate One, The" – Esa Tikkanen, Finnish
• "Gray Fox" – Phil Maloney, Canadian
• "Great One, The" – Wayne Gretzky, Canadian
• "Gremlin" - Bekkie Roughton, English
• "Grim Reaper, The" - Stu Grimson, Canadian
• "Grinder" - Darren McCarty, Canadian
• "Gris" – John Grisdale, Canadian
• "Gump" –
  • Lorne John Worsley, Canadian
  • Rick Wamsley, Canadian
• "Gypsy Joe" – Andre Hinse, Canadian

[edit] H

• "Hail Cesare" – Cesare Maniago, Canadian
• "Halpy" - Jeff Halpern, American
• "Hamhouse" - Dan Hamhuis, Canadian
• "Hammer" – Dave Schultz,
• "Handy Andy" –
  • Andy Bathgate, Canadian
  • Nick Metz, Canadian
• "Hank" – Larry Cahan, Canadian
  • Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish
  • Henrik Sedin, Swedish
• "Hanner" – Dave Hannan, Canadian
• "Hap" – Herb Hamel, Canadian
• "Hap" or "Happy" –
  • Clarence Day, Canadian
  • Harry Holmes, Canadian
• "Harry" or "Harry-O" – Bill Harris (1981 – 1984), Canadian
• "Hat, The" –
  • Max Bentley, Canadian
  • Wally Stanowski, Canadian
• "Hawk" – Bob Halkidis, Canadian
• "Hawk, The" – Larry Carriere, Canadian
• "Heals" – Glenn Healy, Canadian
• "Heater" - Dany Heatley, Canadian
• "Hector" – Jack Valiquette, Canadian
• "Herbie" – Joel Quenneville, Canadian
• "Hewey" – Jamie Heward, Canadian
• "Hinky" – Billy Harris (1955 – 1965), Canadian
• "Hitch" – Pat Hickey, Canadian
• "Hobie" – Bill Kitchen, Canadian
• "Hod" – William H. Stuart, Canadian
• "Hogie" – Jonas Hoglund, Canadian
• "Holes" – Howie Lockhart, Canadian
• "Homer" – Tomas Holmström, Swedish
• "Honest Brakeman, The" –
  • Bill Juzda, Canadian
  • Walter Pratt, Canadian
• "Honken" – Johan Holmqvist, Swedish
• "Hooley" – Reginald Smith, Canadian
• "Hopalong" –
  • Gord Hannigan, Canadian
  • Pat Hannigan, Canadian
• "House" – Jim Sandlak, Canadian
• "Howie" – Jim McKenny, Canadian
• "Howl" – Harold Darragh, Canadian
• "The Hound" - Bob Kelly, Canadian
• "Huddy" – Mike Hudson, Canadian
• "Hurricane Hec" – Hec Kilrea, Canadian
• "Hurricane Howie" – Howie Meeker, Canadian
• "Husky" – Bert Corbeau, Canadian

[edit] I

• "Iggy" –
  • Igor Korolev, Russian
  • Jarome Iginla, Canadian
• "Inger" – Peter Ing, Canadian
• "Innovator, The" – Jacques Plante, Canadian
• "Irish Enforcer, The" – Pat Quinn, Canadian
• "Iron Man" –
  • Garry Unger, Canadian
  • John Wilson, Canadian
• "Iron Mike" – Mike Palmateer, Canadian

[edit] J

• "JMFJ" - Jack Johnson, American
• "J.D." – Jerome Dupont, Canadian
• "J.P." – Jean-Paul Parise, Canadian
• "J.R." - Jeremy Roenick, American
• "Jacques" – Joseph Hughes Laperrière, Canadian
• "Jagrmeister" - Jaromir Jagr, Czech
• "Jags" - Jaromir Jagr, Czech
• "Jake the Snake" – Jacques Plante, Canadian
• "Jax" – Jeff Jackson, Canadian
• "Jean" – Joseph Gilbert Yvon Ratelle, Canadian
• "Jeems" – Jimmy Thomson, Canadian
• "Jeep" – Jean-Paul Parise, Canadian
• "Jerry" – Jerome Dupont, Canadian
• "Jess" – Jesse Spring, Canadian
• "Jessie" – Jeff Jackson, Canadian
• "Jet, The" – Eddie Joyal, Canadian
• "Jim" – John Mikol, Canadian
• "Jolly Jack" – Jack Adams, Canadian
• "Jonas the Bonus" - Jonas Johansson, Swedish
• "Jovo" – Ed Jovanovski, Canadian
• "Jovocop" – Ed Jovanovski, Canadian
• "Judge" – Frank Dunlap, Canadian
• "Jumbo Joe" – Joe Thornton, Canadian
• "Jumpin' Jackie" – Jake Forbes, Canadian

[edit] K

• "Kelly" – Joe Ironstone, Canadian
• "Kid, The" –
  • Billy Taylor, Canadian
  • Sidney Crosby, Canadian
• "Kicking Bird" - Martin Havlat, Czech
• "Killer" – Doug Gilmour, Canadian
• "King" –
  • Francis M. Clancy, Canadian
  • Borje Salming, Swedish
• "King Henrik" - Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish
• "King Kong" - Jerry Korab, Canadian
• "Kipper" - Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish
• "Kirt" – Mark Kirton, Canadian
• "Kiss" – Larry Keenan, Canadian
• "Kita" – Mike Pelyk, Canadian
• "Kitty" – Randy Carlyle, Canadian
• "Kluke" – Joe Klukay, Canadian
• "Knuckles" – Chris Nilan, U.S.
• "Koly" – Mark Kolesar, Canadian
• "Kovy" – Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian
• "Kotsy" – Chris Kotsopoulos, Canadian
• "Kruiser" – Mike Krushelnyski, Canadian
• "Krush" – Mike Krushelnyski, Canadian
• "Krusher" – Mike Krushelnyski, Canadian
• "Kyper" – Nick Kypreos, Canadian
• "K-Y" – Cody Green, Canadian

[edit] L

• "Lanzer" – Rick Lanz, Canadian
• "Lefty" –
  • Gordie Drillon, Canadian
  • Ross Wilson, Canadian
  • Wade Nicks, Canadian
• "Le Gros Gil" - Gilbert Perreault, Canadian
• "Liddy" – Bob Liddington, Canadian
• "Little Ball of Hate, The" – Pat Verbeek, Canadian
• "Little Joe" – Joe Primeau, Canadian
• "Little Napolean" – John Roach, Canadian
• "Little Simon" - Simon Nolet, Canadian
• "Litz" – Ed Litzenberger, Canadian
• "Low-Tide" – Ron Low, Canadian
• "Lucky" –
  • Harold Cotton, Canadian
  • Luc Robitaille, Canadian
• "Lucky Pierre" – Pierre Hamel, Canadian
• "Lupes" - Joffrey Lupul, Canadian

[edit] M

• "Mac" –
  • Bert McCaffrey, Canadian
  • Dave McLlwain, Canadian
  • Fleming MacKell, Canadian
  • John McIntyre, Canadian
  • Kevin McClelland, Canadian
  • Lanny McDonald, Canadian
• "Mad Mike" – Mike Pelyk, Canadian
• "Maggie" or "Maggsie" – Daryl Maggs, Canadian
• "Magic Man" - Kent Nilsson, Swedish
• "Magical Muscovite, The" - Sergei Samsonov, Russian
• "Magnetic Pole, The" – Pete Stemkowski, Canadian
• "Magnifique, Le" (French for "The Magnificent") – Mario Lemieux, Canadian
• "Magnum" – Peter Ing, Canadian
• "Mags" – Clayton Boyer, Canadian
• "Mandy" – Kent Manderville, Canadian
• "Mariano" – Marian Stastny, Canadian
• "Mario Jr." - Jaromir Jagr, Czech (used in Pittsburgh, "Mario Jr." is an anagram for "Jaromir")
• "Marty" – Matt Martin, Canadian
• "Mary-Kate & Ashley" - Daniel Sedin& Henrik Sedin, Swedish
• "Matty" - Mattias Ohlund, Swedish
• "Max" – Jim Harrison, Canadian
• "May Day" - Brad May, Canadian
• "McKetch" – Walt McKechnie, Canadian
• "Meek" – Harry Meeking, Canadian
• "Mickey" –
  • Frank Blake, Canadian
  • Fred J. Ion, Canadian
• "Mighty Quinn, The" – Pat Quinn, Canadian
• "Mike Mikita" – Mike Pelyk, Canadian
• "Mike" –
  • Ivan Mitchell, Canadian
  • Milan Marcetta, Canadian
• "Mike Small" – Michel Petit, Canadian
• "Mikey" – Ken Wreggett, Canadian
• "Milkman, The" – Claire Alexander, Canadian
• "Millie" – Milan Marcetta, Canadian
• "Million Dollar Mulatto" - [[[Jarome Iginla]], Canadian
• "Mine Boy" – Alex Levinsky, Canadian
• "Mirko" – Miroslav Frycer, Canadian
• "Miro" – Miroslav Ihnacak, Canadian
• "Mo" –
  • Mike Modano, American
  • Sergio Momesso, Canadian
  • Brendan Morrison, Canadian
• "Moe" –
  • Elwyn Morris, Canadian
  • Jim Morrison, Canadian
• "Mondo" – Garry Monahan, Canadian
• "Moose" –
  • Andre Dupont, Canadian
  • Frank Heffernan, Canadian
  • Johan Hedberg, Swedish
  • Mark Messier, Canadian
  • Frank Xavier Goheen, Canadian
  • Ernest Johnson, Canadian
  • Harry Watson, Canadian
  • Zane Grimshaw, Norfolk
• "Morley" – Larry Hillman, Canadian
• "Motor City Smitty" – Brad Smith, Canadian
• "Mouse, The" – Guy Trottier, Canadian
• "Mr. Hockey" – Gordie Howe, Canadian
• "Mr. Zero" – Frank Brimsek, U.S.
• "Muff" –
  • Lyle Moffat, Canadian
  • Sid Smith, Canadian
• "Mulzy" – Kirk Muller, Canadian
• "Mum" – Harry Mummery, Canadian
• "Murphs" – Larry Murphy, Canadian
• "Muzz" –
  • Murray Oliver, Canadian
  • Glen Murray (hockey player), Canadian

[edit] N

• "Nazzy" - Markus Näslund, Sweden
• "Needle, The" – Gil Mayer, Canadian
• "Nester" – Eric Nesterenko, Canadian
• "Nevvy" – Bob Nevin, Canadian
• "Newsy" – Edouard Lalonde, Canadian
• "Next One, The" –
  • Eric Lindros, Canadian
  • Sidney Crosby, Canadian
• "Nick the Stick" – Nikolai Borschevsky, Canadian
• "Nifty" – Rick Middleton, Canadian
• "Noisy" – Norm Ullman, Canadian
• "Noodles" - Jamie McLennan, Canadian
• "Nugget, The" – Gus Mortson, Canadian

[edit] O

• "Octopus" – Ken Dryden, Canadian
• "Odd" – William Johnson, Canadian
• "Old Bullwarks" – Lorne Chabot, Canadian
• "Old Hardrock" –
  • Murph Chamberlain, Canadian
  • Gus Mortson, Canadian
• "Old Poison" – Nelson Stewart, Canadian
• "Old Slippery" – Walter Broda, Canadian
• "Ollie the Goalie" - Olaf Kolzig, German
• "One Leg" - Oleg Saprykin, Russian
• "OV-1" - Alexander Ovechkin, Russian
• "Ovenchicken"-Alexander Ovechkin, Russian
• "Ovie" - Ovechkin
• "Ozo" - Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian
• "Ozzie" – Mark Osborne, Canadian

[edit] P

• "Paddy" – George Patterson, Canadian
• "Pal Hal" – Harold Ballard, Canadian
• ";Paladin" – Bruce Gamble, Canadian
• "Palmy" – Mike Palmateer, Canadian
• "Panda" – Brit Selby, Canadian
• "Panger" – Darren Pang, Canadian
• "Pappy" – Jim Pappin, Canadian
• "Peanut Butter Boy, The" – Jeff Reese, Canadian
• "Peanuts" – Alex Gray, Canadian
• "Pear Juice" – Pär Djoos, Swedish
• "Pearly" – Cal Gardner, Canadian
• "Pearse" – Scott Pearson, Canadian
• "Peg" – Sprague Cleghorn, Canadian
• "Pembroke Peach, The" – Frank Nighbor, Canadian
• "Pembroke Pippin, The" – Frank Nighbor, Canadian
• "Pep" – Regis Kelly, Canadian
• "Peroxide Kid, The" – Damian Rhodes, Canadian
• "Pete" –
  • Charles Conacher, Canadian
  • Pierre Jarry, Canadian
  • Pierre Pilote, Canadian
• "Penis the Small" - Eric Nicholson, Canadian
• "Peter the Great" – Peter Forsberg, Swedish
• "Phat" – Gordon Allan Wilson, Canadian
• "Phantom" - Joe Malone, Canadian
• "Pig Iron" – Bert Corbeau, Canadian
• "Piment" (French, "Pepper") – Wilf Paiement, Canadian
• "Pistol" - Pete Muldoon', Canadian
• "PJ" – Pat Hickey, Canadian
• "Pocket Rocket, The" – Henri Richard, Canadian
• "Poison" – Larry Cahan, Canadian
• "Polish Hammer" - Krzysztof Oliwa, Polish
• "Polish Prince" – Pete Stemkowski, Canadian
• "Pommers"-Jason Pominville,Canadian
• "Poodle" – Darren Puppa, Canadian
• "Poops" – Darren Puppa, Canadian
• "Popcorn Kid, The" – Mike Palmateer, Canadian
• "Port Perry Woodpecker, The" – John Roach, Canadian
• "Port" – Mickey Roach, Canadian
• "Pottsy" – Alexander Karpovtsev, Canadian
• "Prince" – Terry Clancy, Canadian
• "Professor, The" – Igor Larionov, Russian
• "Psycho" - Gilles Gratton, Canadian
• "Puff Nuts" – Jaromir Jagr, Czech
• "Pully" – Bob Pulford, Canadian
• "Punch" -
  • Harry L. Broadbent, Canadian
  • George Imlach, Canadian and coach
• "Puppa Scoopa" – Darren Puppa, Canadian
• "Puppy" – Darren Puppa, Canadian

[edit] Q

• "Q-Man" – Joel Quenneville, Canadian

[edit] R

• "Radar" – Al Arbour, Canadian
• "Rags" – Brad Selwood, Canadian
• "Rammer" –
  • Ramzi Abid, Canadian
  • Rob Ramage, Canadian
  • Craig Ramsay, Canadian
• "Rat" – Harry Westwick, Canadian
• "Rat, The " – Ken Linseman, Canadian
• "Razor" –
  • Ray Emery, Canadian
  • Andrew Raycroft, Canadian
  • Rob Ray, Canadian
• "Rebel, The " – Dunc Wilson, Canadian
• "Red Dog" – Mike Allison, Canadian
• "Red Light" – André Racicot, Canadian
• "Red" –
  • Mike Allison, Canadian
  • Norman Armstrong, Canadian
  • Gordon Berenson, Canadian
  • Al Carr, Canadian
  • Cal Gardner, Canadian
  • Bob Heron, Canadian
  • George Reginald Horner, Canadian
  • Leonard Patrick Kelly, Canadian
  • Allan Stanley, Canadian
  • Roy Alvin Storey, Canadian
  • Billy Stuart, Canadian
  • Blake Wesley, Canadian
• "Reds" - Wade Redden, Canadian
• "Reeser" – Jeff Reese, Canadian
• "Reggie" – Darryl Evans, Canadian
• "Ricer" - Karel Pilar, Czech Republic
• "Rico" –
  • Rick Lanz, Canadian
  • Eric Desjardins, Canadian
  • Rick Martin, Canadian
• "Roach" – Jim Rutherford, Canadian
• "Roadrunner, The" – Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian
• "RoboCop" -
  • Alexander Ovechkin, Russian
  • Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish
• "Rockabye Ray" – Ray Gariepy, Canadian
• "Rocket, The" – Maurice Richard, Canadian
• "Rocky" – Al Secord, Canadian
• "Rocky" –
  • Paul Dipietro, Canadian
  • Ray Saganiuk, Canadian
• "Roli (the goalie)" – Dwayne Roloson, Canadian
• "Rooter" – Bill Root, Canadian
• "Rosie" –
  • Guy Larose, Canadian
  • Vladimir Ruzicka, Czech
• "Roy" – Dave Ellett, Canadian
• "Rugged" – Bob Davidson, Canadian
• "Russian Rifle, The" - Alexei Kovalev, Russian
• "Russian Rocket, The" – Pavel Bure, Russian
• "Rusty" – Russ Courtnall, Canadian
  • Samuel Russell Crawford, Canadian
  • Rostislav Klesla, Czech
  • Reg Reid, Canadian
• "Rut" – Jim Rutherford, Canadian
• "Ruuts" – Jarkko Ruutu, Finnish

[edit] S

• "Sad Eyes" – Lorne Chabot, Canadian
• "Sailor" – Jimmy Herberts, Canadian
• "Saint, The " – Rick St. Croix, Canadian
• "Saks" - Saku Koivu, Finn
• "Salty Alty" - Nathan Altman, American
• "Sam" – Allan Stanley, Canadian
• "Sammy" –
  • Dave Semenko, Canadian
  • Sergei Samsonov, Russian
• "Sandbox" - Stephane Yelle, Canadian
• "Sandman, The " – Ken Belanger, Canadian
• "Sarge" –
  • Walt Poddubny, Canadian
  • Sergei Nemchinov, Russian
• "Saw" – Terry Sawchuk, Canadian
• "Scotty" –
  • Allan M. Davidson, Canadian
  • Ian Morrison, Canadian
• "Seds" – Ron Sedlbauer, Canadian
• "Seldom" - Frank Beaton, Canadian (as in Frank 'Seldom' Beaton)
• "Shadow" –
  • Ed Westfall, Canadian
  • Esa Tikkanen, Finn
• "Shady 80" - Kevin Weekes, Canadian
• "Shaky" – Mike Walton, Canadian
• "Shampoo" - Espen Knutsen, Norwegian
• "Shanny" – Darryl Shannon, Canadian
• "Shawsy" - David Shaw, Canadian
• "Shawville Express, The " – Frank Finnigan, Canadian
• "Shelly" - Sheldon Souray, Canadian
• "Shep" – Sheppard Mayer, Canadian
• "Shooter" – Rod Schutt, Canadian
• "Shoney" - Jim Schoenfeld, Canadian
  • Brad Smyth, Canadian
• "Shorty" – George Horne, Canadian
  • Wilfred Green, Canadian
• "Shrimp" – Lloyd Andrews, Canadian
  • Roy Worters, Canadian
• "Si" – Chris Simon, Canadian
• "Sid the Kid" – Sidney Crosby, Canadian
• "Silent Assassin, The" - Cory Stillman, Canadian
• "Silent Danny" – Danny Cox, Canadian
• "Silent Sam" – Allan Stanley, Canadian
• "Silver Jet" – Dennis Hull, Canadian
• "Sisters, The" - Daniel & Henrik Sedin, Swedish
• "Sitt" – Darryl Sittler, Canadian
• "Ski's" – Al Iafrate, Canadian
• "Skitz" – Carl Brewer, Canadian
• "Skrlac Pit Monster, The" - Rob Skrlac, Canadian
• "Slats" – Glen Sather, Canadian
• "Slick Nick" – Nick Beverly, Canadian
• "Slim" – Harold Halderson, Canadian
• "Slinker" – Tod Sloan, Canadian
• "Slip" – Don McKenny, Canadian
• "Slippery Syl" – Syl Apps, Canadian
• "Sly" – Sylvain Lefebvre, Canadian
• "Smashin" – Phil Samis, Canadian
• "Smiley Bates" – Bruce Gamble, Canadian
• "Smiley" – Bruce Gamble', Canadian
  • Marc-Andre Fleury, Canadian
• "Smitty" –
  • Brad Smith, Canadian
  • Floyd Smith, Canadian
  • Ryan Smith, Canadian
• "Smoke" - Bryan Smolinski, American
• "Snake Hips" – Leo Boivin, Canadian
• "Snowshoes" – Allan Stanley, Canadian
• "Sod" – Rod Seiling, Canadian
• "Solly" – Bob Solinger, Canadian
• "Sonja" – Eric Nesterenko, Canadian
• "Sopes" - Brent Sopel. Canadian
• "Soupy" – Brian Campbell, Canadian
• "Special Ed" – Ed Jovanovski, Canadian
• "Special K" – Mike Krushelnyski, Canadian
• "Spezz" – Jason Spezza, Canadian
• "Spider" – Earl Balfour, Canadian
• "Spinner" – Brian Spencer, Canadian
• "Spud" –
  • Forbes Kennedy, Canadian
  • Errol Thompson, Canadian
• "Squid" – Rick Vaive, Canadian
• "St. Patrick" - Patrick Roy, Canadian
• "Stash" –
  • Ric Nattress, Canadian
  • Blaine Stoughton, Canadian
  • Stan Weir, Canadian
• "Steamer" – Fred G. Maxwell, Canadian
• "Stemmer" – Pete Stemkowski, Canadian
• "Stevie Y" – Steve Yzerman, Canadian
• "Stevie Wonder" - Steve Yzerman, Canadian
• "Stewie" – Ron Stewart, Canadian
• "Stick" – Nikolai Borschevsky, Canadian
• "Stinky Pete" - Peter McIntyre, Canadian
• "Strangler" – Garth Butcher, Canadian
• "Stretch" – Bob Nevin, Canadian
• "Strud" - Jason Strudwick, Canadian
• "Stumpy" –
  • Steve Thomas, Canadian
  • Randy Burridge, Canadian
• "Styles" - Jeremy Roenick, American
• "Sudden Death" – Mel Hill, Canadian
• "Sudden" – Mats Sundin, Swedish
• "Sugar" –
  • Dave Shand, Canadian
  • Aleksander Suglobov, Russian
• "Suitcase" – Gary Smith, Canadian
• "Sukey" – Fleming MacKell, Canadian
• "Sully" – Frank Sullivan, Canadian
• "Sunshine"- Mats Sundin, Swedish
• "Super Mario" – Mario Lemieux, Canadian
• "Super Joe" – Joe Sakic, Canadian
• "Superman" – Tim Horton, Canadian
• "Sutts" – Rich Sutter, Canadian
• "Swampy" – Glenn Brydson, Canadian
• "Sweeney" – David Schriner, Canadian
• "Swoop" – Wayne Carleton, Canadian

[edit] T

• "Taz" - Terry O'Reilly, Canadian
• "T-Bone" – Gilles Thibaudeau, Canadian
• "Ted" – Edward Hampson, Canadian
• "Teeder" – Ted Kennedy, Canadian
• "Terminator, The" – Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian
• "Terrible Ted" – Ted Lindsay, Canadian hockey
• "Tex" – Ted Kennedy, Canadian
• "The Answer" - Oleg Saprykin, Russian
• "The Great One"- Wayne Gretzky, Canadian
• "The Next One"- Sidney Crosby, Canadian
• "The Door"- Jose Theodore, Canadian
• "Thieving Giraffe" – Ken Dryden, Canadian
• "Thinker, The " – Ken Dryden, Canadian
• "Thorty" – Scott Thornton, Canadian
• "Thrill-Gill" – Todd Gill, Canadian
• "Thundermouth" - Joe Watson, Canadian
• "Tibo" - Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian
• "Tiger" – Dave Williams, Canadian
• "Tiki" – Esa Tikkanen, Finnish
• "Tim" – Miles Gilbert Horton, Canadian
• "Timber" – Tim Bernhardt, Canadian
• "Tiny" – Cecil R. Thompson, Canadian
• "Tinu" - Martin Gerber, Swiss
• "Tito Santana" - Tyson Nash, Canadian
• "Toe" – Hector Blake, Canadian
• "Tomato Face" – Glen Sather, Canadian
• "Toolman" - Tim Taylor, Canadian
• "Toots" – Albert Holway, Canadian
• "Torchy" – Cal Gardner, Canadian
• "Toy Terrier" – Rudy Migay, Canadian
• "Tree" – Dmitri Mironov, Canadian
• "Trees" – Mark LaForest, Canadian
• "Trev" - Trevor Linden, Canadian
• "Tricky Dick" – Dick Duff, Canadian
• "Trigger" – Tod Sloan, Canadian
• "Tugger" – Tie Domi, Canadian
• "Tubby" – Greg Terrion, Canadian
• "Turk" –
  • Walter Edward Broda, Canadian
  • Derek Sanderson, Canadian
• "Twiggy" - Jordan Botter, Canadian

[edit] U

• "Ukey" – Terry Sawchuk, Canadian
• "Ulcers" – Frank McCool, Canadian

[edit] V

• "Vesku" - Vesa Toskala, Finnish
• "Vin-Meister, The" – Vincent Damphousse, Canadian
• "Vlad The Impaler" – Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian
• "VR" - Mike Van Ryn, Canadian

[edit] W

• "Wake Up Walt" – Walt McKechnie, Canadian
• "Waldo" – Bob Neely, Canadian
• "Wally" – Mike Blasidell, Canadian
• "Walt" - Keith Tkachuk
• "Wammer" – Rick Wamsley, Canadian
• "Weasel" – Gary Yaremchuk, Canadian
• "Weed" – Mats Sundin, Canadian
• "Wheels" – Pat Hickey, Canadian
• "Whip" – Terry Clancy, Canadian
• "Whip, The " – Willie Marshall, Canadian
• "Whipper" – Harry Watson, Canadian
• "Whirling Dervish The " – Wally Stanowski, Canadian
• "Wild Bill" – Bill Ezinicki, Canadian
• "Wild Thing" – Al Iafrate, Canadian
• "Wildcat" – Dave Downie, Canadian
• "Windy" – Tom O' Neill, Canadian
• "Winnie The Pooh" – Darren Puppa, Canadian
• "Wizard, The" - Ray Whitney, Canadian
• "Wizard of Oz, The" - Chris Osgood, Canadian
• "Worm"
  • Allan Bester, Canadian
  • Ron Low, Canadian
• "Wreckin' Ball, The" - Mark Recchi, Canadian

[edit] X

[edit] Y

• "Yaker" – Terry Yake, Canadian
• "Yammer" – Ken Yaremchuk, Canadian
• "Yug" – Hugh Bolton, Canadian

[edit] Z

• "Zäta" - Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish
• "Zed"
  • Zdenek Nedved, Czech
  • Richard Zednik, Slovakian
• "Ziggy" - Zigmund Palffy, Slovakian
• "Zoo" – Ron Zanussi, Canadian
• "Zubie" - Sergei Zubov, Russian
• "Zuby" or "Zoob Toob" - Dainius Zubrus, Lithuanian

[edit] Teams

This is a list of nicknames of professional hockey teams. Most are merely abbreviations of the team's name; otherwise, the origin of the nickname (if known) is noted.

• "Avs" – Colorado Avalanche
• "Beaners","B's or Broons" - Boston Bruins
• "Billy's Boys" – Edmonton Oilers: after William "Wild Bill" Hunter, founder of the World Hockey Association and the team's predecessor, the Alberta Oilers
• "Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge" (French, "The Blue-White-Red") – Montreal Canadiens: after the team's colours
• "Blueshirts – New York Rangers: after their blue jerseys
• "Bolts" – Tampa Bay Lightning: play on "lightning"
• "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)
• "Buds" – Toronto Maple Leafs: probably based on the team's use of a leaf as a logo
• "'Canes" – Carolina Hurricanes
• "Caps" – Washington Capitals
• "Cats" - Florida Panthers: the Panther is a cat
• "Ducks" – Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, now known as the Anaheim Ducks
• "Flying Frenchmen" – Montreal Canadiens: the majority of players were French Canadian
• "Les Glorieux" (French, "The Glorious Ones") – Montreal Canadiens
• "Habs" – Montreal Canadiens: short for Habitant, a Québecois farmer
• "Hawks" – Chicago Blackhawks
• "Isles" – New York Islanders
• "Lanche" - Colorado Avalanche
• "Leafs" - Toronto Maple Leafs
• "Navy Blazers" - Columbus Blue Jackets
• "'Nucks" – Vancouver Canucks
• "Pens" – Pittsburgh Penguins
• "Preds" – Nashville Predators
• "Les Rouges" – Montreal Canadiens: after the red colour of their jerseys
• "Sens" – Ottawa Senators
• "Swords" - Buffalo Sabres: A nickname derived from their title, the "sabres", which is a sword
• "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)
• "Wings" – Detroit Red Wings
• "Yotes" - Phoenix Coyotes

[edit] 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 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
• "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
• "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
• "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 Marina" – HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York; home of the Buffalo Sabres; a portmanteau of "Marine Midland Arena", its former name
• "The Old Red Barn" – Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan; former (1927-1986) home of the Detroit Red Wings; from its appearance
• "The Phone Booth" - Verizon Center, Washington, DC; home of the Washington Capitals; from it being named after a phone company
• "The Pond" - 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
• "The Shark Tank" – HP Pavilion, San Jose, California; home of the San Jose Sharks; a reference to the team
• "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 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 intimidating 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

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See List of famous ice hockey linemates

[edit] See also

• Nickname
• List of athletes by nickname
• List of criminals by nickname
• List of monarchs by nickname
• List of nicknames of historical personages

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