Thursday, March 1, 2007

Best Hockey Names

Even a slow hockey game can be enjoyable when the players have cool names. Here are my sixteen favorites. Why sixteen? Because cutting them down is hard work, it's late, and I want to go to bed. Enjoy... boo-DYE!

16. Bates Battaglia
15. Peter Bondra (Bondra... Peter Bondra)
14. Zdenek Blatny
13. Peter Budaj (BOO-dye!)
12. Zdeno Chara
11. Antero Niittymaki
10. Yutaka Fukufuji (FOOKU-fuji - yep, there's Japanese hockey players)
9. Jaroslav Spacek (yaro-slav SPAH-check)
8. Sandis Ozolinsh
7. Olli Jokinen (ollie YOKE-an-in)
6. Radek Dvorak (Ra-deck de-VOR-ack)
5. Zigmund (Ziggy) Palffy
4. Dion Phaneuf
3. Tuomo Ruutu (two-OH-mo ROO-too)
2. Teemu Selanne (TEE-mu sel-anny)
1. Saku Koivu (sa-KOO KOI-vu)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Teemu Anderson? I could live with Ziggy