List of ice hockey nicknames

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 nickames.

Player	Nickname	Note
Norm Armstrong	Red	^[1]
Larry Aurie	Little Dempsey	^[1]
Irving Bailey	Ace	^[1]
Bill Barilko	Bashin' Bill	^[1]
Max Bentley	Dipsy-Doodle-Dandy	^[1]
Hector Blake	Toe	^[1]
Emile Bouchard	Butch	^[1]
Georges Boucher	Buck	^[1]
Harold Broadbent	Punch	^[1]
Adam Brown	The Flying Scotsman	^[1]
Erwin Chamberlain	Murph, Old Hardrock	^[1]
Don Cherry	Grapes	^[1]
Francis Clancy	King	^[1]
Victor Clapper	Dit	^[1]
James Cleghorn	Odie	^[1]
Charlie Conacher	The Big Bomber	^[1]
Lionel Conacher	The Big Train	^[1]
Frederick Cook	Bun	^[1]
Carson Cooper	Shovel-Shot	^[1]
Harold Cotton	Baldy	^[1]
Clarence Day	Hap	^[1]
Ed Dorohoy	The Great Gabbo	^[1]
Mervyn Dutton	Red	^[1]
Cecil Dye	Babe	^[1]
Leighton Emms	Hap	^[1]
Bill Ezinicki	Wild Bill	^[1]
Frank Finnigan	The Shawville Express	^[1]
Lou Fontinato	Leaping Louie	^[1]
Peter Forsberg	Foppa	^[2]
Jimmy Fowler	The Blonde Bouncer	^[1]
Norman Gainor	Dutch	^[1]
Armand Guidolin	Bep	^[1]
Joe Hall	Bad Joe	^[1]
Mel Hill	Sudden Death	^[1]
Wilbert Hiller	Dutch	^[1]
William Hollett	Flash	^[1]
George Horner	Red	^[1]
Harvey Jackson	Busher	^[1]
Ivan Johnson	Ching	^[1]
Aurel Joliat	Little Giant	^[1]
Bill Juzda	The Honest Brakeman	^[1]
Ivan Johnson	Ching	^[1]
Rudolph Kampman	Bingo	^[1]
Gordon Keats	Duke	^[1]
Leonard Kelly	Red	^[1]
Ted Kennedy	Teeder	^[1]
Joe Klukay	The Duke of Padocah	^[1]
Leo Labine	The Lion	^[1]
Eduoard Lalonde	Newsy	^[1]
Ted Lindsay	Terrible Ted	^[1]
Harold March	Mush	^[1]
Wilfred McDonald	Bucko	^[1]
Howie Morenz	The Stratford Streak, The Mitchell Meteor	^[1]
Frank Nighbor	The Pembroke Peach	^[1]
Lawrence Northcott	Baldy	^[1]
Herbert O'Connor	Buddy	^[1]
John O'Flaherty	Peanuts	^[1]
Walter Pratt	Babe	^[1]
Cliff Purpur	Fido	^[1]
Earl Reibel	Dutch	^[1]
Maurice Richard	The Rocket	^[1]
Joe Sakic	Burnaby Joe, Super Joe, Mr Clutch	^[3]^[4]
David Schriner	Sweeney	^[1]
Eddie Shore	The Edmonton Express	^[1]
Albert Siebert	Babe	^[1]
Reginald Smith	Hooley	^[1]
Wally Stanowski	The Whirling Dervish	^[1]
Jack Stewart	Black Jack	^[1]
Nels Stewart	Old Poison	^[1]
George Sullivan	Red	^[1]
Billy James Taylor	Billy the Kid	^[1]
Ralph Weiland	Cooney	^[1]
Marvin Wentworth	Cyclone	^[1]
Doug Young	The Gleichen Cowboy	^[1]

Teams

Team	Nickname	Note
Carolina Hurricanes	Canes	^[5]
Colorado Avalanche	Avs	^[6]
Montreal Canadiens	Habs Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge (The Blue-White-Red) Flying Frenchmen	^[7]^{[citation needed]}^[8]
New York Rangers	Blueshirts	^[9]
Tampa Bay Lightning	Bolts	^[10]
Washington Capitals	Caps	^[11]

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.

"Beaners","B's or Broons" - Boston Bruins
"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
"Cats" - Florida Panthers: the Panther is a cat
"Ducks" – Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, now known as the Anaheim Ducks
"Les Glorieux" (French, "The Glorious Ones") – Montreal Canadiens
"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

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 Dome" – Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta; home of the Calgary Flames; a play on the name "Saddledome"
"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
"Hockeytown" – Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan; home of the Detroit Red Wings
"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.
"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 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" - 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 at San Jose, 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

"MSG" – Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York; home of the New York Rangers

Notes and references

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^ Dater, Adrian (2007-02-21). "Tread daintily at trade deadline". Denver Post. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
^ Roarke, Shawn P. (2006-04-19). "2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs - (2) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche". NHL. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
^ Associated Press (2007-09-07). "Canes hire Barrasso to develop goalies". Sporting News. Retrieved 2007-09-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Canadian Press (2007-07-02). "Sakic call helped Avs land Smyth". TSN. Retrieved 2007-09-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ TSN.ca Staff (2007-09-04). "Habs stay the course with new jerseys". TSN. Retrieved 2007-09-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Pollock, Canadiens' dynasty builder, dead at 81". Fisher, Red. 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-09-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Everson, Mark (2007-08-15). "Peca nears deal with Blueshirts". New York Post. Retrieved 2007-09-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Erlendsson, Erik (2007-09-07). "Bolts Assistant GM 'Excited' Checking Out Top Prospects". The Tampa Tribune. Retrieved 2007-09-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ El-Bashir, Tarik (2007-08-31). "Caps, Bonneville Agree On Two-Year Radio Deal". Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-09-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

Players

Teams

Arenas

Notes and references

See also