Haboholic Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 my friends and I call BEGIN the Shark because he just honestly looks like one, especially with thos beautiful light blue eyes of his... and when he skates its always with his head down as if hes stalkin his prey. Downey = Downer (not in a mean way) everything else was already said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan88 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I find that alot of these players who are getting nicknames from us on the board also get called the same thing by their teammates. (when they are mic'd from the games) And a small reminder people, the reason that this forum was created was for *discussion*. Not for a bunch of idiots critisizing what each other say! I don't mind this thread at all because it makes for discussion. You don't have to reply if you don't want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs_in_the_blood Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 actually i think sheldon souray's nickname is obviesly ''shelly''....just to prove it when Spezza shouted is nickname souray just passed the puck behind him onto the stick of spezza into a empty goal...so i am pretty positive its shelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzer Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Wow... okay I'll pay more attention to what You write about Huzer... will use the stupidometer Sorry, I just think players should be called their names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLP Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I believe Begin and some other French Habs players call huet "the cousin" because he is French. Makes sense it would be a funny flip on the French (as in France) usage of 'cousin' to refer to Quebecois! I like "Pierogi" for Perezoghin, what a fit -- now why didn't we think of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaos Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 This thread is stupid. I'm sorry I read it. I agree, it is actually Sorry, I just think players should be called their names. And I agree witht his as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I made up (or atleast I thought I did) Perogy before the season but everyone started calling him Zhog so I joined the bandwagon. Sundstrom - Sunny or Sunny D Bulis - Bubu or Jan the Man (okay I just made that one up right now) Ribeiro - Ribs or Spare Ribs Aebischer - Aebi or Aebi the Habbie Koivu - Captain K Kovalev - Kovy or AK27 or Special K Kostitsyn - AK46 Bouillon - Cube Zednik - Zed or Zeddy or Z-Man Komisarek - Komo or Komi or Komisaurus Rivet - Rivs Plekanec - Plex or Pleky Perezhogin - Perogy or Zhog or Perez or Snoop Zhoggy Zhog Latendresse - Gui or Tender Markov - Marky Dandenault - Dandy Huet - Cristowall or The French Bench or The Cousin or Crystal Ball (sounds like Cristobal) Dagenais - Dags This is all I can think of for the moment. To whoever said it, I thought of Darth Murray too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I think I remember Ribiero saying "Salut Sunshine" to Sundstrom in the Halloween party video. And I think we should keep this to what the thread was originally meant to be, nicknames between players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 People, don't get nuts over nicknames. THEIR NICKNAMES. I've gotten my share of stupid ones and I'm sure these guys have and you people have, laugh them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyhasbeen Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Bobsled Gainey Yes, that is the best so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebehabs Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 hey guys!!! just wanted to share sumthing with u guys! on Énergie 94.3FM in montréal, they had a lil phone interview with huet's wife and they asked her how huet's friends actually call him (like, nicknames),then she said that most of them call him *Cristo* and even *Toto* -- but for us, in french (québec), calling someone *toto* is not very *interesting / positive*... but she said that if people call him *toto*, he would be "happy" about that~ oh well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_faerie87 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 hey guys!!! just wanted to share sumthing with u guys! on Énergie 94.3FM in montréal, they had a lil phone interview with huet's wife and they asked her how huet's friends actually call him (like, nicknames),then she said that most of them call him *Cristo* and even *Toto* -- but for us, in french (québec), calling someone *toto* is not very *interesting / positive*... but she said that if people call him *toto*, he would be "happy" about that~ oh well Toto? A French-Canadien idiom no doubt, could you roughly translate what it means for us anglos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebehabs Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 umm... can't really translate it... it's more like the feeling of the word *toto* sounds weird... like... *dumb* or *######ed*... maybe it's bcoz of the way we call someone *tata* (which is also related to dumb / ######ed) that makes *toto* having the same feeling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_faerie87 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 umm... can't really translate it... it's more like the feeling of the word *toto* sounds weird... like... *dumb* or *######ed*... maybe it's bcoz of the way we call someone *tata* (which is also related to dumb / ######ed) that makes *toto* having the same feeling... Ah okay, thanks! I promise I won't call my French teacher that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoZed Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Bump for Huzer! I think the Mr. Bonkers is somewhere in there... no Mr. Binkers though... I think Higgins is called Higgy or Higs. After last night's pick of Murray with that huge afro, Ogie is way too fitting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzer Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Bump for Huzer! I think the Mr. Bonkers is somewhere in there... no Mr. Binkers though... I think Higgins is called Higgy or Higs. After last night's pick of Murray with that huge afro, Ogie is way too fitting! Bonkers is easy enough to figure out, but Binkers? I thought he was referring to an SNL skit or a muppet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoZed Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Bonkers is easy enough to figure out, but Binkers? I thought he was referring to an SNL skit or a muppet. LMAO... Mr. Something always sounds like a cat name... Mr. Whiskers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shu Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Just heard Murray thanking Perezogin for his great pass his first goal of two....but called number 42 "Perogy" I Laughed my head off and I remembered Someone else I think it was Rivet on another post game commentary calling Huet "Huey" Rivet is Ribs or Rivs from Souray's mouth what else do know of? he probably didnt call him Huey, he probably called him Huet, but the way you purnounce it sounds like their is a Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg Petrov Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 (edited) I remember reading that the other Habs call Bouillon "Bou", but everyone I know has been calling him the Cube for so long - it fits him so well, because of the name and how he's shaped. And I think "The Hammer" is one of Souray's official locker-room nicknames, though he gets "Shel" in the heat of the moment. I prefer my own nicknames for a lot of the players - I don't understand why some people in this thread find that kind of thing so upsetting. Here's a sampling: Perezhogin = The Shogun (b/c of his name combined with the Samurai move he pulled to get suspended from the AHL for a year) Theodore = Stinky (i.e. The Odor(e), and the way he'd been playing before being traded) Ryder = Easy (as in Easy Rider) Bonk = Bonky Kong, also Sonic (that one's too stupid to explain) Dandenault = Doc (M.D. - also, I never liked "Dandy") Niinimaa = Acropolis (as in, Janne live at the...) Also, I think Kovalev has had the fan nickname AK 27 since his Pittsburgh days. Edited October 20, 2006 by Oleg Petrov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanny Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 I've heard that Bouillon is referred to as "Franky Boul" by his teammates. And Ribeiro was "Mickey Ribs". Both awfully long and awkward nicknames if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_faerie87 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 I remember reading that the other Habs call Bouillon "Bou", but everyone I know has been calling him the Cube for so long - it fits him so well, because of the name and how he's shaped. And I think "The Hammer" is one of Souray's official locker-room nicknames, though he gets "Shel" in the heat of the moment. I prefer my own nicknames for a lot of the players - I don't understand why some people in this thread find that kind of thing so upsetting. Here's a sampling: Perezhogin = The Shogun (b/c of his name combined with the Samurai move he pulled to get suspended from the AHL for a year) Theodore = Stinky (i.e. The Odor(e), and the way he'd been playing before being traded) Ryder = Easy (as in Easy Rider) Bonk = Bonky Kong, also Sonic (that one's too stupid to explain) Dandenault = Doc (M.D. - also, I never liked "Dandy") Niinimaa = Acropolis (as in, Janne live at the...) Also, I think Kovalev has had the fan nickname AK 27 since his Pittsburgh days. Heheh, great nicknames, although the Shogun one kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Also, not too sure if I get the Acropolis joke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg Petrov Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Also, not too sure if I get the Acropolis joke? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_faerie87 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni Ahahahaha! That's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shu Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Their was an ad in USA hockey magazine, it has kovalev with these two hot flight attendents, with his plane in the background, and the models are holding Kovalevs new warrior sticks, in big letters on the bottom it says AK-27, i just thought it was funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzer Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 I prefer my own nicknames for a lot of the players - I don't understand why some people in this thread find that kind of thing so upsetting. Here's a sampling: I don't mind if you have your own player nicknames, everyone does. What's annoying is if I were to see a thread that simply says "Did you see the play by The Shogun last night? Mr Binkers had a great pass to him after Acropolis dumped it up along the boards." How the hell would I figure out who anyone is talking about? It's hard enough decifering some posts without having to figure out what players are being discussed. Just a pet peeve of mine...I can't stand when people always have to use metaphors, catch phrases, nicknames constantly. This is something a LOT of local sports announcers are guilty of. If I here Craig Laughlin say "biscuit in the basket" one more freaking time, I'm flying down to Washington to kick his arse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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