hockey player name pronounciations

[poohpah chalupa]

Can somebody tell me the real pronounciations for the following NHL players? Different announcers have used different versions and I hate sounding like an idiot when discussing games with co-workers.
Alexandre Daigle
Alexei Yashin
Jarome Iginla
Mariusz Czerkawski
Maxim Afinogenov
Brian Boucher

Thanks!

[HalberMensch242]

Let me give em a try
1.Daig
2.Jashin(Ja..as in the the german word for Yes)
3.Iginla( just as it sounds)
4.Marius..Cherkovski
5.Afinogenov
6.Boushe.(elongate the E sound at the end..make it sound "french")

[Philster]

Die hard hockey fan here:

1. Dayg with a harg g, like "gate" (Not Day-gil)
2. Yashin (no trickey, the "y" as in "yard" or "yarn"
3. I-gin-la
4. Mary us, Sherkofski
5. A-fin-o-genov (hard g, like "gate")
6. Boo-shay (fans will chant - Boooooo-shay...Booooooo-shay)

[poohpah chalupa]

Regarding Yashin:

I've heard both "YAH'-shin" and "yah-SHIN'"
That's where my confusion lies.

Thanks for the info, Hal and Phil!

[SavageNarce]

Daigle should be DAYG with a sort of little half-pronounced L on the end of it - barely noticeable unless you're a French speaker.

[Montfort]

Actually, us Flyers fans (and probably the Sens fans, too) pronounce "Daigle" as dog.

Woof woof.

And, the goalie for the Flyer is Boooooooooooch!

[Ike Witt]

You missed the best one, Stanislav Neckar. Lets see if anyone can get his last name right.

[Moirai]

Of course, one of my favorite player names is Satan, perfect for hockey. Don't pronounce it correctly, that's no fun.

I always like Alexei Zhitnik too, because I could pronounce it "shit-nik" & I love cuss words.

[Philster]

Originally posted by Montfort
Actually, us Flyers fans (and probably the Sens fans, too) pronounce "Daigle" as dog.

Woof woof.

And, the goalie for the Flyer is Boooooooooooch!

Flyers Goalie:

Actually, at home it's "Booooooosh" ("SH" on the end), and the away fans will chant "Boooooo....Shay...."

Lame-o announcers:

"They're not booing, folks, they're saying, 'Boooooosh'..."

OR, Non-Lame-o announcers:

"They're not boing folks, they're saying 'Asssss...Hole....Asssss...Hole..." I'd love to hear someone give play by play like that...

[Aglarond]

Originally posted by EJsGirl
Of course, one of my favorite player names is Satan, perfect for hockey. Don't pronounce it correctly, that's no fun.

I always like Alexei Zhitnik too, because I could pronounce it "shit-nik" & I love cuss words.

I'm in Dallas. We had a lot of fun with a lot of names in the finals a couple years ago. :)

[kid charlemagne]

Stanislav Neckar - I beleive its Nets-Caush

[Snooooopy]

Originally posted by EJsGirl
Of course, one of my favorite player names is Satan, perfect for hockey. Don't pronounce it correctly, that's no fun.



I don't think I'll ever get tired of looking at a Buffalo Sabres boxscore and noticing that Satan scored a power-play goal.

[Mr. Sheepshead]

I've learned a lot of my hockey pronounciations playing hockey video games with commentary. The only differences I've heard from what we've got here so far are: Yashin (yah-sheen') and Iginla (ee-gihn'-lah).

[DRY]

Originally posted by EJsGirl
I always like Alexei Zhitnik too, because I could pronounce it "shit-nik" & I love cuss words.


Well, considering the horrible year he had last year (less points than noted scorer..I mean, "goon" Kristikof Oliwa), perhaps your pronunciation is strangely appropriate.

As a guy, I never cared for the name "Ron Tugnutt" :eek:

[jbird3000]

Funny hockey names

Radek Bonk
Ron Tugnutt
Miroslav Satan
Tim Tailor
Jim Carey
Janne Niinimaa
Jeff Beukeboom
Lance Pitlick

[Montfort]

Originally posted by jbird3000
Funny hockey names

Jeff Beukeboom
The greatest hockey name of all time, and I say that as an avid Ranger-hater.