hockey player name pronounciations

Factual Questions
1

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!

2

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”)

3

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)
4

Regarding Yashin:

I’ve heard both “YAH’-shin” and “yah-SHIN’”
That’s where my confusion lies.

Thanks for the info, Hal and Phil!

5

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.

6

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

Woof woof.

And, the goalie for the Flyer is Boooooooooooch!

7

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

8

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.

9

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…

10

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

11

Stanislav Neckar - I beleive its Nets-Caush

12

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.

13

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).

14

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:

15

Funny hockey names

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

16

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