from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,
Ron Hainsey, fine stay-at-home defenceman with the Atlanta Thrashers, has a problem with today’s NHL – he can’t get a nickname.
He cannot because, under current hockey nickname protocol, he already comes with one, there being no known diminutive for Hainsey and the tacking on of the de rigueur “y” or “ie” on Hainsey sounding, well, just a bit goofy....
“There’s no creativity,” moans Steve (Stumpy) Thomas, one of the last of the truly great hockey nicknames....
The lack of creativity Thomas mentions is endemic to hockey circles. Sidney Crosby remains “Sid the Kid” even as he enters veteran status. Alexander Ovechkin is “Ovie.” Patrick Kane is “Kaner.”
Here, the modern Ottawa Senators are “Alfie” and “Spez” and “Kovie,” a far, far cry from the Sens of old: “One-Eyed” Frank McGee, Frank (The Pembroke Peach) Nighbor, “Fearless” Frank Finnigan (also known as “The Shawville Express”), Fred (Cyclone) Taylor, Reginald (Hooley) Smith. …
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