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What's in a Name?

October 22, 2007

I had to do a double take when reading about a player on theahl.com yesterday. His name caught me off guard. It gave me an idea to go through the league and pick out some of the oddest names sewn on this year's jerseys. The guy I read about is ranked #1 in the following list.

17. Niko Dimitrakos (Binghamton). Just rolls off the tongue.
16. Kyle Greentree (Philly). Filthydelphia could use some more green trees.
15. Codey Burki (Lake Erie). Hockey players often add a 'y' to turn a players name into a nickname. His names come already equipped.
14. Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (Lowell). Two hyphens! He could shorten it to J-L G-P.
13. Cam Cunning (Quad City). Like a Canadian fox.
12. Jay Beagle (Hershey). Just call him Snoopy.
11. Rosario Ruggeri (Lowell). Another one to give announcers a fit.
10. Johan Ryno (Grand Rapids). He could get piss-drunk without spending a dime at Wrigley Field.
9. Mitch Love (Lake Erie). I laughed when Matt Moore overemphasized his last name on the BC PA last year.
8. Rob Klinkhammer (Norfolk). Fun to say with a harsh German accent.
7. Kris Chucko (Quad City). "Chuck-o-puck".
6. Maxime Fortunus (Manitoba). That's Latin for "billionaire".
5. Ryan Dingle (Portland). Hope he fights Rick Berry.
4. Jon Insana (Grand Rapids). He's not quite right in the head.
3. Wacey Rabbit (Providence). Does he have a brother named Waskly?
2. John Vigilante (Milwaukee). Couldn't leave him off this list!
1. Cal Clutterbuck (Houston). An omen for the Aeros season?... a total Clusterfu... I mean Clutterbuck.

I have taken some time to change up the main page of the site this week. The old screen was getting a little stale, and it was hard to think up interesting poll questions. A benefit of the new layout is the news is easier to read.

Check out the photos page to see how I'll be presenting my pics this year. Instead of slide shows, I'm going with a big page of thumbnails. That may be cumbersome for dial-up users, but we're in a broadband world now.

I've also moved the Memorial page to the History section of the site. Thankfully, that page doesn't get updated too often, so I felt it didn't need to be spotlighted on the main menu.

Let me know what you think.

posted by Todd # 11:19 PM

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