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The Name Game
Shakespeare asked
"what's in a name?". I'm pretty sure he wasn't
thinking about which Canucks had the longest and shortest
names. Then again, maybe he was trying to think of
something that rhymed with Sheldon Kannegiesser.
Here are some Canucks that
have set records just for having unique names.
| Longest
surname |
12 letters Kannegiesser, Sheldon Wickenheiser, Doug
Sharifijanov, Vadim
11 letters Baumgartner, Nolan Namestnikov, Yevgeny
Charbonneau, Jose Schliebener, Andy
Fitzpatrick, Rory Ververgaert, Dennis
Hendrickson, Darby Zetterstrom, Lars |
| Longest
first name and last name combination |
19 letters Sheldon Kannegieser
18 letters Yevgeny Namestnikov
17 letters Jocelyn Guevremont Herbert Vasilijevs
Vadim Sharifijanov Dennis Ververgaert
16 letters Nolan Baumgartner Jean-Marc Lanthier
Darby Hendrickson Alexander Mogilny
Zenith Komarniski Doug Wickenheiser
Orland Kurtenbach
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Honourable
mention to Jean-Jacques Daigneault (21 letters)
who goes by the name J.J. Daigneault (12 letters) |
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| Shortest
surname |
3 letters Guy, Kevan May, Brad Sly, Darryl
4 letters Auld, Alex Holt, Randy Peca, Mike
Bawa, Robin Irbe, Arturs Reid, Brandon
Boyd, Randy Kesa, Dan Rota, Darcy
Bure, Pavel Kidd, Ian Ryan, Preston
Cook, Bob King, Jason Salo, Sami
Coxe, Craig Kron, Robert Smyl, Stan
Dirk, Robert Lanz, Rick Snow, Garth
Doak, Gary Leeb, Brad Vaic, Lubomir
Dowd, Jim Mair, Jim Valk, Garry
Dunn, Dave Maki, Wayne Ward, Dixon
Dyck, Ed Moss, Tyler Ward, Ron
Hall, Murray Nill, Jim York, Harry
Hall, Taylor Park, Richard
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| Shortest
first name and last name combination |
6 letters Ed Dyck
7 letters Bob Cook Dan Kesa Brad May
Jim Dowd Jim Mair Jim Nill
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