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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 Dennis Ververgaert
Vadim Sharifijanov
16 letters Nolan Baumgartner Alexander Mogilny
Darby Hendrickson Lawrence Nycholat
Zenith Komarniski Herbert Vasiljevs
Orland Kurtenbach Doug Wickenheiser
Jean-Marc Lanthier
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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 Park, Richard
Bawa, Robin Irbe, Arturs Peca, Mike
Boyd, Randy Kesa, Dan Reid, Brandon
Bure, Pavel Kidd, Ian Rota, Darcy
Cook, Bob King, Jason Ryan, Preston
Coxe, Craig Krog, Jason Salo, Sami
Dirk, Robert Kron, Robert Smyl, Stan
Doak, Gary Lanz, Rick Snow, Garth
Dowd, Jim Leeb, Brad Vaic, Lubomir
Dunn, Dave Mair, Jim Valk, Garry
Dyck, Ed Maki, Wayne Ward, Dixon
Hall, Murray Moss, Tyler Ward, Ron
Hall, Taylor Nill, Jim York, Harry
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| Shortest
first name and last name combination |
6 letters Ed Dyck
7 letters Bob Cook Ian Kidd Jim Nill
Jim Dowd Jim Mair Ron Ward
Dan Kesa Brad May
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