# List of ice hockey nicknames

This is a list of nicknames in the sport of ice hockey. Most are related to professional ice hockey such as the National Hockey League. A few notable nicknames from the Canadian major junior hockey leagues, the U.S. colleges, and national teams are excluded.

## Players

The following are hockey players listed by their last name along with nicknames. Players listed in bold are still active as of the 2023–24 season.
| Player | Nickname | Note |
| Noel Acciari | Cookie | |
| David Aebischer | Abby, Bisher | |
| Sebastian Aho | Sepe, Seabass, Fishy, C-Bass, Sebby | |
| Jake Allen | Snake, Jake the Snake | |
| Dave Andreychuk | Wood | |
| Al Arbour | Radar | |
| Colby Armstrong | Army, Armdog | |
| George Armstrong | Chief | |
| Norm Armstrong | Red | |
| Zach Aston-Reese | ZAR, Reeser | |
| Cam Atkinson | Camsanity | |
| Jean-Sébastien Aubin | Seabass | |
| Larry Aurie | Little Dempsey | |
| P. J. Axelsson | Pebben | |
| David Backes | Captain America | |
| Nicklas Bäckström | Dad, Nikkie | |
| Garnet Bailey | Ace | |
| Irving Bailey | Ace | |
| Ivan Barbashev | Barbie, Barbs | |
| Bill Barilko | Bashin' Bill | |
| Tom Barrasso | Tomcat, Tommy B | |
| Tyson Barrie | Brutes, Four, T-Beauty | |
| Mathew Barzal | Gary, Barzy | |
| Nathan Bastian | Bas, Nasty, Big Nate | |
| Aldege Bastien | Baz | |
| Jonathan Battaglia | Bates | |
| Ken Baumgartner | Bomber | |
| Don Beaupré | Bobo, Donnie Bo | |
| Wade Belak | The Intimidator | |
| Ed Belfour | The Eagle, Eddie the Eagle, Crazy Eddie, Eddie the Billionaire | |
| Jean Béliveau | Le Gros Bil | |
| Pierre-Édouard Bellemare | Pebbles | |
| Emil Bemström | Bemmer | |
| Jamie Benn | Chubbs | |
| Jordie Benn | Yukon Cornelius, Darth | |
| Beau Bennett | Sunshine | |
| Max Bentley | Dipsy-Doodle-Dandy | |
| Gordon Berenson | Red, The Red Baron | |
| Andrew Berenzweig | Bubba, Backdoor Bubba, Andy | |
| Aki Berg | Birdie, The King | |
| Patrice Bergeron | Bergy, St. Patrice, Prince Patrice | |
| Jonatan Berggren | Jonny Burgers, Bergy | |
| Patrik Berglund | Bergy, Bergdog | |
| Todd Bertuzzi | Big Bert | |
| Craig Berube | Chief | |
| Alex Biega | Bulldog | |
| Kevin Bieksa | Juice, The Sheriff, Boom Boom | |
| Jordan Binnington | Binner, Winnington, Sin Binner | |
| Martin Biron | Baby Dominator | |
| Ben Bishop | Bish, Big Ben | |
| Paul Bissonnette | BizNasty, Biz | |
| Anders Bjork | Bjorkie | |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | The Maestro, Bjorky, Bjork n' Beans | |
| Nick Bjugstad | Rotisserie Chicken, Bjugy, Big Nick, Jughead, Bjugs | |
| Hector Blake | Toe | |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | Bob, Officer Bobrovsky, BOBROVSKY, Cop, Number One Cop On The Force | |
| Mikkel Bødker | Hot Boed | |
| Brock Boeser | The Flow, Brockstar, Boes, Mr. Sensitive | |
| Dave Bolland | The Rat, Greyhound, Bolly, Mimico | |
| Brandon Bollig | B52 | |
| Peter Bondra | Bonzai, The Special Agent | |
| Nick Bonino | Bones | |
| Derek Boogaard | The Boogie Man, Boog | |
| Robert Bortuzzo | Bortz, Bobo, Tuzzy | |
| Émile Bouchard | Butch | |
| Brian Boucher | Boosh | |
| Georges Boucher | Buck | |
| Francis Bouillon | The Cube, Frank the Tank | |
| Jay Bouwmeester | JBouw, JBo, Bo, IT Jay, Tech Support Jay | |
| Johnny Bower | The China Wall | |
| Johnny Boychuk | Johnny Rocket, Manchuk | |
| Dan Boyle | Boiler, Danny Boy | |
| Tyler Bozak | Bozie, Flowzak, Phil Kessel's Chauffeur, Boze, Bozses, Tylie Bozman | |
| Pavel Buchnevich | Buch, Buchy, Big Giraffe 89 | |
| Donald Brashear | Huggy Bear, The Don, Brash, Big Rig | |
| Andy Brickley | Brick | |
| Daniel Brière | Mr. Playoffs, Cookie Monster, Danny Boy | |
| Frank Brimsek | Mr. Zero | |
| Rod Brind'Amour | Rod the Bod, RBA | |
| Harold Broadbent | Punch | |
| Walter Broda | Turk | |
| Martin Brodeur | Marty, Satan's Wallpaper, Uncle Daddy | |
| Richard Brodeur | King Richard, Kermit | |
| Laurent Brossoit | LB | |
| Adam Brown | The Flying Scotsman | |
| Ilya Bryzgalov | Bryz, Mr. Universe, Universe, Breeze, Bryzaster, Siv, So Ginormous Big | |
| Johnny Bucyk | Chief | |
| Peter Budaj | Ned Flanders, Buds, Budha, Buddy | |
| André Burakovsky | Burracuda, Burky | |
| Pavel Bure | The Russian Rocket | |
| Adam Burish | Bur, Casanova, Patient Zero | |
| Sean Burke | Big Bird, Burkie, The Burke Wall | |
| Brent Burns | Burnzie, The Wookie, Chewbacca | |
| Alex Burrows | Burr, The Dragon Slayer | |
| Steve Buzinski | The Puck Goes Inski | |
| Dustin Byfuglien | Big Buff, Buff, Buff Daddy, The 33 Train | |
| Dan Bylsma | Disco Dan | |
| Kyle Calder | Grease | |
| Brian Campbell | Soupy, Rusty | |
| Gregory Campbell | Soupy, G Camp | |
| Daniel Carcillo | Carbomb, Gorilla Salad, Luigi | |
| Brandon Carlo | Brando, Bambi, Barlo | |
| Jim Carey | Net Detective, The Mask, Ace | |
| Cole Caufield | Bilbo, Goal Caufield | |
| Roman Čechmánek | The Roman Empire, Roman Candle, Checko, The Bipolar Goaler | |
| Peter Cehlárik | Celery | |
| Erwin Chamberlain | Murph, Old Hardrock | |
| Zdeno Chára | Big Z, Zaddy, The Big Man | |
| Gerry Cheevers | Cheesie | |
| Chris Chelios | Chelly, Honey Nut, Soft Hands Chelios, The Godfather of USA Hockey | |
| Don Cherry | Grapes | |
| Jason Chimera | Chim Dawg, Chimmer, Ice Cheetah | |
| Erik Christensen | Crusher | |
| Francis Clancy | King | |
| Victor Clapper | Dit | |
| Wendel Clark | Wendy, Captain Crunch | |
| David Clarkson | Wendel Clarkson, Daveyyyyyyyy Clarkman, The Caged Warrior, Bottle Police, Grit Grinder | |
| James Cleghorn | Odie | |
| Sprague Cleghorn | Peg | |
| Blake Coleman | Pickles | |
| J. T. Compher | Comphy, Jimothy Timothy, Jompher Compher, 877-GOALS-NOW | |
| Mike Comrie | The Edmonton Kid, The Brick | |
| Charlie Conacher | The Big Bomber | |
| Kyle Connor | KFC | |
| Charlie Coyle | Baby Gronk, Sir Charles, Mayor of Weymouth | |
| Lionel Conacher | The Big Train | |
| Frederick Cook | Bun | |
| Matt Cooke | Cookie, Cookie Monster, POS | |
| Carson Cooper | Shovel-Shot | |
| Harold Cotton | Baldy | |
| Yvan Cournoyer | The Roadrunner | |
| Logan Couture | Cooch, LoCo, Juicy, Clutch | |
| Sean Couturier | Coots, Cootsy, Cootsybear, Curt, Curtis, Lizard, The Answer, Rocket, Gerald | |
| Dylan Cozens | The Workhorse from Whitehorse | |
| Corey Crawford | Crow, Crawf | |
| Sidney Crosby | Sid the Kid, Sid, The Next One, Golden Boy, Captain Canada, Squidney, Creature, Darryl | |
| Matt Cullen | Cully, Dad, Ageless Wonder | |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | The Polish Prince | |
| Evgenii Dadonov | Daddy, Dad, Big Daddy, Dads, Geno | |
| Ken Daneyko | Mr. Devil, Dano | |
| Pavel Datsyuk | The Magic Man, Pasha, Houdini | |
| Clarence Day | Hap, Happy | |
| Alex DeBrincat | Cat, Brinksy, Kitty | |
| Jake DeBrusk | Jake the Snake, Snek, Bruskie, Jake from State Farm, Chef DeBrusk, JD | |
| Aaron Dell | Dellicious, Deller, World's Okayest Goalie | |
| Alex Delvecchio | Fats | |
| Michael Del Zotto | DZ, Delly, Del-Z, MDZ, DJ MDZ | |
| Jason Demers | Dems | |
| Nathan Dempsey | Demmer | |
| Éric Desjardins | Rico | |
| Marcel Dionne | Little Beaver | |
| Rick DiPietro | DiPi, Ricky D., Ricky Deep, Rico, Rickety | |
| Max Domi | Dom, Domes, Mad Max, Shootsy | |
| Tie Domi | The Albanian Assassin | |
| Joonas Donskoi | Donkey, Donks, Donny, The Donfather, Donscore | |
| Ed Dorohoy | The Great Gabbo | |
| Ken Dryden | The Thinker, Thieving Giraffe, Octopus | |
| Brandon Dubinsky | Dubi | |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | PLD | |
| Anthony Duclair | The Duke | |
| Woodrow Dumart | Woody, Porky | |
| Vince Dunn | Dunndertaker | |
| André Dupont | Moose | |
| Pascal Dupuis | Duper, Super Duper | |
| Mervyn Dutton | Red | |
| Radek Dvořák | The Keyboard | |
| Cecil Dye | Babe | |
| Jordan Eberle | Ebs, Mr. Clutch, Gary | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | Fly, Danish Dash, Great Dane, Little Buddy Nik | |
| Lars Eller | Larry, The Great Dane, L'Harceleur, Tiger | |
| Leighton Emms | Hap | |
| Phil Esposito | Espie, Espo | |
| Tony Esposito | Tony O | |
| Bob Essensa | Goalie Bob, Sense, Enzo, Backup Bob | |
| Todd Fedoruk | The Fridge | |
| Ray Ferraro | Chicken Parm, Pee Wee, Seagull, The Big Ball of Hate, Ferraro Rocher | |
| Frank Finnigan | The Shawville Express | |
| Tomáš Fleischmann | The Flash | |
| Bill Flett | Cowboy | |
| Marc-André Fleury | Flower, MAF, The Dude | |
| Ron Flockhart | Flockey Hockey | |
| Warren Foegele | Foegs, McLovin, Warr En Fuego | |
| Marcus Foligno | Moose | |
| Nick Foligno | Fliggy, The Captain, Uncle Nick | |
| Lou Fontinato | Leaping Louie | |
| Peter Forsberg | Foppa, Peter the Great | |
| Jimmy Fowler | The Blonde Bouncer | |
| Ron Francis | Ronnie Franchise | |
| Johan Franzén | Mule | |
| Grant Fuhr | Coco | |
| Link Gaetz | The Missing Link | |
| Norman Gainor | Dutch | |
| Alexander Galchenyuk | Belarusian Bonbon | |
| Alex Galchenyuk | Chucky, A.Gally | |
| Brendan Gallagher | Gally, B.Gally | |
| Jake Gardiner | Gards, Silver Stick | |
| Johnny Gaudreau | Johnny Hockey, Johnny Ham and Cheese | |
| Paul Gaustad | Goose | |
| Éric Gélinas | The Truth (only his shot) | |
| Martin Gélinas | The Eliminator | |
| Bernie Geoffrion | Boom-Boom | |
| Blake Geoffrion | Bam-Bam | |
| Jean-Sébastien Giguère | Jiggy | |
| Hal Gill | Skillsie, USS Gill, Gilly | |
| Clark Gillies | Jethro | |
| Doug Gilmour | Killer, Dougie | |
| Claude Giroux | G, Ginger, G-zus | |
| Alex Goligoski | Go-Go, Goose | |
| Nikolay Goldobin | Goldy | |
| Sergei Gonchar | Gonch, Benjamin Button | |
| Larry Goodenough | Izzy | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | Ghost, Ghost-Bear, The Holy Ghost, God | |
| Mikhail Grabovski | Grabo, Crosbovski, Garbageovski | |
| Mikael Granlund | Granny, Granny Smith | |
| Gilles Gratton | Gratoony the Loony | |
| Ryan Graves | Gravy, The Gravy Train | |
| Josh Green | Anchorman | |
| Mike Green | Game Over | |
| Wayne Gretzky | The Great One, The Great Gretzky, Gretz, Douglas, Doug | |
| Stu Grimson | The Grim Reaper | |
| Armand Guidolin | Bep | |
| Carl Gunnarsson | Gunner, Boom Boom | |
| Nikita Gusev | Goose | |
| Jonas Gustavsson | The Monster, Gus, Gus Bus | |
| Carl Hagelin | Hags, Haggy | |
| Jani Hakanpää | Hak, Hakan Dazs | |
| Jaroslav Halák | Crackhalakin', Crackhalak, Jarooooooo, The Brick Wall | |
| Glenn Hall | Mr. Goalie | |
| Andrew Hammond | The Hamburglar | |
| Michal Handzuš | Zeus | |
| Dominik Hašek | Dominator, Hašan | |
| Kevin Hayes | Hayesy, Big Cat | |
| Johan Hedberg | Moose, Yo-Yo | |
| Ron Hextall | Hexy, Hex, Voodoo | |
| Mel Hill | Sudden Death | |
| Flash Hollett | Flash | |
| Niklas Hjalmarsson | Hammer, Swedish Missile Defense System, Toftbo | |
| Tomas Holmström | Homer, Demolition Man | |
| Braden Holtby | Holtbeast, The Great Wall of Chinatown, Holtbae, The Beast, Holts | |
| George Horner | Red | |
| Patric Hörnqvist | Horny, Bengan | |
| Réjean Houle | Peanut | |
| Gordie Howe | Mr. Hockey, Number 9, Mr. Everything, Mr. All-Star, The Most, Great Gordie, Mr. Elbows | |
| Jiří Hudler | Happy | |
| Cristobal Huet | The Man From France, CristoWall, Le Cousin, Hip-hip-hu-et | |
| Luke Hughes | Rusty | |
| Quinn Hughes | Huggy Bear | |
| Bobby Hull | The Golden Jet | |
| Brett Hull | The Golden Brett | |
| Matt Hunwick | Munch | |
| Al Iafrate | Wild Thing, The Hammer | |
| Jarome Iginla | Iggy | |
| George Imlach | Punch | |
| Jaromír Jágr | Mario Jr., Jags (pronounced "yags"), Jarda, The Ageless Wonder | |
| Harvey Jackson | Busher | |
| Marcus Johansson | Mojo, Jojo, Mojo-jojo | |
| Erik Johnson | The Condor, Edge, EJ | |
| Ivan Wilfred Johnson | Ching | |
| Ryan Johnson | Duce | |
| Andreas Johnsson | Mango | |
| Jyrki Jokipakka | Kevin | |
| Aurèle Joliat | Little Giant | |
| Martin Jones | Joner, Jonesey, Game of Jones | |
| Curtis Joseph | Cujo | |
| Ed Jovanovski | Jovocop | |
| Bill Juzda | The Honest Brakeman | |
| Nazem Kadri | Nifty Mittens, Nazeem the Dream, Naz, The Dream, Nazty, Nasty Naz | |
| Rudolph Kampman | Bingo | |
| Patrick Kane | Kaner, The Doctor, Peekaboo, 20-Cent, Kandy Kane, Buzz, Doc, Lil' Peekaboo, Peeks, Dr. Kane, Showtime, Pattycakes, He Came He Saw He Kanequered, Jonny's Boy, | [296][297][298] [299][300] |
| Erik Karlsson | King Karl, EK65, The Swedish Bobby Orr | |
| William Karlsson | Wild Bill | |
| Matt Kassian | Kassassination | |
| Duncan Keith | Duncs, Jigsaw | |
| Leonard Kelly | Red, Pep | |
| Adrian Kempe | Juice | |
| Ted Kennedy | Teeder | |
| Tyler Kennedy | TK | |
| Ryan Kesler | Kes, Guzzler, Beast Mode, | |
| Phil Kessel | Phil the Thrill, The Phil, Philly Cheese, The Philash, Hotdog Boy, A Stanley Cup Champion, The Iron Man, Kess, The Legend | |
| Nikolai Khabibulin | The 'Bulin Wall | |
| Anton Khudobin | Dobby | |
| Hec Kilrea | Hurricane Hec | |
| Miikka Kiprusoff | Kipper, Finnisher | |
| John Klingberg | Burger, Klinger, The Ghost of Gothenburg, Klingbae | |
| Joe Klukay | The Duke of Padocah | |
| Chuck Kobasew | Chuckie | |
| Pyotr Kochetkov | Koochie, Pyotr the Great, Pyotr Pan | |
| Saku Koivu | Captain K | |
| Olaf Kölzig | Ollie the Goalie, Zilla, Godzilla, Kolzilla, The O-liminator | |
| Leo Komarov | Corporal Komarov, Leo, Uncle Leo, The Russian Finn from Estonia | |
| Vladimir Konstantinov | Vladdy, The Vladinator, Vlad the Impaler, The Red Shark | |
| Anže Kopitar | Kopi, Raccoon Jesus, Flowpitar | |
| Joonas Korpisalo | Korpi, Magikorp | |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | KK, Moomin | |
| Alexei Kovalev | AK27, Kovi, l'Artiste, Loafalev | |
| David Krejčí | French Fries, Krech, Playoff Krejci | |
| Nikita Kucherov | Kuuuch | |
| Darcy Kuemper | Kuemperture Rising, Pride and Prejudice, The Kuemperor | |
| Chris Kunitz | Kuni, Kunikaze, The Koon, Kuny | |
| Leonard Labine | Leo the Lion | |
| Blaine Lacher | Locks, Lacher Monster, The Lach Net Monster | |
| Andrew Ladd | Gary | |
| Guy Lafleur | The Flower, Le Démon Blond | |
| Edouard Lalonde | Newsy | |
| Gabriel Landeskog | Landy, Gabe the Babe | |
| Dave Langevin | Bammer | |
| Rod Langway | The Secretary of Defense | |
| Ian Laperrière | Mumbles, Lappy, The Sparkplug | |
| Georges Laraque | Douli, Big, The Vegan | |
| Igor Larionov | The Professor | |
| Dylan Larkin | D-Boss, Larks | |
| Adam Larsson | Big Cat | |
| Michael Latta | Latts, Latvia, Steamboat | |
| Reggie Leach | The Riverton Rifle | |
| John LeClair | Johnny Vermont | |
| Nick Leddy | Ledpipe, Ledds, Mumbles, Sled Dog, Ledd Dog | |
| Manny Legace | Legs, The God, The Ferret, Jimmy Buffett | |
| Robin Lehner | Panda | |
| Jere Lehtinen | King of Little Things | |
| Mario Lemieux | The Magnificent One, Le Magnifique, Super Mario, Ace | |
| Kris Letang | Tanger, Bang Bang, Legend | |
| Mark Letestu | The Test Tube | |
| Nicklas Lidström | Lids, The Perfect Human, Lidas | |
| Oskar Lindblom | Lindy, Piano Man | |
| Trevor Linden | Captain Canuck, Captain Clutch | |
| Ted Lindsay | Terrible Ted | |
| Ken Linseman | The Rat | |
| Milan Lucic | Looch, Lurch, Loooooooch, Mean Milan | |
| Harry Lumley | Apple Cheeks | |
| Henrik Lundqvist | King Henrik, Hank, The King, Henke | |
| Roberto Luongo | Lou, Bobby-Lu, Bingo Bango Bongo Luongo, Strombone | |
| Nathan MacKinnon | Dogg, NateDogg, The Dog, Mack Daddy, Nate the Great | |
| John Madden | Mad Dog, Coach | |
| Frank Mahovlich | The Big M | |
| Peter Mahovlich | The Little M | |
| Evgeni Malkin | Geno, Geno Machine-o, The Bully, Russian Bear | |
| Greg Malone | Bugsy | |
| Ryan Malone | Bugsy | |
| Cale Makar | Rosy-cheeked Angel, All Hail Cale, The Veggie Wunderkind, Mayo Chicken | |
| Harold March | Mush | |
| Brad Marchand | Marchy, The Rat, Nose Face Killah, Little Ball of Hate, Squirrel, Ratatouille | |
| Mitch Marner | Magic Mitch, Mitchy, Micky Mouse, The Magician, Marns, Mitchy Marner, Bruno Marns | |
| Patrick Maroon | Big Rig, Fat Pat, Fatty Patty, Hometown Hero | |
| Paul Martin | Paulie, Paul-Martin-American-Hero, Marty, Pistol | |
| Auston Matthews | A-Matts, Papi, AM34, Matty, Tone | |
| Brad May | May Day | |
| Jamal Mayers | Jammer | |
| Charlie McAvoy | Mac, Chuck, Chucky Bright lights | |
| Connor McDavid | Davo, McJesus | |
| Wilfred McDonald | Bucko | |
| Curtis McElhinney | McBackup, Tabasco | |
| Frank McGee | One-Eyed | |
| Kirk McLean | Captain Kirk, Mack, McGoalie, The Iceman, The Scot | |
| Jamie McLennan | Noodles | |
| Mark Messier | Moose, The Messiah, The Captain, Satan, MoFo, "Messy, eh?" | |
| Stan Mikita | Stosh, Stan The Man | |
| Colin Miller | Chiller | |
| Willie Mitchell | Bill Pickle | |
| Alexander Mogilny | AlMo, Alexander the Great | |
| Al Montoya | The Big Cuban, Monty | |
| Andy Moog | Papa Moog, Peaches, Moger, Squeaky, Dennis The Menace | |
| Howie Morenz | The Stratford Streak, The Mitchell Meteor | |
| Ken Morrow | Wolfman | |
| Kirk Muller | Captain Kirk | |
| Douglas Murray | Crankshaft, Cranky | |
| Matt Murray | Murr, Murrdawg, Muzz | |
| Tyler Myers | The Big Easy, Big Tex, Chaos Giraffe, Mysie | |
| Evgeni Nabokov | Nabby, John | |
| Lou Nanne | Sweet Lou from the Soo | |
| James Neal | Lazy, Nealer, Real Deal | |
| Martin Nečas | Junior, Marty Junior, Nachos, Sugar Boo | |
| Cam Neely | Bam-Bam Cam | |
| Jake Neighbours | Jakey Boy | |
| Scott Nichol | Scooter | |
| Bernie Nicholls | The Pumper Nicholl Kid | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | Choo-Choo Train, Nuke, Big Val | |
| Antti Niemi | Nemo, The Finnish Fortress | |
| Joe Nieuwendyk | Nieuwy, Nieuws, Nieuwsy | |
| Frank Nighbor | The Pembroke Peach | |
| Chris Nilan | Knuckles | |
| Matt Niskanen | Nisky, Tuna, Steadzo Glensky | |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Nuge, RNH | |
| Shane O'Brien | SOB | |
| Herbert O'Connor | Buddy | |
| John O'Flaherty | Peanuts | |
| Jamie Oleksiak | Big Rig | |
| Steve Oleksy | Binky | |
| Ryan O'Reilly | Radar, ROR, Factor, Ryno, Snook, The O'Reilly Factor | |
| Brooks Orpik | Free Candy, Brooksie, Batya, Orpy | |
| Chris Osgood | The Wizard of Oz, Ozzie | |
| Alexander Ovechkin | Ovi, Alexander the Great, The Great 8, Ov8chkin, Ovie, O, Mama Bear, OV-ho | |
| Max Pacioretty | MaxPac, Patchy, Patch, Patches, Pac Man, Wolverine, Patioready | |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | Pager, J-G, JGP, Honey Badger | |
| Žigmund Pálffy | Ziggy | |
| Kyle Palmieri | Palms | |
| Nick Palmieri | Napalm | |
| Mark Parrish | Grumpy | |
| David Pastrňák | Pasta, Pastrnasty, Krejci 2.0, Alfredo, Noodles | |
| Joe Pavelski | The Big Pavelski, Pavs, Little Joe, The Weasel, Joe Money, Captain America, Cap | |
| Michael Peca | Captain Crunch | |
| Dustin Penner | Pancakes | |
| David Perron | DP57, French Toast, Frenchie | |
| Rich Peverley | Raptor Jesus, Pevs | |
| Dion Phaneuf | D, Neuf, Neufy, Double Dion, Pylon | |
| Chris Phillips | Big Rig | |
| Alf Pike | The Embalmer | |
| Félix Potvin | The Cat | |
| Walter Pratt | Babe | |
| Carey Price | Pricey, Pricer, Jesus Price, The Price is Right/Wrong, Carey the Cup, Gary | |
| Brandon Prust | Prusty | |
| Cliff Purpur | Fido | |
| André Racicot | Red Light | |
| Mikko Rantanen | Big Moose, The Fantastic Finn, Hot Wheels, Mikko Sauvé | |
| Andrew Raycroft | Razor | |
| Lucas Raymond | Razor | |
| Mark Recchi | The Wrecking Ball, Rex | |
| Earl Reibel | Dutch | |
| James Reimer | Optimus Reim, Busta Reim, The Statue, The Reim Minister of Defence, Magic Angel Robot from Winnipeg | |
| Glenn Resch | Chico | |
| Mike Ribeiro | Mickey Ribs | |
| Henri Richard | The Pocket Rocket | |
| Maurice Richard | The Rocket | |
| David Rittich | Big Save Dave, Rittich Astley, RittichRolled | |
| Larry Robinson | Big Bird | |
| Luc Robitaille | Lucky | |
| Jeremy Roenick | J. R., Styles | |
| Dwayne Roloson | Roli the Goalie, Rolo, Roli | |
| Patrick Roy | Casseau, Saint Patrick, The Wall | |
| Michal Rozsíval | Rosey | |
| German Rubtsov | The Germ | |
| Bryan Rust | Big Game Bryan Rust, Rusty, Rusty Razor, Mr. Elimination, Rustache | |
| Brandon Saad | The ManChild, The Saadfather, Saader | |
| Joe Sakic | Burnaby Joe, Super Joe, Mr Clutch | |
| Ruslan Salei | Rusty | |
| Sami Salo | The Finnish MacInnis | |
| Derek Sanderson | Turk | |
| Curtis Sanford | The Sandman | |
| Glen Sather | Slats | |
| Brayden Schenn | Schenner, Big Ten | |
| Rob Schremp | The Cocktail Schremp, Bob The Builder | |
| David Schriner | Sweeney | |
| Dave Schultz | The Hammer | |
| Ben Scrivens | The Professor, Scrivy, Scrivezina, Scrivin' Eagle | |
| Rob Scuderi | The Piece, Scuds, Scudsy | |
| Brent Seabrook | Biscuit, Seabs, Seabsy | |
| Tyler Seguin | The Kid, Segs, Seggy, Too Segsy For His Shirt, Wifey | |
| Teemu Selänne | The Finnish Flash, Teukka Salama | |
| Eddie Shack | The Entertainer | |
| Andrew Shaw | Shawzy, The Mutt, Scraps | |
| Patrick Sharp | Sharpy, Shooter | |
| Fred Shero | The Fog | |
| Eddie Shore | Old Blood and Guts, Mr. Hockey, The Edmonton Express | |
| Albert Siebert | Babe | |
| Harold Simpson | Bullet Joe | |
| Jack Skille | Crash, Skills, JackJack, Skittles | |
| Jeff Skinner | Skinny, Skins, Justin Bieber of Hockey | |
| Kārlis Skrastiņš | Ironman | |
| Jim Slater | Jimmy Slats | |
| Billy Smith | Billy the Kid, Battlin' Billy, Hatchet Man | |
| Jason Smith | Gator | |
| Reginald Smith | Hooley | |
| Ryan Smyth | Captain Canada, Smytty | |
| Jordan Staal | Jordo, Staalsie, Gronk, Shorty Jordy, Staal Bunyan, Steeler | |
| Wally Stanowski | The Whirling Dervish | |
| Tim Stapleton | Stapler, Tiger, Buster, Stapes | |
| Scott Stevens | Captain Crunch, Artie, Dad | |
| Jack Stewart | Black Jack | |
| Marco Sturm | German | |
| Tim Stützle | Jimmy, Jimmy Stü | |
| P. K. Subban | Subby, Subs, Subbanator, The Turtle, Denzel | |
| George Sullivan | Red | |
| Mats Sundin | Sudden, The Big Weed, Weed | |
| Oskar Sundqvist | Sunny, Sunshine | |
| Brandon Sutter | Suttsy, Sutty, Flat Stanley, Goose, A-Rog | |
| Brent Sutter | Pup | |
| Duane Sutter | Dog | |
| Jeremy Swayman | Sway, Bulldog | |
| Maxime Talbot | Mad Max, Superstar, Rocky | |
| Brandon Tanev | Rusty, Turbo, Tans, Tanny | |
| Tomáš Tatar | Souse, Tatar Sauce, Hot Sauce, Trtko, Tuna | |
| Teuvo Teräväinen | Turbo, Turbo Time, Finnish Cold, Teukka, Tiny, Dragon, Dragon Boy | |
| Chris Therien | Bundy | |
| Robert Thomas | RobTom, Matchbox, Smooth, Tommer, Thurmy | |
| Steve Thomas | Stumpy | |
| Tim Thomas | The Tank, Tim Tom, Tiny Tim, Boston cab, The Stash | |
| Chris Thorburn | Thorbs, Thor | |
| Joe Thornton | Jumbo Joe, Big Joe, Big Bird, The Beard | |
| Chris Tierney | The Cobra | |
| Brady Tkachuk | Chucky | |
| Keith Tkachuk | Big Walt | |
| Matthew Tkachuk | The Rat King, Chucky | |
| Devon Toews | Tazer | |
| Jonathan Toews | Tazer, Captain Serious, To-es, Jonathan Toes, Jonny, Captain Veggie, Captain Planet | |
| Alexey Toropchenko | Alex, Torpo | |
| Ron Tugnutt | Tugger, The Accountant, Nuts | |
| Marty Turco | Turks, Turkey | |
| Garry Unger | Iron Man | |
| Steve Valiquette | The Big Valley, Big Bird, Big Valvoski, The Great Valvoski | |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | Beezer, JVB | |
| Elmer Vasko | Moose | |
| Pat Verbeek | Little Ball of Hate | |
| Kris Versteeg | Steegs, Steeger, Beauty, Verbeauty | |
| Georges Vézina | The Chicoutimi Cucumber | |
| Marc-Édouard Vlasic | Pickles, Pickle Jar, Eddie | |
| Jakub Voráček | Jake, Snake, Scoracek, Voras | |
| Niclas Wallin | The Gorilla, The Secret Weapon, Hamburgers | |
| Mike Walton | Shakey | |
| Cam Ward | Wardo, The Warden, Net Warden | |
| Kevin Weekes | Cheesy, Weekesy, Shady 80 | |
| Ralph Weiland | Cooney | |
| Marvin Wentworth | Cyclone | |
| Zach Werenski | Z, Big Z | |
| Blake Wheeler | Wheels, Big Wheels, Captain Wrench, Captain Handsome | |
| Ray Whitney | The Wizard | |
| Ryan Whitney | Whit, Whitdog | |
| David Williams | Tiger | |
| Justin Williams | Mr. Game 7, Stick, J-Dubs | |
| Tom Wilson | Whip, Willy, Willy Baby, Ten Train | |
| James Wisniewski | Wiz | |
| Lorne Worsley | Gump, The Gumper | |
| Arber Xhekaj | The Sheriff, Wi-Fi, Big X, Hamilton Hammer | |
| Kailer Yamamoto | Honey Badger, Yamo | |
| Doug Young | The Gleichen Cowboy | |
| Steve Yzerman | Stevie Wonder, Stevie-Y, The Captain | |
| Nikita Zadorov | Z, The Russian Hitman | |
| Jeff Zatkoff | Tishy, Mr. Game One | |
| Henrik Zetterberg | Ice Berg, Zata, Hank, Z | |
| Alexei Zhamnov | Archie | |
| Sergei Zubov | Zubie | |