This is why Cubs fans should be banned from Hawks games.

Cubs fans out there.

But, for the rest, a little common sense goes a long way. The Hawks haven’t exactly been out of the media spotlight the past 6-8 months. You should know how to pronounce Toews’ name by now, even with that backwards Canadian pronunciation. If you hear something about the Hawks, then you hear Kane and Toews in the same breath. Since we know how to pronounce the captain’s name, we can do a little exercise.

Versteeg → Steeg → Steeger

Kane → Kaner

Toews → Tazer

I’d hope even those who hold up those ‘We Believe’ signs can spot the pattern here.

That anyone with the last name Campbell must be nicknamed “Soupy”. I know that’s Colin Campbell’s nickname as well, going back to his playing days.

But the usual formula for hockey nicknames is, if the last name has more than one syllable, the first syllable gets used, which is how Seabrook becomes “Seabs”. A monosyllabic name gets the extra syllable, so Sharp becomes Sharpie.

Actually.. I’ve only ever heard Sam use that.. so you’ll have to ask him why…

-Byfuglien= Byf (pronounced Buff), or Big Buff
-Khabibulin= “Khabby” or “The Bhulin Wall”
-Huet= “Huey” or “The Man from France”

Martin Havlat “Lazy Bohunk”.

Oh wait, that’s just me…