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The Name Game, check out All
in the Family.
Strange:
If William Shakespeare played for the Canucks,
his full name would be the second longest in team
history.
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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 Vadim Sharifijanov
Guillaume Desbiens Dennis Ververgaert
16 letters Nolan Baumgartner Alexander Mogilny
Christian Ehrhoff Lawrence Nycholat
Darby Hendrickson Mikael Samuelsson
Zenith Komarniski Mathieu Schneider
Orland Kurtenbach Herbert Vasiljevs
Jean-Marc Lanthier Doug Wickenheiser
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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 Irbe, Arturs Reid, Brandon
Bawa, Robin Kesa, Dan Rome, Aaron
Boyd, Randy Kidd, Ian Rota, Darcy
Bure, Pavel King, Jason Ryan, Preston
Cook, Bob Krog, 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
Holt, Randy Peca, Mike
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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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