The Canucks recent callup of Lee Sweatt, dubbed “Rudy” by his new teammates, reminded us of the dearth of good nicknames in hockey today. To spur on the creativity of today’s NHL players, here’s some examples of great hockey nicknames. And this is just the goalies!

• Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• Top Seven Goalie Nicknames of All Time
• Nicknames in Other Sports
• Baseball
• Basketball
• American Football
• Boxing
• Hockey Nicknames – First up, goalies.
• #7 – Georges “The Chicoutimi Cucumber” Vezina
• #6 – Cecil Ralph “Tiny” Thompson
• #5 – Frank “Mr Zero” Brimsek
• #4 – Lorne “Gump” Worsley
• #3 – Andre “Red Light” Racicot
• #2 – Dominik “The Dominator” Hasek
• #1 – Nikolai “The Bulin Wall” Khabibulin
• Wrap it up, boys!
• Pink Floyd – One of These Days (1971)
• Thanks for Listening