Can you please answer these questions about player names?

1. Geez, I can't believe no one else here knows: Jarome's dad's name is Elvis Iginla. Iginla means "big tree" in Jarome's father's native language of Yoruba (his dad is Nigerian), and presumably some of the other names come from there as well. Elvis came to Canada in 1976 (lots of jokes can be made with that!), and Iggy was born in '77. Although divorced since Jarome was a tot, both of his parents have been regularly seen and introduced at games. Seriously, Eastern fans, take a look at the Western Conference now and then!

http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/a/story/4010

http://www.iginla.ca/My_Homepage_Files/Page2.html

I wonder more if his mum or dad was a fan of the Zodiac case, with a name like Arthur-Leigh (Arthur Leigh Allen was the main suspect for years in the infamous serial homicide)...spooky!

2. According to the NHL Rules, every player must have his surname IN FULL on the rear of his sweater, with block lettering no less than 3" in height; this can't adjusted too much for visibility (then again, is anyone going to be confused with the guy with the forty-letter name on his back, even if it is illegible? I doubt it!). I've seen the ones that look like they go down an arm, some that look like an abbreviation, ones that look smaller, and some that go underneath themselves! The League is also very strict about how much a jersey can be altered, and only makes such adjustments on an individually approved basis...so I'd guess they are going to wait until the day comes and then make the call! They do it on EA Sports NHL games if you want to see what it might look like. If it's a goalie and they DO get the go-ahead to advertise on their gear, it could get really confusing, with his name wrapping around the front of his sweater!

3. I might do a "Who's on first" homage and make it sound like I was doing it all with the last name He..."He shoots, He scores!" But that isn't a great hockey name...I've always liked MacDonald, for the "Big Mac D" moniker. I think it would depend on the team and what position...a goalie named Stonewall, a rookie called Green, a d-man named Block, the sniper Shott (first name Snap), a playmaker named Thread, Harden the thick-skulled goon, Moreass the puck-bunny chaser, the penalty-prone guys like Boxx and Booth, and the overpaid star called Cash. Add a coach named Barker for even more fun! As for my name, I like the one I have, so I'll think about it and get back to you...

1.) I think his dad's name is Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig (minus the Junior and Elvis) because if Jarome is Junior, then all the stuff before Junior must be his dad's name. Or, Junior can just be a name, not indicating that his dad has the same name.

2.) They would probably abbreviate the name or take part of his name. Devils player Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond just has "Leblond" on his jersey.

3.) I'm not creative enough to think of anything, but that's seriously a cool name!!!

1) Everyone has a little Elvis in them. Except Michael J. Fox. He has no Elvis (it's lines from a Mojo Nixon song that's about 20 years old, folks...relax). Maybe Iginla can start wearing the white jumpsuit during the playoffs (with a giant maple leaf belt buckle instead) and grow some muttonchop sideburns.

2) The player immediately becomes He Hate Me. Or Smith. Or that symbol Prince used for his name.

3) That Guy. Just so the announcer would have to say "saved by that guy". Kind of the same thinking behind some horseracing owners in England who named their two horses "Some Horse" and "Another Horse".

(1) I assume so. Africans are smart enough not to call their kids "Brandon V" (to steal a line somewhat from Caddyshack) and if his mum was an Elvis Presley fan, why not? That was when it had only been 10 or so yrs since the Ample Fleas had won the Cup

(2) I suppose they would have to give him an oversized jersey.

(3) I am a hockey player and like my name. But the best hockey-sounding name I can think of would have to be Pierre Larondelle.

1. Iginla is yet another of the many illegitimate children of Elvis....

2. I would just continue the lettering in a big circle, making fans have to do a headstand to actually read and sound out a name that could actually be longer than Langenbrunner's. (I have been cussing Stars management ever since that trade, by the way... Damn it!)

3. Heshootshescores. That way the announcer would have to say, "Here comes Heshootshescores down the right side, Heshootshescores dekes right and comes across the middle, Heshootshescores He shoots he scores!"

Well it might be a Junior as in Junior Seau in the NFL. But, as someone previously stated, who isn't a fan of the King?

I think that it should bleed on the sleeves because that would make the name all the more comical. However, with Bettman being who he is, he will probably change every jersey to say Crosby on the back

Lemi-gretz-yzer-sier

1) Who isn't an Elvis fan? You have to pay homage to the King

2)I can see a player in the future with both smaller fonts and the letters still starting on the sleeves

3)Kimmy Crush

1. I dunno, but had me and Mrs. Iginla-to-be met, she would have been quite fond of my.....uh.....Elvis.....

2. Back in the 70's, the then Los Angeles Rams had two players by the name of Youngblood, Jack and Joel (no kidding) and the way they resolved the space issue was to spell their respective first names in half sized letters than normal and place them above the last names on their jerseys.

3. My all-time favorite sounding hockey name is Lucien Deblois.

1) wow, sounds like she was a fan of quite a few people, not just elvis. it's quite possible that was his father's name as well. like joe said, who's not a fan of the king?

2) they would probably use a smaller font. i'm trying to remember what "fu's" jersey looked like when he played for the steelers. i think it would be funny to tape a yard stick with some extra cloth on the back of the jersey to finish the name and have him skate around with it like that.

3) mcBitch, to pay tribute to my scottish roots. lol.

1. Lol. His father's name probably wasn't that. BECAUSE the Junior would have to go after Iginla. My father is a Jr. and his Jr. goes after his last name.

2. Smaller Font.

3. I don't know. I'm not too creative today.