8. Martin Jones
Origin: North Vancouver, BC
Pronunciation: Mahr-tn Johnz
Used in a sentence: Brick walls wished they could stop pucks like Martin Jones.
To warm up, here's arguably the easiest name on the team. Mess this up, and you probably shouldn't be in a spelling be anyways.
7. Joe Thornton
Origin: London, ON
Pronunciation: Goat
Used in a sentence: Joe Thornton is the greatest passer of all-time.
A fairly simple name, but it's not uncommon to see people accidentally spell it "Thorton."
6. Tomas Hertl
Origin: Praha, CZE
Pronunciation: Toe-mash Hur-tl
Used in a sentence: Tomas Hertl is still known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Hertl despite no longer being a teenager.
Unconventional (well, for the English-speaking world) spelling of Thomas, a two-syllable last name with only one vowel; this name is made to trip up American and Canadian spellers.
5. Brenden Dillon
Origin: New Westminster, BC
Pronunciation: Brend-en Dil-uhn
Used in a sentence: The nicest player in hockey is Brenden Dillon.
This falls under the "alternate spelling to a common name" category, with Brenden versus Brendan.
4. Jannik Hansen
Origin: Rodovre, DNK
Pronunciation: Yah-nihk Hahn-suhn
Used in a sentence: Jannik Hansen is not to be confused with Mikkel Boedker
Between a first name that defies conventional phonetics, and a last name that could very easily be confused with the popular music group Hanson, Jannik Hansen's name could trip a lot of people up.
3. Mikkel Boedker
Origin: Brondby, DNK
Pronunciation: Mih-kehl Bawd-kuhr
Used in a sentence: Mikkel Boedker is not to be confused with Jannik Hansen.
The Danish spelling of Michael (or Micheal - we'll get to that later) plus the rare-in-English "oe" combo makes Mikkel Boedker one of the harder names on the list.
2. Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Origin: Montreal, QC
Pronunciation: Pik-uhls
Used in a sentence: There are few people who like dogs more than Marc-Edouard Vlasic.
Hyphenated and three vowels in a row? There's a reason why "Pickles" as a nickname caught on so quickly.
1. Micheal Haley
Origin: Guelph, ON
Pronunciation: Mahy-kuhl Hey-lee
Used in a sentence: Man, Micheal Haley threw some bombs in that fight.
Why is Michael Haley the hardest to spell? Well, because it seems
