Flyers misspell players name . . . for five years

cardsfan04 · Post by **cardsfan04** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:03 am

PHILADELPHIA -- What's in a name? For Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Nicklas Grossmann, it's an extra n.

The Flyers had a familiar face, yet a new name on their roster Tuesday night: Grossmann.

Grossmann had long had his name spelled Grossman -- with one n -- on his jersey, his locker cubicle, everything because that's how it was assumed he spelled his name.

Grossmann, acquired last month from the Dallas Stars, said a Flyers employee noticed the discrepancy when he saw Grossmann's passport. Grossmann confessed his name had been spelled incorrectly since his rookie season in 2006. Philadelphia's 3-2 win over Detroit on Tuesday night was the first game he wore a jersey with the correct spelling of his name in the NHL.

Grossmann said when he was young, he didn't want to complain, saying, "I was just happy to have a jersey with my name on it."

Not the most interesting story ever, but I thought it was kind of funny. How does a team misspell its own player's name for 5 years?

DaDitka · Post by **DaDitka** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:16 am

I think it's awesome that he was so excited to play he didn't complain.....hockey players are just different from other professional athletes.

dmiles2186 · Post by **dmiles2186** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:24 am

DaDitka wrote:I think it's awesome that he was so excited to play he didn't complain.....hockey players are just different from other professional athletes.

If that was a wide receiver in football, they would have held out until things got corrected and then they would hold a press conference where they refer to themselves in the third person 50 times and talk about respecting their 'brand.'

Point being: hockey players > all other sports players

ViPeRx007 · Post by **ViPeRx007** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:28 am

I just feel bad for all of those fans who bought a Grossman uni.

drwoland · Post by **drwoland** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:42 am

So that was really the Stars that misspelled it for 5 years, no?

cardsfan04 · Post by **cardsfan04** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:51 am

drwoland wrote:So that was really the Stars that misspelled it for 5 years, no?

Correct. I realized that after I posted the thread, but didn't bother to go back and change it.

drwoland · Post by **drwoland** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:53 am

cardsfan04 wrote:
drwoland wrote:So that was really the Stars that misspelled it for 5 years, no?
Correct. I realized that after I posted the thread, but didn't bother to go back and change it.

proud of you

DaDitka · Post by **DaDitka** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:52 pm

cardsfan04 wrote:
drwoland wrote:So that was really the Stars that misspelled it for 5 years, no?
Correct. I realized that after I posted the thread, but didn't bother to go back and change it.

Just keeping with the mistakes theme

cardsfan04 · Post by **cardsfan04** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:12 pm

DaDitka wrote:
cardsfan04 wrote:
drwoland wrote:So that was really the Stars that misspelled it for 5 years, no?
Correct. I realized that after I posted the thread, but didn't bother to go back and change it.

Just keeping with the mistakes theme

consistency is king

Let's Go Blues

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