These tables list the misspellings and awkward variations of player names in the NHL reports. An awkward variation is usually the initial not matching the first letter of the first name. These mistakes appear in a variety of games and the specific games carrying them are not listed.
Typo/variation
NHL standard name
A. KASTSITSYN
A. KOSTITSYN
B. BOWLER
WILLIAM BOWLER
B. RADIVOJEVICE
B. RADIVOJEVIC
BRYCE VAN BRABRANT
BRYCE VAN BRABANT
CHRISTOPHER KENADY
CHRIS KENADY
F. MEYER IV
F. MEYER
H. MCKAY
RANDY MCKAY
J. BULLIS
J. BULIS
K. PUSHKARYOV
K. PUSHKAREV
KRONVALL
KRONWALL
M. SATIN
M. SATAN
MATTHEW CARLE
MATT CARLE
MATTIAS JOHANSSON
MATHIAS JOHANSSON
N. KRONVALL
N. KRONWALL
P/ BRISEBOIS
P. BRISEBOIS
PJ. AXELSSON
P.J. AXELSSON
R. HOLIK
BOBBY HOLIK
S. KRONVALL
S. KRONWALL
S. THOMAS
JOHN THOMAS
T. WESTLUND
T. VESTLUND
TOMMY WESTLUND
TOMMY VESTLUND
W. TIBBETTS
BILLY TIBBETTS
WESTLUND
VESTLUND
You are to judge what variant and when should be used. For example, Tommy Vestlund is listed on NHL.com, but Tommy Westlund appears in Wikipedia.
