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Hello and welcome to one of my most unhinged projects yet. I have scoured through the VHL archives to identify every single instance of a repeated last name in history, the sole criterion being that the players made it to the VHL (i.e. VHLM and/or VHLE lifers are excluded). This also means that whilst the list includes all active VHL players as of S92, it doesn't include anyone who is about to come up to the big leagues or has announced their draft eligibility.
 

268 repeat last names were identified throughout VHL history and then sorted to identify the most common last name in the VHL's storied past. But since the work was done to identify each name, I will make it a countdown from names used twice all the way to the all-time leader at 12. Behold.

 

 

Names used 2x in VHL history

188 names have appeared twice in the past and whilst the list is copied in below, I won't dwell on it for too long. This section contains Hall of Famers and completely forgotten journeymen, it has brothers, fathers and sons, and even families separated by multiple generations. Most frequently, it contains completely random and coincidental repeats, separated by as many as 90 seasons. There are two facts of most interest in this category:

 

  1. Two names have a 100% Hall of Fame success rate – Sterling (father) and Alexander (son) Labatte, as well as the Clegane brothers

  2. There has twice been a pair of Mario and Luigi in the VHL – the Linguinis and the De Rossis

 

Spoiler


Adrienne

2

Condor, Micah

Allen

2

Bobby, Jim

Andersson

2

Josef, Nils

Archer

2

Jack, Sterling

Athera

2

Theseus, Troy

Axelsson

2

Otto, Theo

Bailey

2

Kronos, Matt

Baillie

2

Dan, Dan Jr

Banks

2

Cody, Robin

Barabash

2

Tayson, Tyler

Bentley

2

Gus, Matt

Blaze

2

Jeff, Johnny

Block

2

Cinnamon, Joe

Boucher

2

Bobby, Joey

Boulet

2

Scott, Scott 2

Braun

2

Kasey, Lloyd

Bridges

2

Alex, Alex III

Brooks

2

Kevin, Kevin 2

Burns

2

Cobalt, Montgomery

Busser

2

Ryan, Tyler

Callahan

2

Harry, John

Chara

2

Zdeno, Zeedayno

Chershenko

2

Alexander, Nikolai

Clegane

2

Greg, Sandro

Cole

2

Justin, Kendrick

Conway

2

Cal, Charlie

Dan

2

Dan, Squirrely

Daniels

2

Dougie, PJ

Davidson

2

Alexander, Cameron

De Rossi

2

Luigi, Mario

Detroit

2

Nevets, Vinny

Dixon

2

Daryl, Mason

Draper

2

Don, Don 2

Dubnikov

2

Andrei, Pavel

Dynamite

2

JJ, Napoleon

Eldred

2

Edward, Edward 2

Elsby

2

Cameron, Spencer

Encarnacion

2

Edwin, Edwin THE

Eriksson

2

Derek, Paul

Ernst

2

Frederik, Kyle

Esposito

2

Geno, Larry

Faux

2

Bronson, Marcel

Fizzlebeef

2

Roll, Roll Jr

Fletcher

2

Matt, Michael

Foley

2

Chris, Logan

Francis

2

Kevin, Pope

Frostbeard

2

John, Marshall James

Gaudette

2

Blake, Pierre

Gegeny

2

Alex x2

Glover

2

Benjamin, Teagan

Goncalves

2

Catia, Leandro

Graves

2

Alistar, Benny

Gunnarsson

2

Matthew, Thorvald

Gutzwiler

2

Gabriel, Leon

Guy

2

A Red, Bald

Hackett

2

Apollo, Saul

Hampton

2

Fred, Nick

Harris

2

Adam, Mikey

Hart

2

Kevin, Pekka

Heidt

2

Erich, Layken

Heisten

2

Barrett, Jason

Henchoz

2

Germano, Marius

Hextall

2

Jack, Jaxx

Hickey

2

Austin, Austin V

Hill

2

Aaron, Jaime

Hudson

2

Mack, Penis Anthony

Hyvarinen

2

Kerkko, Marquis

Ironside

2

Sebastian, Torstein

Janssen

2

Brad, Willem

Jensen

2

Soren, Viktor

Johansson

2

Arvid, Bo

Johnston

2

Alex, Moose

Julien

2

Chris, Cris

Kaberle

2

Miklos, Scotty

Kachur

2

Alex, Alexander

Kamkar

2

Bahram, Javad

Kane

2

Ko, Kyle

Karlsson

2

Morgan, Nicklas

Keller

2

Chase, Oscar

Kelly

2

Joe, Malcolm

Kennedy

2

Augustus, Thomas

Kliment

2

Ilya, Vladimir

Kopralkov

2

Grigory, Ilya

Kovalchuk

2

Maxim, Mikhail

Kowalski

2

Brian, Jack

Laaksonen

2

Antti, Luukas

Labatte

2

Alexander, Sterling

Lafontaine

2

Andreas, Jacques

Lamb

2

Dakota, Lamb

Lebedev

2

Nikita, Nikolai

Leblanc

2

Brandon, Marc-Alexandre

Lefevre

2

James, Noah

Lehtinen

2

Teemu, Teemu Jr

Letang

2

Alan, Alex

Lindemann

2

Franz, Till

Linguini

2

Luigi, Mario

Low

2

Conner, Kevin

Lynch

2

Jack, Shane

MacTavish

2

Blake, Soap

Man

2

Florida, X

Mann

2

DeFenz, Hockley

Marino

2

Ignacio, James

Martin

2

Aston, Sam

Martucci

2

Claudio, Roberto

Mason

2

Jack, W.B.

Maxwell

2

Brandon, Diana

McCreath

2

Adrian x2

McSexington

2

Sexy x2

Mexico

2

Ookie, Ron

Mikaelson

2

Kol, Niklaus

Miklavz

2

Anze, Drazen

Minion

2

Alexander, Nathaniel

Mitchell

2

Latrell, Pete

Morgan

2

Dexter, Francis York

Morozov

2

Ivan, Valeri

Murphy

2

Alexander, Chad

Nano

2

Alessandro, Paolo

Nygren

2

Lucas, Marcus

O'Neal

2

Da'Brickashaw, Jartavious

Odinson

2

Jeff, Thor

Olsen

2

Jarkko, Karsten

Orosz

2

Chris, Christopher

Pajari

2

Mikka, Rauno

Parise

2

Alex, Zach

Payne

2

Brian, Peter

Pereira

2

Celise, John

Perrin

2

Seabass, Sebastien

Perry

2

Jacob, Nathan

Philliefan

2

Jackson, Jagger

Poremba

2

John, John Jr

Price

2

Ryan, Thomas

Reed

2

Fulton, Joseph

Reikkinen

2

Sven, Tukka

Reingaard

2

Leif, Thor

Rice

2

Kris, Mason

Rift

2

JB, Skylar

Roberts

2

Kai, Landon

Rodriguez

2

Aleksander, Felipe

Roux

2

Noel, Noel Jr

Rush

2

Brandon, Gary

Rust

2

Chance, Deagun

Ryan

2

Jack, Jimmy

Sanderson

2

George, Lenny

Sandstrom

2

Battre, Onde

Schenn

2

Jordan, Phil

Schneider

2

Danny, Doug

Schultz

2

Adam, Marek

Sharpe

2

Motherfucker, Robert

Shaw

2

Aidan, Dabnad

Skokan

2

Ondrej, Ondrej Jr

Slade

2

Jonathan, Orion

Snelheid

2

Braden, Branden

Sound

2

Jack, Zack

Stansson

2

Wolf, Wolf Jr

Stark

2

Ambrose, Tony

Steele

2

Damian, Nathan

Stein

2

Philip, Wolfgang

Stokes

2

Alex, Tyson

Stone

2

Chip, Jacob

Strong

2

Brian, Brian Jr

Stropko

2

Brady, Brady Jr

Stryker

2

Dominik, Jaeger

Styles

2

Jason, Johnny

Summers

2

Erik, Lachlan

Svoboda

2

Pat, Vojczek

Szatkowski

2

Mike, Mike Jr

Tallinder

2

Nils, Patrick

Tarantino

2

Gary, Gary II

Tate

2

Jordan, Lincoln

Taylor

2

Kameron, Owen

Telker

2

Brendan, Nate

Thompson

2

Matt, Troy

Toews

2

Patrick, Tyler

Tonn

2

Jacob, Jordan

Trunov

2

Bogdan, Yaroslav

Tucker

2

Henry, Henry Jr

Vassell

2

Tyler x2

Vega

2

Mikhail, Vincent

Vengeance

2

Johnny, Zacky

Volkov

2

Luca, Vadim

Wallace

2

Fraser, Trevor

Walser

2

Christoph, Jochen

Watson

2

Alex, Emma

Weinstein

2

Ariel, Max

Winters

2

Jordan, Matt

Yu

2

Alvin, Fook

Zhumbayev

2

Anatoli, Artom

Ziegler

2

Thomas, Tomas


 

Names used 3x in VHL history

55 more names added to the list in this category which doesn't really have any fun tidbits to pull out – seems to be a higher proportion of recognisable names than in the first section. What this exercise has been actually helpful in is identifying some duplicates I had in the all-time stats spreadsheet from the 60s. Not sure how those happened but they're gone now.

 

Perhaps one other thing worth mentioning is that in addition to the two Ryans in the above 2x list, there was also a man simply named Ryan in the VHL at one point. Unfortunately that Ryan counts as someone with a last name so the Ryans do not manage to make the cut for the 3x list.
 

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Arsenault

3

Chris, Jon, Michael

Ball

3

Lavar, Sebastian, Sebastian Jr

Bob

3

Baby, Bobby, Jim

Braxton

3

Daniel, Atticus III, Atticus IV

Brown

3

Andrew, Timothy, Tommy

Campbell

3

Blake, Isabella, Scotty

Cobberson

3

David, Hendrix, Lorenzo

Crosby

3

Chase, Sidney, Zach

Dawson

3

Lewis, Phoenix, Riley

Evans

3

Connor, Derek, Nicholas

Forsberg

3

Elias, Filip, Mattias

Gagnon

3

Lukas, Zack, Zack II

Gaming

3

Green, Legacy, Red

Garcia

3

Fernando, Fernando Jr, Jerry

Glade

3

Shawn, Shawn Jr, Shawn III

Glass

3

Gregory, Kyle, Legacy

Green

3

Ben, Lester, Pavel

Hogan

3

Hulk, Hulk 2, Hulk Jr

Jackson

3

Jefferson, PJ, Percy

Janser

3

Callum Gary Yannick, Daniel, Marcel

Jenkins

3

Conrad, Leeroy, LeRoy

Jonsson

3

Baron, Grimm, Mikael

Khan

3

Genghis, Genghis II, Sarmad

Kisslinger

3

King, Zach, Zachariah

Laine

3

Patrik, Sebastian x2

Landry

3

Brodie III, Thomas, Thomas II

Larsson

3

Alf, Henrik, Miles

Louth

3

Beau, Brock, Keaton

Martinez

3

Juan, Xavier, Zack

McFleury

3

Oreo, Reese, Skor

Moreau

3

Aurelien, Brian, Remy

Mueller

3

Kriztof, Marek, Patrick

Muller

3

Izaak, Lukas, Shawn

Odinsson

3

Gunnar, Thor, Vaydar

Peace

3

Kyle, Ron, Rylan

Pearce

3

Calix, Cole, Nico

Power

3

Kelly, M.T., Wattson

Rose

3

Hex, James, Jory

Ruutu

3

Jarmo, Jorma, Teuvo

Samuelsson

3

Borje, Jeevan, Olof

Schwarz

3

Guido Esq., Ryan, Torsten

Shirokov

3

DMatousz, Matousz, Petr

Singh

3

Astro, Harvey, Japinder

Stafford

3

JJ, RJ, SJ

Strauss

3

Leo, Markus, Wolfgang

Sullivan

3

James, Ryan, Ryan Jr

Thunder

3

Jake, Lupus, Matt

Valiq

3

Alexander, Niklas, Tomas

Voss

3

Hammar, Zach x2

Wahl

3

Bennett, Brick, Brick II

Walker

3

Carson, Jaxon, Tyler

Webber

3

Jon, Jon Jr, Paul

White

3

Eric Jr, Jason, Todd

Wolf

3

Bruno, Declan, Sven

Wolfe

3

Damien, Damon, Denver

 


 

The Top 24

 

We are now in the top end of the ranking, as at 4 appearances each, the pool dwindles considerably. There are 13 names which show up exactly 4 times:

  • The Bakers (Abel, Joseph, Patrick, and Shane)

  • The Carters (Alex, Donny, Jared and Jared the 2st (sic))

  • The Clarkes (Daniel, Dean, Jon, and Will) – two of whom, Dean and Will, are unrelated but were both of the cup-winning S70 Moscow squad

  • The Downeys (Bahr, Jeff (both the S1 and much more successful S68 incarnation) and the original Jeff's brother Ryan)

  • The Eagles (two Gregs, Henry, and Tom) – brought to us exclusively by @Greg_Di. Greg Eagleowski sadly doesn't make the cut.

  • The Funks (brothers and Builders Dust'n and Raymond and decades later playoff hero Rayz and the less notable Frank Jr)

  • The Kings (Kevin, Markus, Roctrion, and Thomas)

  • The Komarovs (Evgeni, Pavel, Sergei, and Vladamir) – also the sole work of one man, @Gooningitup

  • The Matthews (Anthony, Luke, Mitchell, and Wesley)

  • The Millers (Alec, Jackson, MF Percy, and Nicholas)

  • The Syndergaards (two Aksels, Thomas, and Tomas)

  • The Williams (AJ, Justin, Robinson, and Tyrone)

  • and the Youngs (Alex, Christopher, Naomi, and Zachary)

 

5 names then, fittingly, show up 5 times over the years:

  • Davis (David, Finn, Jake, Jasper, and Roque) – almost entirely hauled up the list by @Josh's obsession with the name

  • Hamilton (brothers Phil, Jeff, and David (Phil and Jeff making the Hall) and also the lesser-known Drew and Josh)

  • Knight (Blake, David, Jordan, Ricky, Steven) – remarkably only once used by either @Phil or David @Knight – the actual Knight brothers choosing to be Hamilton brothers in the VHL instead

  • Reinhart (Asher, Jerome, Reylynn, Tobias, and Tyler all being prominent in the 80s)

  • Tremblay (Dan, Danny, Pierre-Marc, Steve and the man himself (not really), Simon Tremblay)


 

Then in joint fifth place...

6 Hunters (Alyksander, Blade, Braxton, JaKobe, Jeff, and Kurtis)

6 Jokinens (Alvaro, David, Diego, Erlantz, Fabio, and Fernando) – courtesy of the Finnish fiends @Ahma and @jRuutu

6 Smiths (Cody, Jacob, Josh, Lucas, Steve, and Trevor) – all extremely forgettable just like the name


 

In joint third place we have the Wilsons (Aaron, Al, Connor, Dusty, Jesse, Josh, and Wade), 7 completely unrelated and largely irrelevant players, and the Gow brothers (@Fire Tortorella and @eaglesfan036) who have brought 7 Gows (Austin, Bernie, Jeff, Jim, Robert III, Robin, and Shayne) to the VHL before branching off into more creative names.


 

Jones is the second most popular last name in VHL history with 9 players (Bob, Casey, Dallas, Dan, Davey, Jay, Kered, Mason, and Ty) over the years. Davey Jones as part of the 30s Dynamo and Casey Jones who had a Labatte-winning rookie season in S57 and then was part of the USA's most prolific World Cup years are easily the most successful of the Joneses.


 

Clear at the top it's the Johnsons though – 12 of them specifically. We've had Bossman, Brent, Gabrial, Gabriel, Kobe, Leroy, Michael, Miles, Phil “The Rock”, Regie, Reid, and Ricky. Yes I was also hoping for a more impressive list but Michael and Phil have definitely elevated the Johnsons' profile in more recent season and Kobe is active in the VHL as we speak. Will anyone catch them? Only time will tell.

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16 minutes ago, eaglesfan036 said:

@Victoryou forgot about Tim TebowGow

very clearly a separate name

 

5 minutes ago, Hogan said:

Unbelievable @Victor. You forgot 0 tpe undrafted player Danielle Hogan of the season 24 draft!

"the sole criterion being that the players made it to the VHL"

We could have seen both Taro and Tarro Tsujimoto if the latter had made it up. 
 

I’ve always been super anti-“let’s make players who are related,” even more so as a GM and even more so than that when people insisted on playing with each other. It’s interesting that the list has lots of people on it who are there both accidentally and on purpose—and even more interesting IMO that the top 2 were by accident. 

5 minutes ago, Gustav said:

and even more interesting IMO that the top 2 were by accident. 

I claim that there are a lot of Shadowrun players and the customers in Seattle are only ever referred to as 'Johnson' ;)

 

Article Review, everyone needs a pet project and why not have that be looking at name repetition in the VHL.  I am not sure your research will change the way we view the VHL or how we build players in the future but it is fun and I like it.  Keep up the great work, we all need to do something strange once in a while and why not have it link to the VHL community.  If you have more time to spend doing something of little to no value but is odd and wacky then could you find out how many players name themselves after animals or even just living things. I give this article a 10/10 for fun.

Review: 
 

Wow! Great read! I've always wondered about the "family" lineage of all the VHL players, now I have a place to look them up 👍  I got a little bit confused when you wrote Top 24, but understood it afterwards 😅 Great use of "Hidden Content" feature to help minimize a huge list of names. I wonder if there's going to be someone who only uses the same name and only the same name in the future? Easy to read, good spacing. Great use of tags to provide recognition to users. 10/10

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