Below you will find audio files intended to help you properly pronounce Hurricanes players’ names. In each recording, you will hear both the player and a member of the Canes’ PR staff pronounce the player’s name. Some players choose to “Americanize” their names, while others do not, but regardless, you hear a pronunciation deemed acceptable by each player.
Sebastian Aho (Seh-BAS-t’yehn AH–hoh)
Frederik Andersen (FREHD–rihk AN-duhr-suhn)
Jackson Blake (JAK-suhn BLAYK)
Brent Burns (BREHNT BURNZ)
Jalen Chatfield (JAY-lehn CHAT-feeld)
Dylan Coghlan (DIH-luhn KAWG-luhn)
Jack Drury (JAK DRUHR-ee)
Ryan Dzingel (RIGH-uhn duh-ZIHN-guhl)
Jesper Fast (YEHS-puhr FAHST)
Domenick Fensore (DAHM-ihn-ihk FEHN-sor)
Cavan Fitzgerald (KA-van fihtz-JAIR-uhld)
Simon Forsmark (see-MOHN forz-MAHRK)
Jake Gardiner (JAYK GAHRD-nuhr)
Vladimir Grudinin (VLA-dih-meer GREW-din-in)
Noel Gunler (NOH-ehl GOON-lehr)
Nikita Guslistov (nih-KEE-tuh guhs-LEES-tahv)
Patrik Hamrla (PA-treek HAHM-uhr-lah)
Aleksi Heimosalmi (a-LEHX-ee hay-moh-SAHL-mee)
Anttoni Honka (AHN-toh-nee HAHNK-ah)
Seth Jarvis (SEHTH JAHR-vihs)
Oliwer Kaski (AW-lih-vuhr KAH-skee)
Joey Keane (JOH-ee KEEN)
Pyotr Kochetkov (pee-OH-tohr koh-CHEHT-kahv)
Ville Koivunen (VIHL-ay KOI-vuh-nuhn)
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (yehs-PEHR-ee koht-kah-nee-EHM-ee)
Jake Kucharski (JAYK koo-CHAR-skee)
William Lagesson (WIHL-yuhm LAH-guh-suhn)
Maxime Lajoie (max-EEM la-ZHWAH)
Cruz Lucius (CROOZ LOO-shuhs)
Mackenzie MacEachern (muh-KEHN-zee mak-EHK-uhrn)
Jordan Martinook (JOHR-duhn MAHR-tihn-uhk)
Stelio Mattheos (STEHL-ee-oh ma-THAY-ohs)
Lucas Mercuri (LEW-kis MER-cur-ee)
Bryce Montgomery (BRYSS mawnt-GUHM-uhr-ee)
Scott Morrow (SKAWT MOH-row)
Blake Murray (BLAYK MUHR-ee)
Yegor Naumov (YEH-gohr NOW-mov)
Martin Necas (MAHR-tihn NAY-chas)
Alexander Nikishin (al-ehx-AN-duhr nih-KEE-shin)
Stefan Noesen (STEH-fan NAY-sehn)
Zion Nybeck (ZI-ohn NY-bek)
Joel Nystrom (JOHL NY-strohm)
Alexander Pashin (al-ehx-AN-duhr PASH-ihn)
Alexander Pelevin (al-ehx-AN-duhr PEHL-eh-veen)
Yaniv Perets (YAH-neev pehr-ETS)
Alexander Perevalov (al-ehx-AN-duhr pehr-EV-a-lahv)
Brett Pesce (BREHT PEH-shee)
Vasily Ponomarev (vah-SIH-lee paw-noh-MAIR-ehv)
Jesse Puljujarvi (YEH-see poo-lee-AHR-vee)
Nikita Quapp (nih -KEE -tuh KWAHP)
Antti Raanta (AHN-tee RAHN-tah)
Jamieson Rees (JAY-mih-suhn REES)
Tarmo Reunanen (TAHR-moh ray-OO-na-nehn)
Massimo Rizzo (mah-SEE-mo REEZ-oh)
Justin Robidas (JUHS-tihn ROW-bid-ah)
Zach Sawchenko (ZAK saw-CHEHNK-oh)
Ronan Seeley (ROH-nuhn SEE-lee)
Jesper Sellgren (YEHS-puhr SEHL-grehn)
Brady Skjei (BRAY-dee SHAY)
Jaccob Slavin (JAY-kuhb SLAY-vihn)
Kirill Slepets (KIH-rihl SLEH-pehts)
Jordan Staal (JOHR-duhn STAWL)
Paul Stastny (PAWL STAS-nee)
Derek Stepan (DAIR-ihk STEH-pahn)
Malte Stromwall (MAHL-teh STROHM-wahl)
Ryan Suzuki (RIGH-uhn suh-ZOO-kee)
Andrei Svechnikov (AHN-dray SVECH-nih-kawv)
Teuvo Teravainen (TAY-voh tair-uh-VIGH-nehn)
Tuukka Tieksola (TU-kah tee-EHK-soh-lah)
Gleb Trikozov (GLEHB TREE-koh-zohv)
Jakub Vondras (YAH-kub VAWN-drahs)
Cade Webber (KAYD WEH-ber)