Mattias Ekholm shares his middle name with an iconic movie villian.
Names tell us a lot about someone. They can inform us of where they come from, their heritage or even who they are married to. Middle names create further context in getting to know someone. This is where familial traditions can take root - like naming a child after a grand parent, celebrity, or deceased family member you want to honour.
Other times it can just be a fun & interesting name that their parents decided to use. In this piece, I'll take you through the top three greatest middle names of the current roster of Edmonton Oilers.
Evander Kane
The first entry on this list is the Oilers' power forward Evander Kane. There are a lot of common middle names for the Oilers' superstars, but the best is Kane's middle name - Frank.
Full Name: Evander Frank Kane.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has not one but two unique middle names - Jarromie Noel. That in combination with his first and hyphenated last name gives Nugent-Hopkins the longest full name of all the Oilers.
Full name: Ryan Jarromie Noel Nugent-Hopkins
Mattias Ekholm
Mattias Ekholm has the best middle name of all the current Oilers - Hans. It may be a common Swedish middle name, but it's still fantastic. As someone who grew up watching Die Hard, I think it's pretty cool to watch a player with the same middle name as one of the greatest movie villians of all-time - Hans Gruber. The Alan Rickman character gave the film an interesting dimension and would become the role that he was most known for.
Full name: Mattias Hans Ekholm.