crobro
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Joe Sakic
Frank Mahovlic
Peter Mahovlic
John Kordic
Willie Mitchell
Cory Sarich
Any More?
Frank Mahovlic
Peter Mahovlic
John Kordic
Willie Mitchell
Cory Sarich
Any More?
How about Phil Oreskovic?
I heard Vlasic was part Croatian.
I always thought Jovanovski was Macedonian, but apparently he considers himself Croatian, or at least part Croatian (I know someone who used to baby-sit his kids when he played in Vancouver).
This is 100% false because I played hockey and went to school with a number of his cousins (He is from the windsor area) and he is Serbian.
Vlasic is definitely of Croatian descent.It is possible that his cousins are Serbian and he is not. I am Croatian, but have Serbian cousins (my first cousins are even half-Serbian).
Again, I always thought he was Macedonian or even Serbian, but a family friend of mine who used to babysit his kids said that Ed himself considered himself at least part Croatian (I think she said on his mother's side, but not sure). He could be a mix of Macedonian, Croatian, and Serbian for all I know. I'm just passing on what I heard; never met him personally.
As for Dragan Kesa, wikipedia says he's actually Lucic's uncle.
Mark Popovic - Serbian (mentionned him in the previous post)How about Mark Fistric, Mark Popovic, Alex Petrovic (2010 eligible), and Luke Gazdic. To be honest I don't know the difference between Serbian and Croatian.
Vlasic is definitely of Croatian descent.
However, Ed Jovanovski has nothing to with Croatia. Milan Lucic is Serbian, something I can tell you as a fact even from personal knowledge. What are some other Serbian NHLers? I guess there is Milan Lucic, Sasha Lakovic, Stan Smrke, Ivan Boldirev, Branko Radivojevic, Mike Glumac, Dan Kesa, Mark Popovic, Peter Zezel. There is probably more but I cannot think of them at the moment.
I was also wondering if there are any other players from the former Yugoslavia. I am pretty sure Matt Stajan is Slovenian.
Mark Popovic - Serbian (mentionned him in the previous post)
Alex Petrovic - Serbian
Luke Gazdic - Croatian
Mark Fistric - Croatian
To this list we can add Phil Oreskovic who is also Serbian.
There is a distinct different between Serbian and Croatian surnames, but sometimes it is very hard to differentiate as a few Croats lived or still live on the territory of Serbia while several hundreds of thousands of Serbs lived on the territory of Croatia, and some still do. Therefore, there has been a lot of ethnic mixing between the two peoples and we have had examples of a proud Croatian such as Drazen Petrovic (former NBA Legend) wearing a typically Serbian surname (Petrovic) yet being or considering himself of Croatian ethniciy. Similarly, there is a football/soccer player called Antonio Rukavina on the Serbian national team, while this is a typically Croatian surname (and given name as well). There is a player called Ante Rukavina on the Croatian national team. So, as you can see, the differences are distinct but because of the mixing, it is often very hard to say. The vast majority of surnames will either be Croatian or Serbian, but some of them can be used for both.
There is a distinct different between Serbian and Croatian surnames
To be honest I don't know the difference between Serbian and Croatian.
Hm... It's not that simple anymore.
Maybe between people living abroad for dozens of years, but here, it's gotten so mixed up you can't really tell people by their last names anymore.
Yes, some surnames are Serbian and some are Croatian.
But it's not a guarantee it's not a Serbian with a Croatian name or vice-versa after all the mixing.
The other thing is the apparent hate for each other both Serbs and Croatians living abroad have for each other, when here, smack dead middle of where the was actually was, normal people (read: non-right wing, militant idiots with an intelligence of a squished mellon) hang out with each other and generally don't give a crap who's Serbian and who's Croatian.
Anyway...
The best thing to happen to Croatian hockey is the EBEL League, the building is packed every game, it's a genuine pleasure to go to the games, there's a lot of Canadians of Croatian descent playing (and some former NHLers, like Joel Prpic.... Jeff Hereema is also here), and I had the pleasure of being there when Aaron Fox scored this goal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HoOyDge8k4
There isn't any, genetically speaking. They're mostly (99%) segregated by religion and 1% by name.
Stamkos - Sakic - Lucic
Radivojevic - Kopitar - Stajan
Belak - Mursak - Urbas
Razingar - Rodman - Rodman
Jovanovski - Sarich
Mitchell - Vlasic
Bezina - Oreskovic
Popovic - Fistric
Hamonic - Gregorc
Team Yugoslavia.
Stamkos is greek
According to wikipedia there was a Croat who played in the league in season 03-04. Does anybody know who played and were?