The Hockey News’s Sam Stockton posted a “Getting to Know” feature on Red Wings 2024 1st round draft pick Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, and you may not know about MBN’s nickname as of yet:
One unique aspect of Brandsegg-Nygård’s game is that he is foregoing the usual NHL nickname convention (diminutive of last name plus -y or -er) for something more entertaining. Cleary also revealed that Brandsegg-Nygård goes by the nickname “Taxi” on the ice, a soubriquet he inherited from his father.
Brandsegg-Nygård’s father Richard’s family drove a cab, so when Richard’s mother dropped him off for hockey practice or a game, she did so in the cab, and the name nickname “Taxi” came to be. When it was Michael’s turn to be dropped off at the rink, the family car and were business were unchanged, so that nickname added a new generation.
Continued; he’s not on EliteProspects, but Richard Brandsegg-Nygard was a pro hockey player for Valerenga, MBN’s parent team.
