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Cody Hodgson shocker: You don't know his name

By Botchford 09-15-2009 COMMENTS(3) The White Towel

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The biggest news out of training camp concerns Cody Hodgson, but it has nothing to do with his back.
Yes, his back is feeling better and he has been cleared for contact drills. And yes, he could play Saturday.
But after Hodgson gave his encouraging medical report, he revealed the biggest surprise of camp. His name has been mispronounced since the moment he was drafted.
Hodgson is actually pronounced Hod-son.
"Yes, the G is silent," Hodgson said. "Some people have dropped the G altogether to make it less confusing. That's how you pronounce my name and that's how I prefer it.
"But there are so many people saying Hodge-son, what am I going to do?"
He's right there, it will take a long time to change the way people say his name, but hopefully that change starts here. But if he's going to draw comparisons to Pavel Bure and Trevor Linden, shouldn't people take the time to get his name right?
As for the back, Hodgson said he wants to take a few practices to see how it responds. But he could play Saturday here in Vancouver. He said it felt 70% better.

Everybody's been pronouncing his name wrong, LOL.