Matt Kassian vs Zack Kassian

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Many times in hockey, a lot gets written about controversy whether it be due to on ice actions, or on some occasions, due to drunken escapades off of it. Today’s “controversy” is much tamer than all of that, as it has to do with a something quite small: a nickname.

Enter Matt and Zack Kassian. The two men are not related by blood, but they do share the same last name. Matt Kassian, a fourth line bubble player for the Minnesota Wild, and Zack Kassian, a young player currently rotating up and down the lineup for the Vancouver Canucks. Their one current bond, aside from the last name, also happens to be a nickname, that of course being “The Kassassin”. And according to Iain MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun, Matt Kassian is adamant about being the lone “Kassassin”.

"At least Kassian has his nickname protected. The 26-year-old has legally trademarked the name “Kassassin” in the U.S. and Canada, which means Canuck Zack Kassian will have to call himself something else."

So how did we get here? Let’s do a quick history of the men and how their nicknames came to be.

After the dust had settled when Cody Hodgson was traded for Zack Kassian, many in the Canucks online community were trying to come up with a nickname for young Zack Kassian. Cody Hodgson, who was often called “Cody Godson” by many, had set the bar in terms of having a fun nickname, so fans went through the options for Zack to try and find one equally as suitable. Eventually “Kassassin” separated itself from the pack and ended up being one of the more common names used for Zack Kassian. I fully admit, I was a big proponent of this, as after every goal Kassian scored, I would tweet “Kassassin Mode: Activated” as a silly way to celebrate him scoring.

In Matt Kassian’s case, the origins of his nickname have eluded my elite googling detective skills, but safe to say he has had the nickname longer than Zack Kassian, as he is the elder statesman in this debate at the ripe old age of 28 versus Zack’s 22 years of age. What my google detective skills did discover, however, is that Matt is so enamored with his nickname that he has created a website for it called www.kassassin.com , and as Matt claims in the Sun article, he has it trademarked.

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It would of been cool to type, talk, the name Kassianator, etc and how he was kickkassing asses. But ofc hes not playing.

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I would love to have them both on the nucks. thats all I have to say about that