2. Erik Haula
"Haula Back", "Haula-luiah"
Okay, seriously, where did this come from? "Haula-luiah" is the nickname for Erik Haula? Who came up with that? We've never seen it written. We've never heard it spoken. This name seems like it came from the clear blue sky.
We've checked everywhere to find where this name came from. It's literally not mentioned on Twitter. The only time we saw it mentioned on Facebook was when people were misspelling Hallelujah. There are no media articles that mention this nickname. We cannot find it anywhere.
Haula has been with a few teams. Maybe this was a fleeting nickname that came out of the mouth of a Hurricanes or Bruins play-by-play guy. We have no idea, we're literally guessing.
Then, there's "Haula Back," which is a reference to Gwen Stefani's famous song "Hollaback Girl." For those who don't know, a "Hollaback Girl" is not a good thing to be. We did at least see this referenced in some goal tweets as far back as his Minnesota Wild days, so this is clearly coming from somewhere. The other one seems to be something that just sounded nice to say and slipped off the tongue.