Hockey Team Superlatives for Players and Goalies
Funny, meaningful and team friendly hockey superlatives for players, goalies, youth teams, beer leagues and end of season awards.
What Are Hockey Team Superlatives?
Hockey team superlatives are player titles that recognize personality, skill, effort, habits, humour and memorable moments from the season.
Recognize What They Do
Fastest Skater, Best Hands, Playmaker and Brick Wall can recognize specific hockey strengths.
Recognize Who They Are
Best Chirper, Locker Room MVP, Best Flow and Team DJ capture the personalities everyone remembers.
Tell the Season Story
A good list should sound like it came from your dressing room rather than a generic award catalogue.
Hockey Team Superlative Ideas
Mix serious and funny categories based on the age of the players and the personality of the team.
Performance Superlatives
- Fastest Skater
- Best Hands
- Human Highlight Reel
- Dangles for Days
- Top Sniper
- Best Playmaker
- Defensive Standout
- Brick Wall
- Best Backchecker
- Clutch Player
- Game Changer
- Breakout Player
Team Superlatives
- Hardest Worker
- Best Teammate
- Most Coachable
- Heart & Hustle
- Most Improved
- Team First
- Practice Leader
- Positive Energy
- Most Reliable
- Quiet Leader
- Future Captain
- Sportsmanship
Locker Room Superlatives
- Best Hockey Hair
- Best Chirper
- Locker Room MVP
- Team DJ
- Team Comedian
- Best Celly
- Most Likely to Be Late
- Most Tape Used
- Best Excuse
- Biggest Beauty
- Bench General
- Team Photographer
How to Choose Better Team Superlatives
The best category is the one where everyone immediately knows why that player won.
Funny Hockey Superlatives
Funny superlatives work best for older players, beer leagues and teams with enough trust that nobody feels singled out in a bad way.
Most Likely to Trip Over the Blue Line
For the player whose greatest opponent is gravity.
Most Likely to Forget the Bench
For the player who believes line changes are optional.
Glass Sniper
For keeping the boards involved in every scoring opportunity.
Ref Consultant
For providing the officiating crew with continuous feedback.
Hockey Goalie Superlatives
Goalies deserve their own list. Their contribution is different enough that forcing them into skater categories rarely works.
Youth Hockey Superlatives
With younger players, avoid categories built around embarrassment. Focus on effort, improvement, teamwork, leadership and positive personality.
Good options include Hardest Worker, Best Teammate, Heart & Hustle, Most Improved, Positive Player, Most Coachable, Future Captain and Sportsmanship.
The goal is still to make the awards fun. The difference is that the player should leave feeling recognized rather than roasted.
Beer League Hockey Superlatives
Beer league titles can lean further into attendance, chirps, dressing room life and the questionable decisions surrounding late ice times.
Some Superlatives Already Fit Hockey Puck Awards
Your team can create its own superlatives for a banquet or season end event, while ready made puck awards can cover recurring categories during the season.
The Mixed Hockey Awards pack includes Hardest Worker, Game Changer, Playmaker, Defensive Standout, Brick Wall and My First Goal.
Each current sticker pack contains 20 professionally printed stickers. The stickers are approximately 2.74 inches in diameter and fit the flat face of a standard hockey puck.
The buyer supplies the hockey pucks and permanent marker. The designs are fixed.
One fixed design for recognizing an individual game performance.
View Player of the Game
One fixed design focused on effort and determination.
View Heart & Hustle
20 stickers total across six fixed hockey award designs.
View Mixed Hockey AwardsWant a Puck for a Team Specific Joke?
Ready made sticker packs cover fixed hockey award designs. For one individual recipient, The Puck Drop is a separate physical hockey puck using an available design with a personal message around the edge.
Related Hockey Award Guides
Use these pages when you want to go deeper into one specific type of team recognition.
The main guide for hockey awards and recognition.
Banquet Hockey Banquet AwardsPlan the complete end of season awards night.
Funny Funny Hockey AwardsMore lighthearted player and team award ideas.
Leadership Hockey Leadership AwardsRecognition for captains, mentors and team leaders.
Recognition Team Recognition IdeasIdeas for effort, growth, character and contribution.
Hockey Hub Explore All Hockey ResourcesAwards, pucks, traditions, gifts and hockey resources.
Hockey Team Superlatives FAQ
What are good hockey team superlatives?
Good options include Fastest Skater, Best Hands, Human Highlight Reel, Best Hockey Hair, Locker Room MVP, Hardest Worker, Best Teammate, Most Improved and Brick Wall.
What are funny hockey superlatives?
Funny options include Glass Sniper, Ref Consultant, Most Likely to Forget the Bench, Most Likely to Be Late, Best Excuse and Most Tape Used.
What are good goalie superlatives?
Brick Wall, Save Machine, Crease Warrior, Last Line of Defence, Robbery Award and Thanks for Bailing Us Out all work well.
Are hockey superlatives good for youth teams?
Yes. Keep youth categories positive and focus on effort, teamwork, improvement, sportsmanship, attitude, leadership and confidence.
What is the difference between a hockey award and a superlative?
A traditional award usually recognizes a specific achievement or contribution. A superlative can also recognize personality, habits, humour or a role the player became known for on the team.
Can hockey superlatives be put on a puck?
Yes. Short titles work especially well. Ready made puck sticker packs use fixed designs, while a separate complete puck can be used for an individual keepsake.
What award designs are in the Mixed Hockey Awards pack?
The pack contains 20 stickers total across Hardest Worker, Game Changer, Playmaker, Defensive Standout, Brick Wall and My First Goal.
Choose the Superlative Everyone Immediately Understands
The best titles do not need a long explanation. The room already knows exactly who the award belongs to and why.