Los Angeles left wing Kyle "Grease" Calder -- Calder, selected No. 130 overall in the 1997 Entry Draft, beat long odds just to make it to the NHL, and earned his moniker from his style of play.
"It (my nickname) was given to me because of the way I play on the ice," Calder said. "Being able to spin off the checks down low and stuff like that."
Calder got his nickname at a young age and it has stayed with him.
"I've had it ever since I was 16," said Calder, who began in the NHL with the Blackhawks in the 1999-2000 season. "It kind of followed me. One of my junior coaches had a friend who coached in Chicago and passed the name on to him, so it's followed me ever since.''
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