They mentioned on the Fan this morning that he got the nickname from a teammate back in university.
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Like many nicknames, Hammond’s Hamburglar moniker didn’t happen overnight. While he was “stealing” wins for Bowling Green, teammate Wade Finegan told the National Post that he initially started calling Hammond Robber, then Burglar, then Burgs. The Hamburglar stuck about a week later.
"For me, it was kind of like he would rob you and he was a big guy, so he’s hungry,” Finegan told the paper. “We throw around so much B.S., as you know. You throw enough at the wall some of it is going to stick.”
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http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/...know-1.2997084
Apparently the father of the coach for Bowling Green owns a bunch of McDonalds franchises in Ottawa and is giving Hammond a card for a lifetime of free McDonalds.