As far as connotations go, Mike Hoffman sounds more like a baseball name. Maybe if it was "Mikka Höffmann" or "Mikhail Hokmanov" or even just a good ol' "Ace Hoffman," seeing his name at the top of the Ottawa Senators' leaderboard more than a quarter of the way into the season would sound right.
But there the 26-year-old is, following up on last year's breakout season (27-21-48 in 79 games, just one of those goals coming on the power play) by leading the Sens with 13 goals and 64 shots through just 21 games of 2015-16.