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Jamie Langenbrunner (15) and Scott Niedermayer are two former Devils with long last names.

(Photo by Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger)

RALEIGH, N.C. -- When the Devils claimed Tom Kostopoulos off waivers on Wednesday, it made a lot of extra work for equipment manager Rich Matthews.

It is Matthews who had to put the 11 letters on the back of the jersey.

But Kostopoulos doesn't have the longest last name in Devils' history. That designation is shared by former captain Jamie Langenbrunner and goalie John Vanbiesbrouck. Their last names have 13 letters.

There have also been four players with 12 letters, including Alexei Ponikarovsky. The others are Reijo Ruotsalainen, Vadim Sharifijanov and Peter Sidorkiewicz.

All told, Kostopoulos and eight others have last names with 11 letters-- Scott and Rob Niedermayer, Josef Boumedienne, Dave Marcinyshyn, Ilkka Pikkarainen, Joel Quenneville, Andreas Salomonsson and Lindsay Middlebrook.

Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond does not count because of his hyphenated last name.

And the shortest last name in Devils' history?

That would be three letters-- Ron Low and Sascha Goc.

Rich Chere: rchere@starledger.com; twitter.com/Ledger_NJDevils