On my rookie career save file (created on Version 1.0.2 by the way) there is a Richie Elliot who plays for the Devils and also another Richie Elliot who plays for the Western Jets.
Came across this when playing a Qualifying Final.
Edit: Realised just now I mentioned the wrong mode. I have now fixed it.
What's wrong with 2 people with the same name?
It is possible that there is only meant to be one person with that name. That's the reason I made this report.
Thanks for reporting this @Jake Smart, it's not necessarily a bug, more an issue of repetitive player names. I'll pass this on to the dev team to resolve in a future update.