The names of the players
Sure, hockey has its Andersons, Millers, Howards, and Lundqvists. But that is not what makes the play-by-play so interesting and exciting, you know, aside from that whole non-stop action thing. It is the names that color the commentary and delight even the most boring of scholarly linguists or layman wordsters.
Cheechoo (C-Train)
Ruutu (Roo-too)
Tuukka (Too-kuh)
Spezza (Spet-zah)
Bergfors (berg-fours...)
Chipchura (chip-choo-rah)
Getzlaf (The joker)
Afinogenov (A-fin-o-gen-awv)
Paille (Pie-yay)
Bouwmeester (Bo-meest-er... The meast))
Brind'Amour (Brind-a-more)
Byfuglien (Buff-lin... It suits him, trust me)
Versteeg (ver-steeg)
Svatos (Svah-toes)
Woywitka (Ahm... not sure)
Turco (Tur-ko)
Datsyuk (Dat-sook)
Flippula (Flip-oo-la-la)
Khabibulin (Hah-bee-boo-lin)
Kopitar (The Heli)
Boogaard (Boo-guard)
Latendresse (Lah-ten-dress)
Kostitsyn (Kuh-steet-sin)
Tootoo (Too-too)
van Riemsdyk (van Reems-dike)
Fiddler (Not to be confused with The Diddler)
Reasoner (The philosopher)
Bryzgalov (Briz-guh-lawv)
Fedotenko (Fed-o-ten-ko)
Marleau (of The Wire)
Setoguchi (Set-uh-goo-chee)
Tkachuk (Kuh-chuk)
Oshie (Umeniyora)
Lecavalier (Luh-cav-el-yay)
St. Louis (San Lew-ie)
Smaby (so, smaby not)
Luongo (Loo-on-go)
Beauchemin (Bo-shame-in)
Goligoski (Gawl-i-gos-key)
Oh man, that was last one was a moutful. Speaking of moutfuls... I'd like a mouthful of this save right here:
(Row-low-son)
Hockey, Bitch!
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