For hockey lovin' poddies:

Nothing important to say but: Go Wings!!!

Total respect for the franchise: Gordy, Alex D., Terry S. (you can keep Steve Y.)

I didn't see the game. I'm living in California and don't have cable tv. I sometimes listen to a radio broadcast that originates in Detroit.

Pominville's goal (Buffalo's 2nd) kept a smile on my face even though the outcome was not what I would have liked. Did you see it?

胜利了！ 底特律紅翼隊万岁！ I was wondering if you were going to say anything. Better luck next time.

昨天晚上：

底特律紅翼隊 四 水牛城軍刀 两 二

:u(

This afternoon's Detroit-Toronto NHL game is being in broadcast in Mandarin, available at www.cbcsports.ca You may need a Canadian IP address to be allowed access. Tonight's Vancouver-Colorado game is being broadcast in Cantonese at the same site.

lordstanley,

Glad to see you bring up the history of women's hockey; check out the vintage photos here: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/hockey/kids/024003-2200-e.html

bingge,

Yes, indeed, the Kings did have Gretzky and Melrose (and Marty McSorley) in the late 1980s/early 1990s -- in fact, I used to interview them all after games. It's how I got my start in journalism!

On a side note, I once sent a picture of me with the Cup to a friend in Shanghai and the response was: "What's that bucket next to you?"

哈哈 - lordstanley - that's funny. I think when women play with men they know what to expect. My friends and I consider it a gesture of respect when the guys treat us the same. (Of course it's okay if the other guys get in an uproar when someone knocks us down, too -hehe- we are still women after all).. I'm sure the Japanese women didn't mind. (I would just shove you back :)

I've never really thought much about the history of women's hockey. I just enjoy playing it, not too much into the history. You've opened my eyes to it :-)

Bingge, I'm not too familiar with the Chinese women's hockey program, but I've actually played hockey against Japanese women. A few of them showed up at the Vancouver rink where I occasionally play pick-up hockey in a "no-contact" league, and since they had skates, sticks, equipment and skated fast, why not let them play. The only weird thing was that although bodychecking was not allowed, a common tactic in our league to keep opposing players from from the puck was to reach out one's hand, grab the opponent's chest and shove them away - the first few times I did that to one of the Japanese females I felt I was breaking a taboo, even though there were a few inches of padding, jersey and glove separating us. Incidentally, women's hockey has a long history, their games used to draw thousands of spectators in the U.S. Pacific NW, Western Canada and Quebec during WWI when male players were fighting overseas.

Oh sorry, they are actually 洛杉矶国王队 ... not 大王. Either way, they are bad.

Guys - fyi - did you know China has a women's hockey team in Harbin? Check this out. I have some tapes from their last Winter Olympic games. (wonder if they'll take a 老外 who isn't skilled but is very, very tall :^) scotts23 - LA Kings did have Gretzky at some point, right?! That's not too sad. Oh, and don't forget Barry Melrose :) lordstanley - Maybe someday I will be able to read all those links. I'm not that fluent yet :(

我不是学汉语，就是打冰球！

This is sad, but I'm a fan of the 洛杉矶大王，who are truly hapless.

At the very least, we should put 史丹利杯 in the cpod dictionary, eh? :^)

三月二号 - be there or be square!

Amongst all of you Oilers & Red Wing fans, I'm dealing with a serious case of 史丹利杯 envy. Thank you all though for helping me learn many new characters & tones related to hockey. Now what would the characters/pinyin be for "He shoots, he SCORES!"

Speaking of "Hoser's", would it be appropriate to start a "Strange Brew" thread?

haha i remember that Rocket Richard commercial.

I was a child in Edmonton in the glory years of the Oilers. I was in love with Andy Moog.

Obitodd, cool explanation, so sounds like Saskatchewan is home of the original hosers. The Rocket Richard commercial can be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfqhg9E1IMQ

Lord Stanley, I remember the Rocket, but not the comercial. Did you know hosers had a hockey connotation? I looked it up on Wiki... and got this...Hoser is both a slang term and a stereotype, originating from and used primarily in Canada.[1]

Like the very similar term hosehead, it originally referred to farmers of the Canadian prairies, who would siphon gas from farming vehicles with a hose during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The expression has since been converted to the verb 'to hose' as in to trick, deceive, or steal - for example: "That card-shark sure hosed me." Hosed has an additional meaning of becoming drunk - for example: "Let's go out and get hosed."

The term "hoser" refers to an era in hockey before the ice resurfacing machine came into use. The losing team had to hose off the ice. The term "hoser" can then be construed to mean loser.[citation needed]

Obitodd, maybe a Chinesepod referee has sent Amber to the penalty box and charged her with "Two minutes for looking so good". **

** Don't worry, I'm not THAT cheesy - the two minutes line is from a memorable hair cream commercial starring Rocket Richard that aired across Canada in the '80s.

LordStanley, Thanks for all the links,I like your toque reference. Where's Amber?

Haha, Bingge. Actually, tons of Wings die-hards who are Canadian. I'd estimate that on any given night at the Joe about 25% are hosers, from Windsor, Chatham, Darren McCarty's Leamington, etc. We're the ones wearing touques instead of "stocking caps". I'm originally from Sarnia, about an hour's drive from the Joe (or 50 minutes if Bob Probert was driving), a town which over the years has pumped out notable Wings coaches and players such as Ted Garvin, Bill Lochead, Harry Neale, Paul Ysebaert, Shawn Burr and Dino Cicarelli. Still listen to Ken & Paul via the Internet and watch Ken & Mickey via Centre Ice. And while finding a whole 章鱼 (zhang1 yu2 octopus) in Vancouver is not always easy, I made sure when I attended the Wings elimination of the Canucks in the 2002 playoffs to bring in some leftover takeout calimari and toss it over the boards. There used to be a Chinese-language Brendan Shanahan tribute Web page somewhere, back when he played for the Wings, and I'll take a look to see if it's still up. I played a ton of hockey in Ontario and Michigan growing up, but also have good memories of playing rooftop ball hockey atop Taipei high-rises. I was also in a bar in China last year - I can't for the life of me recall if it was Beijing or Shanghai - that had a few Canadian bartenders and that would play on its TVs some tapes of recent Hockey Night in Canada games flown over from Canada. Here's a blog post by a Canadian girl about skating indoors in Beijing in the summertime.

http://www.gadling.com/2007/06/03/a-canadian-in-beijing-summer-ice-skating/

I meant Detroit or Buffalo.

我年青的时候打冰球。现在太老了。那时候住在底特律。在 底特律的 Palmer Park 打过. 那时候爱底特律红翼队在Olympia 冰场打。Hockey Night in Canada was my favorite tv show.

Mandomikey, I'll save the date. Is it in Detroit of Buffalo?

不会可是我喜欢在街打曲棍球。

Save this date:三月二号。底特律紅翼隊 对 水牛城軍刀！

mandomikey - I've always liked Buffalo unless they were playing the wings and I always liked Hasek until he came to the wings :) I was sad to see Ozzie go and later Legacy because we acquired Hasek.

I'm so jealous that you got to watch the outdoor game on New Years! That must have been so awesome!

lordstanley - wow - a 最爱底特律红翼队的加拿大人?!! haha- I figured you would chime in, as you are obviously a 冰球迷 :) Thanks for the terms and links. I'm going to check out the links now.

你们都打冰球吗？

Ah, thanks! I was thrown off because 水牛城軍刀 have never seen 一个史丹利杯。 :u(

Here are some links to Chinese-language hockey stories/info:

Ming Pao story about Team Canada winning the World Junior championships yesterday -

http://www.mingpaovan.com/htm/News/20080106/vsf1h.htm

Wikipedia entry for the Red Wings and for the Sabres, from which you can find links to the Wikipedia entries of all other NHL teams:

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BA%95%E7%89%B9%E5%BE%8B%E7%B4%85%E7%BF%BC

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B4%E7%89%9B%E5%9F%8E%E8%BB%8D%E5%88%80

If anyone here is unfortunate enough or misguided enough to be Toronto fans, I'd suggest Googling the Chinese words for "losers" or "joke franchise" and probably something relevant to the Leafs will show up.

shidanli bei is Stanley Cup.

底特律紅翼隊 is Detroit Red Wings.

Looks like I'm outnumbered here! But I'm glad to see the Dominator having another respectable year in goal ... I always liked Hasek's feistiness when he played for Buffalo. Curious, what is the English breakdown of those characters (史丹利杯)? I don't see 红 anywhere in there.

Count me in for the Red Wings too. Looking good for the 史丹利杯 (shi3 dan1 li4 bei1) this season.

Bingge, I take it that you are also a fan, as am I, of the greatest hockey team on earth, the 底特律紅翼隊 (di3 te3 lu4 hong2 yi4 dui4) and are as confident as I am that for the fourth time in the past 12 years they will win the 史丹利杯 (shi3 dan1 li4 bei1) this season.

"I love it when hockey and chinese are mixed"

I figured you would... I do too. In this case, double bonus for me as Buffalo is my fav team, and I happened to be at the outdoor New Year's Day game where they first screened this on the jumbotron. The whole stadium (75,000+) burst out in laughter... classic moment!

maybe someone should send Ryan Miller a subscription to Cpod.

Thanks, mandomikey - I love it when hockey and chinese are mixed :)

I've seen the intellectual in you on other days, today was funny. Besides, I was speaking collectively. I'm really thankful for all the contributions of Cpod "poddies" as they call us all (sounds like a word that came from the other side of the pond to me).

Obitoddkenobi: Glad you enjoyed it. But intellectual?? Really?? Between this and the belly button fuzz thread, we might all be at risk of having our MENSA membership cards taken away!

This article talks about Miller preparing for the shoot. You'll see they vaguely suggest the language as "Chinese": http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabresnhl/story/243257.html

Amazing to be so interconnected through ChinesePod such that we can share such diverse intellectual and downright funny threads thanks Mandomikey!

I think I heard "ni de ma ma hao shuo...." I'm confused.

That was halarious though.....lol ^_^

Sounds like Firefly dialect to me.

All second tones, hmmmm.

woohoo Chinese is making its inroads... except.. was that Cantonese or what??