from David Adams Richards at the Globe and Mail,

We never sat in locker rooms – in fact, some of us never saw a locker before Grade 10. Dressing rooms they were called, and with good reason.

We didn’t have a half-wall – what would that be? We had boards, and we were given penalties for boarding, not half-walling.

And we didn’t deny a shot, we actually saved it.

We didn’t delay at the blue line – we stopped at the blue line.

Nor did we take a wrister – what an insulting word! – we took a wrist shot....

These odious phrases are all momentary inventions of American play-by-play announcers who have never played, or cared enough, to understand the game. Who have no sense of tradition. And worse, they have no respect for the millions of Canadians who do understand and love the game. It’s almost sacrilegious. What is lost on these telecasts is the game’s secret genius. Its glorious ballet.

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