Voyager_I
2008-02-01, 02:03 AM
I'll assume that, like most non-Canadians, the vast majority of you don't even know what channel to watch Hockey on. However, if you ever have a foreign exchange student from the north of the Plaid Border, you might want to take notice of what they're watching, and maybe sit down with a notepad.
Why, you're probably wondering, would I ask normal people to take notes on Hockey? Very, very, simple, my good playgrounders. While I'll congratulate you if you can figure what's happening and why they keep fighting so much, your real attention should be focused on the Announcer. You see, it's become apparent that many people couldn't think of a decent name if a mugger held their family at gunpoint and demanded a fake passport. Ice Hockey offers a solution to this: most of the players aren't American, and their names tend to have that delicious foreign flavor we're always trying to get. On the other hand, these are also names that people had to carry for their entire lives, so they actually sound like something you could imagine a parent calling their child. Next time you're suffering from writer's block at the start of a character sheet, don't go googleing name lists. Just take a quick peek at www.nhl.com
There are hundreds of players out there, and you can be pretty sure that nobody in your group will have heard of any of them. Still, just to be safe, you might want to avoid the really famous ones, because their names have managed to leak through enough cracks in the shell of obscurity otherwise enclosing Ice Hockey. If King Gretzky asks your players to travel to the Dungeon of Lemieux to retrieve the Cup of Stanley, you're probably in for a well-deserved ribbing.
...a few highlights from my favorite team (and a cookie to anyone who can figure it out)
Henrik Lundqvist
Stephen Valiquette
Micheal Rozsival
Marcel Hossa
Colton Orr
Nigel Dawes
Blaire Betts (Yes, they're all guys)
Fedor Tyutin
Ryan Hollweg
Brandon Dubinsky
Petr Prucha
...the list goes on and on, and that's only from one team. They're all male, but you could probably slip a Blaire Betts or a Marian Hossa past your players without any questions being asked.
Also, watch Hockey!
Why, you're probably wondering, would I ask normal people to take notes on Hockey? Very, very, simple, my good playgrounders. While I'll congratulate you if you can figure what's happening and why they keep fighting so much, your real attention should be focused on the Announcer. You see, it's become apparent that many people couldn't think of a decent name if a mugger held their family at gunpoint and demanded a fake passport. Ice Hockey offers a solution to this: most of the players aren't American, and their names tend to have that delicious foreign flavor we're always trying to get. On the other hand, these are also names that people had to carry for their entire lives, so they actually sound like something you could imagine a parent calling their child. Next time you're suffering from writer's block at the start of a character sheet, don't go googleing name lists. Just take a quick peek at www.nhl.com
There are hundreds of players out there, and you can be pretty sure that nobody in your group will have heard of any of them. Still, just to be safe, you might want to avoid the really famous ones, because their names have managed to leak through enough cracks in the shell of obscurity otherwise enclosing Ice Hockey. If King Gretzky asks your players to travel to the Dungeon of Lemieux to retrieve the Cup of Stanley, you're probably in for a well-deserved ribbing.
...a few highlights from my favorite team (and a cookie to anyone who can figure it out)
Henrik Lundqvist
Stephen Valiquette
Micheal Rozsival
Marcel Hossa
Colton Orr
Nigel Dawes
Blaire Betts (Yes, they're all guys)
Fedor Tyutin
Ryan Hollweg
Brandon Dubinsky
Petr Prucha
...the list goes on and on, and that's only from one team. They're all male, but you could probably slip a Blaire Betts or a Marian Hossa past your players without any questions being asked.
Also, watch Hockey!