I lived in a hockey loving house hold growing up in the north - we've touched the Stanley Cup, we yell at the TV when we watch games at home. Hockey is literally one of my favorite sports to watch and talk about with my friends - you can ask them, and they will confirm this statement. My school doesn't have a football team, but we do have a hockey team that is pretty good and basically took the place of the football team, making us a hockey school... which is odd because we live in Florida. As a hockey fan, I've been to quite a few games in my lifetime (and heard a lot of crazy and hilarious things from fellow fans). However, I've said a lot myself while aggressively slamming my arms on the boards. I've compiled a list for you all to enjoy of my personal favorites, but they all are either edited or censored from language because swearing is very common and seem to be the first words out of a lot of angry hockey fans' mouths.
1. "What exactly is a breakaway?"
I honestly think I just stopped and looked at my dad with this one and laughed.
2. "That's goalie interference... and I don't really know what that truly means."
Neither does the NHL, so the mystery of what it truly means and how to call it still remains.
3. "Hey chicken tender, do your job."
Goal tenders and chicken tenders are now forever interchangeable names, change my mind.
4. "Hey! In case you didn't know, you're suppose to put the puck in the back of the net."
Sometimes they just don't get the point that in order to win the game, you have to score and put the puck in the back of the net.
5. "Are they going to pick up the stick or leave it as a tripping hazard?"
This one gets better.
6. "Oh great, they left it as a tripping hazard... someone is going to break an ankle."
My sister didn't quite get why they didn't grab the stick right after they dropped it and proceeded to scold them because they didn't pick it up. She also didn't get why they dropped the sticks so much.
7. "Do you think if I make eye contact with the goalie he'll fall in love with me?"
Spoiler alert, he did not fall in love with my sister.
8. "Why are you guys suddenly playing so soft?"
Being aggressive in hockey is low key the point of the sport, well more or less the fun of the sport, and when you go from watching an aggressive team for a whole season to one that is suddenly softer than a soft baked cookie you get very frustrated.
9. "I feel like I'm watching the Buffalo Sabres play."
If I, or any fan, says this during the game just know that it means you aren't doing so hot and might want to get it together.
10. "The refs are stupid and don't know what they're doing."
All I'm going to say is that you're correct because it's true.
11. "Tape-to-tape, boys, tape-to-tape."
This is code for "please learn how to complete a pass or execute a clean pass."
12. "I hope the coach goes into the locker room and yells at them like Herb Brooks."
If you've never seen Miracle, go watch it and you'll instantly understand what I'm talking about.
13. "Is the coach eating an Uncrustables sandwich right now?"
The answer is yes, he was, and it honestly was kind of iconic.
14. "Dump and change boys."
I think it's the fact that I picked this up from someone else and now say it all the time that makes it a problem.
15. Any applicable Letterkenny quote that exists...
Letterkenny is a TV show on Hulu and is basically Canadian Parks and Rec and talks about hockey a lot... it's extremely inappropriate but still hilarious - I recommend.
16. "Hey! The puck is supposed to be shot down here near the net - not up there!"
Yeah, sometimes the puck is shot too high.
17. "Hi"
To: The cute player falling after being completely boarded in front of me... Sometimes you just have to shoot your shot, you know?
18. "This sport is literally going to kill me... I love it, can we come to the game next week?"
Even when the sport drives you crazy, you always want to come back for more.



















