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http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/2...translate-game

"I couldn't figure out how to say that the puck was in the middle of their skates, and the players were trying to dig it out. So I would say they were 'chopping onions and cilantro and tomatoes,' just to make a reference to how it looked when they were trying to get the puck out of the corner," said Jesus Lopez, who calls Vegas Golden Knights games in Spanish on ESPN Deportes (1460 AM).

English-speaking hockey fans take these things for granted. Even the most fundamental concept in the game -- a body check -- doesn't have a literal Spanish proxy.

"When someone smashes someone else into the wall, I'd yell, 'There's a ham sandwich! Torta de jamon!'" Lopez said.