"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.
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I wish we were able to get these broadcasts here (maybe we can?). they did the Grey Cup in Spanish this year too but of course not available in Canada (!!). My kids took Spanish at school through grade 12 and this is the type of stuff they would find interesting and practical. Schools would be well advised to use these broadcasts as an educational tool as it ties something most Canadians know about (hockey) to a new language which would make it easier to learn than some abstract concepts.
Love it. English has so much slang and so many ways to say things that the Spanish speakers would definitely not understand it. Maybe the French commentary is a better fit on what you could potentially say since Spanish and French are so similar.
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