Minor Hockey Moments

Monday, January 10, 2011

Russian celebration translated

Remember last week when the Russian juniors stunned Canada with five goals in the third period to win the gold medal at the world championship?
Many of us could imagine, but still wondered, exactly what the Russian teenagers were saying as they celebrated their win.
Well, thanks to the Cheap Seats blog, now we know.
Some of it goes like this:
"Wooooo! wooooo!"
"Bitch f**k!"
"Whore!"
"I won for you mom I won for you!! F**k!"
"Aaaahhhhhh!"
"Victory!!!"
"Victory of Russia!"
It's not much different from what Canadian kids say on the ice or in the dressing room or from their coaches. Of course, we'd like to think Canadians wouldn't use heavy profanity while starring into a TV camera.
Maybe Canadian female hockey players would - they did, after all, suck back some cold ones on the ice after winning the Olympic gold last winter in Vancouver.
Also chiming in on the behaviour of the Russia teens is Don Cherry, whose opinions on his Coach's Corner segment of Hockey Night in Canada are so revered in Canada that they generate news stories.
Cherry's thoughts about teenage drinking and rowdy behaviour is interesting since he's the guy who used to hang bags of beer outside the bus window to keep them cool during long road trips in the American Hockey League.

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