Hockey on Phonics

lina · May 28th, 2008

So, you want to know how to sound like you know what you’re talking about during the Stanley Cup finals? But you don’t know how to tell if a Roy is really a ROI of if it is a WAH? Don’t worry Sparky, Lina has you covered!

Detroit Red Wings

NO.	NAME	PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION
24	Chris Chelios	KRIHS CHELL-EE-ohs
11	Daniel Cleary	DEN-yehl KLIH-ree
13	Pavel Datsyuk	PAH-vehl Dat-SOOK
20	Aaron Downey	AIR-ruhn DOW-nee
17	Dallas Drake	DAL-uhs DRAYK
33	Kris Draper	KRIHS DRAY-puhr
48	Cory Emmerton	KOH-ree EHM-uhr-tuhn
52	Jonathan Ericsson	JAWN-ah-thuhn AIR-ihk-suhn
51	Valtteri Filppula	VAL-tuhr-ee FIHL-poo-luh
93	Johan Franzen	YOH-han FRAN-zehn
44	Mark Hartigan	MAHRK HAHR-tih-guhn
39	Dominik Hasek	DOHM-ihn-ihk HAH-shihk
43	Darren Helm	DAIR-ehn HEHLM
96	Tomas Holmstrom	TAW-mas HOHLM-struhm
35	Jimmy Howard	JIHM-ee HOW-uhrd
26	Jiri Hudler	YIH-ree HOOD-luhr
46	Jakub Kindl	YA-kuhb KEEHN-duhl
55	Niklas Kronwall	NIHK-luhs KRAWN-wahl
22	Brett Lebda	BREHT LEHB-dah
5	Nicklas Lidstrom	NIHK-luhs LID-struhm
3	Andreas Lilja	Awn-DRAY-uhs LIHL-yuh
25	Darren McCarty	DAIR-ehn muh-KAHR-tee
14	Derek Meech	DAIR-ihk MEECH
30	Chris Osgood	KRIHS AWS-gud
4	Kyle Quincey	KIGHL KWIHN-see
28	Brian Rafalski	BRIGH-uhn ra-FAWL-skee
42	Mattias Ritola	Mat-TEE-uhs RIH-toh-lah
37	Mikael Samuelsson	MIH-kigh-ehl SAM-yuhl-suhn
23	Brad Stuart	BRAD STEW-ahrt

Pittsburgh Penguins

NO.	NAME	PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION
24	Kris Beech	KRIHS BEECH
35	Ty Conklin	TIGH KAWN-klihn
87	Sidney Crosby	SIHD-nee KRAWZ-bee
9	Pascal Dupuis	Pas-KAL doo-PWEE
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	MAHRK-AWN-dray fluh-REE
2	Hal Gill	HAL GIHL
55	Sergei Gonchar	SAIR-gay gohn-CHAR
28	Adam Hall	A-duhm HAWL
18	Marian Hossa	MAIR-ee-uhn HOH-sa
48	Tyler Kennedy	TIGH-luhr KEH-nuh-dee
27	Georges Laraque	ZHAWRZH luh-RAK
58	Kris Letang	KRIHS leh-TANG
71	Engeni Malkin	Ehv-GEH-nee MAHL-kihn
12	Ryan Malone	BRIGH-uhn muh-LOH-nee
44	Brooks Orpik	BRUKS OHR-pihk
10	Gary Roberts	GAIR-ree RAW-buhrts
37	Jarkko Ruutu	YAHR-koh ROO-too
30	Dany Sabourin	DA-nee SA-boo-rihn
4	Rob Scuderi	RAWB SKUD-uh-ree
11	Jordan Staal	JOHR-dahn STAHL
5	Darryl Sydor	DAIR-uhl sih-DOHR
17	Petr Sykora	PEE-tuhr sih-KOH-ra
38	Jeff Taffe	JEHF TAYF
25	Maxime Talbot	Max-eem TAL-buht
19	Ryan Whitney	RIGH-uhn WHIHT-nee

Profile: Lina has been working in the sports industry ever since she graduated with a Broadcast Journalism degree from Webster University in St. Louis, MO. Lina started as an intern for KTRS 550 AM covering remote broadcasts for the St. Louis Blues, Rams and Cardinals. She then dove into television production with FSN Midwest and KMOV-TV. Lina landed in Los Angeles in 2006 and has been covering the NFL, MLB and NASCAR with Fox Sports. She joins the Rotohog team to give fantasy fans the inside scoop on anything and everything…all in the name of sports!

Born: Tokyo, Japan

Favorite Sport The coolest sport in the game of course, HOCKEY!!

Sports Played: Volleyball, Soccer, Tennis, Mini-golf, Softball and Thanksgiving tackle football with my friends.

Favorite covering sports moment: Yelling at a Chicago Blackhawk player for trying to spray me with ice shavings during a stand-up. He was so surprised I said anything to him!

If I was an athlete I would be like: Ray Bourque. Always working hard to eventually achieve any goal I set my sights on. No matter how long it takes!