Sportsnet and APTN are partnering to produce the first-ever NHL game in Plains Cree when the Montreal Canadiens meet the Carolina Hurricanes on Rogers Hometown Hockey from Enoch Cree Nation at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.
The landmark simulcast featuring exclusive Cree-language commentary and analysis will air on APTN – the first national Indigenous broadcaster in the world. Clarence Iron will provide the play-by-play call for APTN, while Juno Award-winning musician Earl Wood will host the broadcast’s studio show alongside NHL alumni and game analyst John Chabot.
Ahead of the historic broadcast, here is a list featuring 25 of the most commonly-used hockey terms translated into Plains Cree:
Hockey – soskwatahikewin, soniskwatahikewin, e-soskwatahikehk
Arena; rink – soniskwatahikewikamik
Assist – e-isi-wepahamawat, e-isi-wepitahamawat, e-isi-wepahamakehk
Boards – asicayihk
Bodycheck – pakamiskawaw, pakamiskatowak
Breakaway – peyakwapoyow, pihkwapoyow, piskwapoyow
Centre – tawayihk, tawayihk ka-metawet, otawi-metawew
Defencemen – naway ka-metawecik, otahk ka-metawecik, otaskanahk ka-metawecik, okanawikapawiwak
Faceoff – napakiwanis
Forechecking – kakwe-maskacihew, e-maskamat
Forward – onikanapoyow, onikanohtew
Hat trick – nisto c-pihtokwahat, nistwaw pihtokwahew, nistwaw pihtokwewepahwew
He shoots – kociw
He scores – osihew, pihtokwahew
Icing – misakame-wepahwew akami-tipahikan
Neutral zone – tawi-tipahikanihk, tawisihkwahk
Offside – e-osami-nikanapoyot, akami-tipahikanihk
Penalty – kipahwaw, misihow/misihowin
Penalty box – kipahocowikamikos
Penalty shot – misihowin ohci e-miyiht ta-peyakwapoyot, misihowinihk ohci e-peyakwapoyot
Puck – atihkwasiniy, napakiwanis, mecawakanis, papamiwepahikanis, ka-kaskicesisit
Pulling the goalie – ocipitewak
Short-handed – e-nohtepayihocik
Slapshot – sohki-pakamiwepahwew
Wrist shot – micihciy aniskekan e-ohci-kitahaskwet
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