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This is not Hockey... #

By Rob Holmes Posted Friday 27th April 2007 15:47 GMT

"Thirty-three-year-old netminder Dida has been taking a bit of stick of late..."

Netminder?!? I dont know if you noticed but this is an article on Football, therefore the term is "Goalkeeper", "'keeper" or "Goalie".

Americanisations everywhere, I dont know...

Hmmm ... #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 27th April 2007 16:52 GMT

Isn't hockey Canadian by birth?

Even though there are far more teams on US soil, I'd wager a bet that a greater number of people follow it in Canada than the US (which is sad - I like hockey, myself).

"Football"? #

By Rick Lesniak Posted Friday 27th April 2007 17:57 GMT

"Netminder?!? I dont know if you noticed but this is an article on Football, therefore the term is "Goalkeeper", "'keeper" or "Goalie"."

You must be nuts. This is an article on Soccer. Football doesn't have 'Netminders', 'Goalkeepers', 'keepers', or 'Goalies'.

Americanizations failing to penetrate eveywhere. I don't know...

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By Andrew Moore Posted Saturday 28th April 2007 10:25 GMT

Rick is right- Girl Rugby doesn't have 'Netminders', 'Goalkeepers', 'keepers', or 'Goalies'.

Football does though

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By Anthony Bathgate Posted Saturday 28th April 2007 20:24 GMT

I'm trying to figure out some way to bring baseball into this. But I just don't think it can be done.

Canadians don't play Hockey #

By Richard Cross Posted Monday 30th April 2007 11:51 GMT

This is ridiculous. Hockey never originated in Canada. Hockey is another of those fabulous sports which originated in England. I believe Canadians are rather good at a sport called "Ice Hockey". At times, the players can give a puck, to grateful spectators, as a souvenir.

Real hockey, sometimes mistakenly Americanized as "Field Hockey", only has one person completely insulated against the possibility of pain, thanks to astronaut-sized body armour. Unlike "American Football", a game started by a big punt.