If I had a dollar for every cliché I’ve heard in 18 years of covering the NHL, not only would I buy a great steak dinner at Morton’s, I might be able to make a competitive offer on a Morton’s franchise (Oh, is “If I had a dollar for every…” a cliché? Well, I do cover hockey).
Hockey is the best. It’s the greatest game out there and the players are truly the nicest to deal with among the major sports. I’ve covered all the big sports, and by far hockey guys are the best. But they tend to fall back on well-worn sayings. Like, a lot.
I’m pretty sure no day has gone by in a hockey locker room without one cliché rearing its head (cliché No. 2 in my preamble). Notice I didn’t say the clichés rear their “ugly” head, though. Clichés, to me, are part of what makes hockey great. ‘Tis like a warm blanket to me, a “Gotta just take it one shift at a time."
Clichés are no good for writers, though.
For my very first story as a paid writer for the Concord (N.H.) Monitor in 1990, I co ...
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The Top 10 Clichés in Hockey
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