GDT: Sea Dogs @ Mooseheads - October 5th, 2007

[elementz]

intheknow said:

Is Alex Grant hurt/sick .....he play a horrible game last night....??

From what I watched on TV, I thought he was one of our better players.

[canucklehead]

gman said:

The eastlink broadcasters are not biased- they just don't think outside the box very well. They know that Halifax is supposed to be a top team, so they give them accolades in that way. Look at Peter Labardois (sp?) from sportsnet.... he blows his load over players he's never seen play before just because he's heard how good they are.

Well to a lesser extent, that's what you witnessed last night. The eastlink guys know Halifax is supposed to be a top team and just got Voracek back, so they will comment on that a lot.

As for the pronounciation of his name, I've heard it said 2 ways:

Vor-a-cek
Vora-cek

I think he prefers the first way, but neither way is wrong. Certainly not in the same category as the previously pointed out "Bruce Swan" from your media guy.

There's only one way to pronounce a name lol

How can anybody say the Eastlink guys aren't biased unless they know them personally of course it wasn't just Voracek they talked about it was everything about Halifax but either way it doesn't matter the games over it sucked for us but they'll bounce back just like they did after the home opener! ;D

[Gman]

canucklehead said:

There's only one way to pronounce a name lol

And how do you know they don't have it right, and what you thought was wrong?

[canucklehead]

gman said:

canucklehead said:

There's only one way to pronounce a name lol

And how do you know they don't have it right, and what you thought was wrong?

This is the first time I've ever heard it pronounced that way whether it be from the NHL draft & preseason games or the games I watched over the web last year it was said one way which is the same as I've always heard shit even if everyone else has it wrong there still isn't 2 ways to say your name lol

[Smiley]

captainmoose said:

canucklehead said:

Well he didn't skate directly to the bench it seems to me it doesn't matter of he didn't touch the puck that makes no difference you have to go straight to the bench

As for whether or not the puck was loose I don't give a shit I would have liked to see a SJ player give someone a shot for taking so many hacks at the puck while the goaltender tried to cover the puck!

Finally I think it's funny how pathetic commentators are when they say how they were told how Knotek wants his name pronounced and they are going to do it his way but yet they can't say Voracek that's awesome!!! I know home town announcers favour the home team which makes sense but according to these morons the Moose players can do no wrong they must skate on water! I'm sure they would have thought of giving Gauthier an extra 10 minute misconduct if he played for the Mooseheads!

First of all, Tonights game was done by Eastlink, they are not home town announcers they work for Eastlink, and their main play by play guys is from Cape Breton.

Neither guy is from Cape Breton. Robertson is from Pictou County, and was once the voice of the Wildcats. MacDonald is from Antigonish...and was more partial to Alex Grant than the Mooseheads.

As for the Telus webcast, I don't know who they used. I assume they used Johnny Moore, as they usually do. Moore is homerish. What else would you expect. He is the Mooseheads voice. The team pays him, he travels with the team.

Some people should not be complaining about announcers and about their team getting dominated.

Dogbert was cocky saying the Moose were down and Seadogs would win big. If I were him I would complain about my team not showing up (Except your goalie).

[Y Ddraig Goch]

smiley said:

captainmoose said:

First of all, Tonights game was done by Eastlink, they are not home town announcers they work for Eastlink, and their main play by play guys is from Cape Breton.

Neither guy is from Cape Breton. Robertson is from Pictou County, and was once the voice of the Wildcats. MacDonald is from Antigonish...and was more partial to Alex Grant than the Mooseheads.

As for the Telus webcast, I don't know who they used. I assume they used Johnny Moore, as they usually do. Moore is homerish. What else would you expect. He is the Mooseheads voice. The team pays him, he travels with the team.

Some people should not be complaining about announcers and about their team getting dominated.

Dogbert was cocky saying the Moose were down and Seadogs would win big. If I were him I would complain about my team not showing up (Except your goalie).

Dogbert is the Dogs' chsb. It wasn't out of the ordinary from him.

[Steve]

smiley said:

captainmoose said:

First of all, Tonights game was done by Eastlink, they are not home town announcers they work for Eastlink, and their main play by play guys is from Cape Breton.

Neither guy is from Cape Breton. Robertson is from Pictou County, and was once the voice of the Wildcats. MacDonald is from Antigonish...and was more partial to Alex Grant than the Mooseheads.

As for the Telus webcast, I don't know who they used. I assume they used Johnny Moore, as they usually do. Moore is homerish. What else would you expect. He is the Mooseheads voice. The team pays him, he travels with the team.

Some people should not be complaining about announcers and about their team getting dominated.

Dogbert was cocky saying the Moose were down and Seadogs would win big. If I were him I would complain about my team not showing up (Except your goalie).

I thought Robertson was from Cape Breton, oh well, P/C in on the way to CB ;D

[Gooch]

canucklehead said:

gman said:

The eastlink broadcasters are not biased- they just don't think outside the box very well. They know that Halifax is supposed to be a top team, so they give them accolades in that way. Look at Peter Labardois (sp?) from sportsnet.... he blows his load over players he's never seen play before just because he's heard how good they are.

Well to a lesser extent, that's what you witnessed last night. The eastlink guys know Halifax is supposed to be a top team and just got Voracek back, so they will comment on that a lot.

As for the pronounciation of his name, I've heard it said 2 ways:

Vor-a-cek
Vora-cek

I think he prefers the first way, but neither way is wrong. Certainly not in the same category as the previously pointed out "Bruce Swan" from your media guy.

There's only one way to pronounce a name lol

How can anybody say the Eastlink guys aren't biased unless they know them personally of course it wasn't just Voracek they talked about it was everything about Halifax but either way it doesn't matter the games over it sucked for us but they'll bounce back just like they did after the home opener! ;D

Technically there CAN be two ways to say a last name. 1/ the pronounciation in the names native tongue,
and 2/ the pronounciation of the name in another language.
Seeing as how we don't use the same spellings for words...let alone the same language, we here in Canada look at a name like Voracek...and say it phonetically until we are told not to(I'm sure this happens in every other country with different languages aswell...). I'm not sure that Jakub (pronounced Yak-Ub not Jacob) has ever told anyone how it should be pronounced. Tomas Knotek HAS and so people WILL pronounce it properly.
This makes me think that I should ask my brother how the people of The Gambia pronounced his french last name while he was living there...hhmmm

[canucklehead]

Ok yes you can say a name more then 1 way sure but that doesn't make it right lol

On that note I;m done discussing the pronounciation of names

[bjindaho]

until you flip-flop

[canucklehead]

bjindaho said:

until you flip-flop

That's starting to get sooo old not to mention completely retarded!

[hfxfan]

gooch said:

canucklehead said:

There's only one way to pronounce a name lol

How can anybody say the Eastlink guys aren't biased unless they know them personally of course it wasn't just Voracek they talked about it was everything about Halifax but either way it doesn't matter the games over it sucked for us but they'll bounce back just like they did after the home opener! ;D

Technically there CAN be two ways to say a last name. 1/ the pronounciation in the names native tongue,
and 2/ the pronounciation of the name in another language.
Seeing as how we don't use the same spellings for words...let alone the same language, we here in Canada look at a name like Voracek...and say it phonetically until we are told not to(I'm sure this happens in every other country with different languages aswell...). I'm not sure that Jakub (pronounced Yak-Ub not Jacob) has ever told anyone how it should be pronounced. Tomas Knotek HAS and so people WILL pronounce it properly.
This makes me think that I should ask my brother how the people of The Gambia pronounced his french last name while he was living there...hhmmm

Actually they did ask Jake the way his name was pronounced last year and he said Yak Ub Vrah Chuk.