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Want to pass with the puckhead in your office? Care to score points with a Canadian? Need a way to explain your mullet? Then just drop one of these ten time-tested tidbits that will make you look less like a hoser, eh. (And don't worry about the 25-year-old quasi-joke. That's big comedy to hockey fans!)10) Pretend to get choked up over how Wayne Gretzky won't be coaching the Coyotes anymore9) Assuming you don't speak French, talk about how much you hate the Montreal Canadians8) Talk about how much you enjoy watching the Flyers lose every year, despite their high priced off-season additions (this year, it's named Chris Pronger)7) Mention how much you are looking forward to the game that's being held outside6) Give whoever you are talking to a hockey player nickname by adding "sie" to the end of their last name5) Compare NHL commissioner Gary Bettman to any of history's greatest monsters4) Say that if your team can't win the Stanley Cup, it...
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