To help hockey fans who aren’t familiar with Plains Cree, we’ve collected some of the most common hockey terms in English and their nēhiyawēwin translations.

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

Goalie – kanawēwiskwahcawēs

Hat trick – nisto c-pihtokwahat, nistwaw pihtikwahēw, nistwaw pihtokwewepahwew

He shoots – kitāskwēw

He scores – pihtikwahēw

High Sticking – ē-ispahkēwāskwahikēt

Hitting/checking – pakamiskātiwinPassing – isiwēpahamātiwin

Hooking – ē-nakāskwahiwāt

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

Roughing – ē-wī-pāspinē-nōtinikēt (he is almost going to fight someone)

Short-handed – e-nohtepayihocik

Slapshot – sohki-pakamiwepahwew

Slashing – ē-kakwē-wīsakatahiwāt (he is trying to hurt him) this one can be translated several ways but the intent of this is trying to impede another player with their stick by hitting them and hurting them

Too many men – ē-osāmiyaticik (there are too many of them)

Tripping – ē-ācikātēwīpahikēt

Wrist shot – micihciy aniskekan e-ohci-kitahaskwet