Cheering at an Ice Hockey Match in France
Go to a French league ice hockey game with a friend, follow the action and cheer like a local.
Ice hockey is a niche but passionate sport in France: the top league, the Ligue Magnus, has clubs in places like Grenoble, Rouen, Angers and Briançon, with loud, family-friendly crowds. A match has three tiers-temps (periods) of twenty minutes, and a tie goes to prolongation, then a shootout. In France the puck is « le palet » (Quebec says « la rondelle »), tickets are cheap compared with football, and friends at the rink use tu.
- 1
Tu veux venir au hockey samedi ?
Do you want to come to the hockey on Saturday?
- 2
J'ai deux places.
I've got two tickets.
- 3
Couvre-toi bien, il fait froid à la patinoire.
Wrap up warm, it's cold at the rink.
- 4
On est pour quelle équipe ?
Which team are we supporting?
- 5
Un tiers-temps, ça dure combien ?
How long does a period last?
- 6
Trois fois vingt minutes.
Three times twenty minutes.
- 7
Il est où, le palet ? Je vois rien !
Where's the puck? I can't see a thing!
- 8
Et c'est le but !
And it's a goal!
- 9
Quel arrêt !
What a save!
- 10
Il va en prison pour deux minutes.
He's off to the sin bin for two minutes.
- 11
Ils se battent !
They're fighting!
- 12
L'arbitre a rien vu.
The ref didn't see a thing.
- 13
Allez Grenoble !
Come on, Grenoble!
- 14
L'ambiance est de folie !
The atmosphere is insane!
- 15
C'est à égalité, il y a prolongation.
It's a tie, it's going to overtime.
- 16
Ça va se jouer aux tirs au but.
It's going to be decided by a shootout.
- 17
Je vais chercher un truc chaud, tu veux quelque chose ?
I'm going to get something hot, do you want anything?
- 18
Attention, le palet peut voler dans les tribunes.
Watch out, the puck can fly into the stands.
- 19
On a gagné !
We've won!
- 20
Je vais acheter l'écharpe de l'équipe.
I'm going to buy the team scarf.