Quickie - Blog title explained.

Our wonderful guide, mentor and CMC11 facilitator asked a fair question yesterday.

"What the heck does the title of your blog mean?"

It's a silly hockey slang term about a short snapper, half-slapshot where the puck is shot high into the net. It rarely fails to make me laugh, and one of the current players on the team I grew up loving has adopted it and has even worked it into a charity.

Here's a bit of an article from this spring in the National Post.....

Armstrong, who has also done work with the rival Rogers Sportsnet, is trying to turn one of the lines he used on the panel into a charitable endeavour. The 28-year-old caused a bit of a stir online when he described a play as being “half-clapper, top-cheddar.”

The definition?

“Aw, it’s a beauty hockey saying,” he said, explaining it is when a player pulls the stick back halfway, before releasing a shot that beats the goaltender high.

The saying has spurred a T-shirt (available at www.sportschirps.com), with $5 from each sale going to Camp Trillium, a getaway providing recreational activities for children with cancer.

“It’s kind of stupid to say, but I’ve always enjoyed kind of being in front of the camera,” Armstrong said. “Maybe that’s just my personality, but I kind of like it, and I’ve always had a good time with interviews and had some fun stuff with that.”

There's a little creativity, right? An athlete who is out a bit due to an injury, starts to do short bits of on-camera interviews and helps out a good cause.

Back in a bit...