"Roman Horak arrived in Canada two years ago as a promising Czech hockey player with little command of the English language — minus, of course, the cuss words passed on by his helpful teammates with the WHL's Chilliwack Bruins.

Come Saturday, Horak will need to flip through his mental dictionary in search of the proper words to describe his first taste of regular-season action in the National Hockey League.

Although he went scoreless in the pre-season with the Calgary Flames, the 20-year-old centre turned enough heads during training camp to secure a roster spot on Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins."