Among Edmonton Oilers fans, it’s a time-honoured playoff tradition to chant the opposing goalie’s name.

It’s all a ruse to get under his skin, create a mistake, or extra nerves. This year, the welcome-to-the-playoffs moment came with Anaheim Ducks netminder Lukáš Dostál, whose first name was chanted by the Oilers’ faithful at Rogers Place.

But as pointed out in a media availability by a Ducks reporter on Tuesday, if the Oilers crowd is going to chant his name, would Dostál prefer fans chant it correctly? As in, more accent on Lukáš, than an anglicized Lukas?

“No, no. It’s fine,” said Dostál, chuckling about it. “I knew they were chanting something, but I wasn’t sure if it was my name or something else.”

In fact, as social media users pointed out, fans in the........

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