It took three overtimes, but the Pittsburgh Penguins are still alive in the Stanley Cup finals. Thanks to Petr Sykora, the Pens upended the Red Wings 4-3 in Detroit on Monday night, cutting the Wings’ series lead 3 to 2.
But it’s no big whoop to Petr, who had predicted he would win the game.
There are many places where war is fought. The trenches. The air. Behind enemy lines. Through subterfuge. However, when you need one man to fight in all those places, there’s only one person to call. Not Jason Bourne. Not James Bond. Not Sgt. Rock.
(Oh, he done broughtened it.)
You call 19-year-old Red Wings fan Zach Smith. Within a day, he’ll be there to sneak an octopus into Mellon Arena taped to his stomach and rush the ice with it for Game 4’s tipoff. When he’s tossed and threatened with arrest, he’ll change clothes into a cunning disguise (a Red Wings jersey) and stride back in for the rest of the Red Wings’ 2-1 win. Brilliant!
And now, our idea for a movie based on Zach Smith’s amazing adventures:
Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury is only 23, so we can understand his being a bit nervous before the biggest game of his life last night.
Still, even if the kid was going to choke, he didn’t have to do it as soon as he stepped onto the ice…and that’s probably why this is so hilarious. Read more…
You’re probably aware that any Red Wings fan might celebrate a playoff goal by throwing a dead octopus onto the ice. It’s a tradition that was started 56 years ago, and the eight legs on the slimy beast represented the eight wins a team needed to win the Stanley Cup.
The tradition is again coming under fire. This time from the NHL. Read more…
