Jan 23, 2012

For my Wednesday morning class: "Florida Panthers’ AHL team may have world record for most dogs attending sporting event"

From Puck Daddy:

All-You-Can-Eat nights? Been there. Bobblehead dolls? Done that. Clearly, it's time for the next evolution for minor-league hockey promotions. Since the Las Vegas Wranglers have the Rapture covered, that leaves shattering irreverent world records as the next big thing. 
The Central Hockey League's Texas Brahmas attempted to break three Guinness World Records on Friday night: the longest air hockey marathon, the most simultaneous fist bumps and the longest conga line on ice. As the video shows, they might have pulled off the conga line record, at least
But over in San Antonio, home to the Florida Panthers' AHL affiliate the Rampage, the team believes it's set a record that will give you paws: The greatest number of dogs ever assembled to watch a live sporting event.
Full article here...

Jan 17, 2012

Mascot bloopers: Utah Jazz mascot drops a cake

(via Darren Rovell)

Jan 7, 2012

VIDEO: Capcity (The Sens Mix) and the story behind it

Back in November, Ottawa musician The Joynt released a great video called Capcity.  In the video, Peter Joynt is wearing a Sens t-shirt .  I called him up and asked if he was a Sens fan, and if he'd like to write a verse about the Sens that we could use at the arena.  Peter said yes, wrote the verse, and then asked if he could shoot a video too.   Here's the end result. I think it's great: