Yeah, I know, I’m meant to be working on my post season and Ducks draft picks, but – just for 5 minutes – I wanted to have a little bit of fun. All I have to say is, YouTube rules.
The terrifying thing is that this was a real ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SutbRQEuVDo&feature=related
If you’re innovative enough, you can practice goaltending almost anywhere:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLFG8a2u44g&feature=related
Hockey just don’t get NO respect:
http://www.theonion.com/video/nhl-star-called-up-to-big-leagues-to-play-for-nfl,14229/
It’s amazing what you can find cruising around YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPsnGiCMG1Y&feature=related
Royal Canadian Air Farce sketch during the lockout:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JQ21azJtOU
If anyone can find these for me I will love you forever! And what is T.C. Petit’s accent?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ywv_JCyolU&feature=related
Why oh why can’t we get promotions like this in SoCal? Best line: “Oh look, it’s Holey the Goalie!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEjsox-HhQ&feature=related
Watch both netminders conduct a very polite conversation before they decide they feel left out of the fun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQDCjCMx-34&feature=related
Is this the future? Artificial ice demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM38ht4RpbM&feature=related
You have to admire this goaltender’s dedication to performing the entire dance in full gear:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPERCJB1mmo
That’s A LOT of pucks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4GF9FHXAZ4&NR=1
Am I obsessed with the backstop boys? Possibly, but anyone goofing around in 25lbs of equipment and then falling on their arse is gonna make me laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9xsN0V38gM&feature=related
And finally…because teenie hockey players are just too darn cute (especially when they’re heads don’t exceed the height of the crossbar). Check out the sweet spin-a-roo one kid executes at the beginning of the clip: