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Friday, June 17, 2011

Van Damme Friday - Sudden Death Tribute - Bruins 2011 Stanley Cup Winners



After watching the Pittsburgh Penguins get knocked out in game 7 against the Tampa Bay Lightning the Twitterverse was on fire with Penguins fans sobbing over the loss and pointing out that if the team had Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin in the line up, the score would have been different.

Yes having Crosby and Malkin - two of the top players in the league in the lineup would have helped the Pens a lot - but from our stand point it just seemed like they didn’t get any timely big saves from Marc Andre Fleury (.899 SV% in the series) and that he was outdueled by 41 year old, Dwayne Roloson. With the Pittsburgh goaltending letting the team down, that brings us to this great flashback.
is a classic Jean-Claude Van Damme movie that came out in 1995. Van Damme plays a Canadian born firefighter living in Pittsburgh who is removed from active duty and ends up handling the fire security at the Igloo. The movie takes place during Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals, and if that isn't dramatic enough, there is a terrorist plot. Van Damme discovers the plot and attempts to foil it through beating up the Pens mascot, Iceburgh - as well as dressing up as a Penguins goalie to make the above save.



He eventually fights to get kicked out of the game and proceeds to kick more ass in the dressing room while wearing goalie pads. All of this saves the US Vice President and the arena from blowing up. This movie may be the reason Barack Obama has not attended a hockey game at the Verizon Center.

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