Louie14 Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Read this this morning on Puck Daddy. They give a link to this site. Credit to Wysh on this one (who I think wanted to interview Jesus, but Jesus wouldn't "sellout") Kamloops Blazers celebrating wins with EA Sports 'NHL 94' tribute By Greg Wyshynski Goaltender Cam Lanigan of the Kamloops Blazers, a Western Hockey League team, was less than a year old when EA Sports released "NHL 94," the classic hockey video game that still has a cult following today. One day, he was playing his old Super Nintendo when it struck him how ridiculous one aspect of the game truly was: The player celebrations. Those awkward, stiff robotic moments of group choreography that occurred after a goal or a victory. "Everyone just stopped and threw their sticks over their heads, and I thought it was the funniest thing ever," Lanigan told Kamloops This Week. So funny, in fact, that Lanigan decided to pay tribute to the "NHL 94" stick raise ... by getting his teammates to reenact the video game celebrations after Blazers' wins. From Kamloops This Week: On Tuesday, Nov. 23, it became clear the celebration had caught on when, after a long video review in overtime, Dalibor Bortnak was ruled to have scored a game-winning goal against the Regina Pats. "That one game where we had the video review on the OT goal, I just walked around and said ‘If we win, we're doing it right now," Underwood said. The red light turned on - a roster-full of hands bolted toward the Interior Savings Centre's ceiling. Even German-born Bernhard Keil joined in, although his teammates are not convinced he knows exactly what's going on. "He thinks it's just a standard Canadian celebration," JT Barnett joked after practice. Yep, the Blazers are entering a video game after wins. It's just like "TRON Legacy," but with 100-percent less Daft Punk. Blazers defenseman Brandon Underwood said there have been some "chuckles around the League" about the EA Sports-inspired victory celebration ... but honestly, how cool is this? We think Kamloops should take it to the next level and go all-in for NHL 94 references. Like only scoring with a deke move or a one-timer. Or having the arena DJ play low-fi digitized versions of arena staples like "Brass Bonanza" during games. Bottom line: The Colorado Avalanche's "Bang Bang Dance" suddenly has company for best new postgame celebration this season. We can only hope this means other WHL teams will adopt video game memes for themselves. C'mon Kootenay Ice: Say "with the pass!" after every successful offensive reception, like in "Blades of Steel." And is there any reason the Chilliwack Bruins shouldn't roll out a skinny, medium, fat, fat unit during 4-on-4 play ala Nintendo "Ice Hockey"? Stick-tap to Tyler O. for the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segathon Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 any photos of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segathon Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 theres a pic in the puckdaddy article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 the article with the photo (except it looks like it's from a practice?) http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Kamloops-Blazers-celebrating-wins-with-EA-Sports?urn=nhl-298062 would be extra funny if one of the them did the thing where the guy gets 'stuck' with his hands up in the air and can't bring them down for a second like normal original article http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/sports/112033619.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalex Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Someone email the author and tell him to write an article about the madness that as become NHL94.COM GAGA I POSTED COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE TO RECRUIT NEW WACKS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgman Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 If KGman was coaching this team they would be celebrating 2011 Memorial Cup This way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Finally have a good video of this: That's not the NHL94 I know, but 'A' for Effort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie14 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 First team to celebrate like in Blades of Steel becomes my new favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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