Someone needs to tell Def Leppard that the Stanley Cup is upside down
Sports Crackle Pop —
The NHL did a great job in hiring an English rock band to kick off the 2008-09 NHL season. During a NHL Face-off Rocks segment the Stanley Cup was brought out and when handed to Def Leppard’s Joe Elliot he placed the darn thing upside down. When asked about it he gave this classic response, “We’re soccer boys, what do we know?” Classic!
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The wrong side of the Cup
Snapshots —
Yahoo Sports' Greg Wyshynski reports that Def Leppard was in possession of the Stanley Cup after the Red Wings' loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, courtesy of Darren McCarty, and lead singer Joe Elliott placed the Cup on a pedestal upside down! ...
Def Leppard puts the Stanley Cup Upside-Down
Just Wide —
Kicking off the 2008-2009 season in Hockeytown, here's Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott standing hockey's holy grail on its head. See, this is why the Vs. network should have booked Rush. Basically the same fan demographic, and I bet those guys — Officers of the Order of Canada, all — know which side of Stanley's the top.
YOUR HOCKEY POST FOR OCTOBER
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop —
I used to play hockey in Ohio three nights a week, but enough about my sex life. The NHL is about as relevant today as…well…Def Leppard, those rockers that poured some sugar on us back in the 1980s. It’s an apt simile, as that band helped drop the puck on the NHL season last night with a show of their own, which featured a bit of unrehearsed hilarity that spoke more to the everyfan’s apathy toward professional hockey than any dogshit literary comparison I could conjure up here.
Yes, NHL, a has-been band (in your employ, no less) just misplaced the greatest ...
Def Leppard Stanley Cup, Wrong Side Up, Video
NESW Sports, Sports Videos —
Def Leppard Stanley Cup, Wrong Side Up, Video. How funny is this. I am sure NHL fans were biting their tongues and gnashing their teeth. Hat tip for this vid goes to Puck Daddy.
I think they should make everyone, that holds Lord Stanley’s Cup, fill out a questionnaire.
In Def Leppard's Defence, You Only Ever See The Cup Being Lifted Up
TheScore.com Blog —
Ahhh, hockey and Def Leppard-- it's a timeless combination, really. Like cycling and bears, or skeet shooting and Charley, the next door neighbour from Empty Nest. You can hardly think of one without the other, so it was a natural that, when the NHL decided to that a big rock show was the best way to promote the "new NHL" and it's new season, they went with the band that... uh... really gets cougars worked up?? But that's OK! It's OK, because Joe Elliott and the boys are obviously huge hockey fans-- as we can see in this clip found via With Leather, where singer Elliott handles the cup with all the familiarity of ...
Def Leppard Singer Puts Stanley Cup Upside Down At The NHL Face-Off Rocks 2008
FanIQ Blog —
Every time I think there's no way the NHL could do anything stupider, they always wind up surprising me. As you may or may not know, the NHL for some reason decided that Def Leppard - who hasn't been relevant in about 20 years - would be the right band to have play during the NHL Face-Off Rocks opening night festivities on Thursday in Detroit. What, was Fats Domino unavailable? ...
No Wonder God Took Your Drummer's Arm
The Goose's Roost —
That was probably harsh. Then again, that was most certainly stupid.
Surely Rick Allen Would Have Done a Better Job
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
What with the Phillies game last night, I was as unaware of hockey season starting as, well, everybody else. But I guess nobody’s as hockey-ignorant as Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, whose appearance during last nights Red Wings-Leafs post-game extravaganza gives one new appreciation for the NHL’s usual music suspects (like Barenaked Ladies or the Hip).
Def Leppard...Major Derp!
DETROIT4LYFE —
The Red Wings lost last night against the Maple Leafs to open their title defense. Surprisingly, that wasn't even the most embarrassing part of the night. Something that was absolutely unconscionable occurred during the post game segment. Thanks to Puck Daddy, it was pointed out that Versus, who did a wonderful job with the entire banner night "Drop the Puck" event in Detroit, showed lead singer of Def Leppard, Joe Elliot, take the Lord Stanley Cup from Darren McCarty and do the unimaginable: He took the cup, held it over his head, walked it over to its rightful pedestal and placed it... ...
Righteous indignation done well
Snapshots —
The Hockey News's Ken Campbell discusses the Def Leppard incident , as it shall now be known, and the slightly strange explanation for placing the Stanley Cup Cup-side down. Campbell doesn't believe that the NHL made the right choice in picking Def Leppard to headline the "Face-Off Rocks" promotion, and he's not keen on the idea itself. Mostly, he's angry: October 10, The Hockey News : Ya know, the NHL really tries, but you have to wonder sometimes if these guys get it. They have a colossal screw-up with the Stanley Cup opening night, then on their website, they run a piece gushing about Face-Off Rocks 2008 - whatever the hell that was ...
Def Leppard isn’t very NHL savvy
The Sports Culture —
“Uhhh. . . I think you put that shiny thing upside down”
Credit.
Highlights of the Week: No Puck Dropping from [Name Censored], We Promise (10/6-10/12)
Barry Melrose Rocks —
Mondays here at BMR mean a look back at the best plays from the last week. During the regular season and throughout the playoffs, I'll be recapping the best videos from around the NHL during the last seven days. They might be fights, goals or Vice Presidential Candidates dropping the ceremonial faceoff. Anything, really. Kind of like what goes ...
Random Postings
HockeyDirt.com —
SI's Jim Kelley has grown weary of the "Todd Bertuzzi is a good guy" stories that crop up in every city Bertuzzi lands in. Kelley thinks Bertuzzi and the NHL should continue to pay a price until Steve Moore has his day in court. (Todd Bertuzzi's 'good guy' image is just a charade)
The Huffington Post, one of the most ...
The year of Puck Daddy 2008: Slimy octopi to sloppy seconds
Puck Daddy —
Puck Daddy started publishing on Yahoo! Sports in April, at the cusp of a very entertaining Stanley Cup playoffs that provided enough controversy, frivolity and drama to fill an entire season. Little did we know the rest of the year would provide so much more, and with much greater quantities of absurdity. It certainly helps when you hold a Gary Bettman reader art contest. Here's a (sloppy) second look at 2008, featuring the work of Wyshynski, Leahy, McKeon, Romig, Chesnokov and a slew of others. Thanks to everyone who made it fun. Story of the Year: "It's Puck Daddy's fault some dude wants to sue Detroit over ...
Fantasy Hockey 101: Best Of Late 2008!!!
The Program —
Def Leppard puts the cup Upside Down!!! This is how the season started folks...come on you remember Toronto defeating Detroit on opening night....don't you? So while Chris Yarbrough did the best of 2008 Fantasy on Going Five Hole....I decided to do something more traditional with a wrinkle. These are the best players by position from the start of the 2008-2009 season till right now. When now??? NOW NOW!!!! Forgive me, I just watched "Spaceballs: The Movie" again! Here we go a standard 6 players ...
a shining example
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