Flying over Little Caesars Arena and a happy Mule

The Red Wings posted a very slick Instagram video of a drone flying over Detroit’s skyline, including Little Caesars Arena…

And the Red Wings were very busy in terms of posting Instagram content on Monday. It was good to see Johan Franzen skating again:

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Braden Holtby’s mask pays tribute to the Tragically Hip

I love this story: Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston hit a chord (no pun intended) in explaining why Team Canada goaltender Braden Holtby is wearing a Tragically Hip-themed mask during the World Cup of Hockey:

“Everyone knows the story in Canada,” Holtby told Sportsnet in an interview. “It’s one of those things that has turned a positive from a negative. It’s pretty amazing kind of what Canadians do. I grew up and I can have vivid memories of listening to my first Hip songs. We even had a class in school, a little part of it that was based on (the song) ‘Wheat Kings’ – I mean you just remember it. It’s Canadian, it’s the Hip, and with me being a huge music lover (it made sense).

“This being the biggest stage for hockey and a lot of Gord’s songs have hockey in them, I mean it ties the two in and I think it’ll be very good.”

The plan, ultimately, is to auction the mask off for charity. Word has already been passed along to the band and Holtby hopes the Hip will determine where the money ends up.

He’s never met Downie or other members of the band, but has long been a fan.

Johnston continues, and the mask looks awesome:

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Chris Chelios, Brett Hull appear on ESPN to promote the World Cup of Hockey

I’m impressed by the quality of these videos:

ESPN’s aired some short videos in which Chris Chelios and Brett Hull recall playing for Team USA and share stories as promotions for ESPN’s World Cup of Hockey coverage. Chelios and Hull discuss the honor of wearing Team USA’s jersey…


Let’s just say that being a Calgary Flame didn’t prevent Hull from allowig Chelios to take on a teammate in Hull’s first NHL game…

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Testing Twitter direct embed code

Can Twitter posts be directly embedded?

Yes…But the URL embed works better.