Verizon Wireless's new Caps/Flyers-centric ad

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very cool. should’ve been today’s matchup, though. :(

by Natty Bumppo on Jan 1, 2010 9:50 PM EST reply actions

Would have been funnier if one of the players got sucked into that jet engine they’re skating in front of.

by katzistan on Jan 1, 2010 9:58 PM EST reply actions

You mean one of the flyers players… Right

by washfan29 on Jan 1, 2010 10:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Stone cold awesome.

I love this commercial for ~~two~~ three reasons:

1. Nicky is wearing the hat my brother got me for xmas, and

2. They filmed on Dec. 4, which meant Ovie was still officially ‘suspended’ by the League, and

3. Caps curbstomped the Flyers 8-2 the very next night, with AO in the pressbox.

Props to the ad agency that came up with the concept. Well done!

ALEX, FЯEE

by EmilyB on Jan 2, 2010 2:54 AM EST reply actions

If “curbstomped” is the movie reference I think it is, I get a cold shiver every time I think of that. Thanks.

DC, where Hockey is a baffling ordeal.

by Chris meet Alex on Jan 6, 2010 2:34 PM EST up reply actions

More exciting than the WC in my opinion.

by Gin and Tonic on Jan 2, 2010 4:50 AM EST reply actions

This ad was just funny as hell, but it needs more Brooksie – is it Laich skating D with Green?

Unleash the Alex!

by gotsparkly on Jan 2, 2010 8:12 AM EST reply actions

doesn’t everything need more brooksie? :)

"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."

by kellobellow on Jan 2, 2010 12:53 PM EST up reply actions

And looking cobra-quick while he’s doing it, yes.

ALEX, FЯEE

by EmilyB on Jan 2, 2010 10:04 AM EST reply actions

Great Ad

…and not just because OV beats Emery by putting the puck into the ’dozer.

They had to be careful to make sure that Laich didn’t accidentally skate into the plane, since it’s hard to get replacement parts to the plane when the airport is iced over.

Hartnell has the deer in the headlights look from watching OV, Green, Backstrom and Laich skate…you’d think only goalies did that…

Let's go Caps!

by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 2, 2010 12:23 PM EST reply actions

I’ll be interested to see the promised behind-the-scenes video on this. I’m guessing there’s a fair amount of green screen work in this. Otherwise, the insurance cost would kill this commercial.

"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."

by gfcaps fan on Jan 2, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions

Nate said the ice part was filmed at a “Flyers practice rink”, so we’ll go out on a limb and say it was here:

Dunno how they wedged a 747 in there, tho.

ALEX, FЯEE

by EmilyB on Jan 2, 2010 1:28 PM EST up reply actions

Oh, the places we could go with that.

"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."

by gfcaps fan on Jan 2, 2010 1:35 PM EST up reply actions

That is wonderful. Great concept, great production, even good performances from non-actors (I guess that comes of having a great concept that doesn’t require much more than a couple of speculatively raised eyebrows…). Gorgeous.

"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."

by CapitalCentre on Jan 2, 2010 12:38 PM EST reply actions