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You Can’t Touch A Flame When It’s Red Hot!

Today we’ve  reached deep into the NHL Hockey archives to bring you a great, or not so great, moment of hockey history.

In the spirit of our Brett Hull article earlier in the week,  this is a video released in his rookie season of 1987 by the Calgary Flames entitled – “You Can’t Touch a Flame When it’s Red Hot.”

If you are a die-hard Flames fan, and you don’t remember this video, you may not want to watch it. This video might possibly be the most embarrassing public relations tactic in the history of the National Hockey League.

Looking back, I think a more appropriate title would have been “Mullet’s, Mustache’s, and Music”

The video actually features Flames players, including some very notable individuals, lip-syncing and playing air-band to a suspect theme song. If I were a Flames fan, The one thing I’d like to remember about this video is the stellar shot of Lanny McDonald’s helmet and the best mustache in the history of hockey!

If you happen to be an Oilers fan, I suggest you sit back, put your feet up and enjoy a laugh at your rivals to the south. It might be the only one you get all year!

Also, don’t forget to bookmark the video and send it to your favorite Flames fan.

The Northland “Dome” Hockey Helmet

A while ago I wrote a series of posts entitled the Worst Hockey Equipment Ever. Within that series I noted that the Cooper XL7 helmet was the worst hockey helmet ever produced. While I still stand firmly behind my decision to proclaim the Cooper XL7 as the worst, there is a close second.

The Northland “Dome” Helmet that is probably best known for being worn by none other than Lanny McDonald, is rather ugly itself. I had several requests to feature the Northland “Dome” Helmet as one of the ugliest pieces of equipment and, I admit, there were days when it did seem uglier than the XL7.

I’m not sure if it was just me, but I think the helmet’s ugliness was lost on me due to Lanny’s flaming red mustache. Had McDonald not had such an enormous red mustache, the hideousness of the Dome Helmet may have overtaken that of the Cooper XL7.

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