Video: Toronto's puck drop from space

Written by David Rogers on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 18:40.

Ceremonial puck drops have become pretty routine. Player X walks out, drops the puck and that's that. The Toronto Maple Leafs decided to add some creativity to their opening puck drop, dropping the puck from the International Space Station.

Some friends in high places (literally) and a bit of TV magic combined to make this one of the most fun and most innovative puck drops in NHL history. Toronto also did a tremendous job of incorporating names of old such as Felix Potvin, Darcy Tucker, Darryl Sittler and Johnny Bower.

The bar has been set quite high. Here's hoping more teams flex their creative muscle and try to liven up the usual boring, mundane opening ceremonies.

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miendiem moderator

I mentioned this on FN regarding the Blues use of history in their opening video and ad campaign, but I think this is cut from a lot of the same cloth. I'm still a sucker for the history of the game, and this scratches that itch quite neatly.