La Cinquième Ligne de Défense L'Arme secrète (Forum)

par Jéromec, samedi 19 novembre 2022, 10:58 (il y a 831 jours) @ Dédé

https://www.10tv.com/article/sports/history-behind-columbus-blue-jackets-cannon-2019-ma...

Blue Jackets in-game announcer Mike Todd recalls the day in 2007 when he and another colleague traveled to Illinois to find a person who could make a replica Civil War cannon.

"There were some executives who wanted to have more of an identity than the team has. So I fly out to St. Louis then we drive over to Pontoon Lake, Illinois," he said.

The person they meet is Jim Olson of South Bend Replica Cannons.

"First, he fires it with gunpowder, and it sounds like a gunshot and it's pretty loud, and then he says do you want me to fire this with cannonball powder? And we were like sure why not. He fires that thing with cannonball powder and it sounds like thunder. We were holding the phone up for one of the executives of the Blue Jackets and I said 'what do you think?' And he said 'Holy bleep! Get that thing here now!"

Since then, the cannon has stopped the hearts of hockey fans and Blue Jackets opponents.

Nowhere else in the NHL will you find a more explosive celebration.

This cannon is a replica of an 1857 Napoleon Cannon created by the French army. It was the most popular cannon during the Civil War.

"It's actually a pyrotechnic charge made specifically to be fired indoors," Ken Sprague of Hamburg Fireworks Display in Lancaster said.

The company provides the boom of the cannon which is set-off by indoors concussion grenade made specifically for the cannon.

How loud is the cannon? According to Purdue University, it is equal to a jet flyover at 1,000 feet.
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What does the 5th line refer to in hockey? The 5th line is an expression referring to the fanbase of the Columbus Blue Jackets. The term shows passion and support for the NHL franchise, as fans see themselves as an extension of the team.''

Les Blue Jacket ont une Cinquième d'attaque

Pour une fois que des blancs se sont battus pour la liberté des noirs il faut célébrer!!