Here in Washington, we all had a few laughs when in between whistles on the jumbotron the home team decided to play a couple of scenes from Rocky IV where Ivan Drago was beating the spit out of the (fictional) pride of Philadelphia. As it turns out, Rocky is a more popular target than one would imagine, as the following video evidence suggests:
The culprits here are a pair of shock jocks from 96.9 CKOI-FM, a French-language station in Montreal.
HT: The 700 Level.
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Rocky Statue "Desecrated" by Habs Fans
Posted Apr 29th 2008 3:16PM by Eric McErlain
Filed under: Philadelphia, Boxing, General NHL, Flyers, Canadiens, NHL Videos, Stanley Cup
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1. THEY NEED FOR ROCKY TO KNOCK THE HEL OUT OF THEM GO FLYERS YO YO
Posted at 4:24PM on Apr 29th 2008 by TFSTALKS
2. Thats the spirit! Lol its not funny some dude mite get offended for a desecration of a FICTIONAL character.
Posted at 3:37PM on Apr 30th 2008 by ahahah
3. WHO WON HAHAHAHA LOSERS HAD A HARD TIME PUTTING THAT THING ON
Posted at 8:36AM on May 5th 2008 by ROBERT E LYNCH
4. Hey fool, don't be puttin that Jersey on Balboa. I ain't finished with him yet.
Posted at 11:05AM on May 28th 2008 by Jason Forthofer