Just your average dude
Hockey has been poaching fans from other industries and sports lately in case you haven’t noticed. Many of our Toronto readers surely know that the Toronto Blue Jays have become big hockey fans, forming Team Unit with their Maple Leafs brethren as one example of the crossover and bond.
On that note, it appears as though Chad Ochocinco of Cincinnati Bengals fame, currently of the New England Patriots, is the latest person of considerable celebrity to make the transition into hockey fandom.
Take a look at some Ochocinco twitter history.
First he let Scottie Upshall know that he was going to be taking in some Panthers hockey…
@ScottieUpshall Scottie can u see this tweet? Getting into hockey so i’m able to talk about something other than futbol/football/basketball
— Chad Ochocinco (@ochocinco) March 7, 2012
@ScottieUpshall Coming to your next game and was hoping to get a signed jersey to start my hockey collection. Ok, thanks and I love you.
— Chad Ochocinco (@ochocinco) March 7, 2012
Which of course got a positive response from Scottie…
Yo @ochocinco I got ya!I suppose fr your history of random tryouts u may want to lace em up w us?I’m sure we can arrange that too bro..
— Scottie Upshall (@ScottieUpshall) March 7, 2012
And prompted Shawn Matthias to step up to the plate…
I’m ready RT @ShawnMatthias: I’ve got some tickets for you bud. I’ll even throw in some passes to check out the locker room n meet the boys
— Chad Ochocinco (@ochocinco) March 7, 2012
And at some point someone taught Chad about Evgeni Malkin’s awesomeness…
@malkin71_Hi, I’ve been informed you are the shit, my knowledge about the game of hockey is premature at best but your name keeps ringing.
— Chad Ochocinco (@ochocinco) March 7, 2012
Obviously Malkin thought that was cool and now they’re bros…
Feel free to DM anytime, my phone has no minutes. I love you man RT @malkin71_: @ochocinco thanks))))
— Chad Ochocinco (@ochocinco) March 9, 2012
And now Chad and Alexander Ovechkin appear poised to be buddies at some point.
@ovi8 Mr. Ovechkin I’m Chad and I’m new to the game of hockey but I’m friends with @malkin71_ It’d be cool if you were my friend as well.
— Chad Ochocinco (@ochocinco) March 9, 2012
This is one of the reasons I think social media and twitter specifically is so much fun. Where else are you going to see interaction like this? Just hilarious to see.
Which celebrity do you think would be the best hockey fan of all time? I think Jose Calderon (for now) of the Toronto Raptors would be pretty solid. Not only is the dude animated, he’s got a killer hat trick celebration in the bag.
Feel free to leave you answer here or on the Backhand Shelf Facebook page.
