(via Jack Cassidy/Flyers Photos)
My most favorite time of the year is quickly approaching. The NHL Playoffs are almost upon us and only 9 games remain before the start of the postseason. To celebrate this exciting time and to get YOU, the fans of both the Philadelphia Flyers and The700Level energized, juiced up, and more importantly… INVOLVED, we’ve come up with a fun little caption contest. Winners will be chosen by the “elite” of the Level and posted as a part of tomorrow night’s gamethread. For full contest details and a look at the prizes (yes, plural)… check after the JUMP.
Yes, it’s a “and Scott Hartnell scores for a case of TASTYKAKES” t-shirt. We currently have a small, medium, large and x-large available for today’s contest. This shirt honors play-by-play announcer Jim Jackson’s (not to mention Gene Hart’s) popular catch phrase uttered after each and every Flyers' goal. Tastykake donates a case of delicious goodness to the goal scorer’s charity of choice.
“But why Hartnell? Why not Carter, or Richards?” you ask. If you noticed, the title of this post is labeled Day 1. In the days to follow and leading up to the start of the Playoffs, there will be more contests featuring other players’ names in the place of Hartnell’s. So if you don’t win today, there’s hope for tomorrow and so on.
You may also be asking, “Why is it blue? The Flyers don’t have any blue in their uniform?” The reason for the shirts being blue is two-fold. First off, the shirts reflect Tastykake’s classic packaging. And secondly, I, personally just wanted an alternative to the Orange Crush t-shirts. I have a bazillion of them and I can’t wear them anywhere besides Flyers’ games and with clothing that matches orange and black.
There are only 25 of these limited edition shirts in existence. The individuality of these shirts due to the name change alone is enough to distinguish you from the twenty other contest winners, let alone the 19,500+ Flyers' fans who enter the building every gameday. Also, the white print with baby blue Tastykake standards, coupled with the Flyers’ orange that literally pops off the shirt, will make you stand out, get noticed, and possibly into the Flyers locker room. Well, okay… maybe you’ll just get noticed.
How Do I Win a Shirt?
Provide a funny caption to the above photograph (The one with Cobie's STICK infraction) in the comments section, and the top four commentators, as judged by Level professionals, will win a shirt. When providing your caption, please also designate what size shirt you’re shooting for. Level judges will group the comments together according to size, and will then select a winner from each size class.
The contest is open for comments from now until 5pm Saturday, March 27, 2009. All caption comments posted after 5pm will not be eligible. Winners names will be posted prior to tomorrow night’s Flyers game, and we will ask that the four finalists email the MattP email address (located at the top of the site) with their mailing information so that we may ship them their shirts. Shirts were printed and will be shipped by Liberties Parcel Inc., who asks, “What can Front and Brown do for you.” Keep an eye out for more on Liberties Parcel in the next contest.
Good luck, and good hockey.
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March 26, 2009
