Pickup Lines to Slapshots: The Best Valentine's Day Content Across the Hockey World
From dating advice to enjoying chocolate to themed jerseys, teams from various hockey leagues had fun on the day known for love.
Love is in the air on Feb. 14 for many, and it's a day that also sees the hockey world get involved.
From a content level, Valentine's Day provides everyone with something lighthearted to enjoy. Let's take a look at how a few teams have been spending the day:
The Atlanta Gladiators Show Off Their Best Pickup Lines
Various members of the ECHL's Atlanta Gladiators were asked to give their best pickup lines, with some of them invoking a few chuckles for their efforts. Luke Prokop might have had the best line in the video.
Everybody Loves A Hershey's Kiss
There's nothing like chocolate on Valentine's Day, and University of Nebraska-Omaha's hockey team members got a sweet surprise in the morning. A treat like that after practice can brighten up anyone's day.
The Manchester Storm Go All-In
"Put your all into something or don't do it at all" had to be the message for the EIHL's Manchester Storm for Valentine's Day. The Storm had some fun in more ways than one with their social admin on X (formerly Twitter) posting romantic poems on the team's account for every player in their starting lineup for their game against the Belfast Giants. Here are a couple of examples of what the team posted.
It wasn't only social media where the team played into the day as the Storm wore special red "Valentine's Blood" jerseys, which fans had a chance to win.
Themed jerseys are always fun, and a Valentine's Day uniform is something more teams should think of doing.
Carolina Hurricanes Mascot Turns Into the Love Doctor
Need some help on a day like this? Have no fear, the Carolina Hurricanes have got you covered.
Hurricanes mascot Stormy has taken it upon himself to help fans when it comes to dating and relationship advice simply by just texting a number provided by the team.
As fans on social media have shown, the number works.
To the Hurricanes, romance is far from dead.
PWHL Minnesota and Montreal Mark the Occasion
Every PWHL team had some Valentine's Day cards made with references to their players, but the Minnesota and Montreal teams went a step further.
Minnesota players named their favorite romantic comedies to mark the day:
Meanwhile, Montreal had four of its players read pickup lines that made puns out of the players on their squad, with one part in English and another in French:
Ottawa Senators Take Advantage of Viral Moment
The Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs certainly weren't celebrating Valentine's Day on Saturday when defenseman Morgan Rielly took exception to Ridly Greig's empty-net slapshot goal. On Monday, the Sens had fun with a growing fan favorite in Greig.
Fans of the Senators and beyond replied to the post, admiring what the social media team came up with during quite the few days between Sens and Leafs fans.