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When he was younger, a kid, he always gave away his lunch. He would say, ‘Mom, they don’t have anything to eat.’ He was always looking out for other kids.

During a rough Game 4 in 1997 between the Avs and Red Wings, 236 minutes in penalties were called, 204 in the third period. Marc Crawford finally snapped, screaming obscenities as he tried to scale the glass between benches while staff and players held him back. 

“Martin St-Louis. Andy Dalton…Who’s number three…Galchenyuk.” (Galchenyuk in adjacent locker smiles and mock celebrates, pumping his fist, saying, Yes.) “No, I’m not gonna say Galchenyuk…Tiger Woods.” (Galchenyuk feigns mock disappointment.)

Once the new, retro jerseys are off the hangers and on the players, WHIRL Art Director Jason Solak helps Crosby line up perfectly with the camera. After he gets a thumbs up from WHIRL Photographer Michael Fornataro, Malkin is asked to stand just off Crosby’s right shoulder. Instead, he slides behind his teammate, leaning forward and nailing the prom pose. “Like this?” he asks, smiling at us. Crosby laughs, as he obviously does a lot when Malkin is near.

(Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love This Pairing) So I just discovered that the video for this is now publicly available (in low low quality, sadly) around 7:11: