Nothing Motivates A Hockey Team Quite Like A Half-Naked Spartan With A Broken Mic

In terms of pre-game gimmicks, it doesn’t get much funnier than the Ottawa Senators having a shirtless, caped warrior in 300-esque gladitorial garb walk out onto the ice before Game 3 of the Ottawa/Pittsburgh playoff series and deliver a bombastic war speech about never giving up and triumphantly proclaiming “Victory! Will! Be! Ours!” while raising his sword to the heavens.

Nope, wait, it gets better — the warrior’s mic also keeps cutting in and out, which is kind of perfect:

(Postgazette.com)