Rabu, 18 Mei 2011

Greatest Bromances of the 21st Century

After reading the Crossing Broad article and finding out that Mike Richards, Jeff Carter and Daniel Carcillo are in Cabo for vacation, we had to do this post.

There are some epic bromances that exist in the NHL world. These are guys who somehow always do stuff together no matter the time of year and vacation together and are always pictured out together.

Bromances are everywhere and are everlasting. It seems that these bromances can never be destroyed no matter how many girls get between them.

Let's get started, shall we?


Mike Richards & Jeff Carter

the original bromance

How this Bromance Started: 2003 draft where they were both taken in the first round by Philadelphia

Height of the Bromance: lived together when they were rookies

How they Keep the Bromance Alive: they vacation together and go out to dinner frequently



Duncan Keith & Brent Seabrook

'the old married couple'

How this the Bromance Started: 2004-2005 season in the AHL and have been playing together forever since then

Height of Bromance: 2009-2010 season when they went to the Olympics together and won the Stanley Cup


How they Keep the Bromance Alive: play pranks on teammates and defend each other when former teammates decide to try to concuss them



Jordan Eberle & Taylor Hall

a budding romance of Oilers forwards

How this Bromance Started: before the 2010-2011 season even started, they had a lot of media appearances and the such

Height of the Bromance: the 2011 Grey Cup


How they Keep the Bromance Alive: they have ice cream dates, make fun of each other and live together because they're co-dependent



Ryan Kesler & Alex Burrows

the pests

How this Bromance Started: 2004-2005 AHL Manitoba Moose, thank god for the lockout

Height of the Bromance: double-team trash-talking


How they Keep the Bromance Alive: play on the same line and contribute to the Canucks current playoff run



Shea Weber & Ryan Suter

Canada & USA love

How this Bromance Started: the 2003 draft where Suter was taken first and future captain was taken in the second round

Height of the Bromance: the 2010 Olympics


How they Keep the Bromance Alive: host kids Christmas parties and they perfectly compliment each other


TJ Oshie & Patrik Berglund

lost in translation

How this Bromance started: had their rookie year together and lived together then


Height of the Bromance: this interview


How they Keep the Bromance Alive: they live separate and yet TJ still talks about living with him



Steven Stamkos & Steve Downie

'the Steves'

How this Bromance started: 2008-2009 season after Downie's trade to Tampa (which was probably the best thing for him)

Height of the Bromance: the summer of 2010 when they went to Germany to play for Canada at the WCs and trained with Gary Roberts


How they Keep the Bromance Alive: this whole kind of creepy video



Logan Couture & Devin Setoguchi

the gangsters

How this Bromance started: Twitter

Height of the Bromance: going out to dinner and singing Justin Bieber together


How they Keep the Bromance Alive: Justin Bieber



Adam Burish & Patrick Sharp

oldie but a goodie

How this Bromance started: the 2006-2007 season after Patrick Sharp was traded from the Philadelphia Flyers to the Chicago Blackhawks

Height of the Bromance: the 2010 Stanley Cup win


How they Keep the Bromance Alive: modern technology like Skype



Drew Doughty & Wayne Simmonds

salt and pepper

How this Bromance started: the 2008 WJC


Height of the Bromance: their rookie year and the hazing that they had to endure


How they Keep the Bromance Alive: they live together and call each other cutesy little nicknames like 'salt and pepper'



Brooks Laich & Mike Green

'the obvious couple'

How this Bromance started: the 2005-2006 season between call-ups and the big leagues

Height of the Bromance: this 'Cribs' type video


How they Keep the Bromance Alive: visiting sick kids in hospitals




Matt Duchene & Paul Stastny

our son and his BFF

How this Bromance started: Matt Duchene being a creepy McCreeper and knowing what sticks Paul Stastny uses


Height of the Bromance: the 'Bang Bang' Dance



How they Keep the Bromance Alive: by being amazing together on the ice



Ryan Getzlaf & Bobby Ryan

'gold and silver'

How this Bromance started: Bobby Ryan's amazing rookie year when the chemistry between them was discovered (yes, Corey Perry does get jealous, why do you think he scored 50 goals this season?)

Height of the Bromance: post-2010 Olympics


How they Keep the Bromance Alive: by being mean to each other and constantly assisting on each other's goals



PK Subban & Carey Price

can we call this a 'Shomance'?

How this Bromance started: Montreal media's attention shifted from Carey to PK in a matter of milliseconds once they found out that Carey was finally stable and PK was an attention-starved defenseman

Height of the Bromance:


How they Keep the Bromance Alive: post-game celebrations



Jonathan Toews & Patrick Kane

opposites attract

How this Bromance started: they were forced together as rookies and it just stuck, opposites do attract it seems

Height of the Bromance: the 2010 Stanley Cup


How they Keep the Bromance Alive: by doing extremely cheesy commercials together



Hope you enjoyed the Epic Bromances of the 21st Century.


If we forgot anyone, please email us or comment here with your ideas. (We know that there are a ton of bromances out there but if we couldn't find enough evidence then we skipped it.)

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