Thursday, February 2, 2012

Watch stunt driver score trick-shot goals with an ice-sliding Alfa Romeo (Video)

Every hockey team wants a big body that can score goals; preferably one that has some wheels, too.

That established: We imagine this Alfa Giulietta by Alfa Romeo U.K. will be one of the most sought after international free agents next summer for the NHL; seriously, look how it drives to the net ...

That. Was. Awesome. Well, save for the lack of Ryan Gosling.

From the Toronto Star, some additional details:

The crazy, improbable feat involved an Alfa Giulietta being driven by stunt driver Paul Swift against the UK's top ice hockey team, Coventry Blaze.� Once placed in the car's all weather mode, Swift was able to deftly slide the car across the blue line to make two unbelievable trick shots.

The first involved redirecting a pass from Coventry defenceman Dave Phillips off the driver side tire and into the back of the net. And the second involved reversing at high speed and pulling a 180 to hit the puck like a point shot from the blue line.

The "Citizen Kane" of hockey-meets-cars remains the segment from "Top Gear" in which 10 Suzuki Swifts played with a giant puck in Norway. This clip certainly has its charms, though; hopefully inspiring the NHL to add defensive driving to the All-Star Skills competition.

At the very least, we have a player whose tires Roberto Luongo can legitimately pump; and we now know that besides 624 NHL players, Scott Gomez is also being outscored by an Italian automobile.

s/t MSN

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