Ahhh, hockey and Def Leppard-- it's a timeless combination, really. Like cycling and bears, or skeet shooting and Charley, the next door neighbour from Empty Nest. You can hardly think of one without the other, so it was a natural that, when the NHL decided to that a big rock show was the best way to promote the "new NHL" and it's new season, they went with the band that... uh... really gets cougars worked up??

But that's OK! It's OK, because Joe Elliott and the boys are obviously huge hockey fans-- as we can see in this clip found via With Leather, where singer Elliott handles the cup with all the familiarity of Henri Richard.

Ugh. Alright, fine. So maybe they know ass-all about hockey. So what? They rock!! Er. Well... OK... but... at least they didn't look like a bunch of decrepit Keith Richards wannabes, milking decades-ago successes until their legacy is drier and more limp than... uh... holy shit is that Bea Arthur?!?