WATCH: Penguins, Lightning make most of 'Slap Shot'-themed game

By foxsports
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Steven Stamkos is more of a scorer than a fighter, but he stepped closer to the realm of the enforcer Tuesday when he posed for a picture with the Hanson brothers of "Slap Shot" fame.

The trio of brothers were known in the 1977 film as a three-man lawless wrecking crew on the ice and thus became popular figures among fans of the movie.

The movie jumped back into the forefront of hockey fans' minds this week with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins scheduled to each other in the Kraft Hockeyville USA preseason game in Johnstown, Pa. on Tuesday. Johnstown was the set for the movie's hockey team, the Charlestown Chiefs. 

And Stamkos wasn't the only player to take part in the "Slap Shot"-themed antics. Evgeni Malkin, Patric Hornqvist and Sergei Plotnikov formed their own version of the Hanson brothers, complete with broken coke-bottle glasses.

The Hanson brothers helped hype up the Penguins with this stirring locker room speech, complete with calling out the "punks from Tampa [who] called us names!"

Both the Penguins and Lightning kept the "Slap Shot" spirit alive on Twitter too.










The Penguins ended up taking home the 4-2 victory, but it looks like the game was a great way to spice up the preseason for everyone involved.