It’s an illusion, Niklas. “Tricks” are something clowns do for money.
The famous Vancouver Canucks green men struck again during Monday night’s matchup between the Canucks and the Chicago Blackhawks, breaking out a smoke and mirrors (or tarp and glass) routine on Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson.
Hjalmarsson was sitting out his time in the penalty box when the green men begun flapping some kind of strange green screen in front of the glass. The flapping continued for a few seconds before the screen was ripped away and—voila!—one green man was in a magician’s top hat and the other had disappeared, replaced by a smiling young lady from the crowd.
This young lady happened to be actress/songwriter Sophie Tweed-Simmons, who took a picture with the green men during the game.
Chillin with @sophietsimmons #magic twitter.com/TheGreenMen/st…
— Green Men (@TheGreenMen) April 23, 2013
Tweed-Simmons apparently volunteered to to participate in the act and replace the missing green man, who was found to hav ...
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Article written by Dan Carson