Blue Jackets bring cannon, pride stickers to Stadium Series

Team celebrating goals with boom outdoors, adds wrinkle in nod to Ohio State

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By Dan O'Leary
@DanOLeary25 NHL.com Staff Writer

This NHL outdoor game definitely had more cannons than any of its predecessors.

The Columbus Blue Jackets famous cannon was brought out to Ohio Stadium, aka The Horseshoe, for the 2025 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series to celebrate goals the same way the team does inside of Nationwide Arena: with a boom.

In the second period when Blue Jackets defenseman Denton Mateychuk opened the scoring, the cannon went off to the delight of fans.

It wasn't the only cannon featured on the field at the home of Ohio State football.

The Blue Jackets rolled out special cannon logos, meant to pay homage to the Buckeyes helmet pride stickers and unrolled them around the outside of the ice with every goal.

All this cannon fodder at the Stadium Series? A total bullseye.

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