Stanley Cup Finals: Boston Pops Create the Ultimate Hype Video for Bruins vs Blues Game 5 (Exclusive Video)

The Stanley Cup Finals have become renown for its top musical performances before the games, with rapper Lil Nas X starting the Boston Bruins-St. Louis Blues series off with a bang last week.

For Thursday night’s Game 5, the musical guests hit a much more refined note thanks to a special video from the Boston Symphony Orchestra playing “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” by the Dropkick Murphys.

A quintet from the world-famous symphony traveled around the Massachusetts city with NHL chief content officer Steve Mayer on Wednesday to create a new music video celebrating Boston and its fans.

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“We’ve done big outdoor events before that have attracted thousands of people but we’ve also done specific shoots highlighting the league, a landmark or a player and the Finals,” Mayer told TheWrap describing how the collaboration came about.

“Last year we did a concert with Panic! at the Disco at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas that proved to be extremely successful, so this year the idea was to incorporate the Boston Symphony Orchestra and to do something that would be an ode to Boston.

“We’re really proud with what we came up with,” he added.

In the video, the Boston Symphony Orchestra are performing at city landmarks including Faneuil Hall Marketplace and Quincy Market, with the iconic Stanley Cup taking center stage.

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With the New England Patriots being the reigning Super Bowl champions and the Boston Red Sox defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series last October, you may think Boston sports fever has lost some of its steam. You can’t win all of them, right?

Well, that isn’t the case. Bruins fans have proven throughout the season that Boston is still a hockey town at heart by selling games and flooding the streets around the TD Garden.

Even the Super Bowl champs are fully on board. Patriots coach Bill Belichick was the official flag bearer for last week’s Game 2 in Boston, and wide receiver Julian Edelman turned up to Thursday’s practice in a Bruins jersey.

Cycle the puck.
Pucks in deep.
Pucks on net. #GoBruins https://t.co/Sscb3GfAby

– Julian Edelman (@Edelman11) June 6, 2019

While Tom Brady and the Patriots are going to be tied up tonight getting their latest sparkling hardware at the team’s official Super Bowl ring ceremony, there will be plenty of other Boston stars screaming the Bruins on at the Garden.

Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals begins tonight at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET, airing live from Boston on NBC. The seven-game series is currently tied at two games apiece.

18 Dramatic Championship Sports Movie Moments: From 'Rocky' to 'Remember the Titans' (Photos)

"The Pride of the Yankees" (1942)

This beautifully dramatized moment of sports history, as wonderfully monologued by Gary Cooper, helped to immortalize the already infamous "Luckiest man" speech by Lou Gehrig.
“Rocky” (1976)

In the ultimate underdog story, newcomer Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) gets a shot at the world heavyweight title against champ Apollo Creed. Rocky proves he has the goods, going the entire 15 rounds against Creed, but loses in a split decision. Rocky would get a rematch though and win the title in “Rocky II”.
"Breaking Away" (1979)

One of the most inspiring underdog stories ever made, the Little 500 bicycle race in Bloomington, Indiana, is a local classic as made famous by this film. In the film's closing race scene, the locals -- dressed in plain white T-shirts with their nickname the "Cutters" -- upset the richer college students with more expensive bikes and uniforms, riding across the finish line in pure glory.
“Chariots of Fire” (1981)

Two Englishmen push each other to be the best sprinter at the 1924 Olympics. While they won gold on the big screen’s racetrack, “Chariots of Fire” would go on to win Oscar gold for best picture.
“The Natural” (1984)

Robert Redford plays middle-age rookie Roy Hobbs in “The Natural.” Hobbs leads his team to a championship on his final at-bat when he launches the most famous home run in movie history. Thus proving the unspoken rule in baseball: If you break the lights you win the game.
“Hoosiers” (1986)

Another Indiana classic in what is widely considered one of the greatest sports movies of all time, “Hoosiers” follows a small town high school basketball team as they make it all the way to the state finals. They play a bigger and more athletic team in the finals, but with a last second shot pull off the surprise victory.
“Major League” (1989)

Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger lead an outfit of misfit Cleveland Indians from last place to a shot at the league pennant against the powerhouse Yankees. Even though the film is a comedy, the final game plays out in dramatic fashion.
“A League of Their Own” (1992)

“A League of Their Own” proved that girls can play baseball, and ends in a play at the plate that determines the championship. Geena Davis’ Rockford Peaches may lose that final game, but as Tom Hanks taught us, “there is no crying in baseball!”
“Hoop Dreams” (1994)

Steve James’ revolutionary documentary follows inner-city Chicago kids William Gates and Arthur Agee throughout their high-school basketball careers. The film culminates in both striving to reach the finals of their city wide championship tournament.
“Remember the Titans” (2001)

Based on the true story of Virginia’s first integrated high school football team (led by coach Denzel Washington), the Titans not only change the views of an entire town, but they go undefeated on their way to a thrilling state championship against an all-white team.
“Friday Night Lights” (2004)

The film that spawned the critically acclaimed TV series (which in turn may spawn a film of its own) is memorable in that its featured team doesn’t win the championship. The Permian Panthers mount a great comeback, but come up one yard short of the state title.
“Miracle” (2004)

In perhaps one of the greatest upsets in sports history, a team of U.S. college hockey players defeated the Soviet Union, the three-time defending gold medal winner and best team in the world, during the Cold War.
"DodgeBall" (2004)

Okay, okay. This is really a parody of sports movies. But for all its send-ups of underdog sports movie formulas, it also embraces them full-heartedly during the gripping championship showdown between the Average Joes and Globo Gym.
“The Fighter” (2010)

David O. Russell‘s Oscar-winning picture depicted boxer Mickey Ward’s (Mark Wahlberg) climb up the ranks from middling contender to a shot at the title. The final fight shows the grit and heart that it took for Ward to win the belt.
"Senna" (2010)

The best sports documentaries are as riveting as their scripted counterparts, putting viewers right in the action as if they are watching it unfold live. "Senna" is one of the finest examples, using primarily archival footage with no narration and few interviews to show the bitter Formula 1 rivalry between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost that led to the 1989 and 1990 championships being decided in controversial fashion at Japan's famed Suzuka Circuit.
"Survive and Advance" (2013)

ESPN's "30 for 30" series included a look at arguably the most famous championship run in college basketball history. In 1983, Jimmy Valvano led the North Carolina State Wolfpack on a streak of nine consecutive overtime or one-point wins, culminating in a last-second basket to win the championship over top-ranked Houston. In this documentary, even though the outcome is known, every game's heart-stopping drama is recreated perfectly.
"Creed" (2015)

The power and hypnotic beauty of this famous running scene from "Creed" as directed by Ryan Coogler is immense. Michael B. Jordan captures the inspiring training run from the original "Rocky" with a modern spirit. You can feel the emotion of the moment so strongly and can't help but root for him.
"Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies" (2017)

Another ESPN documentary that puts you right in the moment. Narrated by Lakers fan Ice Cube and Celtics fan Donnie Wahlberg, this five-hour doc covers the most famous championship rivalry in sports, which peaked with Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in the 80s. The tension hits its peak with Game 4 of the 1987 NBA Finals, in which Bird infamously missed a game-tying three-point shot.