Mouthguard Challenge
Apparently the Mouthguard Challenge is a thing. It’s a funny thing. Even a wholesome thing.
It’s even a game you can buy. It’s all situated around this idea of putting a mouthguard in your mouth which prevents you from using your lips and even teeth properly. You’re then asked to either say words, which your partner tries to identify, or complete challenges.
The first time I saw the challenge, though, I thought of this video, which made it hard for me to understand why the team was making such videos.
Once I got over that initial disbelief, though, I could see how hilarity ensues. In this particular challenge, the players have to be the first to blow a paper ball across a line:
This just might be the weirdest, most hysterical video you won't be able to stop watching.#GoAvsGo https://t.co/cwvxeMBjXK
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) January 17, 2018
Some of the highlights of the video include Nail Yakupov‘s amazed — but good-natured — disbelief when Mark Barberio bats it with his hand and Colin Wilson giving the captain the side-eye when he uses his tongue.
And… now we’re back to my initial discomfort. Moving on to the next video.