Nashville duo creates the best Predators hype video you'll ever see

Kirk A. Bado | The Tennessean

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In a historic playoff run marked by overcoming seemingly impossible odds, star-studded National Anthems and skinned ducks on ice, the latest chapter in the 2017 Nashville Predators saga comes with its own dance moves.

Nashville comedy duo Austin and Colin partnered with the red-hot Preds to produce a hype video ahead of Monday night's Game 6 of the Western Conference finals in Nashville against the Anaheim Ducks. If the Predators win, they will make history by earning their first Stanley Cup berth in team history.

"One of the things we love doing is taking ordinary life situations and making them a wild and crazy experience. The Predators were a natural group to collaborate with since the whole city is rallying around them, including us." said Austin Bever, the "Austin" in Austin and Colin.

Originally from Ohio but relocating to Nashville in 2010, Austin and Colin first struck viral video gold with their homage to Music City "Welcome to Nashville" a year ago. The video tour skewered Nashville staples like Lower Broadway with lines like "where the bachelorette parties are loud and the Honky Tonks are bumping." The video has over a quarter million views on YouTube already.

The pair began planning the logistics of their latest hit during the Blues play-off series in April. On a whim, Austin reached out to the Preds organization to see if they would be interesting in helping.

"We were just going to put on a Preds jersey, but I reached out to the Predators and the CEO sent me to the director of marketing and we said 'Let's do this,'" Austin said.

Their latest and most ambitious video takes the duo onto the ice at Bridgestone Arena, dancing with the Gnash and the Predators Ice Girls, and with fans at the playoff watch party last Thursday night. They even created a new dance, complete with gnawing fang fingers and a quick shuffle, which they taught everyone in about 20 minutes before filming last Friday in the arena.

"They were fantastic, everyone at the Predators organization is fantastic," Austin said. The organization worked with the video producers to film Thursday and Friday between concerts, practices and other events at Bridgestone.

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Then, the duo watched on the edge of their seats Saturday night as the Predators overcame injuries to steal a game from the Ducks in Anaheim to take a commanding 3-2 series lead.

Working through the night Saturday, the video was uploaded Sunday afternoon and has already been viewed over 500,000 times. Now they'll be anxiously watching the game tonight, but Austin think its the Predators' game to lose.

"The Ducks are a good team and you can't ever count them out, but it's going to be incredibly hard to beat us when you only have 6 guys on the ice and you have to beat the entire city of Nashville that has every intention of making history tonight." Austin said.

The puck drops Monday night at 7:00 in Nashville.

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