Minnesota High School Hockey Player Chooses Incredibly Unique Way To Get Himself Hyped Up For State Tournament Game

That’s one way to do it!

Hockey in itself is absolutely incredible, but as a sports fan, I can’t help but to have a spot in my heart for high school hockey. And one of the states with the biggest high school hockey cultures is Minnesota, who treats the overall sport like a religion.

Currently, the boys high school hockey tournament in The Gopher State is going on, and though we have headlines flying out left and right that are connected to the event, there’s one player in particular who I want to focus on and who deserves the glory. Just wait until you see this incredible pregame ritual. (RELATED: Wild Pushing Match Breaks Out Between Hockey Parents At South Dakota Youth Game)

Let me introduce you to Orono Raiders forward Brody Jenson. During introductions before a state tournament game, Brody chose an incredibly unique way to get himself hyped up — by slapping himself.

You can watch the video here.

Incredible stuff in this tilt pic.twitter.com/ZYDYt85ENo

— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) March 5, 2025

Living in Florida, you’d think I wouldn’t be a big hockey like I am, but with the way the Tampa Bay Lightning and my Florida Panthers have dominated over the past few years, it’s hard not to get into the sport at this point if you’re living in The Sunshine State.

I mean, hell, just look at what our governor did recently:

OMG. RON DESANTIS with the MIC DROP. 🔥

“3.3 million visitors from Canada. That’s not much of a boycott, in my book. Maybe they wanted to get a glimpse of what a Stanley Cup winning hockey team actually looks like.”

CC: @JustinTrudeau pic.twitter.com/IGu3xoDp6P

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 4, 2025

With that being said though, I’m sure we have nothing on Minnesota — them boys don’t play about hockey!