WINNIPEG — Dancin’ Gabe is a household name in Manitoba but now some Winnipeggers and trying to get him on the national stage.
Gabe Langlois is a fixture at Jets, Bombers and Goldeyes games and soon at Moose games again, dancing and air guitaring in front of thousands of fans.
Now Jets fans Quinnton Daerden and his two friends, Steven Rivest and Ethan Patrick are pushing EA Sports’ to put Dancing Gabe into the NHL 17 video game.
“It’s like where is Waldo? every sporting event you go to you find Gabe,” said Daerden, “he busts out the air guitar, it’s a good time for everybody.”
The idea came after the trio noticed “the green men” from the Vancouver Canucks games in the crowd of NHL 16 and figured why not Dancin’ Gabe.
“If they’re in the game then Gabe should be,” said Daerden, “They’ve only been relevant for a few years, Gabe’s been around Winnipeg sporting events for 30 plus years.”
Even Jets players say Gabe should be a part of their game.
“If ‘the green men’ are on there, I think he’s just as big if not bigger here than they are there,” said Jets Centre Bryan Little .
“I know he means a lot to the home base and the fan base here so I can understand why Winnipeggers would want him on the EA game,” said Jets Right Wing Chris Thorburn.
Gabe hasn’t missed a Jets game yet and says he’d be “ecstatic” if he got put in the game.
“I’ve never gone in a video game before and it’s a dream come true,” said Gabe.
The petition online needs more than 5000 votes, so far more than 4000 people have signed the petition.
You can sign the petition here.
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