PHOTO: U.S. Olympians Jonathan Quick and T.J. Oshie get their own cereals
An athlete has truly reached the pinnacle of professional sports when they appear on a cereal box.
Whether it's a Wheaties box or a Pro Stars box (with accompanying awful Saturday morning cartoon tie in!), only bona fide superstars are ever so exalted that they're entrusted with selling breakfast grain products to families.
Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick and St. Louis Blues forward T.J. Oshie have apparently reached that summit.
From PLB Sports, the company that brought you Flutie Flakes, by way of Kukla's Korner:
St. Louis Blues forward T.J. Oshie and Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick will be coming to a breakfast table near you. Starting today, “Oshie O’s” cereal and “Quick Crunch” cereal will be available for a limited time.
“Oshie O’s” is a Honey Nut Toasted Oats cereal that comes packaged in a 14oz. Limited Edition Collectors box featuring a custom illustration of T.J. Fans can order the cereal at www.oshiecereal.com. “Oshie O’s” T-shirts are also available for a limited time.
“Quick Crunch” is a Frosted Corn Flakes cereal packaged in a 14oz. Limited Edition Collector’s box featuring a custom illustration of Jonathan in his iconic goalie mask. “Quick Crunch” is available exclusively online at www.quickcrunchcereal.com.
Here's the Oshie box, from the cereal's official website:
Really this cereal should've been called "O'shies". What a massive missed opportunity. On the other hand, "Oshie! Oooooh!" is generally the sound play-by-play broadcasters make when calling Blues shootouts, so maybe it's appropriate.
And here's the Quick cereal box:
Based on Quick's habit of underwhelming during the regular season and then turning it on for the playoffs, we probably could have called his cereal "Crunch Time" ...