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"Hey Charlie, you want some of this?", Matt Pearlman, 25, yells across the crowded tables at Mahoney's Pub where he and a group of friends prepare to cheer on the Chicago Blackhawks at the Philadephia Flyers during game three of Stanley Cup Finals. Pearlman recently created a drinking routine known to the group as the "beer monster", a pre-game and goal-scoring tradition that includes pulling his Hawks jersey over his head, placing his sunglasses onto his covered face, and chugging a beer through the shirt.

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"Hey Charlie, you want some of this?", Matt Pearlman, 25, yells across the crowded tables at Mahoney's Pub where he and a group of friends prepare to cheer on the Chicago Blackhawks at the Philadephia Flyers during game three of Stanley Cup Finals. Pearlman recently created a drinking routine known to the group as the "beer monster", a pre-game and goal-scoring tradition that includes pulling his Hawks jersey over his head, placing his sunglasses onto his covered face, and chugging a beer through the shirt.