The history behind the Columbus Blue Jackets' cannon

Blue Jackets in-game announcer Mike Todd recalls the day in 2007 when he and another colleague traveled to Illinois to find a person who could make a replica Civil War cannon."There were some executives who wanted to have more of an identity than the team has. So I fly out to St. Louis then we drive over to Pontoon Lake, Illinois," he said.The person they meet is Jim Olson of South Bend Replica Cannons."First, he fires it with gunpowder, and it sounds like a gunshot and it's pretty loud, and the