The Montreal Canadiens disappointed their home crowd with a 6-2 loss in Game 2, but at least one fan will be going home with a great memory thanks to Steven Stamkos.
Watch Steven Stamkos toss Brandon Prust’s elbow pad into the stands
Prust threw his pad at Tampa Bay’s bench in anger and never saw it again.
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Late in the third period, Canadiens bruiser Brandon Prust fought with a Lightning player to vent his frustration. As the referee escorted him off the ice, Prust took off his elbow pad and chucked it at the Lightning bench.
GIF Prust chucks a glove into the Bolts bench (did it belong to a Tampa player?) pic.twitter.com/6sE6pjjQc3
— Stephanie Vail (@myregularface) May 4, 2015 Naturally, the Lightning captain decided Prust wasn’t going to get it back.
GIF: Stamkos throws Prust's elbow pad into the stands after Prust whips it at him pic.twitter.com/mHPTZeupqA
— Stephanie Vail (@myregularface) May 4, 2015 That’s some pretty awesome gamesmanship from Stamkos there. Of course, it was all for the fans, right?
Steven Stamkos: "(The fan) was excited to go home with a game-used elbow pad. I was just having fun."
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) May 4, 2015
Because as we all know, elbow pads are the most treasured game-worn equipment ever.
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