Why Do Florida Panthers Fans Hurl Rats? The Shocking Origin You Never Knew
Later that night, Mellanby scored two goals as Florida defeated the Calgary Flames 4-3 for the team’s first win of the season. And following the victory, goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck told reporters that Mellanby had recorded a “rat trick.”
But some Panthers players became upset when they learned that one of the team’s equipment managers, Scott Tinkler, had gotten rid of the dead rat, according to NHL.com.
“They asked if I kept it,” Tinkler recounted to NHL.com. “No! It’s a huge dead rat! I picked it up with a stick and threw it away. Some of the guys wanted to take it to a taxidermist or something.”
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