For the second time this season, a disgruntled fan threw an Edmonton Oilers jersey onto the ice at Rexall Place.
It happened this time during the third period of Saturday’s game between the Oilers and their Battle-of-Alberta rivals, the Calgary Flames. Yeah, this one was ugly. The Flames skated to an 8-1 victory.
Click on this link to see Oilers’ goalie Ben Scrivens scoop up the wayward jersey with his stick and then chuck it back into the crowd.
Now, you might recall that this happened earlier in the season. That led first-year head coach Dallas Eakins to rip the fan, calling them a quitter.
“Whoever threw that jersey on the ice, they’re out, they’ve given up, they’re a quitter,” said Eakins back in December. “We don’t want that here.”
He added: “For some fan to show us all that he quit, he’s done, he threw in the towel, I think that says volumes about the individual. I don’t believe this city was built on people like that.”
On Saturday, it clearly looked like the Oilers – the hockey team – quit. The two teams came out of the first period tied at one-goal apiece. And it completely came apart for the host Oilers after that.
They allowed four goals just over three minutes in the second period, and then surrendered three more in the final period.
Frustrations appeared to boil over on the Oilers bench, as Eakins and star forward Taylor Hall had an exchange that occurred after Hall threw a water bottle to the ground in disgust.
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