Fishy package: Predators fan sends NHL office catfish to protest call
What better way to get the attention of the NHL office than to ship it a cooler of dead catfish, as one Nashville Predators fan did?
On Tuesday, the Nashville Predators’ game against the Florida Panthers ended in controversy.
Theoretically, the Preds, who were trailing the Panthers 2-1 in the game’s final seconds, should have secured overtime for themselves when Filip Forsberg tied the game when he pushed a loose puck through.
Except the Situation Room at the NHL office in Toronto, under the new rules agreed upon at the GM meetings, negated the goal for goaltender interference on Roberto Luongo.
“The deliberate actions of [Viktor] Arvidsson’s stick caused Luongo to spin and cause the covered puck to come loose prior to the goal,” NHL officials said, via NHL.com.
Unsurprisingly, virtually all Predators fans disagree, as well as many neutral observers. You can re-watch (or obsess over, depending) the goal in question here:
You decide on this one: #Preds | #NSHvsFLA pic.twitter.com/h2JRuCWFM6
— Thomas Willis (@TomAWillis) April 4, 2018
Predators fans are still reeling from, at the very least, having the overtime point removed from their total, keeping them at 113 on the season and, for now, without their first Western Conference title.
But 25-year-old Briley Meeks decided to do something about it.
Meeks, according to The Tennessean, paid $7.25 to acquire a dead catfish and a whopping $134.50 in shipping charges to deliver the ocean creature to the NHL office in Toronto.
“This was intended as a joke,” she said. “I am a huge practical joke person and I feel like this was the ultimate prank.”
The best part of this story is how apparently responsible Meeks is about her pranking. The Predators fan reportedly called UPS and the U.S. customs office before mailing the fish to ensure the legality of the move and make sure the marine mailing would find its away across international borders.
According to The Tennessean, as of Thursday morning the fish had not arrived in Toronto, though NHL officials are “aware the fish is on its way.”
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That’s definitely a move worthy of consideration for our annual Fandom 250 ranking — which saw the Nashville Predators fandom rank No. 198 in our 2017 edition.