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In the end, justice prevailed.
Stick tap to the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sabres head coach Dan Bylsma for quickly fixing the huge problem created by the obnoxious fat man who absconded with the souvenir puck that was intended for the little boy pictured below.
You deserve it, little man! pic.twitter.com/vSVPEPtWpL
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) October 30, 2015
Immediately following with puck heist, the Pens tweeted that they would intervene to make good on the unfortunate situation.
Pen mascot IceBurgh and a Pens representative walked down to the seats where the little man and his family were seated and presented him with a Sidney Crosby sweater.
Dan Bylsma also sent an usher down to retrieve a Sabres game puck that he presented to the little boy
According to reports, the fat thief vacated his seats in the second period and was not seen in that section for the rest of the game.
Happy Halloween!
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Though he wouldn't admit it publicly, Dan Bylsma wanted to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins in their own barn. He was fired by the Pens. He wanted to show his former employer that he hasn't lost his mojo.
The loyal Penguins fans paid Bylsma hearty, passionate, well deserved round of appreciation during a first period TV timeout.
Thanks, Penguins
Well done, Pittsburgh.
Bylsma's Buffalo Sabres gave the Penguins all they could handle on Thursday night, but in the end, Sidney Crosby and the Pens won 4-3.
Crosby snapped an uncharacteristic scoring slump with a pair of assists. Before the game, critics were tweeting about whether or not Crosby has lost his edge or if the game was beginning to pass him by. At 29 years of age, Sid The Kid proved that he can still dial up the magic when necessary.
Before many of the fans were settled into their seats, the Penguins had charged out to a 2-0 lead.
Crosby earned primary assists on goals by his linemates Pascal Dupuis and Patric Hornqvist for their first goals of the season.
Nic Deslauriers and Jamie McGinn would tie the game at 2-2.
Ben Lovejoy and Evgeni Malkin also scored for the Pens. Geno's goal was the game winner.
Jeff Zatkoff made his first start of the season and was blistered by 53 shots.
Chad Johnson has been struggling all season long with his rebound control and Thursday night was no different. Seemingly, Johnson allows one or two soft goal per game.
I've been saying for the past two weeks that Sabres GM Tim Murray needs to fortify his starting goaltending position. The Sabres can ill afford to dominate opponents and the puck and yet still lose games.
Johnson is a career backup goalie who has never played more than 27 games in given season. Asking him to start and win 30-40 games while Robin Lehner recovers from his high ankle sprain is ludicrous. Linus Ullmark is a fine prospect, however, is not ready to play in games in the NHL right now. Ullmark should be in AHL Rochester working on his game.
Tim Murray should make it a priority to make a trade for a starting goalie and a top four defsneman. Murray has $9.5 million in available salary cap space.
Bylsma's club out shot the Penguins 53-29.
THe Sabres also delivered 40 hits on the Penguins. Buffalo also blocked 10 shots.
These one game totals from the Penguins are equal to one week's worth of stats from the past two seasons when the Sabres were in full tank mode.
Ryan O'Reilly has been Buffalo's most consistent player this season in all phases of the game. O'Reilly scored a goal and added an assist in Pittsburgh. In the past four games, ROR has scored 3 goals and added 4 assists. He has an even strength CF % of 58.5%. O'Reilly also has a 63% faceoff win percentage on his 73 faceoff taken.
Rasmus Ristolainen chipped in two assists. Nic Deslauriers and Jamie McGinn scored Buffalo's other two goals.
The Sabres will head home to host Philadelphia on Friday night.
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Do me a favor,please?
If you are at the Consol Energy Center right now can you please find the fat slob in the too-small, dirty white jacket (see video) and dump a beer over his head?
My blood boils when I see losers like this guy at sporting events. They have zero class and even less self awareness and regard for others who are dealt the losing hand of having to sit in the same section as them.
Watch as Sabres head coach Dan Bylsma tries to toss the souvenir puck top the young fan on the right. The fat ass intercepts the puck and then chirps the kid. The child was the intended target for the free puck. No the hypertensive fat guy. Chirping the kid after you steal his puck away is a greasy move, man.
I swear, if I were in the arena I would walk down to the slob's seat and ask him to step outside.
What a loser. I hope that security saw this gross miscarriage of justice and tossed the loser out of the building but not without giving the puck to the kid.
If you live in Pittsburgh and know who this worm is, let him know what a classless, ignorant hack that he is.
Thank you.
Bylsma throws a puck to a young fan; old man grabs it and laughs in kids face. pic.twitter.com/JbCy0QCYpL
— Stephanie (@myregularface) October 30, 2015
On the ice, Bylsma's return to Pittsburgh as the head coach of the Buffalo Sabres ended in a loss . Bylsma spend five and a half seasons behind the bench of the Penguins. He guided the Pens to a Stanley Cup win in 2009.