Bolts fan attacks Panthers mascot!

A Tampa Bay Lightning fan didn’t like the 7-1 blowout his team suffered last Monday against the Florida Panthers, so he took matters into his own hands by fighting with the Panthers mascot.

A video of the scene was shared and it quickly went viral. A Lightning fan (unidentified) can be seen attacking Viktor E. Ratt, the second mascot of the Florida organization.

A man wearing a blue jersey grabbed the mascot’s jersey and pulled it over his head, as the big dog had apparently just thrown the mascot’s jersey into the crowd.

So where was @FLALiveArena security?? Reason number 5 billion why Tampa fans are a circus show pic.twitter.com/1AUbjCzdhp

— pantherman2020 (@pantherman2020) February 7, 2023

Following this, the Lightning fanatic pushed the big plushie into a glass railing, in front of the astonished eyes of some people. The fan in question even attempted a partial chokehold on the mascot, while yelling “Go Bolts!”.

A Panthers’ trainer finally stepped in to stop it…

Was it staged?

Some people wondered, but a Panthers spokesperson said it was not staged!

The Florida Panthers organization has obviously opened an investigation into the incident.