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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – MARCH 19: David Pastrnak #88 of the Boston Bruins celebrates his hat trick after the win against the Ottawa Senators at the TD Garden on March 19, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)NHLI via Getty Images
BOSTON — David Pastrnak takes his headwear seriously. The Bruins’ star forward often walks into arenas before games wearing a wide-rimmed fedora or a bolero hat over his fancy, often flashy suits.
But the fashion-conscious sniper made a very different choice after scoring his 19th career hat trick in the Bruins’ 6-2 win over Ottawa on Thursday.
Before he could make his odd choice, a fan had to make an odder one. A woman in the lower bowl decided when she got up on Tuesday to wear what could best be described as a kind of a hat/costume hybrid to TD Garden for the game, almost like animal-style baby pajamas but for adults. It was a bear-head hat connected to a fur outfit that allowed its wearer’s face to see out. The odd outfit earned the fan a few seconds on the video board in the second period.
She probably didn’t think he was going to go home without it. But Pastrnak scored on a tip 8:27 into the game and on a breakaway less than three minutes later. After having several shots blocked, he completed his second hat trick of the year 4:43 into the third on a backhander from the slot.
“It was fun. Two back-handers and a high-tip. I don’t get many of those. It was an interesting one,” said Pastrnak, who said he’s as unpredictable to himself as he is to the goalie. “When you don’t know what you’re going to do there’s no way the other team can know. what you’re going to do I guess.”
The outfit probably wouldn’t have reached the ice if the bear-clad fan had slightly lousier seats. But they were close enough to the glass that when Pastrnak scored his third goal she was able to heave it over the boards to the ice.
“I really wondered how they got it out there,” Pastrnak said. “Credit to the one who threw it.”
So among the pom-pommed toques, beanies, and black and gold baseball caps sat what looked a casualty of “The Revenant” or a bear pelt, at least to most people.
“I thought it was a fur coat,” said Bruins coach Jim Montgomery.
Tradition says that whoever earns the hat trick chooses one hat from the scores of them dotting the ice to take. It’s often one of the more unusual ones that catches the player’s eye.
Pastrnak, seeing an opportunity, scooped up the bearwear. While the rest of the hats go to charity, the chosen hat trick souvenirs live in the Bruins’ TD Garden trainer’s office.
“I looked at the trainer and said ‘Do you want it?’” Pastrnak said. “He nodded so I picked it up.”
After the game, the fan made his way to the bench and got Pastrnak’s attention.
“I gave them a stick as a thank you for the bear,” he said.
But before handing it off to the curators of the informal three-goal museum, Pastrnak posed for a picture with his third goal puck and ursine costume.
“It was cozy,” Pastrnak said grinning.
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BOSTON — David Pastrnak takes his headwear seriously. The Bruins’ star forward often walks into arenas before games wearing a wide-rimmed fedora or a bolero hat over his fancy, often flashy suits.
But the fashion-conscious sniper made a very different choice after scoring his 19th career hat trick in the Bruins’ 6-2 win over Ottawa on Thursday.
Before he could make his odd choice, a fan had to make an odder one. A woman in the lower bowl decided when she got up on Tuesday to wear what could best be described as a kind of a hat/costume hybrid to TD Garden for the game, almost like animal-style baby pajamas but for adults. It was a bear-head hat connected to a fur outfit that allowed its wearer’s face to see out. The odd outfit earned the fan a few seconds on the video board in the second period.
She probably didn’t think he was going to go home without it. But Pastrnak scored on a tip 8:27 into the game and on a breakaway less than three minutes later. After having several shots blocked, he completed his second hat trick of the year 4:43 into the third on a backhander from the slot.
“It was fun. Two back-handers and a high-tip. I don’t get many of those. It was an interesting one,” said Pastrnak, who said he’s as unpredictable to himself as he is to the goalie. “When you don’t know what you’re going to do there’s no way the other team can know. what you’re going to do I guess.”
The outfit probably wouldn’t have reached the ice if the bear-clad fan had slightly lousier seats. But they were close enough to the glass that when Pastrnak scored his third goal she was able to heave it over the boards to the ice.
“I really wondered how they got it out there,” Pastrnak said. “Credit to the one who threw it.”
So among the pom-pommed toques, beanies, and black and gold baseball caps sat what looked a casualty of “The Revenant” or a bear pelt, at least to most people.
“I thought it was a fur coat,” said Bruins coach Jim Montgomery.
Tradition says that whoever earns the hat trick chooses one hat from the scores of them dotting the ice to take. It’s often one of the more unusual ones that catches the player’s eye.
Pastrnak, seeing an opportunity, scooped up the bearwear. While the rest of the hats go to charity, the chosen hat trick souvenirs live in the Bruins’ TD Garden trainer’s office.
“I looked at the trainer and said ‘Do you want it?’” Pastrnak said. “He nodded so I picked it up.”
After the game, the fan made his way to the bench and got Pastrnak’s attention.
“I gave them a stick as a thank you for the bear,” he said.
But before handing it off to the curators of the informal three-goal museum, Pastrnak posed for a picture with his third goal puck and ursine costume.
“It was cozy,” Pastrnak said grinning.
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