Wayne Simmonds incidents

[oldman]

sad, tonight someone tossed a banana on the ice in front Simmons when he was in the shootout. classy. :(

[Sucker Punch]

sad, tonight someone tossed a banana on the ice in front Simmons when he was in the shootout. classy. :(

Maybe I'm just out of touch as a middle class white dude, but I didn't think racism when I read that.   My first thought was it was kinda funny, in a Three Stooges, slapstick kinda way.   Like he'd slip on it and go ass over tits.

I didn't connect the dots with the banana - monkey - black dude - racism thing until later.

[Deebo]

sad, tonight someone tossed a banana on the ice in front Simmons when he was in the shootout. classy. :(

Maybe I'm just out of touch as a middle class white dude, but I didn't think racism when I read that.   My first thought was it was kinda funny, in a Three Stooges, slapstick kinda way.   Like he'd slip on it and go ass over tits.

I didn't connect the dots with the banana - monkey - black dude - racism thing until later.

It's been happening in european soccer stadiums for years and is quite widley known to be a racist act. On a few occasions people have come to soccer matches dressed in monkey costumes.

[Stumpy]

sad, tonight someone tossed a banana on the ice in front Simmons when he was in the shootout. classy. :(

Maybe I'm just out of touch as a middle class white dude, but I didn't think racism when I read that.   My first thought was it was kinda funny, in a Three Stooges, slapstick kinda way.   Like he'd slip on it and go ass over tits.

I didn't connect the dots with the banana - monkey - black dude - racism thing until later.

It's been happening in european soccer stadiums for years and is quite widley known to be a racist act. On a few occasions people have come to soccer matches dressed in monkey costumes.

I seem to remember someone in Montreal throwing a banana at Weekes a few years back.

[Sucker Punch]

sad, tonight someone tossed a banana on the ice in front Simmons when he was in the shootout. classy. :(

Maybe I'm just out of touch as a middle class white dude, but I didn't think racism when I read that.   My first thought was it was kinda funny, in a Three Stooges, slapstick kinda way.   Like he'd slip on it and go ass over tits.

I didn't connect the dots with the banana - monkey - black dude - racism thing until later.

It's been happening in european soccer stadiums for years and is quite widley known to be a racist act. On a few occasions people have come to soccer matches dressed in monkey costumes.

Really?   That makes me sad.

[Potvin29]

Pathetic behaviour.

[hockeyfan1]

Pathetic behaviour.

Pathetic and immature.

[Potvin29]

Sad that no one in the crowd has come forward.

[Darryl]

My brothers place of work does some security at the JLC. Some of the guys he knows that work there said that no one in the section they think it was thrown out of would say a thing.

[Mordac]

Sad that no one in the crowd has come forward.

But totally unsurprising. The human being will let you down every time.

[Deleted Account]

What's really sad is that this person apparently went to the game with the specific intent of degrading Wayne Simmonds.

[Mordac]

Now let's not jump to conclusions...there is a remote possibility he was eating his lunch, and tripped.

[Bullfrog]

Sad that no one in the crowd has come forward.

But totally unsurprising. The human being will let you down every time.

Wow. That's a pretty depressing comment.

[WAYNEINIONA]

The fan actually did it twice. He also threw one when Simmonds scored during the game but it didn't reach the ice surface. I really hope they identify this clown and he gets barred from all AHL and NHL arenas.

[Tigger]

Sad that no one in the crowd has come forward.

But totally unsurprising. The human being will let you down every time.

Wow. That's a pretty depressing comment.

I think it's great to see a pretty common front in response though, it is human to fail but it's also human to grow and I don't see support for the action.