Lightning dismiss ThunderBug after Silly String incident with Boston Bruins fan

This is why the NHL needs enforcers..........otherwise cheap stuff starts happening all over the place!!!

The astonished crowd reaction shots are priceless.

ah, c'mon, i really hope this wasn't the only factor in their decision to fire this woman. that guy was a d-bag to react like that - and i'm a bruins fan. it's silly string. you're not getting beat to death outside Geno's.

Hey Lightning management, I know you are frustrated because of the way your team is playing, but why take it out on the mascot? This is just bad PR.

I guess I'm the only sports fan that would take joy in getting shot with silly string at an away stadium. I've had mascots mess with me for wearing other colors then their own, which generally makes for a fun encounter. It's a privileged to get messed with by the mascot.

She just did what all of us want to do

Look! I think he's gonna to cry!!! Oh Poor Big Baby crying over some Silly String. Did that hit a Cord with you. Get it... Cord... Silly String. Silly Big Old Baby. Crying over some silly String.hahha

Ya, the flamin' tool that pushed the woman needs his #$%$ kicked!!What a GOOF!

I'm not a fan of mascots, but if she was fired over that, which I assume she was, that's ridiculous. That guy is a wuss. We shouldn't plan our lives around wusses.

i feel that firing her was an overreaction.

I'd have punted dude right in the teeth. You're essentially wearing a target, so you'd have to expect some type of shenanigans. It was only silly string. It's not like they sprayed him with beer.

Grow up.

Bring back the BUG! Throw out the Bruins fan. Hockey fans are supposed to have a good sense of humor....
(that was a funny Jerry Springer clip!)

personally I dont care about the mascots .I'm there to watch the game.

By any chance, was this "attacked" fan the mayor of Toronto?

These kind of douchebags are why America is known as the most Litigious country on earth. What next?
"Congratulations sir you won the 50-50 draw"
"WHAT?!? @%&^ YOU!"
*brawl ensues*

the only way hockey appeals to the yanks, is bugs, and other mascots. Oh, and the fights. Stick to football.

Thank you, ThunderBug. Your poking of the bear provided a picture which paints a thousand words – about the possible benefits of a campaign of seemingly harmless pranks. As the Bruins’ fan has demonstrated, an OVER-reaction to a prank always makes the victim of the prank look bad. This Bruins’ fan looks like a big baby, and a bully to boot. We all know what his response would have been if it had been Kevin Nash who shot the Silly String at him.

If you’re a member of the 99% – and you’re willing to actively oppose the 1% – think of how a campaign of seemingly harmless pranks might be waged against the 1%. Those fine folks maintain the status quo through the liberal use of their two clubs: the police and the MSM. The campaign recommended here could be effective in disarming the 1%.

Imagine this scenario: there is to be a public address or rally by representatives of the 1%,* and a media scrum forms, and the police gather. As soon as the proceedings commence, a dozen people** step forward with Silly String, Confetti Cannon and Super Soakers,*** and let fire. Imagine the fun. Imagine the news footage. Imagine some big burly cop wrestling with a teenaged girl to disarm her of her Super Soaker.

Better yet, imagine if such a thing were to occur EVERY TIME the representatives of the 1% presented themselves in public. Disruption such as suggested here could be far more effective than the campaign of destruction some people prefer. The latter makes the perpetrators look bad; the former makes the 1% look bad.

(* such as we saw in Wisconsin last year - with Sarah Palin in attendance)

(* dressed to blend into the crowd)

(** perhaps loaded with something other than water – such as gravy in Toronto)

Nostra, couldnt' have said it better myself.

Only in America can a man assault a woman, and she end up losing her job. What a joke.

its Boston Who Cares ???? Please come and wear your Jersey to Oakland.

man i was at a blue jays game with my tampa bay rays hat and the jays mascot knocked my hat off my head, stepped on it, then threw it into the crowd. the people who caught my hat gave it back to me, and me and the bird shook hands and all was good...

real winner that fat bald tough guy looks like...