Predators Fan Charged for Throwing Catfish on Ice During Stanley Cup Final
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The last thing you would expect during a Stanley Cup Final was to see a catfish on ice. The Penguins defeated the Predators on Monday 5-3, but another defeat came upon a fan when he was charged for throwing a large catfish on the ice.
Jacob Waddell, 26, from Nolensville, Tennessee, has been charged via summons with disorderly conduct, possessing instruments of crime and disrupting meetings and processions.
Waddell threw the catfish over the glass and onto the ice during the second period at approximately 9:30 p.m. ET and later was escorted from PPG Paints Arena.
Waddell paid for a $350 upper level seat, then bought an insanely large catfish from a Tennessee market.
He sprayed it down with Old Spice cologne and threw it into a cooler for the trip to Pittsburgh.
On Monday night, before Game 1, he filleted the fish at a relative's house, cut out half its spine, and then ran it over with his truck in an attempt to better conceal it.
He stashed the fish over his underwear, then under a pair of compression shorts and baggy shorts.
He entered the arena, then staked out a lower-bowel section where he could heave the catfish over the glass. Sure enough, during a stoppage of play, Waddell made the move. Again, the Predators lost game one so smart move Wadell.
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By Jake Martino
