Tampa Bay Lightning fan puts Florida Panthers’ mascot in a HEADLOCK at the end of blowout 7-1 loss

The Florida Panthers are reportedly investigating an incident from Monday evening whereby an opposing Tampa Bay Lightning fan attacked mascot Viktor E. Ratt at the end of a 7-1 Panthers win.

The incident occurred in the closing minutes of the recreation, with the fan pulling the mascot’s shirt over their eyes and briefly putting him in a headlock.

The skirmish could have resulted from the mascot taking the fan’s jersey and throwing it into the crowd. 

A handler made a feeble try at intervening, putting the mascot’s shirt again over their physique, however the fan grabbed the mascot as soon as once more, placing their shirt over their eyes and waving his fists in the air.

The Lightning fan mentioned ‘Go Bolts’ repeatedly, earlier than a number of Panthers staffers stepped in to efficiently diffuse the state of affairs.

The Lightning fan attacked the Panthers’ mascot in direction of the end of the embarrassing loss

The incident involving mascot Viktor E. Ratt was reportedly not staged

The fan was unsurprisingly booed by Panthers supporters, and the workforce is claimed to be trying into the incident as properly. 

Andy Slater of Fox Sports South reported the workforce was investigating the incident, noting the skirmish was not staged according to a team spokesperson.

Slater additionally mentioned that ‘The mascot’s regular handler was off’ throughout the recreation and native police has not been contacted by the workforce.

The Panthers have 56 factors (tied-fourth in the Eastern Conference) this season, whereas the Lightning are in third place with 66 factors.