Lou Lamoriello had seen and done it all in his many years in hockey... except for this.
Today, the NHL announced that last night’s apparent victory for the Toronto Maple Leafs against the New York Islanders never actually counted. The whole event was an elaborate April Fool’s Day prank Lamoriello planned with the League scheduling office.
“I had actually wanted to do this when I left New Jersey,” Lamoriello chuckled, “but there was no way I could put this over on Ray Shero. Kyle Dubas turned out to be a perfect mark.”
Former assistant Mark Hunter helped concoct the plan, and Lamoriello used his pull in the league offices to put the bogus match on the league calendar.