Whenever the New York Islanders host John Tavares the fireworks are expected to come out. The fans gave Tavares the business the first time, February 28, and again yesterday on April 1, for his second trip back to Long Island.
Unfortunately, this go around John Tavares scored and of course, the fans erupted with boos and clever chants. Eventually, you knew Tavares would score and begin to produce, he’s far too talented not to.
What we didn’t know was that JT would take a penalty, leading to one of the best exchanges I’ve ever seen between a player in the penalty box and fan:
This fan, with passion in his eyes, absolutely lays into John Tavares while in the box.