UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- The first $17 can of beer hit the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum ice roughly 20 seconds after New York Islanders forward Anthony Beauvillier's overtime goal.
Then another. Then another. Then what seemed like an entire brewery's inventory landed on the ice as the Islanders mobbed the overtime hero at the end of Game 6 of their Stanley Cup semifinal series against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
"The building coming into overtime smelled like cigarettes, and now it smells like beer," Beauvillier said jokingly afterward.
As the Islanders celebrated Wednesday night, the cans kept flying.