SAN JOSE -- From a distance it looked like a pompom, pulsating to the beat of an AC/DC song during a stoppage in play at a Colorado Avalanche home game. Upon further inspection, it was ... curiously leafy.
It was a bunch of kale. Not to be confused with Cale, as in Cale Makar, whose arrival with the Avalanche had inspired one enthusiastic fan to, uh, go green.
My guy really brought a head of kale to the game lmao pic.twitter.com/OwBwFOxesl
"My name is now associated with a vegetable," said Makar, who was playing in the second NHL game of his life that night in Game 4 of a Stanley Cup playoff series against the Calgary Flames.