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ESPN's John Anderson apologizes for joke about Golden Knights D Zach Whitecloud's name: 'I blew it'

When Las Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud scored his first goal of the playoffs Monday, he probably wasn't expecting to be accepting an apology from a well-known ESPN anchor the next day.

The reason for the apology came during a "SportsCenter" after Game 3 between the Golden Knights and Edmonton Oilers. While recapping the 5-1 Golden Knights win, host John Anderson cracked an off-the-cuff joke about Whitecloud when he reached the defenseman's goal, saying his last name would be great "if you're a toilet paper."

Here's the segment:

During the Vegas-Edmonton highlight on SportsCenter, John Anderson jokes about Zach Whitecloud's name, saying it's a "great name if you're a toilet paper.