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FORT LAUDERDALE — Inquiring minds wanted to know, exactly, what Brad Marchand was eating during the second intermission of Game 3 on Saturday night. It was not, as he had previously said, a Dairy Queen Blizzard.
During the second period of Saturday night’s game, Sportsnet’s cameras in the Florida locker room caught Marchand eating something off a spoon.
Following the 6-2 win — one in which Marchand scored the final goal of a five-goal third for the Panthers — he was asked by Sportsnet whether he was enjoying a frozen DQ treat as he and some of his teammates did during a day off in Raleigh.
“You can’t beat it. It’s the best dessert in the world,” Marchand said, staring right into the camera.
“So I better get a lifetime free supply of Dairy Queen now. Thank you.”
Brad Marchand Digs His Dairy Queen. But During a Game?
Monday morning, Marchand took great joy in explaining what really went down.
“I was not eating a Blizzard in the middle of a game,’’ Marchand told reporters crowding his spot in the IcePlex locker room.
“It was something healthy. It was honey, I was having honey. A spoonful of honey.”
So, the Blizzard story?
“I was making a joke, referencing our excursion a couple of nights before,’’ Marchand continued. “I was making a joke out of it, and I think people took it seriously.”
Good for DQ’s business though.
“The amount of messages I got yesterday about people going to Dairy Queen yesterday,’’ Marchand said, “I mean, I appreciate the support.
“I love a good Blizzard more than anybody, but that’s not something I would have had in the middle of a game.”
Marchand said he has enjoyed honey since he was young — and even may have ruined a childhood pal due to his enjoyment of it.
“I’ve always loved honey,’’ he said. “When I was growing up, I loved Winnie the Pooh. And I used to have a Winnie the Pooh, and I would feed the bear honey.
“So, it was covered in it. It was rock hard. I don’t think [his parents] enjoyed cleaning up the mess, but I had fun.”
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