Golden Knights' Keegan Kolesar protects Mitch Marner from insulting Leafs fan
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Before last night's game, Golden Knights defenseman Keegan Kolesar ripped a sweater with an insulting message to Mitch Marner out of the hands of a Leafs fan.
In one of the most anticipated games of the year, the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 in Toronto in what was the return of Mitch Marner for the first time in an opposition sweater.
But before the game, there was a controversial moment when Golden Knights forward Keegan Kolesar ripped a sweater out of the hands of a Maple Leafs fan that had "sellout" printed on it toward Mitch Marner.
To add insult to injury, Kolesar later scored in what was eventually the 6-3 Golden Knights victory over the Maple Leafs.
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Golden Knights captain Mark Stone, who scored twice to extend his own point streak to 14 games, referred to Marner as "one of our own".
He's one of our own. We play for each other, we always have and always will. That's the motto of our locker room so we definitely wanted to win it for him. We wanted to win it for (Rasmus) Andersson playing his first game and we had a bit of a stinker last night (a 4-3 loss at the Boston Bruins). We didn't play very well in Boston so we wanted to get back on the saddle and get going. We knew how much this meant to [Marner]. - Mark Stone
Later, Marner said he was relieved that it was over.
It was really kind of in warmups where it felt odd and weird. It was a little bit of an odd day but happy to get the two points. Yeah, completely, definitely, honestly (relieved it's over). Don't have to talk about it anymore and I'm sure their guys are relieved for having not to talk about it too. - Mitch Marner
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