Oleksiak actually tried to protect teammate Rust from flying beer cans thrown by Flyers fans

BarDown Staff

Philadelphia Flyers fans celebrate during Game 6. , Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images

Things got ugly at the end of Game 6 between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia flyers.

The game got out of hand after Penguins forward Jake Guentzel scored four straight goals to put his team ahead. With the game out of reach, Philadelphia fans let their emotions get the best of them and proceeded to throw cans of beer onto the ice. As the bevies came flying down, Penguins defenceman Jamie Oleksiak hovered over teammate Bryan Rust to protect him from the onslaught.

The big rig keeping rusty safe from flyer fans throwing beer cans... we should all have someone like this in our life to protect us... pic.twitter.com/9qpSorK7PR
— KesselMania (@Kessel_Mania) April 22, 2018

Penguins nation was having known of the beer tossing and expressed their displeasure on Twitter.

And the classy Philly #Flyers fans start throwing things on the ice.

CLASSY... Philthadelphia
— Tim Williams (@realtimwilliams) April 22, 2018

Flyers fans throwing stuff on the ice?

I just. Can't. Believe. It.
— The Penguin Brain (@PenguinBrain) April 22, 2018

The best part of the ordeal came after the game during a Sidney Crosby interview, in which he criticized Flyers fans for wasting beer.

Asked Sid about having all the beer cans thrown at him: "Those things were full. What a waste. Guess they have to be full to throw them that far."
— Josh Yohe (@JoshYohe_PGH) April 22, 2018

The battle of Pennsylvania has long been one of the game’s strongest rivalries but it’s never a good sign when fans are throwing objects onto the ice. Flyers fans will have to wait another year for their team to strike revenge on their cross-state foe.

(H/T KesselMania)