Former New York Rangers hockey star Ron Duguay stated he predicted the workforce would lose on Pride Night because of the “unhealthy mojo” created by the promotion.
Duguay, the longtime boyfriend of former Republican veep nominee Sarah Palin, melted down on X Monday because the Rangers fell to the Los Angeles Kings, 4-1, at Madison Sq. Backyard.
“I didn’t need to say it earlier than the sport however i noticed this coming tonight down 4-1 after the singing Nationwide anthem to [rainbow] flag to a small group, unhealthy thought unhealthy mojo,” he wrote within the now-deleted publish that was shared by the Toronto Sun in a screengrab.
“I don’t blame the entire Rangers group It’s solely a choose few school mind washed up ,woked youngsters pushing their agenda on others within the group.”
Bleacher Report hockey author Adam Herman identified that the Rangers, who rank last in factors within the Japanese Convention, have persistently been victorious on Satisfaction Night time. He gave a sounder cause for his or her setback.
“Possibly this 12 months’s workforce misplaced as a result of they lose most video games,” he wrote.
Duguay has way more urgent issues to take care of than insulting LGBTQ+ hockey followers. He just lately introduced he has Stage 4 cancer.
However his phrases carry weight for some followers. After his 1977-89 enjoying profession concluded, he later served as a TV analyst for the Rangers on MSG for 12 years till 2018.
Earlier than Monday’s sport, he slammed the workforce for gifting away a Satisfaction Night time pouch to the primary 10,000 spectators.
Duguay griped that the promotion was “encouraging Transgender life-style” in a publish that he left up.
The NHL’s effort to acknowledge the homosexual neighborhood has faced pushback before.
Maybe Duguay ought to take a cue from U.S. Olympic hockey hero Jack Hughes, who scored the profitable additional time aim in Workforce USA’s gold medal sport final month.
Hughes, who performs for the New Jersey Devils, stated in a 2024 interview: “The workforce I play for … we actually help that. We’re a extremely welcoming group … Clearly, with how we grew up, my household actually helps that too.”
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