The Edmonton Oilers may have a fan to thank for overcoming a 3-0 deficit.
The Oilers forced a Game 7 on Friday night, becoming just the 10th team in NHL history to do so after trailing three games to none in a series.
That came just hours after Playboy made an announcement about an Edmonton fan who had gone viral for an X-rated reason.
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Stanley Cup Final signage prior to Game 4 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on June 15, 2024, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images)
During a playoff game against the Dallas Stars, a fan, who for now is only known as “Kait,” lifted her Oilers jersey and showed off her breasts to the raucous crowd.
Since then, it's become a rallying cry for fans, and she's unapologetic.
“I got drunk and took my shirts off at an Oilers game, and they went viral? Fuck you if you don't like it. Wow! Go Oilers!” he told Barstool Sports earlier this week.
Well, since then he took advantage of his Internet fame to reach a deal with Playboy.
“Meet Kait, the Oilers' good luck charm,” the magazine wrote in a post on Instagram, introducing its new model. “He [Oilers] He may not have the Stanley Cup yet, but with [Kait] encouraging them, they are unstoppable.
A general view of fans celebrating a first period goal by Mattias Janmark, #13 of the Edmonton Oilers, against the Florida Panthers in game four of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place on June 15, 2024, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images)
THE OILERS JOIN RARE COMPANY BY FORCING GAME 7 IN THE STANLEY CUP FINAL AFTER GOING 3-0
The post features photos of Kait on ice skates, throwing a double bird and other typical Playboy poses.
Kate said on the Barstool Sports podcast that she had about eight really hard seltzers and a handful of Cheezies before she decided to show off to the crowd.
“It wasn't planned or anything… and yeah, it just happened,” he said.
This is only the third time that the stanley mug It will see a seventh game after a team had a 3-0 lead, and the first since 1945. The Toronto Maple Leafs won both instances, completing the comeback in 1942, and then escaped embarrassment three years later.
It is the first 3-0 comeback in the league since Kings of Los Angeles They did it in the first round of the 2014 playoffs. They won that Game 7 and ultimately won the Cup, winning two more Game 7s in the process.
Game 7 of this series will take place again in Sunrise, Florida, where almost everyone will be in full panic mode on Monday night.
With a win, it will be the Oilers' first Cup since 1990 and Canada's first since 1993.
Edmonton Oilers' Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93), Zach Hyman (18), Connor McDavid (97) and Evan Bouchard (2) celebrate after a goal against the Dallas Stars during first period action in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs in Edmonton, Alberta, on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
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That would also mark the second straight year the Panthers would lose in the finals, having fallen to the Las Vegas Golden Knights last year.
Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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