Viral Ottawa Senators fan blamed for team's 0-2 playoff start banished to Taiwan

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When it comes to sports superstitions, they don't make them much more militant than teams and players in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Everyone on the team has to grow "playoff beards," and if the team ate at a certain restaurant then had a great game, guess where you're eating for the next two months during home games?

Hell, even Sidney Crosby has been wearing the same jockstrap for 20 years because of how superstitious he was (okay, that was TMI, I apologize).

Suffice it to say, teams can get a little paranoid when it comes to luck and bad omens in the playoffs, which is why the Ottawa Senators had to act accordingly after their team fell down 0-2 against the Carolina Hurricanes.

JOSH ALLEN ANNIHILATES A BEER TO FIRE UP THE SABRES CROWD

Jordan Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes and Brady Tkachuk of the Ottawa Senators fight during the first period of Game One in the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 18, 2026. (Josh Lavallee/NHLI/Getty Images)

For those who are unaware, the Sens are back in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since their Eastern Conference Finals run in 2017, and one fan decided to create a hype video to commemorate the occasion.

I understand If you need a moment for the cringe to subside.

Apparently, this isn't the first time the internet's least favorite Ottawa fan stepped behind a mic, and the Senators felt as though they had no other option but to get rid of the kid.

TEAM USA STAR BRADY TKACHUK BLOODIED AFTER HIT, RECEIVES