Apparently, Ryan Kesler did not take too kindly to a joke that Eddie Lack told at a <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vancouver-canucks/line-combinations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vancouver Canucks</a>&#8216; rookie party.
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Former Canucks defenceman and current Hockey Night in Canada co-host Kevin Bieksa joined the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1GsYkysMAR/?mibextid=YlDasU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Empty Netters&#8217; podcast last week</a> and recalled a story of how Lack had gotten on the wrong side of Kesler during a rookie party.
<blockquote>Eddie [Lack]&#8217;s glove came off in warm-up. While he was skating out of the net when his glove came off, he had a bare hand. And guys were flying around in warm up, and they were shooting pucks in the empty net. He kind of reached his hand out, just as a joke, to save a puck, and [Ryan Kesler] shot a puck at his hand, and I think broke his finger.
Fast forward to the rookie party: you know how we make the rookies go up and do a joke? Most teams do that. And Eddie goes up to do a joke, and I maybe prompted him and told him something to say about Kes and Kesler did not like it. I think he threw a steak knife at him, and then he came up and dumped his glass of wine on him.
And then I remember Luongo said something, and [Kesler] threw something at Luongo and hits him in the shoulder. And Loango was like, &#8220;What are you doing?&#8221;, and [Keselr] goes, &#8220;That&#8217;s the first save you&#8217;ve made in two months.&#8221;
So Kesler’s on the war path that night, and Eddie was the one who got him going.</blockquote>
While Bieksa didn&#8217;t specify when this happened, it most likely occurred during the Canucks&#8217; 2013-14 campaign, as that was Lack&#8217;s rookie season in the NHL. That was a season to forget for the Canucks, as they finished the year with a 36-35-11 record and missed the playoffs for the first time in five years, and found themselves in headlines for all the wrong reasons, like John Tortorella&#8217;s trip to the <a href="https://flamesnation.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Calgary Flames</a> dressing room after a game-opening line brawl, and when Lack was given the start during the team&#8217;s Heritage Classic game at BC Place against the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/ottawa-senators/line-combinations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ottawa Senators</a>.
Lack finished the 2013-14 season with a 16-17-5 record, a .912% save percentage, and 4 shutouts in 41 games for his rookie campaign, while his supposed in-team rival Kesler had 25 goals and 18 assists for 43 points in 77 games in what would be his final season as a Canuck before he was traded to the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/anaheim-ducks/line-combinations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anaheim Ducks</a> the following summer. Meanwhile, the instigator from the sidelines in Bieksa had 4 goals and 20 assists for 24 points in 76 games.

Apparently, Ryan Kesler did not take too kindly to a joke that Eddie Lack told at a <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vancouver-canucks/line-combinations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vancouver Canucks</a>' rookie party.
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Former Canucks defenceman and current Hockey Night in Canada co-host Kevin Bieksa joined the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1GsYkysMAR/?mibextid=YlDasU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Empty Netters' podcast last week</a> and recalled a story of how Lack had gotten on the wrong side of Kesler during a rookie party.
<blockquote>Eddie [Lack]'s glove came off in warm-up. While he was skating out of the net when his glove came off, he had a bare hand. And guys were flying around in warm up, and they were shooting pucks in the empty net. He kind of reached his hand out, just as a joke, to save a puck, and [Ryan Kesler] shot a puck at his hand, and I think broke his finger.

Fast forward to the rookie party: you know how we make the rookies go up and do a joke? Most teams do that. And Eddie goes up to do a joke, and I maybe prompted him and told him something to say about Kes and Kesler did not like it. I think he threw a steak knife at him, and then he came up and dumped his glass of wine on him.

And then I remember Luongo said something, and [Kesler] threw something at Luongo and hits him in the shoulder. And Loango was like, "What are you doing?", and [Keselr] goes, "That's the first save you've made in two months."

So Kesler’s on the war path that night, and Eddie was the one who got him going.</blockquote>
While Bieksa didn't specify when this happened, it most likely occurred during the Canucks' 2013-14 campaign, as that was Lack's rookie season in the NHL. That was a season to forget for the Canucks, as they finished the year with a 36-35-11 record and missed the playoffs for the first time in five years, and found themselves in headlines for all the wrong reasons, like John Tortorella's trip to the <a href="https://flamesnation.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Calgary Flames</a> dressing room after a game-opening line brawl, and when Lack was given the start during the team's Heritage Classic game at BC Place against the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/ottawa-senators/line-combinations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ottawa Senators</a>.

Lack finished the 2013-14 season with a 16-17-5 record, a .912% save percentage, and 4 shutouts in 41 games for his rookie campaign, while his supposed in-team rival Kesler had 25 goals and 18 assists for 43 points in 77 games in what would be his final season as a Canuck before he was traded to the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/anaheim-ducks/line-combinations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anaheim Ducks</a> the following summer. Meanwhile, the instigator from the sidelines in Bieksa had 4 goals and 20 assists for 24 points in 76 games.

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