An unusual event occurred at the Connecticut Whale game on Saturday night at the XL Center in Hartford.
Trying to fulfill a bet with his buddies an alleged drunken d-bag Kevin O’Connell of East Hartford was arrested for assaulting the team mascot Pucky the Whale in front of a group of families and children. After bystanders pulled O’Connell off of poor Pucky, others pointed him out to the Hartford cops on duty.
O’Connell was not only arrested and charged with second degree breach of peace; he has been banned from the XL Center.
There were no other arrests made but the rumor going around is that an unnamed UConn donor was allegedly in on the beating but pulled the funding when he was told he wouldn’t be able to pick the new mascot.
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