Overview

• His clarification has effectively closed the debate over whether he ate a Dairy Queen Blizzard during the Eastern Conference finals.
• Marchand initially told Sportsnet reporter Kyle Bukauskas he was enjoying a chocolate chip cookie dough Blizzard at intermission.
• The Panthers’ visit to a Dairy Queen near their hotel earlier in the series lent plausibility to the ice cream claim.
• Coach Paul Maurice expressed skepticism of Marchand’s initial statement, noting that a claim does not always equate to fact.
• Fans and teammates continued to reference “Blizzardgate” during Game 4, and Marchand quipped that he deserves a lifetime supply of Dairy Queen for the free publicity.