NEW YORK – Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic has been fined $5,000 by the NHL for making an obscene gesture Thursday night in Montreal.
Lucic taunted the crowd with a sexual gesture and mimicked raising the Stanley Cup while entering the penalty box in Boston’s 6-4 loss to the Canadiens.
Lucic was already a villain in Montreal after last year’s playoff series, which ended with him threatening Dale Weise in the handshake line.
At 18:40 of the third period Thursday, with Boston pushing to tie the game, Lucic crushed Emelin and was given a two-minute boarding penalty. After P.A. Parenteau scored into an empty net to seal the win, Lucic was handed a misconduct for mouthing off to the officials, then flexed his muscles to the Bell Centre crowd in the penalty box. There were reports he also made a rude gesture to the fans.
The pre-game buildup was all about last spring, when the Canadiens upset Boston in seven games in the second round of the playoffs.
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In the handshake line after Game 7, Lucic reportedly threatened to “kill” Dale Weise and Alexei Emelin.
Weise was a healthy scratch, but the Lucic vs. Emelin animosity was a game-long subplot.
The Canadiens defenceman knocked down Lucic with an open ice check early in the game.
Lucic did not speak to the media after the game.
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