Ex-NHL Star And Current Sarah Palin Beau Blames Team’s Loss On Pride Night | EUROtoday

Former New York Rangers hockey star Ron Duguay mentioned he predicted the staff would lose on Pride Night because of the “bad mojo” created by the promotion.

Duguay, the longtime boyfriend of former Republican veep nominee Sarah Palin, melted down on X Monday because the Rangers fell to the Los Angeles Kings, 4-1, at Madison Square Garden.

“I didn’t want to say it before the game but i saw this coming tonight down 4-1 after the singing National anthem to [rainbow] flag to a small group, bad idea bad mojo,” he wrote within the now-deleted submit that was shared by the Toronto Sun in a screengrab.

“I don’t blame all of the Rangers organization It’s only a select few college brain washed up ,woked kids pushing their agenda on others in the organization.”

Ron Duguay ultimately deleted this submit, however a special one which additionally demeaned the staff’s outreach to LGBTQ+ followers remained up.

Bleacher Report hockey author Adam Herman identified that the Rangers, who rank final in factors within the Eastern Conference, have persistently been victorious on Pride Night. He gave a sounder motive for his or her setback.

“Maybe this year’s team lost because they lose most games,” he wrote.

The New York Rangers received each single Pride Night sport between 2012 and 2025. Just in case any bigots are retaining rating at house. Maybe this 12 months’s staff misplaced as a result of they lose most video games.

— Adam Herman (@AdamZHerman) March 17, 2026

Duguay has way more urgent issues to take care of than insulting LGBTQ+ hockey followers. He lately introduced he has Stage 4 most cancers.

But his phrases carry weight for some followers. After his 1977-89 taking part in profession concluded, he later served as a TV analyst for the Rangers on MSG for 12 years till 2018.

Before Monday’s sport, he slammed the staff for making a gift of a Pride Night pouch to the primary 10,000 spectators.

Duguay griped that the promotion was “encouraging Transgender lifestyle” in a submit that he left up.

The NHL’s effort to acknowledge the homosexual group has confronted pushback earlier than.

Perhaps Duguay ought to take a cue from U.S. Olympic hockey hero Jack Hughes, who scored the profitable time beyond regulation purpose in Team USA’s gold medal sport final month.

Hughes, who performs for the New Jersey Devils, mentioned in a 2024 interview: “The team I play for … we really support that. We’re a really welcoming organization … Obviously, with how we grew up, my family really supports that too.”

Duguay and Palin attended a “Save America” rally in Anchorage in 2022.

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