Tampa Bay Lightning forward Pat Maroon made a $2,000 donation to a local mental health non-profit on Wednesday in response to fat-shaming comments made by Boston Bruins play-by-play commentator Jack Edwards.
Edwards took aim at Maroon for his size during the first period of Tuesday’s game between the Bruins and Lightning, suggesting that the veteran forward seldom goes “four hours without a meal.”
“Listed at 238 pounds, that was Day 1 of training camp,” Edwards said during the broadcast. “I’ve got a feeling that he’s had a few more pizzas between then and now.”
Maroon, 34, won three consecutive Stanley Cup championships between 2019 and 2021 (the first one with the St. Louis Blues, the latter two with Tampa Bay) and helped the Lightning return to the Final in 2022.