The banana, it turns out, really was all about keeping himself fresh, Andrei Kuzmenko explained after the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 6-2 at Rogers Arena on Saturday.
Kuzmenko caused a minor stir mid-game when he was caught on video scarfing down a banana and then taking a swig of Pepsi on the bench.
Few of his teammates saw the moment, but Elias Pettersson did and upon discovering that not only was his Russian teammate <a data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" data-evt-val="{"control_fields": {"mparticle": {"keys": {"click_source_type": "click_source_type", "anchor_text": "anchor_text", "target_url": "target_url", "layout_section": "layout_section"}, "mp_event_type": "Navigation", "extra_keys": ["click_vertical_position_percentage", "click_vertical_position_pixels"]}}, "click_source_type": "in-page link", "anchor_text": "eating a potassium-rich snack", "target_url": "https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/food-features/bananas/#:~:text=Bananas%20are%20an%20excellent%20source,regularly%20and%20muscles%20to%20contract.", "layout_section":
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