Ryan Reaves isn’t sure how it started, which is the origin for most wacky superstitions.
You try something different, the team wins, and suddenly it’s part of the routine.
“It gets the boys loose, gets the boys kind of ready to go, fires them up just a little bit,” the charismatic Golden Knights winger said. “It’s something a little stupid.”
The easiest way to describe Reaves’ pregame tradition is that he’s trying to pump up the bench prior to the opening faceoff.
But, let’s face it. What he’s really doing is beating the holy bleep out of a member of the coaching staff.