Evander Kane gets Kings’ fan fired following hostile encounter in LA

You may have heard about the disturbing incident Edmonton forward Evander Kane brought to public attention after Game 4 in Los Angeles when he claimed that young Oilers fan named Cecily Eklund, who is battling brain cancer, was spit and sworn at when she attended the fourth contest of the first round series.

“There was a fight just two rows in front of Cecily, she was spit on, sworn at,” said her mother.

Kane took to social media to call out the fans that took part in the unacceptable incident and when he did so, the Oilers’ forward was insulted and abused. He shared screenshots of a vulgar direct message he says he received.

“Maybe you should be kind and not be such a f—–g scum bag,” the message stated. “We Kings fans literally hate you. You made us spit on kids for being a dirty mother f—-r. Listen to your own words and be kind. You f—-n scum bag.”

When digging, it was reported that the fan who posted the hateful message work at Mercedes-Benz of Escondido, a car dealership north of San Diego. Global News inquired with the company, which confirms an employee with the same name no longer works for the company.

The person’s Instagram account also seems to have been deleted.

What should be noted from this disturbing story is that no all fans are alike and some Kings’ faithfuls chose to support Cecily and her fight against cancer by posting Cecily’s Stollery donation page online and encouraged others to donate.

“Let’s show her what real Kings fan are like,” posted Twitter user ZachtheKingsFan.

By Tuesday afternoon, Cecily’s mother has noticed that Kings fans had donated more than $7,000 to her daughter’s donation page.

“Real Kings fans are rooting for you,” said a supporter that donated $25.

That’s the ending we wanted.