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The story of Gaudreau's purple drink







https://calgarysun.com/sports/hockey...-win-over-wild



Quote: PURPLE DRINK GETTING OVER



No one can pinpoint its origin or when it started.



All they know is they have to keep it up.



Johnny Gaudreau will first take a sip out of his Gatorade bottle  always purple in flavour.



Then, being a good teammate, hell squirt some into Sean Monahans mouth. Then, another quick squirt into Elias Lindholms mouth.





Whenever the first line scores a goal, this is what they do. Their habitual exercise has gone viral, to the point of it being made into gifs, Sportsnet highlight clips, and photos circulating on social media.



I dont even know how it started, Lindholm said with a chuckle on Thursday prior to the Calgary Flames clash versus the Minnesota Wild. But after that, it seems to be going pretty good for us lately. Everyone is scoring. Its a fun thing and Ive seen it popping up on Instagram and Twitter lately, its pretty funny.



But its not always restricted to the top line.



When Matthew Tkachuk put his finishing touches on the Flames game-tying marker on the man advantage Tuesday at Columbus, cameras turned to the benches which showed Gaudreau offering his fellow comrade a sip.



I get to sneak my way in there on a powerplay goal or something like that, Tkachuk said. When you get a goal, Johnny rewards the guys with a little shot of Gatorade.



Lets be clear, however. It MUST be Gaudreaus specific bottle on the bench.



And it must be purple.



Tastes real good, said Monahan with a shrug. I dont know how it started. Johnny has a special bottle and Id always try and take it. Whenever he scores or, I guess, our line scores, he gives us all a squirt . . . now, every time our line is in on a goal, we all get a squirt.



But . . .



Sometimes he forgets, Monahan continued. And I let him know we all need a squirt. I guess you could say its superstitious but its fun. Youre scoring goals and youve gotta enjoy it.



In fact, heading into Thursdays game against the Wild, they had accounted for 42 of the Flames 100 goals scored this season.



Lindholm added to the total, netting his 14th of the season in the second period on a great heads-up rush by Gaudreau to put the Flames up 1-0.



Sure enough . . .



Its a good taste, too, Lindholm said with a grin. Its good that we keep doing it.



I dont know what hes putting in there but its working.