The Mystery of the Missing Puck has been solved.
Devils forward Patrik Elias has found the puck used in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals, won by the Kings, and will be returning it to Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Initially, Elias said that he had no idea where the puck was after being last seen with it at the conclusion of the game. But he promised to go back and look through his equipment bag and apparently it turned up.
“As I told you, I had no idea what had happened to it, so I went to check in the locker room and it was there,” Elias told NJ.com. “So I returned to to the rightful owners.”
Kings general manager Dean Lombardi is happy the mystery is over.
“It’s like a lot of traditions, and it became one of them that the puck has gone to the winning team,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “He [Elias] called me and said he wanted to make sure it got to its rightful owners. He was a real class act.”
The official Kings Twitter account could not help but take a shot at the Devils winger, though.
“If you see Patrik Elias at the Hockey Hall of Fame wearing a baggy jacket with lots of pocket space, keep an eye on him,” it wrote.