“Dumb Redneck” shares unbelievable story of how he got catfish on the ice last night.

Reporter Sean Gentille has just shared one of the most unbelievable stories of this National Hockey League season.

Gentille caught up with the man who was behind the catfish toss on the ice in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, and the story of how he got that fish onto the ice is absolutely going to blow your mind.

Jake Waddell, who described himself as a "dumb redneck," revealed that he bought the giant catfish at a market in Tennessee and brought it all the way down to Pittsburgh with him. How did he avoid the smell of rotten fish? Well according to Waddell he doused it in old spice cologne and put it in a cooler to minimize the odor. 

While that may already sound ridiculous to most, it's nothing compared with how he actually suck the fish into the game itself. From the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette:

This was where he really started to shine. On game night, he took the fish to his cousin’s house, filleted it, cut out half the spine and ran it over with his truck. That made it easier to vacuum-pack and conceal ... but not that easy.

“The head was too damn big,” Waddell said. “No matter how much I ran it over with my truck, the head was too big.”

Originally, Waddell planned to stash the fish in his boots. The head made that impossible. So, he created a catfish-underwear sandwich.

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Unfortunately Waddell has been charged with three misdemeanors for his actions, and while certainly a fine would be something reasonable, charging the man with three separate counts here seems merely petty. 

Thankfully there are reportedly a number of lawyers willing to lend a hand to Waddell as he fights these charges, and hopefully that will result in fans on both sides of the aisle continuing traditions like these that only serve to build up fantastic rivalries.