Rangers fan who received signed stick from Crosby shares his story and some of his best chirps

Last night the Pittsburgh Penguins steamrolled the New York Rangers 7-2 with, surprise, surprise, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby leading the way with two points.

As is usually the case on the road, Crosby drew the ire of the Rangers crowd all night long but there was one Rangers fan who took it to another level. According to a Tweet sent to Rangers insider Rick Carpiniello, a fan who was sitting next to the penalty box was gifted a stick from Crosby simply because he laid into the Penguins captain so well.

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How great is that!? Say what you will about Sid the Kid, at least he has some self awareness and a sense of humor, as well. 

ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski managed to track down the fan, Marcus Mouning, and he dished his entire story and some of his best chirps. 

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"Not a lot of cool things happen to me, but this is up there, for sure," Lipeika told ESPN on Thursday.

He said a friend of his has season tickets to the Rangers, and their seats are located near the visiting team's penalty box. Lipeika, who was wearing a Rangers jersey at the game, is a proud heckler and a prepared one. "I don't have anything written down, but I have points I want to hit, for sure. For all I know, I have material on someone, and they don't even come to the box," he said.

Some of his best chirps:

"Hey Crosby, [Evgeni] Malkin would have more Cups if he had a better supporting cast."

"Hey Crosby, you were voted third toughest Canadian, behind Celine Dion and a close second to Avril Lavigne."

"Hey Crosby, when Gatorade wanted a tough guy, Justin Bieber turned them down so they settled for you."

"Hey Crosby, Malkin wants to know where your Calder Memorial Trophy is." (Please note that for all of Crosby's accomplishments, NHL rookie of the year was not one of them, while Malkin won it in 2007.)”

So… how did Crosby take it?

How did Crosby react? With the time-honored penalty box tradition of squirting his water bottle through the crack in the glass and towards Lipeika.

Crosby ended up with a goal and an assist for the Penguins in their rout of the Rangers. Lipeika and his friends were preparing to leave after the loss when a man in a Pittsburgh track suit made his way from the Penguins bench, across the ice and over to them. He was carrying a stick.

Lipeika's first reaction was that the stick was intended for one of the young Penguins fans in his section at MSG. A crowd of people congregated around him, attempting to grab the stick as the man pointed it over the glass.

"He pulled it back and he points to me. 'No, this is for you.' I'm thinking, I'm not sure if I want this anymore," he joked.

Lipeika grabbed the stick and checked the blade, where he saw Crosby's message and signature.

"I couldn't believe it. And then I thought, 'what did they do before they gave this stick to me?'" he joked.

How awesome is that!?