TJ Oshie and Tom Wilson’s butt taps were named the NHL’s Best Pregame Ritual

June 14, 2020 4:22 pm

TJ Oshie and Tom Wilson may never win an individual NHL award, but together, they have created history.

Oshie and Wilson’s butt taps, where they whack each other in the derrière with their hockey sticks, has won the NHL’s Fans Choice Award as the Best Pregame Ritual.

I’m not sure if I should offer them congratulations or buy them each a bottle of Blu Emu numbing cream.

Screenshot courtesy of NHL.com

Oshie and Wilson received 32.3 percent of the vote, narrowly beating out Victor Hedman (29%) for first. Alex DeBrincat & Jonathan Toews (22.9%) and Ryan O’Reilly (15.8%) finished third and fourth.

1st

Oh how we've missed you boys.@TJOshie77 x @tom_wilso pic.twitter.com/mK1DN2f80T

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) December 10, 2019

2nd

Superstitious? Victor Hedman? Nahhhhh. 🤣

Make sure to vote for #NHLFanChoice Best Pregame Ritual ➡️ https://t.co/nyeIMquo6y pic.twitter.com/M8PV1lD7Vx

— NHL (@NHL) May 21, 2020

3rd

Jonathan Toews to má rád, fanoušci to mají rádi, ale máte rádi tenhle rituál i vy? 😎 #NHLFanChoice

Hlasujte na ➡️ https://t.co/qLJBW9MiK3 pic.twitter.com/y6e1dMPvqd

— NHL Čeština (@NHLcz) May 30, 2020

4th

Show us a better pregame ritual in the @NHL, we dare ya!

Vote Ryan O'Reilly for Best Pregame Ritual now through June 1. #NHLFanChoice #stlblues

VOTE NOW: https://t.co/fHXIq9Kz0N pic.twitter.com/KUMX5v3Au0

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 13, 2020

Oshie and Wilson’s brilliant bonks to the booty first started during the 2015-16 season as first reported by us, RMNB. And apparently there’s a method to the madness, according to Oshie.

“We’ve got some different things going depending on if we lost last game, if we won we’ll do the same thing,” Oshie said. “So there’s a little bit of superstition there depending on what we tap, how hard we tap it, and how we do it.”

The fanny taps’ finest moment happened in December when Oshie broke his stick over Wilson’s iron-like rump.