When the Penguins acquired Phil last offseason the he was immediately a perfect fit on his love for hot dogs alone.

Then on Halloween his costume earned him a few more points, with many of us loving how a guy that looks like us could be so awesome.

The rest of the world jumped on and fell in love with Phil a few weeks back when he informed Pierre McGuire that he probably had bad breath.

On today’s Pardon My Take Podcast former Penguin Ryan Whitney recounted a story from the 2010 Olympics where he and Phil spent there off day cheering on the women.

“Phil Kessel is a legend.  I remember the day before the Olympic Gold Medal game in Vancouver, 2010.  The game was at noon on a Sunday, we went to the women’s gold medal game (US vs Canada) at 3:00 Saturday.  We walked up and get our seats and Phil goes down and is walking back up with a LARGE plate of nachos, COVERED in cheese.”

–Ryan Whitney 6/8/16 Pardon My Take Podcast

Now I know what you’re saying…. “they would have won the Gold medal if he wasn’t in a food coma” and yes you may be right however I’d argue that you’re forgetting about how they lost that game.

If you’re keeping score at home that means we have Sidney Crosby AND Phil Kessel suiting up tomorrow, put it in the books.

And if you’re superstitious lets all go out for lunch here and order some nachos.