After losing the World Junior Championship gold medal game to Canada 3-1, Sweden captain Lias Andersson wasn't very happy about settling for silver.
The 19-year-old, who was drafted seventh overall by the Rangers in June's NHL Draft, immediately removed his silver medal from his neck, skated toward the bench and tossed it into the KeyBank Center crowd. The lucky fan who caught Andersson's medal then removed two jerseys, revealing a Sweden uniform, and placed the medal around his neck.
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Lias Andersson gets his silver medal presented to him. Andersson takes it off and throws it into the stands! Emotions hitting the brink! pic.twitter.com/v8tmoqJDxa
— NHL Daily 365 (@NHLDaily365) January 6, 2018
reddit user u/JiggediJao just uploaded a different angle and it's hilarious. pic.twitter.com/rSSNsg40sC
— Flintor (@TheFlintor) January 6, 2018
After realizing what had happened, the largely pro-Canada crowd chanted for him to "throw it back." And after a few moments, the fan obliged and threw the medal back to Andersson.
Lias Andersson on tossing his medal to a fan: He wanted it more than me. He can put it in a box or something.
— Chris Peters (@chrismpeters) January 6, 2018
Also noted this age group has lost in finals before and this was their last chance to break that trend.