Proteau serendipitously won the tickets to the game, then was chosen during the intermission contest where a fan gets three shots at winning prizes.
"They offered me a hockey stick, left or right?" Proteau said. "I don't know. I don't play hockey."
He hit his first attempt, winning a mini-fridge, then missed on his center-ice attempt, which would have netted him Canadiens season tickets. Then he moved to the opposite blue line, and the open net was reduced to a space barely bigger than the puck, but Proteau flung it into the slot anyway.