Pageau makes fighter's entrance for Islanders table tennis tournament

The champ is here and he knows how to make an entrance.

New York Islanders forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau put on a different kind of uniform and won a team-wide table tennis tournament with a victory against defenseman Adam Pelech.

Pageau entered "arena" -- which appeared to be a waiting area near an elevator bank at the team's hotel -- shirtless under a long bathrobe and with what appeared to be the robe's belt tied around his head as a karate-style headband.

It was an entrance worthy of a prize fight, complete with intro music and a hype man.

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After the grand entrance, he then dominated the tournament with eight straight victories.

He topped teammates Devon Toews and Mathew Barzal before his championship-clinching win.

His team even recognized him as their tournament champion on Twitter.

Other players around the NHL took notice of Pageau's attire, including his former teammate Brady Tkachuk, who compared it to UFC fighter George St. Pierre.

"JGP > GSP," Tkachuk commented on Pageau's Instagram post.