Coyotes’ Ekman-Larsson does ‘Stop Sucking’ challenge, nominates Fitz

Arizona Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson was nominated to participate in the “Stop Sucking” challenge, a social media campaign to end the use of plastic straws.

A website called Strawless Ocean is urging people to help eliminate the massive amounts plastic that eventually wind up in the ocean. The site stated that by 2050, the plastics in the oceans will outweigh the fish.

Ekman-Larsson — known by many as OEL — was nominated by fellow Swede and Ottawa Senators star defenseman Erik Karlsson to post a video about the cause.

Thank you @erikkarlsson65 for challenging me to #stopsucking In the USA alone, we use over 500 million straws per day! Let's put a stop to this and make sure that less plastic ends up in our oceans. Learn more at strawlessocean.org I hereby challenge @larryfitzgerald of the @azcardinals to stop sucking.

A post shared by Oliver Ekman-Larsson (@oel23) on Aug 24, 2017 at 9:59am PDT

“Thanks Erik Karlsson for challenging me to stop sucking,” Ekman-Larsson said in an Instagram video. “I accept your challenge. I would like to nominate Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals not to suck.”

As of Tuesday afternoon, Fitzgerald’s Instagram did not include a response.

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