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List of NHL mascots. Mascots shaking hands at the 2019 All-Star Game. This is a list of current and former National Hockey League (NHL) mascots. The NHL's first mascot, Harvey of the Calgary Flames, debuted in 1984. As of 2024, the New York Rangers and Utah Hockey Club are the only teams without a mascot.
3.6 National Hockey League. 3.7 Women's National Basketball Association. ... This is a list of mascots. A mascot is any person, animal, or object thought to bring ...
Phillie Phanatic, Youppi! Gritty is the official mascot for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). [1] He is a 7-foot tall (2.1 m) furry orange creature with googly eyes who wears Flyers gear. [2] [3] Gritty has been compared to the Phillie Phanatic, the mascot for the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team. [4]
Pages in category "National Hockey League team mascots". The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . List of NHL mascots.
Montreal, Quebec City and Atlanta all have two defunct or relocated teams with the Wanderers and Maroons, the Athletics and Nordiques, and the Flames and Thrashers, respectively. Philadelphia ( Philadelphia Flyers ), Pittsburgh ( Pittsburgh Penguins ), and St. Louis ( St. Louis Blues) gained teams during the 1967 expansion.
Buoy, said to be a nephew of the Fremont Troll, is a 6-foot (1.8 m) tall blue sea troll. His hair is "a nod to hockey flow and the waves of Puget Sound ," said Lamont Buford, the Kraken's vice president of entertainment experience and production. He has a removable front tooth, a squeaky aqua-blue nose, an anchor earring representing the Kraken ...
The practice of deriving sports team names, imagery, and mascots from Indigenous peoples of North America is a significant phenomenon in the United States and Canada. The popularity of stereotypical representations of American Indians in global culture has led to a number of teams in Europe also adopting team names derived from Native Americans.
Youppi!, a creation of Acme Mascots, Inc. (a division of Harrison/Erickson, Inc.), was commissioned by Montreal Expos vice-president Roger D. Landry. Originally leased by the baseball team in 1979, the mascot was eventually purchased by the Expos and represented them until they moved to Washington, D.C., after the 2004 season.