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We have to admit something, Sharks fans:
We have Good Mascot Privilege™.
Sharkie is fine. Maybe great, even! He’s a normal-enough-looking Shark, who gives Brent Burns weirdly intimate hugs and bangs a drum in the crowd at games. It’s easy to take this good fish boy for granted, but sometimes we need to take a moment to sit down and really appreciate how lucky we are to have a mascot that isn’t completely and utterly nightmare-inducing.
Sorry, Philadelphia.
Please welcome the newest member of the nhl mascot family to twitter... it's @GrittyNHL pic.twitter.com/xMRxXoPv1O
— #SJSharkie (@sjsharkie) September 24, 2018
It me. #Gritty pic.twitter.com/HfTMVtEAFy
— Gritty (@GrittyNHL) September 24, 2018
The Flyers have gone this long without a mascot. And somehow, I feel like a hairy orange dude is a pretty apt description of more than a few of their players, so maybe they’re onto something with this guy.
But did he have to have googly eyes?
Join us in welcoming the newest member of the #Flyers Family, @GrittyNHL!!
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) September 24, 2018
Learn more about Gritty: https://t.co/eQRwTtD54w pic.twitter.com/njHQO1824b
There were plenty of Gritty memes on Twitter yesterday, so feel free to share your favorites below.
News & Notes
- The Flyers are getting Gritty
- More mascot content, because this is who we are as a league now: PHT Power Rankings: NHL’s most absurd mascots
- Don’t let Gritty distract you from the biggest actual hockey news of the day: Seattle NHL expansion group gets approval for $700M building: report
- After 16 seasons, Brian Gionta announces his retirement
- Very few things on this list seems correct, but I love being mad about other people’s hockey opinions: Ranking all 31 NHL teams by their forwards
- We miss Patrick Marleau, but here he is weighing in on the biggest moves of the summer being made by the only teams he’s ever played for: LeBrun: Patrick Marleau on the blockbuster deals made by both his current and former team
- We’ll preview the Edmonton Connor McDavids later today, but yesterday, his GQ spread dropped and whew! It’s a lot. Connor McDavid Is Done Being Chirped At
- For some heart warming hockey content, Team USA Captain Megan Duggan married Canadian Olympian Gillian Apps and it is too cute for words:
Congratulations to Meghan Duggan (USA) and Gillian Apps (CAN) who married over the weekend - some photos and a thread discussing the newlyweds (link fixed!!) https://t.co/6mildZApMN (photos)https://t.co/GryBgTLsJe (discussion thread)
— Sapp (K. Gretzky for EDM GM) Macintosh (@MacSapintosh) September 24, 2018
Scores & Recaps
- Boston Bruins 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3 [Stanley Cup of Chowder highlights, Broad Street Hockey]
- Montreal Canadiens 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 [Habs EOTP story stream, Pension Plan Puppets recap]
- Minnesota Wild 3, Dallas Stars 5 [Hockey Wilderness gamethread, Defending Big D recap]
- Vancouver Canucks 1, Los Angeles Kings 4 [Nucks Misconduct, Jewels from the Crown]
- Arizona Coyotes 2, Anaheim Ducks 4 [Five For Howling, Anaheim Calling]
- New Jersey Devils 3, New York Rangers 4 (OT) [All About the Jersey recap, Blueshirt Banter gamethread]
- Winnipeg Jets 5, Calgary Flames 4 (OT) [Arctic Ice Hockey gamethread, Matchsticks and Gasoline]
- Colorado Avalanche 5, Vegas Golden Knights 3 [Mile High Hockey recap, Knights on Ice]