FLYERS? MASCOT?

Ok, so i am officially on the Flyers' bandwagon after the knockout fights during the sunday afternoon game. Flyers lead the playoff series 3-0. I'm sure the question on everyone's mind is....do the Flyers have a mascot???   well....the answer is....they used to!

The Flyers debuted a short-lived skating mascot named Slapshot in 1976. It remains the only mascot in Flyers' team history. Slapshot lasted only one year, and there’s not much evidence of his/her existence (the Flyers told us that they had no pictures).  Today, the Washington Capitals use a mascot by the same name.





And in case you are wondering, the Flyers' opponents, the Pittsburgh Penquins, have a mascot! 


Iceburgh is the official mascot of the Pittsburgh Penguins franchise in the National Hockey League. Iceburgh debuted for the 1991-92 NHL Season. Iceburgh was known as "Icey" in the 1995 film Sudden Death starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, filmed at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena. In the movie, Iceburgh's costume was worn by one of the villains.  The name Iceburgh is a play on the word 'iceberg' and the name of the city of Pittsburgh. He usually wears a Penguins jersey with the number "00". The costume is almost identical to that of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins' team mascot, "Tux." The only difference being that Iceburgh has an orange neck, and Tux's neck is red. Tux also wears hockey gloves and Iceburgh does not.