phanatic's bday and speak of the devil...

Ok, so two mascot stories today...

First of all, it is the Phillie Phanatic's birthday celebration on sunday. The Phanatic usually flies in a few of his close mascot buddies to party with him... Here is a photo from last year's birthday!  who are you excited to see at his birthday this year!? I personally like Kirby the Krimpet (who really hates being called a 'Twinkie') and the phanatic's mom, Phoebe! HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHANATIC!!!!






Second, the Philadelphia Flyers now know that their opponent will be the NJ Devils in the NHL 2012 Eastern Conference Semifinals. Here is a photo of the phanatic and the devil's mascot, cleverly named "NJ Devil"  from a couple of years ago. I sure hope the phanatic does not include the NJ Devil on his birthday invite list for this year!!!  Boooooo Devils!



Some info on the NJ Devil's mascot.....
The current mascot is "NJ Devil", a 7-foot (2.1 m) tall devil who plays into the myth of the Jersey Devil (The Jersey Devil is a legendary creature or cryptid said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey, United States.)  NJ Devil keeps the crowd excited, signs autographs, participates in entertainment during the intermissions, skates across the ice, throws t-shirts, and runs throughout the aisles of the arena to high five fans.

Prior to 1993, the NJ Devil's mascot was "Slapshot", a large Devils hockey puck that interacted with the fans. However, the man inside the costume resigned after he was accused of touching three women inappropriately while in costume. The lawsuit and all charges were dropped as nothing could be proven. However, to remove the stigma of the lawsuit, Slapshot was retired and has not returned since.

what do you think slapshot is doing now?  do you think the story about him is true???  Should the flyers hire him to beat up on the devil during the playoffs?  GO FLYERS!!!!

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.