![]() In January and February, Blades travels around the greater Boston area giving bear hugs to raise money for the Bruins Foundation. Blades wears a XXXL jersey and size 13 skates." Bucyk invited Blades to stay at the Garden and he agreed, assuming that the Bruins were bears like himself. Blades was named by a young fan, Jillian Dempsey, currently a hockey player for the PWHL Montreal in the PWHL, in attendance at that evening's game. One day, he sneaked in the back of Bucyk's truck and was taken to the Boston Garden where Bucyk fed him pizza, hot dogs, popcorn, and pop from the concession stand. Blades first took an interest in hockey when watching Johnny Bucyk play pond hockey with groups of neighborhood children. "Blades the Bruin is notable because he is the only known bear who does not hibernate. Also is an outstanding drummer entertaining Yotes fans around the Phoenix area by joining in with many of the local bands when he appears at the many charity events he and the Coyotes Foundation attends.īlades serves as the team mascot for the Boston Bruins since 1999. He is known to beat on a bucket to encourage the fans to cheer, and has many different outfits in games. Howler wears number 96 on his jersey, representing the year the Winnipeg Jets moved to Arizona, and wears a "M" Designation for Mascot. Howler the Coyote is the coyote-suited mascot of the Arizona Coyotes. In Mighty Ducks, Wildwing wears the number #00. He wears the jersey number #93 (referencing the Ducks' founding year, 1993). The version was so disliked by the fans, that he only lasted two home games. At one point in 1996, Disney Sports (owners of the Ducks) introduced a new, meaner looking version of Wild Wing. Wildwing returned the next game on crutches and successfully repeated the fire jump, this time with a harness hanging from the rafters. The stunt shot Wild Wing to fame and he became the most recognized mascot in professional sports. The failed fire jump made national news, including George Michaels "Sports Machine". During the team's home opener against the Calgary Flames on October 18, 1995, he caught fire attempting to jump over a wall of flames, after his skates caught on a trampoline. Wild Wing was the leader of the titular hockey team that also functioned as superheroes, after their previous leader, Canard, was lost in Dimensional Limbo on their way from their home planet of Puckworld chasing after the Saurians, a group of draconic beings who had devastated Puckworld he inherited the legendary "Mask of DuCaine" from him. He was also featured in the animated series Mighty Ducks, wherein he received the last name of Flashblade, and a younger brother, Nosedive. Wild Wing is the first mascot in the history of National Hockey League to descend onto the ice from the rafters of the arena. It was chosen following a fan "Name the Mascot" write-in contest, where a fan suggested the name. Wild Wing is the mascot for the Anaheim Ducks. As of 2024, the New York Rangers are the only team to not have a mascot. This is a list of current and former National Hockey League (NHL) mascots, sorted alphabetically by team. ![]()
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