Flyers Mascot Slapshot

So when players came off the ice monday morning they were interested.

Flyers mascot slapshot. He joins the phillie phanatic eagles swoop franklin of the sixers fang who represents the philadelphia. This is the first time the club has introduced a mascot since. The slapshot name now belongs to the mascot of the flyers division rival the washington capitals.

The team previously had a mascot named slapshot but it only lasted one season in 1976. The new jersey devils original mascot who was a giant puck with horns until. The philadelphia flyers of the nhl debuted a short lived skating mascot named slapshot in 1976.

The slapshot experiment lasted a single season and for more than 40 years the flyers were one of a great few teams without a mascot. Prior to gritty s debut the flyers were only one of two nhl teams without an official mascot the other being the new york rangers. It was the only mascot in flyers team history until the unveiling of gritty on september 24 2018.

The flyers underwent an extensive process to develop and introduce gritty enlisting the help of character branding consultant dave raymond during the 2017 18 regular season. The team previously had a mascot named slapshot but it only lasted one season in 1976. This is the first time the club has introduced a mascot since.

It is the second ever mascot for the flyers succeeding slapshot who retired in 1976. Today the washington capitals use a mascot by the same name see above. The philadelphia flyers debuted a short lived skating mascot named slapshot in 1976.

Prior to gritty s debut the flyers were only one of two nhl teams without an official mascot the other being the new york rangers. The flyers were one of few sports franchises without a mascot. Gritty the philly sports messiah.

The last one they had was short lived in 1976 named slapshot. The impetus for gritty s creation was when the flyers. Boyle found out about gritty just like everyone else last week.