Old Flyers Mascot

The philadelphia flyers beloved mascot gritty is under fire for allegedly assaulting a 13 year old boy during a photo shoot according to police.

Old flyers mascot. January 22 2020 flyers mascot gritty under investigation for claim he punched 13 year old boy the incident allegedly took place at a season ticket holder photo shoot on nov. Gritty is the official mascot for the philadelphia flyers national hockey league nhl team. The philadelphia flyers of the nhl debuted a short lived skating mascot named slapshot in 1976.

The philadelphia flyers mascot gritty is being investigated in connection with allegations of an assault involving a 13 year old boy police said. He is a 7 foot 2 1 m furry orange creature with googly eyes who wears flyers gear. He was created by brian allen of flyland designs with help from david raymond the first man to portray the.

It remained the only mascot in flyers team history until the unveiling of gritty for the 2018 19 season. The new jersey devils original mascot who was a giant puck with horns until. The father of a 13 year old boy is claiming that popular philadelphia flyers mascot gritty punched his son in the back after a november 2019 meet and greet event for season ticket holders.

Gritty the philadelphia flyers fuzzy orange mascot is under investigation for an alleged physical assault of a 13 year old boy during a photo shoot at the team s stadium back in november. 19 at the wells. Gritty has been compared to the phillie phanatic the mascot for the philadelphia phillies baseball team.

It was the only mascot in flyers team history until the unveiling of gritty on september 24 2018. Gritty the philadelphia flyers fuzzy orange mascot is under investigation for an alleged physical assault of a 13 year old boy during a photo shoot at the team s stadium back in november.