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Meet Gritty, the Flyers’ horrifyingly delightful new mascot

Oh man. Where to start with this one. Let’s just jump right into it, shall we?

The Philadelphia Flyers introduced the newest member of their organization on Monday morning and it might be my new personal favorite part of the team.

Say hello to Gritty, everyone!

Perhaps even better than the image of something that appears to be the demon spawn of The Looney Tunes monster and Grimace is that it comes with its own backstory, including the fact that it, according to legend, sustains itself on hot dogs and Zamboni snow.

Via the Flyers:

His father was a “bully,” so naturally he has some of those tendencies - talented but feisty, a fierce competitor, known for his agility given his size. He’s loyal but mischievous; the ultimate Flyers fan who loves the orange and black, but is unwelcoming to anyone who opposes his team. Legend has it he earned the name “Gritty” for possessing an attitude so similar to the team he follows.

He claims that he’s been around for a lot longer than we know it, and recent construction at the Wells Fargo Center disturbed his secret hideout forcing him to show his face publicly for the first time. He has some oddities that are both humorous and strange. A number of times he’s been caught eating snow straight from the Zamboni machine, and unbeknown to most, his love of hot dogs has been inflating the Flyers Dollar Dog Night consumption totals for years.

That being said, there’s no denying that he’s one of our own.


The ultimate Flyers fan that is unwelcoming to anyone opposes his team? Does this mean it’s going to yell at Capitals, Penguins, and Rangers’ fans and boo Sidney Crosby?
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But the absolute BEST part about it? It has googly eyes. More mascots need googly eyes. All mascots should have googly eyes.

Welcome to the NHL, Gritty. The league is certainly different now that you are in it.

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Adam Gretz is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @AGretz.