MASCOT MAYHEM 4: A Fuzzy History of the NHL

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  • @ST0NE_206
    @ST0NE_206 5 місяців тому +66

    the Canadiens mascot lore felt like a whole movie

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому +4

      😆 the drama of it all!

    • @ZACKMAN2007
      @ZACKMAN2007 5 місяців тому

      Wasn't he ejected from a baseball game?

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      @ZACKMAN2007 Were you not watching? 😅

    • @ST0NE_206
      @ST0NE_206 5 місяців тому

      @@ZACKMAN2007it’s directly mentioned at 1:21

  • @timdriscoll1559
    @timdriscoll1559 5 місяців тому +22

    Chef's Kiss for that [ FIN ]al closing frame, Chris. You've been waiting your whole Mascot Mayhem series for that, haven't you? The Old Movie Nerd in me appreciates a great closing shot. Even more so as a lifelong Canucks fan. Kudos!

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому +5

      Thank you!! You have no idea how happy it makes me that someone appreciated that! 😊
      At first I couldn’t figure out where to fit him in the overall narrative. Then I realized how the name could work if I found the right shot. Stick taps to whoever in the Canucks' video department is a huge Wes Anderson fan. 😅

  • @dippedfeathers
    @dippedfeathers 5 місяців тому +35

    Thank you for finishing the series! It's been a really fun time!

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому +1

      Glad you've enjoyed it!

  • @Sean.Cox.Tattoo
    @Sean.Cox.Tattoo 5 місяців тому +13

    I never wanted this to end.

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому +3

      I may have more coming... 👀

  • @cmpalmer
    @cmpalmer 5 місяців тому +2

    You nailed Youppi. Ive never been a Habs fan, but he is probably my favorite sports mascot. Just so so meaningful to the city he represents.

  • @Galaredon
    @Galaredon 5 місяців тому +9

    Thanks for explaining why Youppi might seem out of place and off-topic to people outside of Quebec, who might not understand why the most storied hockey franchise suddenly adopted an orange mascot in 2004.
    I remember our most popular Expos commentator, Rodger Brulotte, being thrilled that Youppi would still be around for the kids after the Expos left in 2004. He was such an icon that transcended baseball in Quebec, making appearances in nearly every school in the province when I was young.

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому +3

      Youppi! has a great story!

  • @mattswaggy7804
    @mattswaggy7804 5 місяців тому +25

    One thing you forgot to mention about Tommy Hawk. His name may also be a nod to longtime Blackhawks executive Tommy Ivan, who is a HHOF builders category inductee.

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      I didn’t come across that in my research, but that's a fun fact!

  • @LSA30
    @LSA30 5 місяців тому +3

    This is the peak offseason content we all need. Thank you, Icethetics!

  • @edwardburek1717
    @edwardburek1717 5 місяців тому +4

    It's been a long time coming, but thanks for giving this ace series closure. It was absolute fun.
    Now we need to address the elephant in the room - why do the Rangers not have a mascot? What is stopping them from appropriating a cartoon version of Lady Liberty and making her the actual mascot? And why not call her Libby?

  • @HockeyMakersProductions
    @HockeyMakersProductions 5 місяців тому +13

    YES IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

  • @crooksie89
    @crooksie89 5 місяців тому +2

    Just saw my name in the credits! First time I ever noticed that lol love being a part of this awesome channel!

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      Thank you for being a member!! 💙

  • @benderbendingrodriguez420
    @benderbendingrodriguez420 5 місяців тому +1

    Mascot series has been splendid too watch. Thanks for covering this overlooked aspect of sports and giving it the quality treatment only your productions provide!

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      Thank you for the kind words!

  • @T_128
    @T_128 5 місяців тому +2

    The Bruins have a secondary mascot known simply as "The Bear" (as shown at the 5:03 mark in the video). The Bear is used only in promotional videos, commercials, and on the scoreboard for pre-taped in-game entertainment. The Bear was introduced around 2009, if my memory serves correct. The Bear is generally depicted much nastier than the happy-go-lucky Blades. The Bear is often depicted enforcing proper fan code of conduct and on occasion playing tricks on fans of opposing teams. The Bruins have been using The Bear a lot less over the past few years, but he is still shown on the center ice scoreboard celebrating Bruins home playoff Series wins, in particular.

  • @zielgorazsaz9692
    @zielgorazsaz9692 5 місяців тому

    Another A+++ video Chris
    Still in absolute disbelief when I’m looking at your subscription numbers
    Your channel is a must for any NHL enthusiast and each of of your videos is so well put together
    One of the very few channels I have the bell on for
    Please keep posting the amazing content that you consistently provide

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for the kind words!! 💙

  • @EbikingViking992
    @EbikingViking992 5 місяців тому +6

    Really missed the opportunity to call him Chance the Raptor😅 "as they say in hockey...'let's do that hockey'"

  • @francoisblais7415
    @francoisblais7415 3 місяці тому

    Although he will only be a temporary mascot, your intuition about Jazz Bear was spot on.

  • @sportsmaster1364
    @sportsmaster1364 5 місяців тому +1

    It's amazing how legendary Hunter has already become here in Edmonton, and everything about his bio is just so perfect. Team founder reference? Check. Founding year? Check. Lynx have been spotted in this region before? Triple check. And then just awesomely fearsome to boot.
    Bonus tidbit: Since lynx tend to occupy more heavily-forested areas and generally aren't common in the southern-Canadian prairies, using a lynx as the mascot is the ultimate choice for one you would definitely associate with Edmonton's River Valley, and would never associate with the Calgary area. 😁

  • @theroughrider2.01
    @theroughrider2.01 5 місяців тому

    This was such a great series Chris! I loved every part of it! Great work!

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому +1

      Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!!

  • @brennah423
    @brennah423 5 місяців тому

    My favorite series and channel right now on UA-cam. Would love to see an AHL version of Mascot Mayhem at some point!! Thank you for the work you put into this video and all of your videos!

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      Thank you for watching!

  • @BravePip
    @BravePip 5 місяців тому

    great series, thanks for putting it together!

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @mikesmith-mt8oc
    @mikesmith-mt8oc 5 місяців тому +1

    Wow! Love this video, Chris! Ready for another!!!

  • @unchangedimage1603
    @unchangedimage1603 5 місяців тому

    I adore these videos. They’re so enjoyable and rewatchable.

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      Thank you so much! 💙

  • @CRIMS0N_KING
    @CRIMS0N_KING 5 місяців тому

    Fantastic stuff as usual Chris! Learned a lot from this and genuinely had no idea the Canucks had a mascot before Fin!

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      That was a bit of a surprise for me too. Thanks for watching!

  • @deserttrailscout
    @deserttrailscout 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for finishing this series! Can’t wait to see the video of Utah once they release their branding!

  • @HockeyOnTop92
    @HockeyOnTop92 5 місяців тому

    I love these videos. The prototype series was definitely my favorite. I think it would be cool if you made some videos on other leagues like the chl. Keep up the hard work

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for watching! And I do have a new Prototypes episode in the works! Hoping it’s ready for the fall.

  • @JD200_
    @JD200_ 5 місяців тому

    Another Emmy worthy video, great work Chris

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @leafsking
    @leafsking 5 місяців тому +1

    Let's go great video keep up the great work and let's get you to 30k

  • @Just-Jack18
    @Just-Jack18 5 місяців тому

    Been waiting patiently for this!!! Let's go!!!
    Side note: Interesting that two of New York's most historic teams, the Yankees and Rangers, don't use a mascot. You would think that they wouldn't want to miss out an opportunity to bring on younger fans.

  • @DRAGANkopitketzvy
    @DRAGANkopitketzvy 5 місяців тому

    This has been a great series! Cannot wait to see what icethetics comes up with next!

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      Thanks for watching!

  • @danielmacdonald4062
    @danielmacdonald4062 5 місяців тому +2

    I know the seasons starting soon and you’ll be very busy, but it would be cool for you to do a breakdown of CHL logos/jersey history. Amazing content as always!

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      CHL would be a big undertaking. I'll take a look and see if I can put something together. Thanks for watching!

  • @JoshuaLopez37143
    @JoshuaLopez37143 5 місяців тому +7

    10:12 Crater!?!?

    • @HockeyOnTop92
      @HockeyOnTop92 5 місяців тому +2

      Hahaha.

    • @davidmanful4797
      @davidmanful4797 5 місяців тому +3

      Jesse from BarDown will never live that down.

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому +2

      ah, appreciate the context. i didn't know what was going on here. 😅

  • @NathanielMiller94
    @NathanielMiller94 5 місяців тому +2

    Ah, we're at THAT point in the off-season... (I say as if I wouldn't click on a video about NHL mascots in the depths of December)

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      Haha, December is when I launched this series! Would’ve finished sooner had it not been for all the Fanatics news, but here we are. Thanks for watching, Nathaniel!

  • @PariahEarth
    @PariahEarth 5 місяців тому

    2:53 That's Amon Amarth! Metal certainly has some metal bonafides lol I think their singer Johan Hegg is a big hockey guy.

  • @ThePadillaFilms
    @ThePadillaFilms 5 місяців тому

    Loved it!

  • @Tbbyupthatsme99
    @Tbbyupthatsme99 5 місяців тому

    This was epic

  • @NAKGRR
    @NAKGRR 5 місяців тому +2

    we are so back baby

  • @MaxTheHockeyKid
    @MaxTheHockeyKid 5 місяців тому +1

    Hey, wake up. Icethetics posted another fire video.

  • @sartofournier1908
    @sartofournier1908 5 місяців тому +1

    Youppi! is the GOAT

  • @TimFrith24
    @TimFrith24 5 місяців тому +1

    If Utah Hockey Club’s new permanent name is the Blizzard for the 2025-26 NHL season, the new mascot for the Utah Blizzard will be named Frostbite, a yeti.

  • @chitown7395
    @chitown7395 5 місяців тому

    Great video. Awesome work through the whole series. I personally liked the original Tommy Hawk better.

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      Thank you for watching!

  • @de132
    @de132 5 місяців тому +1

    I'm enthralled by Metal

  • @dw7704
    @dw7704 5 місяців тому

    Don’t remember the Harvey/McTavish reunion and hatchet burying.
    Kind of cool, shaking the tongue

  • @VonHavok
    @VonHavok 5 місяців тому

    Here we go

  • @BrettMichaelRocker
    @BrettMichaelRocker 5 місяців тому

    At 9:01 you absolutely diss Stanley C Panther. A Panther definitely qualifies as a “Big Cat”

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      Sir you are absolutely right! 😅 I am so sorry. What is it with me and completely ignoring the Panthers in the last two videos? 🤣

    • @BrettMichaelRocker
      @BrettMichaelRocker 5 місяців тому

      @@icethetics Even a Stanley Cup Championship isn't enough for my favorite team to be ignored, lol. You still do great work and I enjoy all your videos.

  • @wlnlax14
    @wlnlax14 5 місяців тому +1

    Al the Octopus for Redwings

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому +2

      Yep, covered him way back in Episode 1 ▶️ ua-cam.com/video/UDiu-tyIwUA/v-deo.html

    • @wlnlax14
      @wlnlax14 5 місяців тому

      @@icethetics 👌🐙

  • @samuelgreer1588
    @samuelgreer1588 5 місяців тому

    Great Video, I have really enjoyed this series and learning about each mascots history but where did Fin get his name?also Why is Hunter a lynx? and Who had made Fin? and Has Fin been there since the Canucks made there debut? and Where did Chance get his name? I would love these old mascots to maybe return or get a redesign especially Howler and Metal I also love the funny moments in these Mascot Videos like Hunter shoving Harvey I also think Carlton is Cute however I don’t think Jazz Bear would be a good choice for Utah unless they name it the Bruins, Bears, or Jazz but that is highly unlikely.

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      Thanks for watching! Lots of good questions. I can try to answer a few of them: FIN is named after the dorsal fin orcas have on their back-like the one on his head! Not sure who designed him, but he joined the team in 2001. There’s a big population of lynx in Alberta and since the Oilers don’t have an easy go-to animal for their mascot, they kinda followed the Hurricanes by choosing an animal common to their region. Chance is named after the “chance” the NHL took with expansion (it paid off!) and also references the games of chance in Las Vegas’s casino culture.

    • @samuelgreer1588
      @samuelgreer1588 5 місяців тому

      Your Welcome Good to know, thanks

    • @samuelgreer1588
      @samuelgreer1588 5 місяців тому

      Three of those are not really questions their just ideas and opinions

    • @samuelgreer1588
      @samuelgreer1588 5 місяців тому

      I love your quality on all of your videos its the best quality I’ve ever seen on UA-cam

    • @samuelgreer1588
      @samuelgreer1588 5 місяців тому

      I don’t believe you about Lois

  • @JBTriple8
    @JBTriple8 5 місяців тому

    Crater i mean Chance is pretty cool I think love Bernie and Wildwing since those are my teams

  • @zzzandman
    @zzzandman 5 місяців тому

    Do the CFL next!

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      haha, sorry but football is not my forte 😅

  • @TheJimmyStDenisShow
    @TheJimmyStDenisShow 5 місяців тому

    I think wildwing is gonna be a summon in kingdom hearts

  • @AlbertEvangelista
    @AlbertEvangelista 5 місяців тому

    Where is the mention of the Anaheim Ducks’ Wild Wing?? 😳

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому +1

      Way back in Episode 2! ▶️ ua-cam.com/video/dolikGLwhaE/v-deo.html

  • @SportsFan838
    @SportsFan838 5 місяців тому

    It seems to me as time goes on. The mascot costumes get a little bit weirder😂

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      Haha, yeah they have to keep one-upping the ones that came before. 😅

    • @SportsFan838
      @SportsFan838 5 місяців тому

      @@icethetics Like for example Blades in the Early 2000's used to be more angrier but currently he's jolly. Same could be said for Tommy Hawk, Stormy and Chance.

  • @AlexAcostaArt
    @AlexAcostaArt 4 місяці тому

    I sure hope Metal comes back for the Habs

  • @noiisserpmii
    @noiisserpmii 5 місяців тому

    To me (NYR fan) i cant think of what our mascot would be.

  • @MinnesotaArcticBlast
    @MinnesotaArcticBlast 5 місяців тому +1

    Metal should be the Blues mascot

  • @messenjah9106
    @messenjah9106 5 місяців тому

    I now you're a Lightning fan, but you left Stanley out of the big cat mascots

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому +1

      I know, someone else pointed that out and I feel terrible. 😅 That’s two uploads in a row where I basically forgot the Panthers even existed. I gotta show some respect to the rivals!

  • @siplt
    @siplt 5 місяців тому

    4:40 so thats why they haven’t made it past the first round

  • @Mike_Poppe
    @Mike_Poppe 5 місяців тому

    Come to think of it, Mr. Met is the only *long standing* mascot in the NY metro area. Yankees, Giants, Jets, Knicks - none of them have mascots so it’s not that big a deal the Rangers don’t have one.

  • @ОльгаШевченко-ц1в
    @ОльгаШевченко-ц1в Місяць тому

    красное видео.

  • @C-ROY57
    @C-ROY57 5 місяців тому

    You forgot Buoy of the Kraken!

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      You must've missed the first episode! Covered Buoy way back then ▶️ ua-cam.com/video/UDiu-tyIwUA/v-deo.html

    • @C-ROY57
      @C-ROY57 5 місяців тому

      @@icethetics whoops! I completely forgot!

  • @mattadorno6452
    @mattadorno6452 5 місяців тому

    I wish the Bruins would switch to The Bear.

  • @theblueoctopus4494
    @theblueoctopus4494 5 місяців тому

    Nyisles would kick all their asses.

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      😆 haha! ... I only laugh because I think Nyisles was the only mascot in any of these videos where you actually see him getting knocked on his ass. 😅

  • @DanynFineFutureConsiderations
    @DanynFineFutureConsiderations 5 місяців тому

    10:27 or a rapper

  • @AlbertDiCicco
    @AlbertDiCicco 5 місяців тому

    Where’s Gritty?

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому

      Covered Gritty back in Episode 1 ▶️ ua-cam.com/video/UDiu-tyIwUA/v-deo.html

  • @Bum_Hip
    @Bum_Hip 5 місяців тому

    If you want some controversy in your mascots, google the history of The Devils. They have had two different ones. Had to retire the original for a pretty gross reason.

    • @icethetics
      @icethetics  5 місяців тому +1

      Yep, you could also watch Episode 3 of this series, where that does get covered 😬 yikes ▶️ ua-cam.com/video/sbKezgnemnA/v-deo.html

    • @Bum_Hip
      @Bum_Hip 5 місяців тому

      @@icethetics I had missed that episode. Just watched the part about Slapshot. Thanks for the link to catch it.

  • @Biglmpact
    @Biglmpact 5 місяців тому

    Mascot creators are just fursuit makers and therefore Mascots are thier fursonas. Change my mind.

  • @PanPanOB
    @PanPanOB 5 місяців тому

    Beauty way to end the series