NHL Teams Without A Mascot

New York Rangers don't have a mascot due to dignity and a sense of tradition. And true Rangers fans respect their decision.

The American professional baseball team, Chicago Cubs initiated the concept of hiring an amulet started in the late 1900s. They had a taxidermy in 1908 and employed a live animal in 1916.

In 2014, the baseball team introduced a person wearing a costume of the charm. It has been over a century since the idea of having an amulet in the sports genre. However, the Rangers have kept themselves away from following the trend.

Not every NHL team has an avatar, some of them rather focus on additional aspects of their brand identity, following the tradition. And that counts the Rangers.

Even though they don't have a good-luck piece, they have incredible players like Igor Shesterkin, Mika Zibanejad, Jacob Trouba, and others. In 2020, the team acquired center player Jonny Brodzinski.

The fact that the Rangers don't have any amulets doesn't matter for their popularity. They have a devoted following of supporters who are passionate about their achievements. The Rangers have won the silver cup four times.

The list of NHL hockey mascots in alphabetical order (a-z) are:

• Al the Octopus-Detroit Red Wings
• Baailey - Los Angeles Kings
• Bernuie_- Colorado Avalanche
• Benny- Winnipeg Jets (Secondary)
• Blades the Bruin- Boston Bruins
• Buoy- Seattle Kraken
• Carlton the Bear- Toronto Maple Leafs
• Chance the Gila Monster- Vegas Golden Knights
• Fin the Whale- Vancouver Canucks
• Gnash- Nashville Predators
• Gritty- Philadelphia Flyers
• Harvey the Hound- Calgary Flames
• Howler the Coyote -Arizona Coyotes
• Hunter- Edmonton Oilers
• Iceburgh- Pittsburgh Penguins
• Louie- St Louis Blues
• Mick E. Moose- Winnipeg Jets
• Mini Stanley - Florida Panthers
• N.J Devil - New Jersey Devils
• Nordy- Minnesota Wild
• Nyisles- New York Islander (During the mid-90s)
• Sabretooth- Buffalo Sabres
• S.J. Sharkie- San Jose Sharks
• Slapshot- Washington Capitals
• Sparky the Dragon -New York Islanders
• Spartcat- Ottawa Senators
• Stanley C. Panther- Florida Panthers
• Stinger - Columbus Blue Jackets
• Stormy and Caroline- Carolina Hurricanes
• Thunderbug- Tampa Bay Lightning
• Tommy Hawk - Chicago Blackhawks
• Victor E. Green- Dallas Stars
• Victor E. Rat- Florida Panthers
• Wild Wing - Anaheim Ducks
• Youppi! and Metal!- Montreal Canadiens

Some of the former mascots are:

• Badaboum- Quebec Nordiques
• Boomer The Cannon- Columbus Blue Jackets
• Howler the Yeti- Colorado Avalanche
• Kingston- Los Angeles Kings
• Pete the Penguin- Pittsburgh Penguin
• Prankster Bear- Vancouver Canucks
• Pucky the Whale- Harford Whalers (1979 to 1997)
• The Red Wingers- Detroit Red Wings
• Slapshot (Philadelphia) - Philadelphia Flyers
• Slapshot (New Jersey)- New Jersey Devils
• Tharsh - Atlanta Thrashers
• Wally the Whaler - Hartford Whalers
• Winger - Washington Capitals

NHL Mascot Salary is an average of $68,000 each year. The pay for them differs as it does for NHL players.

How do NHL Mascots make their money?

There are varieties of ways to make a living as the sports amulet. First, they get paid their wage regularly. Secondly, they can earn through appearance and sponsorship.

Each amulet makes several hundred dollars per game appearance. Not just cheering for the team and dancing on the ice, also they are supposed to get the attention of the audience.

One of the popular good-luck pieces, Gritty of the Philadelphia Flyers, charges around $3,000 for an appearance per hour.

The salaries of the amulets are different in major sports league as MLB, NBA, and NFL. While talking about the wages of payments for the charms, Rockey the Mountain Lion from NFL is the highest paid.

He makes around $625,000 per year. Likewise, Wally the Green Monster from MLB makes $250,000 annually.

Yes, Seattle Kraken has a mascot. The Kraken introduced their lucky charm Buoy in the 2022-2023 season.

It hasn't been long since the team decided on their lucky charm. Or else, they were the second club without an amulet after the Rangers. At the time of the 2021-2022 season, as they didn't have an official talisman, the franchise promoted Davy Jones, a team dog.

It took two years for Seattle to finalize their charm. They didn't want to use a Kraken, a sea monster, as the one because it doesn't have a specific appearance. Also, they want to have a distinctive charm to represent themselves.

Lamont Buford, the team's vice president shared they had many options and ideas for the charm. Yet, they wanted to choose something unique that will avoid the appearance of any other charm. Eventually, the team introduced the Buoy in October 2022.

About appearance, Buoy is a six-foot-tall blue sea troll with a removable front tooth. He wears a medal earring representing the alternate symbol of the team. 

Seattle Kraken Mascot Buoy and Its Meaning

The Kraken's Charm is the first in North American professional sport to be a troll. According to the vice president, Buoy is the nephew of the Fremont Troll. 

Even though they spent two years finally coming up with an official amulet, the Kraken has complete details about the meaning of almost everything about their newly introduced amulet.

 First thing first, the blue fur of Buoy represents the team's color scheme, and his hair is a nod to puck hair. The metal tentacle from his ear is to let the fans know that Buoy had an encounter with a Kraken.

Buoy has an earring made of the same anchor, the team has an alternative logo.

NHL mascot showdown 2023 can be watched on ESPN+. It has thousands of exclusive sports live events for United States users.

The showdown is a serious dodgeball face-off organized in Las Vegas. The amulets from the National Hockey League franchise compete with each other in the showdown.

Recently, the league organized three days of friendly yet fierce dodgeball competition in February at the NHL All-Star Beach Festival at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park. The face-off started on February 2, Thursday, at 6:30 pm with a dodgeball competition.

The subsequent day, they had Mascot Frenzy with games like musical chairs, strut your stuff, and tug of war. The competition ended on Saturday with NHL Street Mascot Challenge.