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The Zoo Crew: NHL Mascots Speak Out

Among the usual emails about new sponsorships, roster moves and promotions was an AHL recall notice. This time it was from Winnipeg. Unlike the announcements about some phenom with a deadly arm or netminder with superhuman flexibility getting a seat at the big boys table, this press release reported the return of a familiar face to Manitoba’s professional hockey arena. Mick E. Moose would be stepping up as the Jets’ mascot.

Time Capsule Discovered in Maple Leaf Gardens

According to a report on CBC.ca, crews working on Maple Leaf Gardens have discovered what they believe to be a time capsule that would have been buried during construction of the building many years ago. “All I know is what the super[intendent] told me,” worker Randall Gwizd told CBC. “The bricklayers found it by the front doors underneath the stone that marks the name of the building and they lifted it up and found the time capsule.”