The Post-Star of Glens Falls reports that Adirondack Flames president Brian Petrovek said Tuesday the organization is "extinguishing" Scorch. Sign up today to get the best features and analysis from the NHL and beyond. The mascot's back story is that he's the lone surviving ember from an 1864 fire that destroyed much of Glens Falls.

The Glens Falls Post-Star has the … The kids would've loved it. Flaming C-A-C-A, no less.On the ice, the Flames are 0-2-0 and have been outscored 11-2, so they’ve got that going for them. The Wales Rugby Union has a mascot of the same name, but it's a cuddly dragon patterned after the dragon on the country's flag. The Adirondack Flames, a minor league hockey team, unveiled their new mascot today. Which seems innocuous enough until you realize that it spells, C-A-C-A. And now they want us to have them, too.Scorch, the mascot for the Adirondack Flames, died in a blaze of, er, glory, last weekend before appearing in his first game for the team. And it had nothing to do with the fact that he looked like something that was created by a primary school’s home economics class.“Scorch has been extinguished,” said Zach Dooley, the Flames director of communications and community relations.

If you’re already a subscriber, click on the My Account button to sign into your account to renew your subscription, make a payment, redeem a gift, update your payment method and much more...After a two-day pause to reflect on things bigger than hockey, the NHL resumed Saturday and the Tampa Bay Lightning continued their mastery over the Boston Bruins, who are suddenly searching for answers.What happens when your hockey dream sends you to the fringes of the European minor leagues instead of the NHL? The Calgary Flames’ new ECHL affiliate, the Adirondack Thunder, unveiled their new mascot this past weekend. The ensuing controversy prompted the Flames to discontinue Scorch shortly after he was introduced.On February 10, 2015, the Adirondack Flames routed the On January 29, 2015, it was confirmed by the AHL via press conference that the Adirondack Flames would relocate from Glens Falls to The relocation of Calgary's AHL team ensured that AHL hockey continued uninterrupted in Glens Falls for the The team's logo pays homage to the former NHL team the The team earned a certain degree of notoriety when its mascot, "Scorch", was introduced. Meet the new mascot of the Adirondack Flames, an AHL hockey team.

Alas.“We’re extinguishing Scorch,” Flames president Brian Petrovek (Pun-trovek?) “While it seemed in good taste when it was on the drawing board,” Flames president Brian Petrovek said in a statement, “it is now evident that it was in poor taste.”Ya think? “He seems to be getting a bit of a cult following,” Dooley acknowledged.The team has yet to replace Scorch, and Dooley said it’s looking at, “a few options.” Here’s a hint. In what a number of Flames fans saw as poor taste, an introductory video showed Scorch, supposedly the last unextinguished flame from a fire that devastated Glens Falls in 1846, overpowering a firefighter and knocking him to the ground. The mascot's back story is that he's the lone surviving ember from an 1864 fire that destroyed much of Glens Falls.In a video of the skit produced by the Glens Falls Post-Star newspaper, Scorch is seen emerging from behind a small tree to overpower a firefighter, knocking him to the ground as "POW!" The Phoenix Mercury has its own Scorch, but it's a blue thing that doesn't seem to be anything in particular.Scorch did not appear at the Flames first home game, a 5-1 loss to the Albany Devils, and he will now be mothballed. If it were, there would be no excuse for this latest abomination in mascotry. The Bloomington Blaze of the Southern Professional League had a mascot named Scorch, but the dude was a fireman.

The Adirondack Flames mascot 'Scorch' overcomes a firefighter on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, during the unveiling of the hockey mascot at 56 Glen Street in Glens Falls.

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