HARVEY THE HOUND

Harvey the Hound may be the NHL's very first mascot (he was created in 1983), but he’s better known for being, well, really bad to the bone. For instance, during a playoff game in 1989, Harvey ripped up a Vancouver Canucks jersey.
But on January 20, 2003, after nearly two decades of taunting the opposition, Harvey the Hound was finally paid back for his crowd-pleasing antics
With the Flames leading the Edmonton Oilers 4-0, the six-foot-six, 200-pound Harvey positioned himself behind the Oilers bench and began pestering the losing team.
It worked too well.
Oilers players squirted water on the mascot, and Oilers coach Craig MacTavish took it one step further and shut him up -- literally. MacTavish ripped out Harvey's signature floppy red tongue and threw it into the crowd.
"(Harvey) was in a place he shouldn't have been," Flames spokesman Peter Hanlon said. "Usually he's our seventh man, but this time perhaps he went too far."
MacTavish's actions seemed to spark the Oilers. They scored three goals, but still lost 4-3. Inside info: Harvey the Hound is also the former mascot of the Calgary Stampeders.