Penguin Pete
Penguin Pete was the
Pittsburgh Zoo. Penguins officials even had special ice skates made for Pete by CCM in Canada. A skater from the University of Pittsburgh
taught Pete at the arena how to ice skate.
Pete made his first appearance during the second intermission of a game against the
Civic Arena keeping his nesting area too warm.[citation needed
]
After his death, Pete was sent to an area
taxidermist. He was later displayed in the lobby of the Penguins team offices at the arena. However, the stuffed Pete was later removed from the lobby after a few concerned callers objected to its presence there, according to then-Penguins owner Jack McGregor.[citation needed][2]
A second penguin mascot, dubbed "Re-Pete'", was later loaned to the team and made it through the 1971–72 NHL season.[1]
The team later adopted Iceburgh, a more traditional mascot, for the 1993–94 NHL season. While Iceburgh's name is a play on both iceberg and Pittsburgh, not reviving the Penguin Pete name was likely done to avoid confusion with the mascot of the same name at Youngstown State University in nearby Youngstown, Ohio.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Pittsburgh Penguins Mascots". PittsburghHockey.net. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
- ^ "The bizarre and sad story of the Pittsburgh Penguins' first mascot: Penguin Pete". Ottawa Citizen. 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
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