NHL mascots receive their fair share of appreciation for the work they do all year round to build the atmosphere during games ...

This article was originally published on www.si.com/onsi/breakaway as Kraken Mascot Has Grizzly Encounter in Alaska.

Video showed the bear charging toward the mascot, splashing water, as a person on the crew could be heard saying "Oh my God" ...

The team was filming "experiential content” of Buoy and Kraken forward John Hayden in the scenic Alaskan wilderness, when the ...

Seattle Kraken mascot Buoy and player John Hayden were startled by a bear during the team's annual trip to Alaska.

A brown bear charged the Seattle Kraken's mascot, Buoy, and forward John Hayden during a promotional fly-fishing trip in ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KOMO) — The Seattle Kraken hockey team and their sea troll mascot Buoy had quite the heart-racing ...

Buoy, the sea troll mascot for the NHL's Seattle Kraken, was briefly chased by a grizzly bear while filming a promotional ...

After a video about mascot Buoy's close call with a bear went viral, PETA sent the team a letter that was critical of fishing.

Members of the Seattle Kraken hockey team were fly fishing in Alaska's Katmai National Park when their mascot, Buoy the sea ...

In response to the bear incident and the team’s fishing excursion, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) sent a ...