The Sharks took care of business on the ice Tuesday, and S.J. Sharkie did the same on Twitter.
The target: Gritty, the Flyers’ new yet quickly beloved mascot, who was feeling himself a little too much before Tuesday night’s game in Philadelphia.
As the Sharks finished their 8-2 rout of the Flyers, S.J. Sharkie had some words for Gritty. You see, Gritty had visited a local aquarium and decided to talk trash, angrily clearing a rack of plush sharks in the gift shop and posting a video of him trying to catch an actual shark with fishing line.
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Now, it was S.J. Sharkie’s turn to teach the new kid in town a lesson. And he took some big swings, first at Gritty’s very familiar-looking arena entrance, then on the staying power of his rivals’ boasts.
At this point, you might be shouting, “That man has a family!” But S.J. Sharkie, a veteran of the rough-and-tumble hockey mascot game, wasn’t done with Gritty yet.
So far, silence from Gritty. Which might be the smartest thing he’s done the last two days.