If you’re in the team box at an NHL game, you might want to look behind you every now and again for who might be lurking behind the glass.
For the Philadelphia Flyers’ Thursday night tilt against the Minnesota Wild, Slappy the evil ventriloquist dummy from the new Disney+ adaptation of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books showed up for some Halloween haunts.
Slappy got great seats for the Flyers’ game against the Wild, and he got a prime opportunity to give Philadelphia head coach John Tortorella a really good scare as he lingered right behind Torts as he was coaching.
It was great to hear the ESPN broadcast yell for Tortorella not to turn around with Slappy right behind him.
Don't turnaround, Torts! #LetsGoFlyers | @NHL https://t.co/5Et5iUhcUo pic.twitter.com/ZoQVusURQb
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) October 27, 2023
Hey, at least Gritty wasn’t afraid to welcome Slappy to the City of Brotherly Love.
Spooky Szn has arrived and so has Slappy.#GoosebumpsSeries is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu! pic.twitter.com/4MaKIS68Wj
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) October 27, 2023
Well, being that it’s prime spooky season, Slappy was right where he belonged at the Flyers game.
Maybe he and Gritty went trick-or-treating at the period breaks?
Feature image courtesy of ESPN.
