The Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild are division rivals, so they like to poke fun at each other when they can. On Thursday, that involved having the Wild’s mascot, Nordy, beat the crap out of the Blackhawks’ mascot, Tommy Hawk, because Nordy is a very, very mean mascot.
Seriously, what the heck is happening here?
The skit, which started with Nordy celebrating his birthday with his mascot pals and a piñata — pretty normal stuff! — quickly turned into a bizarre faux-smackdown that involved the announcer egging Nordy on as he laid into a helpless Tommy Hawk with a baseball bat.