Calvin Pickard, who the Flyers claimed on waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Oct. 2, unveiled his new mask Tuesday, which included Gritty on one side.
The mask was created in about a day by artist Franny Drummond of PaintZoo, in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
"Derek [Settlemyre, Flyers equipment manager] had talked to me Saturday and told me we had picked up another goaltender, which was Calvin, and he said, 'I got his old Toronto mask here, would you be able to turn this one pretty quick? 'And I said, 'Absolutely, we can crank this one pretty quick, I have an idea for it.' We decided to play the Gritty thing."
Drummond sanded off the previous art work on Pickard's mask and quickly added an image of the fuzzy orange, googly-eyed monster on the right side.