{"id":818935,"date":"2026-08-19T16:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/818935\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T16:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:28:08","slug":"what-is-the-best-nhl-mascot-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/818935\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Best NHL Mascot for 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rise of the NHL mascot has been well documented over the past several years, with the spotlight turning on a collective of entertaining characters that boost the fan experience across North America.<\/p>\n<p>These 20 NHL mascots, nominated by an expert panel as the best, lead the charge in ways that only a few can master, blending comedy with competitiveness and a dash of sarcasm.<\/p>\n<p>Which NHL mascot is the best? Vote once per day until voting ends on Monday, September 14, at noon ET. We&#8217;ll announce the 10 winners on Wednesday, September 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rise of the NHL mascot has been well documented over the past several years, with the spotlight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[10546,347390,385,99,347391],"class_list":["post-818935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-awards","tag-best-nhl-mascot","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-usa-today-sports-readers-choice-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}