Killer AHL mascot goes down in flames. RIP, "Scorch" Scorch, the mascot for the Adirondack Flames, died in a blaze of, er, glory, last weekend before appearing in his first game for the team.

The team’s name was born from a fan vote and owner Howard Dolgon came up with the idea for a superhero as the club’s mascot. Landing at 29 in THN’s AHL logo rankings is the Syracuse Crunch.

Arena president John Page, who also oversees the business operations of the AHL’s Coachella Valley Firebirds, was sitting in a league Board of Governors meeting last season, when the topic of the ...

And if the Raiders are smart, they’ll send their new mascot to join former AHL mascot “Scorch” in the scrapyard. Adam Proteau is a senior digital correspondent for THN.com. The Toronto ...