So our team pet is a dog. It’s a malamute named Vladimir or vladdy as a nickname name. Sadly for me, Burly Earl (Biggins)gets to spend most of the time with Vladdy outside the rink but he allows me to have him every other weekend and during our away games because he doesn’t want to hotel with all that hair! Vladdy has free rein of our rink and practice facilities. He likes to visit the cafeteria a lot and eat the leftovers that our boys didn’t eat after whatever meal we just had. To get Vladdy ice ready we put little baby timberland boots in him and use hockey tape to wrap them up. He walks onto the ice a little goofy at first but once he feels comfortable he gets some exercise. He chases the pucks around and sometimes steals sticks! Vladdy rarely has accidents on the ice but we have a dedicated puddle crew in the ready if he does. His favorite thing to do on the ice is hang by the goalies. He licks the ice around them and the goalies squirt him with their water bottles. When he gets tired Vladdy gets into the goal net and lays down. The goalies have a game of it because they know they can’t miss a shot now because it will wake poor Vladdy!