A 7-year-old hockey fan wanted a prosthetic leg that repped his favorite team, and Gritty was happy to surprise him

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A 7-year-old hockey fan wanted a prosthetic leg with Gritty's face on it, so the googly-eyed Philadelphia Flyers mascot surprised him by delivering it himself

It's fitting that the orange-hued, googly-eyed mascot once written off as nightmare fuel made a 7-year-old fan's dream come true.

Gritty, the idiosyncratic mascot of the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers, made a rare off-ice appearance Tuesday to surprise Caiden O'Rourke, a double amputee with two rare conditions, after he was fitted with a custom prosthetic leg adorned with Gritty's unblinking face. Gritty heard that Philadelphia native Caiden O'Rourke wanted a new prosthetic leg with the mascot's face on it, so he delivered it himself.

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