ESPN.com · Feb 25, 2021
Lake Tahoe wedding gets Gritty thanks to NHL
STATELINE, Nev. -- Brianna and Austyn Rowland smiled for their wedding photographer moments after tying the knot at a Lake Tahoe resort on Sunday. Snow-capped mountains filled the horizon. The sun glistened on the water.
And Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers' ubiquitous orange mascot, gleefully held the bride's veil.
The couple had imagined most of this scene in the months leading up to their nuptials. But the NHL mascot, and the outdoor hockey game between the Flyers and Boston Bruins held steps away from their reception, were unexpected gifts that they found out about only on the morning of her wedding day.