Blizzard T. Husky is the costumed mascot of

Michigan Technological University Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School, the first post-secondary institution in the Uppe ...

, a research university focused on science and engineering in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Blizzard appears at Michigan Tech home sporting events such as hockey, football, basketball, and volleyball. In addition, Blizzard often attends community and campus events throughout the year. Community members can even request Blizzard to attend an event via a form on their athletics page. Christened on January 31, 1997, Blizzard’s name was chosen through a campus-wide vote. The “T” in Blizzard’s name stands for “The” and their 85 jersey number represents the year MTU was founded (1885). Blizzard occasionally travels, mostly to support critical MTU away games such as playoffs. Blizzard has also attended several

Great Lakes Invitational The Great Lakes Invitational (GLI) is a four-team National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's ice hockey tournament held annually at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, around the New Year's holiday. It was previously held in D ...

tournaments over the years. In addition, in 2010 Blizzard became the first mascot to visit the

Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten NASA facilities#List of field c ...

External links

Blizzard's Athletics Page

References

College mascots in the United States Michigan Technological University Dog mascots Anthropomorphic dogs Mascots introduced in 1997 {{Michigan-sport-stub