Ottawa Senators fans, organization embracing 'mullet man' mascot
CTV
Gatineau-based Ottawa Senators Jay Trepanier has been dubbed the "mullet man" after his flowing haircut caught the attention of the television cameras during a game in October.
Gatineau-based Ottawa Senators fan Jay Trepanier never thought attending the Thanksgiving Day game at the Canadian Tire Centre would result in the creation of his new alter ego.
"I'm just trying to enjoy a crazy game, and people are texting me nonstop," Trepanier recalls of the day.
It was a wild victory, with the Senators beating the Los Angeles Kings 8-7. But the attention of the television cameras could not be pulled away from Trepanier.
Sporting jeans and a denim jacket, also known as a Canadian tuxedo, a flowing mullet haircut and enacting a contagious goal celebration, Trepanier was as much a part of the day's entertainment as the on-ice action was.
"I thought they probably put me on TV just like one or two times, and then I come to realize I'm on it all the time. And they've now baptized me 'mullet man,'" he said.
It's a persona that the 27-year-old French-English musician has embraced since that day.
"Now people will refer to me more and more as mullet man, and they want me to do the [goal celebration] and all that."
