The six-foot-six, 200-pound white dog was reprimanded by Flames team officials Wednesday after his behaviour behind the Edmonton Oilers bench late in Monday's game.
"(Harvey) was in a place he shouldn't have been," Flames spokesman Peter Hanlon said.
"Usually he's our seventh man, but this time perhaps he went too far," added Hanlon.
Calgary Flames mascot Harvey The Hound peers into the Edmonton Oilers bench after Oilers head coach Craig MacTavish, centre left, ripped his tongue out during third period NHL action in Calgary on Monday. (CP Photo)
Hanlon said the team was not contacted by the league and no official grievance was filed -- nor does he expect any such action.
Harvey is expected to be back for Thursday's game against the Phoenix Coyotes in Calgar despite losing his foot-long red tongue at the hands of Edmonton Oilers coach Craig MacTavish.
With his team trailing by four goals early in the third period, MacTavish became annoyed with the antics of Harvey, who was pestering the Oilers' bench from behind the glass.
MacTavish reached up and grabbed mascot's tongue, ripping it clean out of his mouth. He then heaved the tongue back into the crowd while security scrambled to reprimand the cagey canine.
"I think it was one of those tear-away tongues otherwise he might have (fallen into the bench)," joked MacTavish. "When I got Harvey's tongue...that seemed to turn things around."
The move did in fact seem to motivate the Oilers, who were lifeless for a majority of the contest. After the incident, MacTavish's charges three goals in less than four minutes to narrow the deficit to one.
"I talked to (general manager Kevin Lowe) about it and right now we're going to be taking applications for our mascot for when Calgary comes in and he's going to have a good vantage point," MacTavish added.
"We're going to put a ladder up behind their glass and it should be an interesting night.
"I only hope we can get the 4-0 lead to back it up
with files from Sports Network
