Devils introduce new in-game Big Heads race and base the characters on former players

BarDown Staff

Ken Daneyko , Twitter/NJDevils

Ken Daneyko, Patrik Elias and Chico Resch had at least one thing in common before Tuesday night. Now they have two.

Ahead of the New Jersey Devils’ tilt with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the former members of the Devils got a BIG surprise from the franchise that’s going to put them in the spotlight, sort of, for every Devils home game moving forward.

In this special edition of P̶l̶a̶y̶e̶r̶s̶ Characters to Watch, @MattLoug and @AmandaCStein take a look at which newly unveiled @Ford Character will shine in the "Local Ford Classic Devils Race" tonight. pic.twitter.com/lt8eIjpplH
— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) February 19, 2019

The Devils will host a Big Head race during the second intermission of every home game and the characters in the event will be based on the three former players. Before the game both Resch and Daneyko were introduced to the characters and they got a kick out of them.

So what did @chicoreschNJD and @KenDaneykoMSG think about their BIG surprises? Find out ⬇️

Wait till you see these @Ford characters take the ice later tonight...😂 pic.twitter.com/Nf2bxDYk0n
— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) February 19, 2019

Rather than cheering on a US President or cartoon character, Devils fans will get to cheer for the former players all over again.

NEW MASCOT RACE: The @NJDevils just unveiled the team's new, “Big Head” mascot races created in the likenesses of @KenDaneykoMSG, @chicoreschNJD, @PElias. The mascots will race about 250 feet around the ice each game in no skates. pic.twitter.com/siKXK7yHzj
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 19, 2019

(H/T Twitter/NJDevils)