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44-634: The Lethbridge Broncos played at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena from 1974 until 1986. Originally the Swift Current Broncos , the team returned to Swift Current in 1986 when local investors gathered enough resources to make the team a community-owned club. However, neither the league nor the city wanted Lethbridge to be left without a team, and just one year later, the Calgary Wranglers were relocated to Lethbridge to become

88-750: A junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League from 1974 until 1986 . They played at the Lethbridge Sportsplex . The Broncos started out as the Swift Current Broncos in Swift Current, Saskatchewan , but moved to Lethbridge in 1974. The team had been losing money in Swift Current and the new Lethbridge Sportsplex was beckoning for a team. The Broncos played in Lethbridge for twelve seasons, winning

132-456: A Job". Taz later played a major part in "Ridiculous Journey" where he, Sylvester (whom Taz tried to eat) and Tweety were accidentally sent to Alaska by Yosemite Sam. The three of them work to get home while encountering other characters and avoiding tracker Blacque Jacque Shellacque . Eventually, they make it home when it turned out that Blacque was hired by Yosemite Sam to retrieve the three on behalf of Bugs and Granny. Taz originally appeared in

176-549: A fee was paid. The government refused to pay a fee to Warner Bros. 2006 In 2006, after much lobbying from the Tasmanian government, Warner Bros decided to assist the fight against extinction of the Tasmanian devil due to devil facial tumour disease (DFTD). Tasmanian Environment Minister Judy Jackson , prior to the agreement, had heavily criticised Warner Bros., stating that the company had made millions of dollars from

220-548: A notoriously short temper and little patience. In the short Ducking the Devil , he is described as a "vicious, evil-tempered brute with jaws like a steel trap". Though he can be very devious, he is also sweet at times. His enormous appetite seems to know no bounds, as he will eat anything in his path. He is best known for his speech consisting mostly of grunts, growls, and rasps (in his earlier appearances, he does speak English with primitive grammar) as well as his ability to spin like

264-506: A taming trick that Speedy Gonzales taught him). Initially, Bugs believed Taz to be a dog and kept him as a house pet much to his roommate Daffy Duck's discomfort. Eventually, Bugs learned the truth and tried to return him to his home in Tasmania, only to find out that Taz would rather live with him, naming him "Poochie". Taz subsequently appears in the following episodes "The Foghorn Leghorn Story", "Newspaper Thief", and "Bugs and Daffy Get

308-406: A vortex and bite through nearly anything. While in motion, he's often depicted as a spinning tornado, drilling himself through trees or soil. Taz does have one weakness: he can be calmed by almost any music. While in this calm state, he can be easily dealt with. The only music known not to pacify Taz is the bagpipes , which he finds insufferable. Robert McKimson designed the character based on

352-467: Is a caroler. Taz appears as a gladiator in the episode Taziator . While he is more like most depictions, he actually speaks more comprehensible English. He is voiced by Fred Tatasciore in these appearances. Taz appears in the 2021 feature film Space Jam: A New Legacy with Tatasciore reprising the role, with additional dialogue done by Cummings. Taz appears in the preschool series Bugs Bunny Builders , voiced again by Tatasciore. Taz appears in

396-458: Is an animated cartoon character featured in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Though the character appeared in only five shorts before Warner Bros. Cartoons shut down in 1964, marketing and television appearances later propelled Taz to new popularity in the 1990s. Taz is generally portrayed as a ferocious, albeit dim-witted, carnivore with

440-656: Is one of the regular characters in Baby Looney Tunes , voiced by Ian James Corlett . In Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed , Scooby-Doo briefly transforms into the Tasmanian Devil after drinking a potion. Taz appeared in The Looney Tunes Show episode "Devil Dog", voiced again by Jim Cummings . In the show, he is portrayed walking on four legs like a real Tasmanian Devil and his eyes are bloodshot red (later turned yellow when Bugs uses

484-420: Is that when Bugs Bunny hears of the approach of Taz, he looks him up in an encyclopedia and starts reading off a list of animals that Taz eats (which is pretty much everything that exists, including "people"). Bugs finds "rabbits" not listed until Taz enters and either points out that "rabbits" are listed or writes rabbits on the list. After the film short debuted at theaters, producer Edward Selzer , head of

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528-552: The 2020 reboot series . Taz appeared in an episode of The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries entitled "The Scare Up There", where he is revealed to have stolen peanut packs from the flights. Taz appeared in the 1996 feature film Space Jam , as part of the TuneSquad , voiced by Dee Bradley Baker . He also appeared in the 2003 feature film Looney Tunes: Back in Action , voiced by Brendan Fraser . An infant version of Taz

572-621: The Coffeehouse owner of Loo Bru. He was voiced by Jeff Bergman , Maurice LaMarche , Noel Blanc and Greg Burson . In 1991, Taz starred in his own show Taz-Mania , which ran for four seasons; Taz was voiced by long time voice actor Jim Cummings . Taz appeared in Animaniacs , in the episodes "Draculee, Draculaa/Phranken-Runt" and "Cutie and the Beast/Boo Happens/Noel". He also appeared in "Suffragette City" in

616-613: The Los Angeles Zoo by Flynn's co-stars the Lane Sisters . Two of the devils escaped from the zoo within months and were reported to be roaming Griffith Park . In his first appearance in McKimson's Devil May Hare (first released on June 19, 1954), Taz stalks Bugs Bunny , but due to his dimwittedness and inability to frame complete sentences, he serves as little more than a nuisance. Bugs eventually gets rid of him in

660-858: The Mega Drive /Genesis, Master System & Game Gear systems. There were other Taz-Mania games released on the Nintendo SNES and Game Boy systems. He also costarred in the PlayStation / PC game Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters , and in 2002's Taz: Wanted on PlayStation 2 , GameCube , Xbox and PC. He also appeared in the video games The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 , The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout , Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal , Looney Tunes: Space Race , Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 3 , Bugs Bunny in Crazy Castle 4 , Looney Tunes: Back in Action , and Galactic Taz Ball . He

704-859: The President's Cup in 1982–83 . In the mid 1980s, the team came up for sale, and despite a large and loyal fanbase, the Broncos were bought by interests in Swift Current and moved back to their original home. Lethbridge was without WHL hockey for only one season however, as the Calgary Wranglers moved to the city, becoming the Lethbridge Hurricanes in 1987. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes) The Tasmanian Devil (also spelled Tazmanian Devil ), commonly referred to as Taz ,

748-445: The Tasmanian devil is common and emblematic. 1997 In 1997, a newspaper report noted that Warner Bros had "trademarked the character and registered the name Tasmanian Devil", and that this trademark "was policed", including an eight-year legal battle to allow a Tasmanian company to call its fishing lure the "Tasmanian Devil". Debate followed, and a delegation from the Tasmanian state government met with Warner Bros. Ray Groom ,

792-582: The Warner Bros. animation studio, ordered McKimson to shelve the character, feeling that he was too violent for children, and that parents would dislike him. After a time with no new Taz shorts, studio head Jack L. Warner asked what had happened to the character. Warner saved Taz's career when he told Selzer that he had received "boxes and boxes" of letters from people who liked the character and wanted to see more of him. McKimson would go on to direct four more Taz cartoons, beginning with Bedevilled Rabbit (released on April 13, 1957). McKimson would also pair

836-672: The 2023 direct-to-video film Taz: Quest for Burger , voiced by Steve Blum . He speaks comprehensible English and has a raspy voice. On June 16, 2023, it was announced Taz will appear in a stop-motion short animated by Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe . Taz appears in the Teen Titans Go! episode, "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary". He is among the Looney Tunes characters guests for the Warner Bros. centennial celebration, with Fred Tatasciore reprising his role. All five of

880-631: The Amazons reward him with a large feast in return. In the issue's backup story (done more in the style of the classic Looney Tunes shorts), Diana sings to Taz the tale of the Trojan War with her and the Looney Tunes characters roleplaying the major players, but Taz in his dream alters the events to work out more in his favor. Taz first appears in the Looney Tunes Cartoons special Bugs Bunny's 24-Carrot Holiday Special in where he

924-534: The Calgary Flames in 2019 after allegations of racism and physical abuse surfaced against him. WHL commissioner Ron Robison endorsed the hiring, stating that Peters would be undertaking anti-racism education. The Hurricanes have gone through a number of design changes over the years, while maintaining a variation of red, blue, and white colours. For several seasons, they donned a Tasmanian Devil -inspired twister logo. From 2004, they began gradually simplifying

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968-640: The Devil with Daffy Duck in Ducking the Devil (August 17, 1957) before pitting him once again against Bugs in Bill of Hare (June 9, 1962) and Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (March 28, 1964). His last two appearances done by the classic Warner Brothers directors, writers, and voice actors were in Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales appearing in The Fright Before Christmas segment and at

1012-549: The Hurricanes captured their first, and to date only, regular season and playoff titles. The Hurricanes advanced to the 1997 Memorial Cup tournament, where they rallied in the round robin to defeat the Hull Olympiques 7–6 in overtime after trailing 6–1 after two periods. The final was a rematch between Lethbridge and Hull, with Hull hanging on for a 5–1 victory, leaving the Hurricanes as runners-up. After that season,

1056-413: The Hurricanes would go ten straight seasons without a playoff series win. Then, in the 2007–08 season , the Hurricanes returned to the playoff final, which they lost to the eventual Memorial Cup champion Spokane Chiefs . Despite optimism going into the season under new coach Drake Berehowsky , who replaced Rich Preston , the 2013–14 season would be a record-setting one, but in the wrong categories. In

1100-477: The Hurricanes, which was a community-owned team. While the Broncos had adopted their name from the Swift Current club, the new team was named through a fan contest, with Hurricanes emerging the winner, a reference to the locally significant Chinook winds . The team enjoyed early success in Lethbridge, winning back-to-back division titles in their third and fourth seasons and advancing to the championship series both years. The team's best season came in 1996–97 , when

1144-527: The Talisman of Eurytale to turn Hippolyta and the other Amazons into stone. As the Talisman can only be stopped by the Minotaur's Amulet, she requests Taz's help as Taz's connection to the other Guardians would lead them down the right path. During the journey, Taz reveals that he wasn't mad at Diana for tricking him, but was rather upset that she took the music away. The two defeat the Minotaur and Circe and

1188-539: The Tourism Minister, later announced that a "verbal agreement" had been reached. An annual fee would be paid to Warner Bros in return for the Government of Tasmania being able to use the image of Taz for "marketing purposes". This agreement later lapsed. In 1997, the Tasmanian government and Warner Bros. disputed the government's right to use the character as a tourism promotion, which was offered only if

1232-431: The character, but did not put up any money when other companies had. The deal with Warner Bros allowed the Tasmanian government to manufacture and sell up to 5,000 special edition Taz plush toys , with all profit going towards funding scientific research into DFTD. The deal also aimed to increase public attention towards the threatening disease. 2023 Potential issues surrounding Warner's trademark were raised after

1276-428: The conference final in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, they matched up against Swift Current after the teams swung a blockbuster trade together at the season's trade deadline, including swapping goaltenders. The Broncos won the series in six games, and went on to win the league title. In 2023, the Hurricanes courted controversy by hiring former NHL head coach Bill Peters as the team's new coach. Peters had resigned as coach of

1320-745: The logo, until 2013, when they ran afoul of the National Hockey League Washington Capitals , who took issue with a Hurricanes logo and jerseys that were near copies of those used by the Capitals. The Hurricanes were forced to change their look, and adopted their alternate logo full-time. Around the same time, a third-jersey design was introduced featuring a Hawker Hurricane World War II airplane. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Lethbridge Broncos The Lethbridge Broncos were

1364-580: The middle of what would become a six-year playoff drought, the team struggled on the ice and dealt with turmoil amongst the players and coaching staff. Veteran forwards Sam McKechnie and Jaimen Yakuboski were sent home until they were traded to the Seattle Thunderbirds in October. A week later, defenceman Ryan Pilon requested a trade and left the team. In addition to two more players requesting trades, assistant coach Brad Lukowich walked out on

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1408-438: The most logical way possible: matching him up with an equally insatiable Tasmanian She-Devil. The character's speech, a deep, gravelly voice peppered with growls, screeches, and raspberries , is provided by Mel Blanc . Only occasionally would Taz actually speak, usually to utter some incongruous punchline (e.g. "What for you bury me in the cold, cold ground?"), and yet the character is capable of writing and reading. A running gag

1452-667: The original Taz cartoons are included in Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 , along with "The Fright Before Christmas ". The character's first video game outing was in a title from the later days of the Atari 2600, in a 1983 release entitled Taz . The 1990s saw a return of the character to video games in Taz-Mania and its semi-sequel Taz in Escape from Mars . Both titles appeared on

1496-456: The real Tasmanian devil , or more specifically its carnivorous nature, voracious appetite, and surly disposition. A later model sheet was created by animator Ted Bonnicksen. Owen and Pemberton suggest that the character of the Tasmanian Devil was inspired by Tasmanian actor Errol Flynn . In 1939, apparently at the request of Warner Bros., the Tasmanian state government had sent three Tasmanian devils to California, where they were presented to

1540-418: The season on a 15-game losing streak, finishing the year with 12 wins and 29 points, setting records for fewest wins and fewest points in the 46-year history of the franchise. It was revealed that the community-owned franchise was also facing financial problems, losing more than $ 1.25 million in a two-year period and taking out a line of credit in order to stay afloat. The financial situation led to rumours of

1584-461: The series Wabbit as Theodore Tasmanian, an accountant at Chesterfield Consultants who tries to repress his vicious side. Unlike most versions of the character, he spoke more coherently. He was also married and had a child. Taz eventually returned to his original characterization and way of speaking when the series was retooled as New Looney Tunes . An alternate version of Taz appeared in the 2017 DC Comics / Looney Tunes crossover comics, where he

1628-404: The team being sold to True North Sports and Entertainment and relocated to Winnipeg , while former Hurricanes forward and Lethbridge native Kris Versteeg stated his desire to purchase the team and keep it in the city. Ultimately, the shareholders voted to raise $ 2 million by issuing preferred shares, keeping the team community-owned. The team returned to stability and made back-to-back runs to

1672-606: The team following a 3–2 victory over the Prince Albert Raiders . Lukowich was terminated "with cause" days later. The team hit new lows by scoring a franchise-low 171 goals, allowing 358 goals, and losing two games by a combined score of 22–0, including a 10–0 loss to the Vancouver Giants on January 24, 2014, followed by a 12–0 loss to the Edmonton Oil Kings on February 17. The team finished

1716-560: The variant spelling "Tazz" as his ring names . In Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), Taz is one of the forms Scooby-Doo briefly takes upon accidentally drinking a chemical substance. From 2005 to 2010, a custom-bodied Taz monster truck competed in the Monster Jam circuit, driven by Adam Anderson . Adam drove the truck to the Monster Jam World Finals Freestyle championship in 2008. It

1760-499: The very end eating the sleigh full of presents. Taz appeared in the 1983 movie Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island as Yosemite Sam 's first mate. Taz was going to have a cameo in Who Framed Roger Rabbit , but was later dropped for unknown reasons. Taz appeared in various episodes of Tiny Toon Adventures , being the mentor of Dizzy Devil. In the reboot series Tiny Toons Looniversity , he appears as

1804-467: Was a teenager, but later teams up with her to save the Amazons from Circe. In April 2017, Taz appeared in a Funko Pop! and has appeared in three more since. Taz appears as a playable character in the fighting game MultiVersus , with Jim Cummings reprising his role. Warner Bros' trademark on the character has raised a number of issues with entities in the Australian state of Tasmania , where

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1848-681: Was designed more for the DC Universe and faced off against Wonder Woman in the Wonder Woman/Tasmanian Devil Special . In the story, Taz is a Guardian of the Labyrinth on Themyscira and fought Diana when she was a teenager during her trials to become an Amazon warrior. Before Taz could attack her, Diana plays the harp and puts it to sleep before snipping off some of his fur as proof of her victory. She returns to Taz years later as Wonder Woman after Circe uses

1892-595: Was even the inspiration for a video game character himself, namely Crash Bandicoot . In the late 1990s to early 2000s, when Chevrolet used the Looney Tunes as part of their NASCAR campaign, the Chevrolet Monte Carlo racing teams were referenced as Team Monte Carlo, with the Tasmanian Devil as the mascot. Taz was a chocolate bar by Cadbury in the UK during the '90s and was later renamed Freddo Caramel. Professional wrestler Peter Senercia adopted "Taz" and

1936-522: Was retired in 2010, with a Scooby-Doo -themed truck being its replacement debuting in 2013. Taz appeared in a 2014 GEICO commercial, where he drinks a " certain energy drink " and goes on a rampage. In June 2017, the character appeared in the Wonder Woman / Tasmanian Devil Special #1, written by Tony Bedard with art by Barry Kitson . This version is reimagined as a Guardian of the Labyrinth on Themyscira , whom Wonder Woman defeated when she

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