Philadelphia Flyers fans might think the joke is on them this year, what with the team sitting 11th in the Eastern Conference at just 14-14-6, but it was Flyers players and staffers who fell victim earlier this season to perhaps the league's best prank of the year.

Philly equipment manager Derek Settlemyre borrowed a trick from his NFL bretheren and hid a rubber cobra in a cooler, then sent various victims reaching for cold drinks. They got quite a surprise instead.