Editing Youppi! (section)

===From baseball to hockey===
After the Expos moved to [[Washington, D.C.]], and became the [[Washington Nationals]], the Nationals initially stated that Youppi would still be a part of the team in some capacity. However, the team adopted a new mascot, the [[eagle]] "[[Screech (mascot)|Screech]]".  For months after the move, the fate of Youppi hung in the balance. Negotiations were held with ten groups, including the [[Montreal Alouettes]].<ref name="CP-Youppi-Canadiens">{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=136521|title=Canadiens get Youppi to be Mascot|date=2005-09-16|website=TSN|publisher=tsn.ca|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516014216/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=136521|archive-date=2008-05-16|access-date=2008-07-25}}</ref>

On September 16, 2005, the [[Montreal Canadiens]] announced that Youppi would become the first official mascot of the organization, and the first mascot to ever switch between any two [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major sports leagues in North America]]. Prior to Youppi, the Canadiens had no mascot. The terms of acquisition were reportedly in the six figures.<ref name="CP-Youppi-Canadiens"/> Youppi now sports the Canadiens' ''bleu-blanc-rouge'' (blue, white, and red) jersey. Youppi's first game in the [[Bell Centre]] was on October 18, 2005.

On February 19, 2012, at the Canadiens' first home game after the death of Montreal Expos great [[Gary Carter]], Youppi wore the Expos colours in Carter's memory.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Habs honour Gary Carter in pre-game tribute; Youppi dons Expos gear for ceremony {{!}} Globalnews.ca|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/213520/habs-honour-gary-carter-in-pre-game-tribute-youppi-dons-expos-gear-for-ceremony-2/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Global News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-25|title=How Youppi, Habs keep Expos' spirit alive|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/14700530/how-youppi-canadiens-keep-expos-spirit-alive-montreal|access-date=2022-01-29|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Calcaterra|first=Craig|date=2012-02-20|title=The Montreal Canadiens honor Gary Carter|url=https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/the-montreal-canadiens-honor-gary-carter/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=MLB {{!}} NBC Sports|language=en-US}}</ref>

On May 16, 2014, on the eve of the Canadiens series against the [[New York Rangers]] in the [[2014 Stanley Cup playoffs|2014 Eastern Conference Finals]], New York City native [[Jimmy Fallon]], the host of NBC's ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|Tonight Show]]'', which is taped in New York, made a bet with the Montreal Canadiens that if they won the series, Fallon would wear a Montreal jersey during his opening monologue. However, if the Rangers won the series, Youppi would have to wear a Rangers jersey around Montreal and post at least ten pictures of him doing so on the Canadiens' Twitter account and also change their avatar to a pic of Rangers goalie [[Henrik Lundqvist]] playing guitar. The Rangers won the series on May 29 in six games. As such, on June 1, the Canadiens honoured their bet and a dejected Youppi was photographed around Montreal in a Rangers jersey with Fallon's name on the back, and the last photo, as Fallon stated, featured him riding the mechanical bull at Montreal bar Chez Serge.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 1, 2014|title=Youppi rides mechanical bull after losing bet with Jimmy Fallon|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/youppi-rides-mechanical-bull-after-losing-bet-with-jimmy-fallon-1.2661142|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603004722/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/youppi-rides-mechanical-bull-after-losing-bet-with-jimmy-fallon-1.2661142|archive-date=June 3, 2014|website=cbc.ca|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref>