The National Hockey League licenses thousands of products each year, ranging from the awesome (logos on toast!) to the unsatisfactory (pretty much anything tailored for women).

Among those items: Gnomes. Creepy, freaky little gnomes that retail for $24.99.

We're not talking about the staid, traditional Tolkien-esque gnomes that were available for events like the Winter Classic. We're talking about what would happen if those gnomes decided to drink Dr. Jekyll's elixir and morphed into Hockey Mr. Hydes. They're all not as cool as the St. Louis Blues one up top, which may actually be Darren Pang under all of that disguise.

Here are 10 of the creepiest gnomes available from the NHL. And their creepy hollowed out animal skin frocks.

And here … we … go.

10. Pittsburgh Penguins

Turns out that when Jean-Claude Van Damme murdered Iceburgh … oh, sorry, "killed it in self defense" during "Sudden Death", its pelt was preserved and turned into a fancy hat for a gnome who looks like Donald Sutherland. This makes us sad on several levels.

9. New York Rangers

Cross-dressing aside with the tourist shop Liberty crown, the bite of the apple would indicate that our gnomish friend is able to unhinge his jaw in an extra-terrestrial way. We're also a little disturbed by whatever substance the helmet and pucks are marinating in, being that we've probably stepped over said substance pooled next to a homeless man on a Manhattan sidewalk at some point.

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8. Chicago Blackhawks

The Blackhawks, of course, have a Native American theme to their team nickname, but in 2012 that becomes a bit of a sticky wicket when creating a similarly thematic gnome. In theory, this should be a headdress and war paint. In reality, it appears he's being devoured by the exploding crow from "Angry Birds".

7. Boston Bruins

Not really sure what they were going for here, but they've perfectly captured the look of a gnome with a bear on its head getting surprised by the crew of To Catch a Predator. "Why don't you have a seat, Smokey?"

6. Nashville Predators

This one just struck us because we never realized how cartoonishly goofy the Predators' mascot was. Previously, we saw it as a savage beast that could tear flesh with its mighty fangs. Here it looks like something The Last Airbender would ride to escape the Fire Lord.