The Guardian Project is a fictional superhero squad created by comic book mogul Stan Lee[1] in conjunction with the NHL. Each NHL Franchise is represented by one of the 30 heroes, titled "Guardians".[2] They are all named in accordance with the name of the team (e.g. The Bruin for the Boston Bruins).
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“The Guardian Project” is the series’s eponymous fictional comic book story envisioned by one of the series’s main characters, Mike Mason. Mike created the Guardian story by combining his two favorite passions, the sport of hockey and the world of comic book superheroes[citation]. Through an as yet unexplained scientific phenomenon, Mike’s fictitious Guardian characters come to life during an explosion at Dark Laboratories.
After being brought to life, each of the Guardians goes on to defend his respective home city against a series of villains presumably all controlled by the series' antagonist, Deven Dark. The Guardians emerge victorious from each of these encounters, but it is later revealed that these encounters were case studies for Deven Dark, who noted each Guardian weakness during these events to be exploited later at the 2011 NHL All-Star Game in Raleigh, N.C.
All-Star Event: At the All-Star Game in Raleigh, N.C., Deven Dark takes the arena hostage and threatens the lives of everyone in attendance. Mike sends the Guardians to deal with the threat. Once all the Guardians have gathered at the arena, Deven transforms the arena into a massive wind tunnel device that traps 29 of the Guardians. Only the Hurricane evades the trap as he manages to reverse the device’s magnetic pull, and he is able to close the vortex.
During the event, Deven also learns that the identity of the Guardians’ leader is Mike Mason.
Aftermath: The capture of the Guardians at the event in Raleigh weakens Mike Mason. Mike begins a long process of releasing his Guardians from capture one at a time.
Currently, the Hurricane, the King, the Bruin, the Capital, the Lightning, the Shark, and the Flame have been freed and have engaged Deven's forces.
The Guardian characters were revealed sequentially according to a bracket pairing Guardians and encouraging fans to vote via Facebook on who which character they would like to see first. The superheroes were revealed every day from January 1, 2011, until January 30, in time for the 2011 NHL All-Star Game in Raleigh, North Carolina,[3] but by December 2011, the project had failed to develop momentum.[4]
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