NHL Cracking Down on Red Wings Octopus Toss Tradition. The Legend of the Octopus is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings home playoff games where octopuses are thrown onto the ice. In the early 1950s a group of Detroit Red Wing fans introduced the curious custom of flinging a single live octopus onto the ice during the Stanley Cup playoff opener. Blackhawks' Keith on octopus: 'That thing's gross'CHICAGO – Prior to a game at Joe Louis Arena last week, Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith skated over to chat with Detroit Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka following the national anthem. Sobotka, who’s taken care of the ice at . Maybe we can get a power play from that.”A Detroit fan also threw an octopus on the ice Saturday night at United Center near the end of Chicago's 4- 1 victory - - a game in which Blackhawks forward Bryan Bickell broke the goal camera with a shot in the first period. After pouncing on a rebound right near the net, he fired a hard wrister right into the camera mounted inside the net for the game's first goal. The picture went blurry immediately. It was funny to break the net- cam. Hopefully I don’t get billed for it. Along with the renovation of downtown Detroit. It's his behavior off the mound that suggests he has. When Octopuses Are Flying in Detroit It's. When Octopuses Are Flying in Detroit It's. The Red Wings have begun to use the flying octopuses as a marketing tool in the last couple of years.
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