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I am a student of NHL, Why do some fans throw octopus onto the ice?

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I am a student of NHL, Why do some fans throw octopus onto the ice?

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  1. Steve N has it.


  2. In Detroit it is a great tradition. Back in the 1950s, it took 8 wins to win the cup. 8 legs for 8 wins, it is a symbol of victory in Detroit

  3. Their morons, thats why

  4. Cuz the wings are g*y g*y g*y g*y g*y g*y :]

  5. Its not the fans who throw it ont he ice it is a specific faculty of the Red Wings.... this goes back to a tradition established long ago when I do believe teh playoffs were best out of eight....

    Plus it make a stiny rink....

  6. It's Been a tradition for a long time for Detroit!! even though octupus doesn't have to do anything with Detroit!! and now if u throw an octupus on the ice u have  to pay 10,000 dollers!!

  7. it only happens in Detroit or cities that Detroit is playing and is done for luck and tradition. The eight legs of the octopus represent the eight wins it took to win the cup, some believe that if an opposing player touches the octopus or picks it up off the ice then that team will loose the game. refer to the Nashville series, one of their players tossed the octopus off the ice in the direction of the wings bench and they were easily swept by the wings.

  8. The 1952 playoffs featured the start of the tradition known as the octopus throw. The owner of a local fish market, Peter Cusimano, threw one from the stands and onto the ice. The eight legs were purportedly symbolic of the eight wins it took to win the Stanley Cup at the time. The Red Wings went on to sweep both of their opponents that year en route to a Stanley Cup championship and it's been good luck ever since.

  9. they mostly do it in detroit and its been their tradition for a long time

  10. Its luck

  11. Because they don't have enough brains not to .What do you expect of someone who will buy octopus for that purpose ? At least if they threw squid, some enterprising soul could convert them to calamari.

  12. tradition, and hat tricks. generally in detroit

  13. tradition from a long time ago or some people are just people really immature and are doing dumb stuff.
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