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The Legend of the Octopus is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings home playoff games involving dead octopuses thrown onto the ice rink. The origins of the activity go back to the playoffs , when a National Hockey League team played two best-of-seven series to capture the Stanley Cup. Having eight arms, the octopus symbolized the number of playoff wins necessary for the Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup. Since , the practice has persisted with each passing year. In one game, fans threw 36 octopuses, including a specimen weighing 38 pounds 17 kg.

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Octopus thrower

The Legend of the Octopus is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings home playoff games involving dead octopuses thrown onto the ice rink. The origins of the activity go back to the playoffs , when a National Hockey League team played two best-of-seven series to capture the Stanley Cup. Having eight arms, the octopus symbolized the number of playoff wins necessary for the Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup. Since , the practice has persisted with each passing year. In one game, fans threw 36 octopuses, including a specimen weighing 38 pounds 17 kg. On October 4, , the last day of the regular Major League Baseball season, an octopus was thrown on the field in the top of the seventh inning at Tiger Stadium in Detroit as the Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays , 1—0, clinching the American League East division championship. During the Stanley Cup Finals , in which the Red Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins , seafood wholesalers in Pittsburgh , led by Wholey's Fish Market , began requiring identification from customers who purchased octopuses, refusing to sell to buyers from Michigan. At the final game at Joe Louis Arena in , 35 octopuses were thrown onto the ice. Al Sobotka , the former head ice manager at Little Caesars Arena and one of the two Zamboni drivers, was the person who retrieved the thrown octopuses from the ice. When the Red Wings played at Joe Louis Arena, he was known to twirl an octopus above his head as he walked across the ice rink to the Zamboni entrance.

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The Detroit Red Wings are on a lengthy losing streak, which has come at the most inopportune time. On October 4, , the last day of the regular Major League Baseball season, an octopus was thrown on the field in the top of the seventh inning at Tiger Stadium in Detroit as the Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays , 1—0, clinching the American League East division championship. The Baltimore Sun. The Gazette. Archived from the original on October 30, Retrieved February 25, Associated Press. The Hockey Writers. Article Talk. Toggle limited content width. Hartford Courant. The Detroit Red Wings made one small move at the NHL trade deadline, and there were a few talented players left on the board they could have used. Nashville Predators fans throw catfish onto their home ice. The Detroit Red Wings dropped their fourth-straight game against the Arizona Coyotes, having zero puck luck all night long.

Ice hockey is a sport steeped in tradition, and one of the most fascinating traditions associated with it is the act of throwing octopuses onto the rink.

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