[Darren McCarty]

At Red Wings home games, some fans throw an Octopus on the ice. It's an old tradition from the 1952 Red Wings team that won eight games to win the Stanley Cup.

Al used to take the Octopus, and on his way off the ice, swings the octopus around like fans swing towels at games.

[Cobra64]

Ummm... Really? WOW!

The ramifications should change the course of events in the free world.

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At Red Wings home games, some fans throw an Octopus on the ice. It's an old tradition from the 1952 Red Wings team that won eight games to win the Stanley Cup.

Al used to take the Octopus, and on his way off the ice, swings the octopus around like fans swing towels at games.

I thought maybe it was a metaphor, not to be confused with metefore. :)

Thanks, I learned something new today - Octopus Twirl.

[grellis]

I ehard that the tradition is older than that, and stems from the Wings ebing one of the original eight North American teams.

I love apocrypha, and I love tradition, and there will always be flinging octopi in Hockeytown!