Red Wings and Octupus tossing

[yoshii8]

Does anybody know the rules of throwing these on the ice and if its illegal at the Joe Louis arena. Also, how would you go about sneaking one in the arena? Please let me know if anybody has any info on this, I told my sister in law that I would try to find this out for her. I tried to find the rules by google search but haven't found much. Thanks for any help that you can give me.

[chadomac]

This will answer all of your questons... you have to scroll down to the Octopus section:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings

[trwi7]

It's not illegal, but they only do it for playoff games.

[RyDogg66]

Yeah it is a playoff thing. When I lived near Detroit I learned about the Octopus throwing. The guys I knew would tie it around their calves and hide it under their pant legs. It has to do with the "old days" and needing 8 wins in the playoffs to win the Cup...or something like that.

[dadofandrew]

What a waste of seafood.