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From: [email protected] (David Nichols)
Subject: Re: Detroit Playoff Tradition
Keywords: Octopi
Organization: SPSS Inc.
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (THREADING THE CANADIAN TAPESTRY) writes:
>Way back in the early years (~50's) it took 8 wins to garner the Stanley Cup.
>Soooooo, a couple of local fish mongers (local to the Joe Louis Arena, that is)
>started the tradition of throwing an octopi onto the ice with every win. After
>each victory, one leg would be severed before the octopus found its way to the
>ice. (They are dead by the way.) It was a brilliant marketing strategy to
>shore up the demand for one of their least popular products.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>J. Lange
>
Local to the Joe Louis Arena? You mean local to Olympia Stadium, where
Red Wings games were played until fairly recently (early 80s comes to
mind). As far as I know, the rest of the post is basically correct. If
what you meant by local was simply Detroit and I'm being incredibly
picky, okay, sorry about that.
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