the red wings mascot is an octopus because of tradition.
the red wings mascot is an octopus because of tradition.
why is the red wings mascot an octopus?
tradition
this legend of the octopus tradition, started on april 15, 1952, when two brothers, pete and jerry cusimano, who owned a fish market, decided to throw an octopus onto the ice at olympia stadium, with the eight tentacles of the octopus symbolizing the eight wins it took to win the stanley cup at the time. the red wings were a perfect 7–0 in the playoffs and were one win away from not only winning the cup, but becoming the first perfect team in the nhl's post season history. sure enough the red wings won that game, and the media made mention of the octopus "omen" in the papers the following day, thus establishing the octopus legend in the process. fans have been throwing octopuses onto the ice at red wings games ever since. the tradition died down somewhat in the 1970s and 1980s during the red wings dismal seasons, but when the red wings became contenders again in the 1990s, the tradition resumed.
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winger was the first mascot of the washington capitals, was their first before switching to the current mascot slapshot. despite being retired, winger occasionally appears at capitals games, usually when there is a mascot event. in the 1980s the detroit red wings also briefly had a mascot named the winger. the detroit red wings mascot "the winger" appeared when mike ilitch bought the team in 1982 and continued mascoting until the end of the 1987 season.
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