zoneranger Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Whozis mollusk toting fool?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Alex Delvecchio www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoneranger Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 No, it's not Al. I can't believe there are no Red Wings fans in the audience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampman Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 I know who it is, but I just can't get the name form the back of my brain... Comic Sans walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve your type here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfannova Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Is it Terrible Ted Lindsay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampman Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Doug Barkley?--I'm still not sure I got it out of my head... Comic Sans walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve your type here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoneranger Posted June 20, 2004 Author Share Posted June 20, 2004 Time to let you off the hook...Its Pete Cusimano and here's the rest of the story... The Octopus toss was started at the old Olympia Stadium in Detroit by brothers Jerry and Pete Cusimano. They thought that eight legs might be a good omen for eight straight wins for the Detroit Red Wings (there were only two rounds in the Stanley Cup at that time so eight wins was all that was needed to win the cup) and on 15th April, during the first round of the 1952 play-offs (Detroit Red Wings v Toronto Maple Leafs) Pete Cusimano threw a boiled Octopus on to the ice. Although the referees weren't too excited about it, the home crowd went wild. Detroit went on and won four straight games against Toronto that year and then swept Montreal in the Stanley Cup final. Detroit then won two more cups in the next three years. During each Detroit play-off series until 1967, Pete Cusimano brought an Octopus to the rink and tossed it on the ice.ii. Al Sobotka (Joe Louis Arena Manager) said in 1996 that an unofficial record of 54 Octopi were thrown during one game of the 1995 Stanley Cup final series between Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils. He also stated that Detroit fans throw an average of 25 Octopi per playoff game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmee Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 People sneak octopi into the Joe in their pants. I love my team and all...but an octopus...in my pants? The world's foremost practitioners of professional tag-team wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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