The Red Wing throw the octopus on the ice, the Panthers fans would throw rats, Roger Neilson had Canucks fans waving towels, and the Lightning will not step on their team logo (embedded as part of the carpet) in the dressing room.
What are some other crazy NHL team traditions?
2007-12-09 12:07:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
-Patrick Roy during the pre-game, would skate out to the blue-line and stare at the net, envisioning it shrinking. He would also consciously never step on the blue-line or red-line.and talked to his goalposts
-Hasek would guzzle down copious amounts of coffee
-Steve Larmer needed to have 30 sticks of gum each game.
- Ray Bourque took his skate laces out after morning skate -- completely out. Then, before the game, he relaced them. The next morning, same thing. Lacing his skates was something he did to calm himself down.
-Pele Lindbergh would wear the same old orange t-shirt from a Swedish sporting goods company under his equipment. Each time the shirt started to fall apart, he had someone sew it up.Between periods, he wouldn't drink anything but a Swedish beverage called Pripps and would only take a sip if there were exactly two ice cubes in the cup. A particular team trainer, by the way, could only deliver that cup to him.
2007-12-09 13:26:46 · answer #1 · answered by James B 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
15 question marks and no actual question.
The lone Red Wing? I think it's Red Wing fans throwing "an" octopus on the ice. Panther fans "used to" throw rats.
Not stepping on the team logo is common among all teams.
Crazy NHL traditions? Fans showing up to pack Make Belief Gardens and the ACC despite the fact their ownership is laughing all the way to the bank putting out BS teams year after year. I think that's a classic crazy tradition.
Blackhawk fans going crazy during US nat'l anthem is a tradition that needs to come back.
2007-12-09 23:19:22 · answer #2 · answered by fugutastic 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Flyers have an annoying habit of getting to the Finals only to lose to a team on the cusp of a dynasty.
1975-76 Lose to Montreal and Canadiens win Stanley Cup 4 years in a row.
1979-80 Lose to NY Islanders who run off 4 of their own.
1984-85 Lose to Edmonton and again in 1986-87 during a run where the Oilers win the Cup 5 times in 7 years.
1996-97 Lose to Detroit as the Red Wings win consecutive titles.
2007-12-09 20:23:58 · answer #3 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
The fans in Winnipeg and Phoenix do the white-out (wearing white)
The fans in Chicago disguise themselves as empty seats
The fans in Toronto wear three piece suits and never say a word
2007-12-09 21:08:40 · answer #4 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
lol @ Yeddie
Many players have funny traditions. #21 of the Ducks wore his lucky blue suit during the playoffs. It worked :)
The Ducks don't have a real traditon yet, maybe being the highest penalized team for every season seems to be it though. We need shirts We Love the Sin Bin!
2007-12-09 20:15:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
lol @ LITY and Yeddie
the sharks have a tradition where they lose in the shootout....it only started a couple of years a go, their still trying to have it catch on
2007-12-10 00:39:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Blues had a 25-year tradition of making the playoffs, then choking.
2007-12-09 20:38:50 · answer #7 · answered by pricehillsaint 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
A tradition for the leafs since 1967 is not to win the cup
2007-12-09 20:12:12 · answer #8 · answered by Yeddie 4 · 11⤊ 2⤋
Nashville sorta copied from Detroit in the sense of hurling a catfish instead of octopusses, octopussyes,octopi's--Hell, I give up--you know what I'm saying......
Jenni-- that held true last night as well..LOL...
2007-12-09 20:20:20 · answer #9 · answered by Copas -- Tit,Toots & Leggy line 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I might as well copy and paste everything Bill said and add.Ditto.
2007-12-09 20:52:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋