# Squidcapades **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 11, 2000, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squidcapades/10167 "2000-04-11T14:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Occam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Occam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Occam)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squidcapades/10167/1 "2000-04-11T14:03:00Z")
I’m not a hockey fan, but I’ve always wondered about the tradition of throwing squids on the hockey rink during a game. Does this really happen? Is it specific to one team? How did it get started? and what does it mean? That was my ickle poem for the day. * * * “Clatu, Verrata…nector?..neck-tie?” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squidcapades/10167/2 "2000-04-11T14:51:00Z")
I’m not a hockey fan, but I believe it’s octopi not squids that get thrown on the ice. It originated when a team (Detroit IIRC) was on a eight game winning streak. Eight games = eight legs. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Derfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@Lord\_Derfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Derfel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squidcapades/10167/3 "2000-04-11T16:08:00Z")
It was an octopus that was first thrown in Detroit during the playoffs. The Red Wings had to win 8 games to win the cup. One leg for each win. Fans took it farther and began throwing them after key Red Wing playoff goals. However, it doesn’t happen any more since, thanks to Florida’s unfortunate rat throwing episodes, the home team may get a penalty if foreign objects are thrown on the ice by the crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squidcapades/10167/4 "2000-04-11T16:34:00Z")
Aw. I thought I was going to see Chief Scott doing a double toe loop, a double Lutz, and a triple Axel. * * * This is getting hard. Somebody relieve me. (A Wallian exclamation) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squidcapades/10167/5 "2000-04-11T22:23:00Z")
Go Fighting Cephalopods! ## Ia Ia Ia! Dr. Fidelius, Charlatan Associate Curator Anomalous Paleontology, Miskatonic University Projector Emeritus, Grand Academy of Lagado “You cannot reason a man out of a position he did not reach through reason.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squidcapades/10167/6 "2000-04-11T22:46:00Z")
Okay, I had the octopus, eight games, and Detroit parts right. I’m giving myself half a point for that answer. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squidcapades/10167/7 "2000-04-12T05:44:00Z")
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