re detroit playoff tradition in article apr reg triumf ca lange reg triumf ca threading the canadian tapestry writes way back in the early years s it took 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 s 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 david nichols senior statistical support specialist spss inc phone internet nichols spss com fax any correlation between my views and those of spss is strictly due to chance
