The Detroit Red Wings octopus throw might be moving from entertaining tradition to effective strategy. When brothers Jerry and Pete Cusimano started the tradition of throwing an octopus on the ice ...

The “Legend of the Octopus” in the NHL is a tradition in which Red Wings fans throw octopuses on the ice during home playoff games. The ritual started in 1952 when it took only eight wins ...

The Wings outshot the Senators, 49-23, with Alex DeBrincat registering 11 shots. But Dylan Larkin was the only Wing to beat Ullmark, on their 39th shot of the game, when Larkin finished a pass from ...

After the Red Wings picked up just one win in four tries ... with both nights ending in a celebratory octopus flying onto the ice. Brett Holmes, Imagn Images "We've been gutting out a ...