Octopus twirl now banned

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Don’t Swing With That Octopus
Published 4/19/2008 by Paul at KK Hockey
... a rubber octopus out with you.  Confuse them, the art of deception can work! from the Detroit Free Press, Details were scarce Friday, but the Wings have been told by the NHL that head octopus wrangler Al Sobotka no longer may swing the mollusks over his head while removing them from the ice at Joe Louis Arena. If he (or anyone else) does, the team will be fined $10,000. That’s $1,250 per tentacle. more More replies, see On the Wings…

NHL Cracks down Renegade Octopus Twirler
Published 4/19/2008 by Dave at Gorilla Crouch
... I read about the ban on Al Sobotka’s routine for pulling an octopus off the Joe Louis Arena ice and on the one hand it’s not that big of a deal to me. But given that it’s a) wildly popular and b) completely harmless it just seems like an incredibly retarded decision by the league. It’s a bit like the NFL’s crackdown on ...

NHL issues octopus twirl ban
Published 4/19/2008 by Christy Hammond at Behind the Jersey
... route to the Stanley Cup, and a playoff tradition was born in Detroit. Sobotka’s own unique role in it began in 1991, as he recalls. “Last game of the regular season against Chicago, and somebody threw one just inside the blue line and nobody went to grab it,” he said. “So I went out and got it, and since the playoffs were coming up, I twirled it. And that was the start of it all — it just grew from there.” Matt @ On the Wings: According to John Niyo, the act of removing an ...