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Among the many traditions of Red Wings hockey at Joe Louis Arena is the throwing of the octopus. The legend of the octopus started in the 1950s at the old Olympia Stadium and still continues to be a good luck symbol for the Red Wings. Although arena security has cracked down on the practice in recent years, Red Wings ticket holders still try to sneak in an octopus to throw out on the ice after a big goal. Some fans even believe that a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals depends on the mighty octopus, which has become the mascot for the team. So check out the Red Wings hockey schedule, order your Red Wings tickets from GoTickets.com and stop by the fish market to pick up an octopus.
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According to his results, the Wings are America’s hockey team with 37% of the votes. The Red Wings actually held the highest percentage of any team out of their respective sport among the professional leagues. The NY Yankees received 33% for the MLB. The Dallas Cowboys “won” the NFL with 30% of the votes. For the NBA, the LA Lakers came in at 27%.
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The Red Wings have signed center Kris Draper to a four-year contract, the team announced Thursday. Draper, 33, had a career-best season in 2003-2004, scoring 24 goals and 40 points. He won the Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward and has ... been added to Team Canada's roster for the 2004 World Cup of Hockey this August.
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The Red Wings built their 2004 playoff appearance around the performance of goalie Manny Legace. Legace posted 2.12 goals against average and a 23-win season on the way to the Red Wings 48-21-11-2 season. The Red Wings won the President’s Trophy for the second time in three years. Kris Draper notched a 40-goal season for Detroit along the way. The Red Wings drew a first-round showdown in the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Nashville Predators, who they dispatched in six games. The second round had the Wings faced off with the Calgary Flames and began badly for Detroit, as they dropped the first game in overtime.
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The Wings kept adding more star power, picking up Slava Fetisov, Igor Larionov, and goaltender Mike Vernon in trades. After a third-round playoff loss to the relocated Colorado Avalanche (formerly Quebec Nordiques) in 1996 (who won the Stanley Cup that season), Detroit, joined by Brendan Shanahan and Larry Murphy during the season, once again reached the Finals in 1997. After defeating the St. Louis Blues, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Colorado Avalanche in the first three rounds, the Wings went on to beat the Philadelphia Flyers in four straight games in the Stanley Cup Finals. It was the Wings' first Stanley Cup since 1955, breaking the longest drought (42 years long) in the league at that time.
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The Wings struggled and finished last the following season. They regrouped and made the playoffs again the following year, and made the Stanley Cup Finals in three consecutive years during the early 1940s. In 1941 they were swept by the Boston Bruins, in 1942 they blew a three-game lead against Toronto to lose the finals, but in 1943, with Syd Howe and Mud Bruneteau scoring 20 goals apiece, Detroit won their third Cup by sweeping the Bruins. They remained a solid team through the rest of the decade, making the playoffs every year, and reaching the finals three more times.
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