The cephalopod is a Red Wings tradition, though one too arcane to address here.
The team was coached by Canadian Brad McCrimmon, 52, a former Detroit Red Wings assistant.
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"It's kind of a fantasy-hockey thing, " said Jim Nill, assistant general manager of the Detroit Red Wings.
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In February, the Detroit Red Wings hockey team set up an XtraIce rink for a one-day hockey festival.
"These Red Wings fans aren't the kind of people who bring octopus strapped to their legs, " he said.
"I think it's great for the league, " Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader said.
The Minnesota Wild, Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals, and Detroit Red Wings are all among a group lacking that extra spark.
On at least one occasion, an octopus flew out of the stands when the team was playing the Detroit Red Wings.
"Tracking the puck through traffic, you can't get that in practice as a goaltender, " Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard said.
Howard stopped 24 shots and Daniel Cleary scored on a power play for the Red Wings in their 22nd consecutive postseason appearance.
The Avalanche leapfrogged over the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs to reach third place, up from sixth last year.
"We're in the season, but it's like we're still in the preseason, " said Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland, a former goalie.
The Blackhawks, the NHL's top-seeded team, beat the Red Wings twice in shootouts, once in overtime and by a 7-1 score in another game.
You've three of the last defending champs going because the Kings are still alive and you've got original six teams - Bruins, Rangers, Blackhawks, Red Wings.
The Red Wings also had good recent results in Anaheim, where they won consecutive games in late March to snap the Ducks' 13-game home winning streak.
Three generations of the Ribble family hurried through a parking lot in suburban Detroit, eager to see the Red Wings practice when the lockout finally ended.
"The lockout hurt the game, so we definitely want to do everything we can do to give them a good show, " Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg said.
Ilitch, who already owns the Detroit Tigers and the Detroit Red Wings, has 30 days to negotiate a price with Pistons owner Karen Davidson, according to press reports.
The Red Wings will be in the Eastern Conference next season as part of the league's realignment plan, making their 13th best-of-seven series against the Blackhawks even more interesting.
Stan Bowman, their general manager, had enjoyed watching the Detroit Red Wings teams of the late 1990s and early 2000s that his father, Scotty, coached to three Stanley Cups.
When the NHL and its players agreed to a salary cap this summer, it marked the end of the free-spending ways of teams like the Rangers and Red Wings.
Meanwhile, that mismanaged outfit known as the Detroit Red Wings, who have won four Cups in that span, including a 1997 sweep of the Flyers, have only 10 final fours.
At 40, the still-vital Brodeur would be the oldest goaltender to win a championship since 43-year-old Dominik Hasek did so as a backup with the Detroit Red Wings in 2008.
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Selanne scored the tiebreaking power-play goal early in the third period, Jonas Hiller made 21 saves, and the Ducks rolled to a 3-1 victory over the Red Wings on Tuesday night.
The Detroit Tigers have managed to get outpaced by their citymates three times in the last two decades, including by both the NHL's Red Wings and the NBA's Pistons in 2003.
The Red Wings' 21-year-streak, conversely, has produced four titles.
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"I was getting nervous we weren't going to have hockey this year, " said Reid Ribble, whose dad joined him, his wife and their two young sons to watch the Red Wings skate last Sunday.
Ms. McCarthy invited other Detroit transplants to watch hockey, and started serving a cocktail called the Old Shillelagh, named after a downtown Detroit bar, to celebrate Red Wings wins, says Mr. Hackett, the pub owner.
The Red Wings went on the power play early in the third, but Damien Brunner turned the puck over near his own net, and Getzlaf easily stickhandled around Howard for a short-handed goal with 13:27 left.
They also own the Detroit Red Wings.
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