NHL fans cheered, they booed. They celebrate winning goals and mocking their opponents. They even have creative ways to advise referees to get glasses.
But for a few, this is not enough to speak out about their support or contempt. These visionary people bring their feelings to the forefront by secretly bringing strange objects into the stage and ejecting them on ice. While it usually slows down the game and requires the deployment of cleaning staff, it is undeniable that it adds more entertainment value to the rest of us.
That being said, let’s count the craziest projectiles and weird hockey ever.
15. Jersey
Fans usually tell them when teams don’t meet expectations – usually through booing. But in serious cases, fans join their team sweaters as a way to develop themselves from the franchise.
Before the Vancouver Canucks cleared the house in 2021, a fan threw his sweater onto the ice, symbolizing the team and the futile people. There were a few examples in the past – this is just the most recent one.
Strange rating: 2/10
14. hat
We all know this. If the player scores three goals, you put the hat on the ice to celebrate the hat trick.
It’s not very strange or crazy, but the origin of the hat trick is. It didn’t even originate from the hockey game.
In 1858, Bowler HH Stephenson played for the All-British team on a team in Hallam, South Yorkshire, with three consecutive wickets at the Hyde Park Cricket Cricket Grounds in Sheffield, meaning he hit three consecutive woods.
– John Kreiser, NHL.com
At some point, three goals in a hockey game were scored to get the name “hat trick” and soon after, after such a feat, the hats started to rain on the ice.
Strange rating: 2/10
13. stick
Fans are not the only ones who can express their feelings. In 1991, Los Angeles Kings coach Tom Webster was ticked on referee Kerry Fraser, so much so that he lost his temper and the player threw his foot in the Zebra mark, javelin style of Coiff the Coiff of Coiff. Hand-made wins Webster’s 12 games. The king was also fined $10,000.
“In ruling this decision, the league wants to make it clear that there is no physical action from any officials,” NHL Vice President Brian O’Neill said in a prepared statement.
Strange rating: 2.5/10
12. hot dog
You might think Phil Kessel is involved here, but that’s not the case. In a 2013 game between the Boston Bruins and the New Jersey Devils, a fan threw a hot dog on the ice when Tyler Seguin’s turn was gunshot.
As the projectiles ruined the gunfight attempt, the referee provided Sekin with Mulligan. He scored for the second time and the Bruins eventually won the game.
Strange rating: 3/10
11. Hamburgers – many of them
Former Ottawa Senator goalkeeper Andrew Hammond won the nickname “Hamburglar” when he brought his team into the playoffs with an incredible 20-1-2. With that nickname, fans honored their then-27-year-old winning goalkeeper by throwing a bunch of hamburgers onto the ice.
Teammate Curtis Lazar said he said while he never took a bite. “I’m hungry, why not?” Later Tweet “You can use some ketchup”.
Strange rating: 3/10
10. Waffle
In December 2010, his Eggo’s Toronto Maple Leaf fan was upset and inserted it on the ice at the Air Canada Center. Using the Twitter handle “Eggo_bomber”, the people who claim responsibility for gold pastry have a clear message to the team: wake up and eat the most important meal of the day!
Leafs Management didn’t amuse fans, giving fans a lifetime ban on Canadian Centre, and later complained: “People throw hats when they think they’re playing well. Why can’t we disagree with what happened in the past 44 years?” (From ‘Leafs aren’t amused by Eggo Bomber’s antics,’ Earth and mail, 12/21/2010)
Strange rating: 3.5/10
9. bench
Robbie Ftorek has played in 334 NHL games, but one of his most famous highlights is as the coach of the New Jersey Devils.
The devil Jay Pandolfo contest failed, he plastered from the back and painted it onto the board. The defense referee lets blood flow in, and the drama continues as the Detroit Red Wings holds and scores. Ftorek felt angry and blew up a gasket and threw the bench onto the ice. He was expelled from the game and was suspended. Pandolfo requires 84 pins.
Strange rating: 5/10
8
Stripes usually occupy fields on grass or turf, rather than ice. However, the NHL has seen some concatenation.
Recently, a man jumped on ice in his panties during the second half of the San Jose Sharks-Advanced Flames competition. While his chosen stripes aren’t smart, his timing is – ice usually chews and runs easier after a while.
Strange rating: 5.5/10
7. Thousands of teddy bears
You won’t be abandoned for this. Several minor leagues and youth teams shared the tradition of Christmas holidays that had fans throwing plush teddy bears on the ice, usually after the home team’s first goal.
Once gathered, they donate to children in need. The Calgary Killer has “raised” more than 25,000 teddy bears. The Kamloops Trail Blazers may be the first to start this tradition in the 1993-94 season.
Strange rating: 6/10
6. catfish
As a newcomer to the 1998 league, Nashville has no history to learn from. So fans took inspiration from the use of the octopus by Red Wings and began to throw the catfish onto the ice at Brids Yuan Stadium. The tradition dates back to 2002, as locals visited their favorite seafood shop and purchased ray-burning fish with whisker-like barbells.
Although not closely related to Nashville, Catfish is popular in the South, and if predators like to throw them, there will be more power for them. Especially when they have trouble wrapping it up, strap it to their legs or back and get safety.
Strange rating: 6.5/10
5. Hundreds of plastic rats
Most people see mice and get creepy. Not Scott Melanby. Before the opening of the Florida Panthers in 1995-96, Melanby found a mouse in the Florida locker room by shooting on the floor. He then scored two goals that night with a 4-3 victory, leading teammate John Vanbiesbrook to call it “Rat Tips” in a post-match interview.
In the next Leopard game, after Florida scored a goal, fans threw a plastic mouse onto the ice. When the Panthers reached the Stanley Cup final that season, the Rats brought good luck and eventually lost to the Colorado Avalanche.
It has since been banned because it delays the game. In fact, if fans are outlined in the ice as outlined in Article 9, 63.4 of the statute, the NHL has changed the rules to allow teams to delay game fines. Goalkeepers will even cover up in their nets to avoid being hit by the Rat Rain.
Strange rating: 7/10
4. Magic Party Card
From rally hats to superstitions, fans will try anything to turn a failed team around. However, casting a spell is a new spell.
In a Buffalo Sabre game, fans throw magic on the ice, apparently to inspire the hometown team. He fully disclosed that he threw his cell phone and wallet, which caused cards in the wallet to scatter on the ice near the sabre stool. The spell didn’t work – Buffalo still lost the game.
Strange rating: 7.5/10
3. Live chicken
That’s right – a live chicken once was thrown on the ice during the Los Angeles Kings game. Fortunately, the person in charge of the incident was arrested.
After the game, police officer Robert Westlake noted that “chicken are the victims of the poultry competition.” “Obviously, he was not satisfied with the King’s game, which is understandable.”
A few months later, the King acquired Wayne Gretzky to revitalize their franchise. Whether chicken affects the biggest trade in NHL history remains to be seen.
Strange rating: 8/10
2. shark
In 2007, a San Jose Sharks fan managed to smuggle a four-foot leopard shark to the HP Pavilion (now the SAP Center) in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semi-Finals with Detroit Red Wings. Then insert it onto the ice during the game.
Even if you are a fan of Sharks, this is not what you expect to see. But more importantly, how does someone smuggle Four– Foot Shark?
Strange rating: 8/10
1. octopus
Back in the first six days, bringing the Stanley Cup home for eight wins. In the 1952 playoffs, it looked like the Powerhouse Red Wings needed only minimal games to take home the Stanley Cup.
To pay tribute to their favorite team, Detroit seafood store owners Pete and Jerry Cusimano stabbed an octopus on the ice – each tentacle represents the victory needed to capture the Stanley Cup. Perhaps the biggest tradition of the NHL was born after red wings swept through Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens to win the 1952 Stanley Cup.
Since then, hundreds of octopuses have been iced in the hockey town due to the wonderful ideas of the Cusimano brothers. Most were thrown away during shutdowns, away from the players. Boiling the octopus first is also the best way to do it, don’t leave the residue on the ice.
But if you think back to the days of Gordie Howe and the production line, it must be shocking to see the octopus hitting ice in the Red Wings game. The fans present at the meeting had little idea that they had witnessed the birth of the Detroit tradition.
Strange rating: 10/10
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