Next thing you know, they'll ban hockey at an ice fight...You can buy an octopus next week at Wholey's Fish Market in Pittsburgh -- unless you're wearing Detroit Red Wings gear or otherwise let slip that you're visiting from Michigan for the game (as in Stanley Cup Playoffs).
If that means checking ID and listening for customers with Midwestern accents, that's what owner Dan Wholey is willing to do.
Wowser. They take their hockey seriously in Pittsburgh.
The Detroit octopus-throwing tradition started in the 1950s, to symbolize the eight wins needed at the time to win the Stanley Cup.
Uh huh. You ever smell raw octopus? Ever try to wash the stink off your skin? So who started this Detroit octopus toss tradition?
