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The First Big Octopus Scare of the Chris Ilitch Era

Related Topics: Octopoda, Little Caesars Arena

With the first week gone of the official Little Caesars Arena era and long after last Wednesday’s season-opening victory over the Minnesota Wild, we’ve got our first big scare of the new era the Wings find themselves in: is management finally cozying up to the evil tradition-killing vision of Gary “arrest those cephalopod-chuckers!” Bettman? Well, if you’re reading into this story from Dan Taekama from CBC News, the answer is a spookily-implied “maybe.” From Taekma’s post about a Red Wings fan hoping to get a lifetime ban from the LCA overturned after he threw an octopus on the ice:

"The two supervisors of security told me I'm done," he said.