Everyone knows that Detroit Red Wings fans are famous for throwing an octopus on the ice from time to time (although you have to wonder where they get them). Apparently Vancouver Canucks fans are trying to get into the action with their own tradition, as someone threw a salmon on the ice during Thursday's home game against the Minnesota Wild.
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Video: Fan throws salmon at Canucks game, creeps out ref [Puck Daddy]
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That's referee Frederick L'Ecuyer getting all creeped out by the dead fish, prompting this instant-classic line from the Wild booth: "Oh, just pick it up. It's just a salmon, for cripe's sake. You act like it's poison. It's just a salmon!"
So this is symbolic of … what, exactly? The Canucks always swimming upstream in the playoffs and eventually getting smoked?
If you're keeping score at home, that's two fans who perform acrobatic taunts in green body suits; two fans who show up in flamboyant pink garb behind the Canucks bench; one salmon thrown on the ice; and a potential Selke winner who enjoys lingering in the background of his teammate's interviews. Strange things are afoot in Vancouver ...Related: Shop for Vancouver Canucks Gear at Shop.NHL.com!
Video: Fan throws salmon at Canucks game, creeps out ref [Puck Daddy]
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