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The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). When the Western Hockey League folded after the 1925-26 WHL season, a deal was made so that two of the most successful of the teams in that league, the 1925 Stanley Cup champion Victoria Cougars, and the Portland Rosebuds (to become the Chicago Blackhawks) would jump to the NHL. The Victoria Cougars were originally called the Victoria Aristocrats and belonged to the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, which folded and then merged with the Western Canada Hockey League for the 1924-25 WCHL season. Since no arena in the Motor City was ready at the time, the newly-renamed Detroit Cougars played their first season in Windsor, Ontario. For the 1927-28 season, the Cougars moved into the new Detroit Olympia, which would be their home rink until December 15, 1979. This was also the first season behind the bench for Jack Adams, who would be the face of the franchise for the next 36 years as either coach or general manager. During the playoffs, Joe Louis Arena is generally adorned with a giant octopus with red eyes, nicknamed "Al" after Joe Louis Arena employee Al Sobotka. The 1952 playoffs featured the start of the tradition - the octopus throw. The owner of a local fish market threw one from the stands and onto the ice. The eight legs were symbolic of the eight playoff wins it took to win the Stanley Cup at the time. They swept both of their opponents that year. 1952 also saw the passing of James Norris Sr., with his daughter Margurite becoming President and Governor of the Red Wings. The NHL has, at various times, tried to eliminate this tradition, but it continues to this day.
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