Women's hockey in print: The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ontario 01 Dec 1927 // Regina College History // The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ontario 01 Apr 1927 // The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ontario 22 Nov 1916 // National police gazette (New York, N.Y.), 1903-12, Vol.83 // The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ontario 04 Dec 1926 // The Globe and Mail (1936-); Toronto, Ontario 28 Mar 1938 // Town & country, 1921-01, Vol.77 // New York Times (1923-); New York, N.Y.. 26 Jan 1936
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this is such a fantastic image...... dylan larkin mere inches away from his first time ever making playoffs in his entire career after scoring the game winning overtime goal against a team we've had beef with since 1926. cat's face being smashed against the winged wheel on dylan's chest because he's short. shayne "big sad eyes" gostisbehere laughing and grinning for the first time all season? moritz "calder winner" seider jumping 4 feet off the ice to tackle his captain and mentor into a hug. lucas raymond jumping 5 feet off the ice to tackle his boyfriend moritz into a hug. daniel sprong jumping 6 feet off the ice to crush them all even though he's only been here for one (1) season. beautiful stuff boys lets go fucking kill the montreal canadiens
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actually can you say more things about the octopus in detroit I have never understood it ._.
come here nonnie... let me spin u a yarn.... IMAGINE: the year is 1952 and these are our boys. noteable skaters include terry sawchuk (perhaps the nhl's most bonkers ass off the shits goalie of all time) as well as one of the most famous scoring player combinations, The Production Line (gordie howe / sid abel / ted lindsay)
nhl playoffs were two best-of-seven games series to win the cup, so the red wings needed to win eight games to win the cup (spoiler: they do win) but to support the team, and to represent the eight games necessary to win, two fans (who were brothers & also business owners in eastern market-- detroit's largest outdoors farmer's and grocer's market--) brought a dead octopus into the arena and tossed it onto the ice of olympia arena (which has since been demolished. rip.) for good luck with the series.
and, somehow, either by magic or coincidence or sheer ferocious dedication to their sport, the red wings end up completely shutting out the montreal canadiens during the second 4 game series and winning the cup. (2 games were shutouts, and 2 games only allowed one goal, which in and of itself was record breaking stuff for the league at the time). and then they also won the stanley cup again in the next year as well.
SO SINCE then, the tradition has evolved and grown and the octopus has become an unofficial mascot for the team, while also acting as a good luck token, and also as a martyred sacrifice to invoke the hockey gods' will to change the fate of the red wings when things look dismal, or we need a wholehearted change.
in the late 1990s when the team was a fucking dynasty of unbeatable freaks, the head zamboni driver was in charge of going out onto the ice and collecting the octopi corpses, and in a hyping-up-the-crowd move, he invented the Octopus Twirl wherein he would pick it up and twirl it over his head in a circle, which is objectively very gross and kinda eehhh :-/ by todays standards, but was cool and very fun at the time. so the nhl had to shut it down because there would be little bits of octopi corpse debris scattered and schlopped around the ice and it was technically a danger for the skaters. anyways people loved this bit though and so the unofficial octopus mascot was thusly named Al, after the zamboni driver, and we had this fucking thang ⬇️ that descended down from the ceilings during playoffs just so nobody ever forgot THIS IS FUCKING HOCKEYTOWN BABEEEEYYYYYY
also notably, when the joe louis arena (the team's long term arena after the olympia had been demolished) was next on the chopping block after decades of being the latest winning roster's home away from home, 35 octopi were tossed onto the ice during the last game as a farewell but also a promise that better things would come for the team. since the JLA was demolished tho, the teams luck tanked a lot and we have not been even remotely good for quite a few years due to UM, A LOT OF THINGS, WHICH IS ANOTHER ESSAY I CAN WRITE FOR YOU, but finally the team is getting genuinely competitive and fun to watch again. but regardless of this flop era behavior, there have still definitely been octopi getting tossed onto the ice because well... we love the team despite it all and always want the best for them !
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hope this helps mwah mwah mwah
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There's Only One You 2024 (a sports rpf short fanwork challenge)
Tired of trying to finish your 45k fic on your 30 minute lunch break? Getting bogged down by portraiture that takes over 12 hours to complete? Want to record a podfic that takes exactly as long as the intermission break? Presenting: There’s Only One You - a sports rpf short fanwork prompt meme. Year 2!
All fanworks + all sports rpf welcome.
Prompt format: 1 pairing + 1 word.
Fanwork fills have maximum length: Fic: 2000 words // Podfic: 20 minutes // Fanart: 2 hours of effort // Playlists: 10 songs // Vids: 2 minutes // something else? follow those guidelines!
☀️ Schedule ☀️
Prompts open: Now!!
Posting opens: March 13
Prompts close: March 20
Posting closes: April 4
Fanworks revealed: April 5
Creators revealed: April 8
INFO.
FAQ.
RULES.
Art by the amazing @sorrellegiance!! Thank you Sor 🥳🥳
Changes this year:
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Your latest fic on ao3 isn’t archive locked right now just fyi, wasn’t sure it it was intentional or not bc all of your other stuff is locked
thank you for letting me know!! it was supposed to be locked when posted and should be now, hopefully it didn't mess anything up <3
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