What is your Superstition?

[Rwcrazy 4]

Thanks to red lightgoes on, I thought i would ask what other people do for playoffs??

Personally...

I make whiskey slush, I have a glass for every period, I also eat pretzel rods, I go to nhl.com and open up the game summary and make sure I have the realtime scoreboard open for every game, and dont do any internet surfing during the game...

Make sure I wear something Red wings.. Shirt.. red boxers for sure...

And finally for playoffs, I for sure dont shave...

I think thats it...

I know it helps the guys win games.. LOL

OPPS Sorry for the mispelling!!!

Edited April 14, 2010 by Rwcrazy

[Guest DatsyukianDeke13]

I make sure I spell everything in the thread title correctly

Only kidding! If you do a search, I believe there was a thread about this a week or so ago. It had a lot of good responses.

[Travis 576]

Yeah, this has been covered. Maybe you can quickly turn it into a playoff superstition thread.

Last year I would not do any NHL video gaming during game days. Why? I must be crazy. Obviously, the playoff beard is always a must.

[Jenny 315]

A Pepsi ice cream float. Why? I'm not sure. But I will have a Pepsi float during game 1 of each series to sort of toast the series in, and one after the last game of each series (or during the game if it's a game 7) to toast it out. I think the tradition started because I realized a few years back that Pepsi with sugar instead of HFCS was available during Passover, which usually coincides with playoff time. (This was before Pepsi started selling Throwback.)

After each successful series my husband and I will have a victory dinner which is somehow themed to the team or city the Wings just beat. With some teams this is more difficult than others. (Chicago- yay, deep dish pizza! Dallas- yay, barbeque! Nashville-- um....)

I will wear red on each game day, of course. It will probably be Wings gear, but if I need to dress up for work that day it will just be something as close to Red Wings red as I can get.

I keep a car flag up during the playoffs. (Got to go put it on my car now, as a matter of fact!)

I keep my toenails painted red during the playoffs. If the Wings lose a game, I remove the polish and re-do it.

The Playoff Nap-- if they're playing a west coast game, I will nap when I get home from work so I can stay up and watch the whole thing! (That's really more necessity than superstition, though. )

Edited April 14, 2010 by Jenny

[David 2]

My superstition is to not share my superstitions!

[Barrie 900]

I don't have any superstitions.

I guess that's my superstition, I don't have one.

[russianswede919293 95]

I wear a jersey the day of the game. Home jersey for home games, away jersey for away games.

[Nutty2003 0]

I always play NHL 10 against the team the wings face off against in the playoffs on Superstar difficulty... I won 3-2 today with Hank scoring on a breakaway in ot!!!!!

[GoalieManPat 1,007]

Im making my lucky baked nachos that were 11-2 in last years playoffs when they were made. I am also having my traditional 1 beer per period.

[jollymania 162]

When i myself play I have no superstitions, but as for the wings, i guess i have my playoff beard that im growing

[gowingsgo 3]

Gotta be the beard. Grow the beard, win the CUP. Bring it home boys

[Krystal 41]

I'm an odd duck, but last year as we opened the series against Pittsburgh... I had a bag of sour gummy octopi The first one I pulled was red/purple (AL!) and we subsequently won the game. I wasn't diligent enough in my octopi search after that, since my gas station stopped selling them. We wound up losing.. so I have two bags already on hand for the first two games in Phoenix.

The red/white playoff bracelets... I always have to listen to my Wings CD pre-game... and the RGDT.

I might have frightened off a friend of mine who's never seen my post-season neurosis.

[BUHdactyl 23]

I grow a beard and eat flamin' hot cheetos during each game. Beer is also a must, but I change the beer for each series based on color of label, or name (for example, no labatt blue during the CBJ series.)

Gonna give Murphy's Red a shot this time around.

[Barrie 900]

I am also having my traditional 1 beer per period.

Is falling a sleep on the couch after those 3+ beers included in your superstition?

[heed316 7]

One Canadian beer per period...works like a charm

[Konnan511 1,736]

I shave after every win to encourage my g/fs to watch the games with me haha. And I use to wear my old Fedorov jersey during every game, but now I wear my Filppula jersey during every game.

[Gutierrez 7]

I never eat during games. I think that has more to do with me being so nervous/anxious than being superstitious though

[LeftWinger 5,129]

I shave after every win to encourage my g/fs to watch the games with me haha. And I use to wear my old Fedorov jersey during every game, but now I wear my Filppula jersey during every game.

I am confused as to why shaving would encourage your g/f's to watch? Exactly just where do you shave?

[Soul Power 1]

I take two slices of bread, put one in the toaster for 30 seconds, the other for 45 seconds, I put the peanut butter on first, on the top slice, the jelly on the bottom slice, cut it down the middle, eat the slice on the right side first, and eat half of the left slice.

Nah, I don't believe in that stuff.

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

I sit on my couch. I watch the game.

Yeah... I got nothin'.

[Barrie 900]

I sit on my couch. I watch the game.

Yeah... I got nothin'.

We can start a non-superstition club.

[Konnan511 1,736]

I am confused as to why shaving would encourage your g/f's to watch? Exactly just where do you shave?

My face you perv haha. They normally don't enjoy my scratchy rough beards. So they watch the games intently to make sure we win so I can go shave

[Marty Barry 230]

I watch and hope to hell that I can drag my ass out of bed at 5 am for work after all the beer,er,uh, emotion from a late night playoff game. Damn the Western Conference s***!