{"id":879544,"date":"2026-10-12T10:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T10:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/879544\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T10:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T10:02:13","slug":"inflatable-hot-dog-and-bun-land-on-ice-at-canadiens-game-in-crazy-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/879544\/","title":{"rendered":"Inflatable hot dog and bun land on ice at Canadiens game in &#8216;crazy&#8217; scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadiens will take their hot dogs on ice. <\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, a promotion attempt went wild when an inflatable hot dog and bun went on to the ice at Bell Centre in Montreal during a TV timeout in the third period against the Red Wings.<\/p>\n<p>Fans in the crowd worked together to try to place the large inflatable hot dog into the giant inflatable bun across the arena. Yet the dog, with \u201cGo Habs Go!\u201d on the side of it, went over the glass and onto the ice as fans clapped and cheered. The bun, which featured a Canadiens logo, shortly followed, just barely getting over the glass and the Canadiens\u2019 bench.<\/p>\n<p>The bun went on to cause havoic. <\/p>\n<p>As it came down, captain Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsk\u00fd attempted to poke the bun with their hockey sticks. <\/p>\n<p>It also hit Noah Dobson and Zachary Bolduc as it bounced onto the ice. <\/p>\n<p>Despite some not-so-thrilled looks from players and officials, the fans cheered and seemed to have fun with the in-game antics. <\/p>\n<p>The fan event is a new promotion at Canadiens games and Saturday was its first appearance at Bell Centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, that didn\u2019t work out too good for them,\u201d Suzuki said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7678880\/2026\/10\/10\/canadiens-players-inflatable-hot-dog-incident-nhl\/?source=athletic_pulsenewsletter&amp;campaign=20223979&amp;userId=4598029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">per The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was crazy,\u201d Montreal\u2019s Kaiden Guhle added.\u00a0\u201cI covered my mouth because I was laughing, and no one else was really laughing and it was just me. I\u2019ve never seen that before. But the fans were having fun, so that\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.96923077;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41280230\" width=\"1024\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-840-1.png\" alt=\"An inflatable hot dog lands on the ice at Bell Centre on Saturday night during a game between the Canadiens and the Red Wings. \" class=\"wp-image-41280230\"\/>An inflatable hot dog lands on the ice at Bell Centre on Saturday night during a game between the Canadiens and the Red Wings.  X @NHL<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41280232\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-841.png\" alt=\"An inflatable hot dog bun hits the Canadiens' bench while falling onto the ice at Bell Centre on Saturday night.\" class=\"wp-image-41280232\"\/>An inflatable hot dog bun hits the Canadiens\u2019 bench while falling onto the ice at Bell Centre on Saturday night. X @NHL<\/p>\n<p>The hot dog activity was made popular starting at MLB games. <\/p>\n<p>A highlight occurred at Kauffman Stadium when <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLB\/status\/2096448096473420099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the hot dog and bun were assembled <\/a>at a Kansas City Royals game in September.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unknown if the Canadiens will go forth with the fan activity during future games. <\/p>\n<p>Montreal went on to win the game in a 1-0 shootout. The team moves to a 2-2-1 record for sixth place in the Atlantic division. <\/p>\n<p>They move on to play Buffalo on Tuesday night while the Red Wings (1-3-1) will host the Devils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canadiens will take their hot dogs on ice. 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