It was not long after the final buzzer Sunday when I walked out of Little Caesars Arena and heard something I had been hearing for the better part of the third period of that night’s Red Wings-Kings game.



Another “woo.”



Then, from off into the night (or, more specifically, from the parking garage), a “woo” came back. A half hour after a Red Wings loss that was even more lopsided than the 4-2 final score, these two people seemed giddy to keep woo-ing their way home, like owls who had accidentally acquired megaphones. And if you’ve been to a Red Wings game this season, you know that scene isn’t a rare one.



The “woo” — which is as simple as it sounds — has become something of a staple at Red Wings games this season. It’s hard to say how many people participate in the wave-like woo chant that seems to follow a call-response format around LCA, or even when it really started. One person who...