DETROIT, MI - APRIL 17: Henrik Zetterberg #40 of the Detroit Red Wings celebrates his second period goal with Gustav Nyquist #14, Dylan Larkin #71 and Brendan Smith #2 next to Michael Blunden #46 of the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals during the 2016 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Joe Louis Arena on April 17, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

By Dan Jenkins

@DanTJenkins

There has been no love lost between the Detroit Red Wings and the Tampa Bay Lightning in their first round playoff series. Now, that tension has boiled over into both fans bases and sports talk radio in both cities.

Tampa radio host Steve Duemig of WDAE had some harsh words for Detroit fans after the Wings’ 2-0 shutout of the Lightning on Sunday. Duemig didn’t sugarcoat anything, calling Detroit fans “classless chicken spit.”

“So Detroit shows one of their players — or best players — is a chicken and their fans are classless, classless chicken spit. Of course we already knew that from last year,” Duemig said. “But way to go, chicken spits of Detroit, and thank you for putting the chicken dance in our repertoire for the rest of the day, cause that’s what you’re going to hear.”

Duemig took exception to a fight between Detroit’s Justin Abdelkader and Tampa’s Brian Boyle in which Abdelkader refused to take his gloves off, and a fan dumping beer on Boyle during the skirmish.

“We have a new name for Justin Abdelkader — octopussy,” Duemig said. “We saw the ultimate in pussydum when Justin Abdelkader refused to take off his gloves to fight Brian Boyle because he said, ‘oh, I had tape on my hands.’ Well lets see the tape.”

Duemig also called the Red Wings cheaters.

“You ask any Lightning player what the toughest series was [last year], it was the Detroit series because you have to work so hard to survive because they cheat,” Duemig said. “So not only are they chicken spits, but they cheat too and the refs let it go last year as well and they’re letting it go this year, at least in Game 3.”

Detroit’s own Valenti and Foster program got in on the action on Twitter.

Tampa Bay radio host @BigDogwdae called Red Wings Justin Abdelkader an "Octopussy" on air today. What a joke… — Mike Sullivan (@MikeSullivan) April 18, 2016

Tampa radio host @BigDogwdae called Abdelkader an "octopussy" yet he's the one who's literally blocking anybody who tweets at him about it. — Mike Sullivan (@MikeSullivan) April 18, 2016

Just remember… 11 Stanley Cups here in Detroit. #GoWings. https://t.co/5qTW1fexgd — Mike Sullivan (@MikeSullivan) April 18, 2016

@620wdae @MikeSullivan @MikeValenti971 If you had somebody qualified on the air that can talk hockey we would come on. — Terry Foster (@TerryFoster971) April 18, 2016

@calebabston I have my own show to run. — Steve (@BigDogwdae) April 18, 2016

@SCline1174 also on FM douche bag — Steve (@BigDogwdae) April 18, 2016

@FrankHassell yeah with his stick — Steve (@BigDogwdae) April 18, 2016

@KeepNTouch313 tell them to call me. I hear your all asking them to up there LOL — Steve (@BigDogwdae) April 18, 2016

Even WDAE got in on the fight.

BTW..Happy To Produce Your Show's Content For Today! Take The Rest Of The Day Off Too @MikeSullivan @TerryFoster971 pic.twitter.com/qlgObZzgTo — **620 WDAE** (@620wdae) April 18, 2016

Keep living in the past https://t.co/GwAmGPCAXt — **620 WDAE** (@620wdae) April 18, 2016

Love You Back! That Valenti guy though…. :) https://t.co/wDV1cWPGRX — **620 WDAE** (@620wdae) April 18, 2016

Sounds like this is turning into a full-time rivalry.