Whats the stpry of FLorida throwing rats onto the ice. and when do they do it?

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Scott Mellanby scored 2 goals after using the same stick to kill a rat in the dressing room before a game in the year they went to the finals. Thus coined (By Beezer I believe) a ';rat trick'; and the mania began and fans started throwing plastic rats on the ice.Whats the stpry of FLorida throwing rats onto the ice. and when do they do it?
Apparently 2,000 rats hit the ice after a Florida goal during the playoffs, after that it was only a matter of time before it was banned
Bob Loblaw has it exactly correct.