I have a similar questions about octopi thrown at Red Wings games. 

StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears

That makes sense. I guess you wouldn’t throw it on the ice if you really liked the hat 

I thought they were collected and donated to charity. Maybe you can request your hat after the game and if no one claims it it gets donated would be my guess. 

grayruby

Stacker_Sports

My Sabres rolled the Kraken last night and Jeff Skinner had a hat trick. The small number of sabers fans threw their hats on the ice.

My question is what does the arena do what that hats? Do they put them out after the game so people can go get their hat back or do they get thrown out? 