{"id":538533,"date":"2026-04-03T14:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538533\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:22:14","slug":"investigation-underway-over-apparent-nazi-salute-at-stars-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538533\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation underway over apparent Nazi salute at Stars game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A viral video from a Dallas Stars home game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in December has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/dallas-stars-fans-nazi-salute-video-american-airlines-center-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">prompted an internal investigation<\/a> by American Airlines Center officials.<\/p>\n<p>The clip, between 12 and 18 seconds long in various edited versions, shows a small group of fans in the upper deck appearing to perform a Nazi salute in unison while celebrating goals to the rhythm of the team\u2019s goal song, \u201cPuck off\u201d by Pantera.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas won the contest 5-1.<\/p>\n<p>The video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DallasStars\/comments\/1s8qoa6\/who_are_these_boys_tw_nazi_salute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">first appeared on Reddit<\/a> (since deleted) before circulating widely on social media platforms this week, drawing widespread attention months after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines Center issued a statement emphasizing its zero-tolerance policy for acts of hate or discrimination. Officials strongly denounced the depicted actions and confirmed they are conducting an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The arena stressed that all attendees must follow its code of conduct and NHL guidelines, which prohibit gestures demeaning any race, ethnicity, or identity-based characteristic. Violations may result in ejection without refund or legal prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican Airlines Arena (AAC) has zero tolerance for any acts of hate and\/or discrimination, and we aim to ensure an environment for our guests that is free from disruptive behaviors, including foul\/abusive language and obscene gestures,\u201d the arena said in a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/article\/dallas-stars-fans-nazi-salute-aac-22176430.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">via the Dallas Morning News<\/a>. \u201cAs such, we strongly denounce the actions that appear to be depicted in the video footage and are conducting an internal investigation. All fans and attendees are expected to adhere to AAC and, as applicable, NBA or NHL Codes of Conduct when attending events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuests who violate any such Code of Conduct may be subject to ejection from the event without refund and, to the extent their conduct constitutes a violation of applicable law, prosecution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Dallas Stars spokesperson indicated the team is aligned with the arena and collaborating on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFully aligned with the arena\u2019s statement and working with them to find out exactly what happened,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/48379324\/dallas-arena-looking-apparent-nazi-salute-stars-fans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">they told ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The NHL\u2019s fan code of conduct promotes inclusive, safe, and respectful environments, with potential penalties ranging from seat relocation to lifetime bans.<\/p>\n<p>The individual who recorded the video reported the fans to arena management with seat details, but was told staff could not locate them at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A viral video from a Dallas Stars home game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in December has prompted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5117],"tags":[196,147,61761,5278,5,4,197],"class_list":{"0":"post-538533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-stars","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-stars","10":"tag-dallas-stars-fans","11":"tag-dallasstars","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-stars"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116341227221082685","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}