{"id":538732,"date":"2026-04-03T16:34:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538732\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:34:29","slug":"group-of-dallas-stars-fans-being-investigated-for-making-nazi-salutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538732\/","title":{"rendered":"Group of Dallas Stars fans being investigated for making Nazi salutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">American Airlines Arena is looking into a group of Stars fans after <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bobbiebrewski\/status\/2039105894965752099\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a video emerged of them making Nazi salutes during the team\u2019s win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 21;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;a video emerged of them making Nazi salutes during the team\u2019s win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 21&quot;}\" class=\"link \">a video emerged of them making Nazi salutes during the team\u2019s win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 21<\/a>. The previously unseen video was posted on Reddit, then re-posted on X, and the intention of the fans couldn\u2019t be more clear.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"475\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/268df38562e90f3a93a58c9b37468832.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Dallas Stars have not issued a statement about the incident at this time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/dallas-stars-fans-nazi-salute-video-american-airlines-center-investigation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:with American Airlines Arena, the home of the Stars, denouncing the actions of the fans.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;with American Airlines Arena, the home of the Stars, denouncing the actions of the fans.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">with American Airlines Arena, the home of the Stars, denouncing the actions of the fans.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAAC 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 behavior, including foul\/abusive language and obscene gestures,\u201d the statement said. \u201cAs such, we strongly denounce the actions that appear to be depicted in the video footage and are conducting an internal investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The video appears to show the fans making the salute on the beat of \u201cPuck Off,\u201d by Pantera \u2014 which has been used since 2000 as the Stars goal song. It\u2019s unclear if any fans out of frame were also making the salute, or if anyone engaged the fans to denounce their behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This has been another banner season for the Stars who have eclipsed 100 points for the fourth season in a row. They are currently second in the Central Division, behind only the Colorado Avalanche. It\u2019s understandable that the team wants to focus solely on hockey, but it\u2019s inexcusable to ignore this incident and not even make a statement saying that it\u2019s unacceptable for fans to make Nazi salutes in the stands, or be committed to learning the identity of the group and banning them from future games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If organizations let reprehensible actions like this occur without consequences it\u2019s tantamount to condoning them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American Airlines Arena is looking into a group of Stars fans after a video emerged of them making&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5117],"tags":[12271,144,196,147,5278,5,4,197,31,2754],"class_list":{"0":"post-538732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-stars","8":"tag-american-airlines-arena","9":"tag-colorado-avalanche","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-stars","12":"tag-dallasstars","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-stars","16":"tag-toronto-maple-leafs","17":"tag-video-footage"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116341747370300095","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538732","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=538732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}