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DETROIT – Rioting that broke out late Wednesday night in Detroit, moments after the Detroit Red Wings claimed the Stanly Cup by defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in the sixth game of the finals, was entirely unconnected to the city’s new hockey title.

Though the riots were first assumed to be a Stanley Cup celebration, interviews with rioters showed the uprising had nothing to do with hockey.

“Whooooooooo,” said one rioter moments before setting fire to a 1996 Chevy Cavalier. “Yeah, Detroit.”

While the raucous pack showed a clear loyalty to their city, none seemed to be aware of the Red Wings’ win earlier in the evening.

“I’ve never heard of them,” replied a man looting a hardware store when asked if he was stealing a rotary saw because the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup. “I needed a saw, though.”

The Detroit police riot squad had been on call in the event something bad happened Wednesday.

“We were not taking precautions because the Red Wings might have clinched the Cup,” said Detroit chief of police Ella Bully-Cummings. “This is just daily protocol.”