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Detroit Red Wings

January 21, 2024

The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference,[4] and are one of the Original Six teams of the league.[5] Founded in 1926, the team was known as the Detroit Cougars until 1930. For the next two seasons, the team was named the Detroit Falcons, before changing their name to the Red Wings in 1932.[6]

Detroit Red Wings
2023–24 Detroit Red Wings season
ConferenceEastern
DivisionAtlantic
Founded1926
HistoryDetroit Cougars
1926–1930
Detroit Falcons
1930–1932
Detroit Red Wings
1932–present
Home arenaLittle Caesars Arena
CityDetroit, Michigan
Team colorsRed, white[1][2][3]
   
MediaBally Sports Detroit
97.1 The Ticket
Owner(s)Ilitch Holdings
General managerSteve Yzerman
Head coachDerek Lalonde
CaptainDylan Larkin
Minor league affiliatesGrand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Stanley Cups11 (1935–36, 1936–37, 1942–43, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2007–08)
Conference championships6 (1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2008–09)
Presidents' Trophy6 (1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08)
Division championships19 (1933–34, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11)
Official websitenhl.com/redwings

The Red Wings have won the most Stanley Cup championships of any NHL franchise based in the United States (11),[7] and are third overall amongst active teams in total Stanley Cup championships, behind the Montreal Canadiens (24) and Toronto Maple Leafs (13). The Wings played their home games at Joe Louis Arena from 1979 until 2017, after playing for 52 years at Olympia Stadium. They moved into Little Caesars Arena beginning with the 2017–18 season. The Red Wings are one of the most popular and successful franchises in the NHL; fans and sports commentators refer to the Detroit area as "Hockeytown", which has been a registered trademark owned by the franchise since 1996.[8]

Between the 1931–32 and 1965–66 seasons, the Red Wings missed the playoffs only four times. They struggled between the 1966–67 and 1982–83 seasons, only making the playoffs twice in that stretch. However, thereafter, from 1983–84 to 2015–16, they made the playoffs 30 times in 32 seasons, including 25-straight from 1990–91 to 2015–16 (not including the cancelled 2004–05 season); in 2006, this became the longest active streak of postseason appearances in all of North American professional sports and finished tied for the third-longest streak in NHL history. Since 1983–84, the Red Wings have tallied six regular season first-place finishes and have won the Stanley Cup four times (1997, 1998, 2002, and 2008).

Franchise history edit

Further information: History of the Detroit Red Wings

Early years (1926–1949) edit

 
Team photo from Detroit's inaugural season (1926–27). The franchise was known as the Detroit Cougars from 1926 to 1930.

Following the 1926 Stanley Cup playoffs, during which the Western Hockey League (WHL) was widely reported to be on the verge of folding,[9] the NHL held a meeting on April 17 to consider applications for expansion franchises, at which it was reported that five different groups sought a team for Detroit.[10] During a subsequent meeting on May 15, the league approved a franchise to the Townsend-Seyburn group of Detroit and named Charles A. Hughes as governor.[11] WHL owners Frank and Lester Patrick made a deal to sell the league's players to the NHL and cease league operations. The new Detroit franchise purchased the players of the WHL's Victoria Cougars, who had won the Stanley Cup in 1925 and had made the Finals the previous winter, to play for the team. The new Detroit franchise also adopted the Cougars' nickname in honor of the folded franchise.[12]

Since no arena in Detroit was ready at the time, the Cougars played their first season at the Border Cities Arena in Windsor, Ontario.[13][14] For the 1927–28 season, the Cougars moved into the new Detroit Olympia, which would be their home rink until December 15, 1979.[15] This was also the first season behind the bench for Jack Adams, who would be the face of the franchise for the next 36 years as either coach or general manager.[16]

The Cougars made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 1929, with Carson Cooper leading the team in scoring.[13][17] The Cougars were outscored 7–2 in the two-game series with the Toronto Maple Leafs.[18] In 1930, the Cougars were renamed the Falcons, but their woes continued, as they usually finished near the bottom of the standings, even though they made the playoffs again in 1932.[19][20][21][22]

In 1932, the NHL let grain merchant James E. Norris, who had made two previous unsuccessful bids to buy an NHL team, purchase the Falcons. Norris' first act was to rename the team; earlier in the century, Norris had been a member of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (MAAA), a multi-sport club whose winged-wheel emblem derived from its cycling roots, and whose hockey team won the first Stanley Cup in 1893. Norris decided that a red version of the MAAA "Winged Wheelers" logo would be perfect for a team playing in the "Motor City", and on October 5, 1932, the club was renamed the Detroit Red Wings.[23] Norris also placed coach Jack Adams on a one-year probation for the 1932–33 NHL season.[24] Adams managed to pass his probationary period by leading the Red Wings to their first-ever playoff series victory, over the Montreal Maroons.[25] The team then lost in the semi-finals to the New York Rangers.[26]

In 1934, the Red Wings made the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time, with John Sorrell scoring 21 goals over 47 games and Larry Aurie leading the team in scoring.[27] However, the Chicago Black Hawks defeated the Red Wings in the Finals, winning the best-of-five series in four games to claim their first title.[28] Two seasons later, the Red Wings won their first Stanley Cup in 1936, defeating Toronto in four games.[28] Detroit repeated as Stanley Cup champions in 1937, winning over the Rangers in the full five games.[28] In 1938, the Montreal Canadiens and the Red Wings became the first NHL teams to play in Europe, playing in Paris and London. The Wings played nine games against the Canadiens and went 3–5–1. They did not play in Europe again until the pre-season and start of the 2009–10 NHL season, in Sweden, against the St. Louis Blues.[29]

 
Making his NHL debut in 1946, Gordie Howe played alongside Sid Abel and Ted Lindsay from 1947 to 1951, forming the Production Line.

The Red Wings made the Stanley Cup Finals in three consecutive years during the early 1940s.[30] In 1941, they were swept by the Boston Bruins, and in 1942, they lost a seven-game series to Toronto after winning the first three games.[30] However, in 1943, with Mud Bruneteau and Syd Howe scoring 23 and 20 goals, respectively, Detroit won their third Stanley Cup by sweeping the Bruins.[30][31] Through the rest of the decade, the team made the playoffs every year, and reached the Finals three more times.[32][33][34][35][36][37]

In 1946, one of the greatest players in hockey history came into the NHL with the Red Wings. Gordie Howe, a right winger from Floral, Saskatchewan, only scored seven goals and 15 assists in his first season, and would not reach his prime for a few more years.[38] It was also the last season as head coach for Adams, who stepped down after the season to concentrate on his duties as general manager and was succeeded by minor league coach Tommy Ivan.[39][40] By his second season, Howe was paired with Sid Abel and Ted Lindsay to form what would become one of the great lines in NHL history: the "Production Line".[39] Lindsay's 33 goals propelled the Red Wings to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they were swept by the Maple Leafs.[36] Detroit reached the Finals again the following season, only to be swept again by Toronto.[37]

Gordie Howe era (1950–1966) edit

During the 1950 Stanley Cup semi-finals, Leo Reise Jr. scored the winning goal in overtime, which prevented the Maple Leafs from winning four straight championships.[41] In the Finals, the Red Wings defeated the New York Rangers in seven games. In Game 7, Pete Babando scored the game winner in double overtime.[41] After the game, Lindsay skated around the Olympia ice with the Stanley Cup.[42]

After being upset by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1951 semi-finals, Detroit won its fifth Stanley Cup in 1952, sweeping both the Maple Leafs and the Canadiens, with the Production Line of Howe, Abel and Lindsay joined by second-year goaltender Terry Sawchuk.[43][44][45] Detroit became the first team in 17 years to go undefeated in the playoffs.[44][46] They also scored 24 playoff goals, compared to Toronto and Montreal's combined total of 5.[47] Abel left the Red Wings for Chicago during the off-season, and his spot on the roster was replaced by Alex Delvecchio.[48][49] In December 1952, James E. Norris died.[50] He was succeeded as team president by his daughter, Marguerite, which made her the first woman to head an NHL franchise.[50][51]

 
Team photo of the 1952 Detroit Red Wings

Following another playoff upset in 1953 at the hands of the Bruins,[52] the Red Wings won back-to-back Stanley Cups, beating the rival powerhouse Montreal Canadiens. Both of the Stanley Cup Finals played between the two teams were decided in seven games. The seventh game during the 1954 Stanley Cup Finals was won with one of the oddest cup winning goals ever, when the 5'7" left winger Tony Leswick, known more for his relentless checking than scoring prowess, shot a puck towards the Montreal goal from the middle of the ice. Habs defenseman Doug Harvey tried to gain control of the wobbly puck with his glove but instead redirected it past Montreal goalie Gerry McNeil.[53] The repeat of the series the season after was closely contested, as all seven games were won by the home team, with Detroit taking the seventh game. Montreal was sorely lacking its all-star Maurice Richard, who was suspended after hitting a linesman during the regular season, and the Red Wings' stars carried their team, as Lindsay scored four goals in a single game and Howe scored 20 points during the playoffs, 12 of which during the Finals, all new records in the league.[54]

The 1954–55 season ended a run of seven straight regular season titles, an NHL record.[55] During the 1955 off-season, Marguerite Norris lost an intra-family power struggle, and was forced to turn over the Red Wings to her younger brother Bruce.[56] Detroit and Montreal once again met, in the 1956 Stanley Cup Finals, but this time the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup, their first of five in a row.[57] In 1957, Lindsay, who had scored 30 goals and led the league in assists with 55, teamed up with Harvey to help start the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA).[58][59] As a result, he and goaltender Glenn Hall were promptly traded to Chicago.[60]

In 1959, the Red Wings missed the playoffs for the first time in 21 years.[61] However, within a couple of years, the franchise was able to rejuvenate itself. The Red Wings made the Finals in four of the next six years between 1961 and 1966.[62] However, they came away empty-handed.[62][63]

"Dead Wings" era (1967–1982) edit

 
On December 27, 1979, the Red Wings played their first game at Joe Louis Arena, moving from the Detroit Olympia.

Only a year after making the Finals, the Red Wings finished a distant fifth, 24 points out of the playoffs.[64] It was the beginning of a slump that they would not emerge from in almost 20 years. This period is derisively known as the "Dead Wings" era.[65]

One factor in the Red Wings' decline was the end of the old development system.[66] Another factor was Ned Harkness, who was hired as coach in 1970 and was promoted to general manager midway through the season. A successful college hockey coach, Harkness tried to force his two-way style of play on a veteran Red Wings team resistant to change. They chafed under his rule in which he demanded short hair and no smoking, and put other rules in place regarding drinking and phone calls.[67] Harkness was forced to resign in 1974, ending the period colloquially referred to as "Darkness with Harkness".[68][69][70]

During the expansion season of 1967–68, the Red Wings acquired longtime star left-winger Frank Mahovlich from the defending Cup champions in Toronto. Mahovlich would go on a line with Howe and Delvecchio, and in 1968–69, he scored a career-high 49 goals and had two All-Star seasons in Detroit.[71][72][73] However, Mahovlich was traded to Montreal in 1971, while Howe announced his retirement the same year.[69][74] Throughout the decade, the Red Wings were hampered due to a number of factors.[75]

On December 27, 1979, during the 1979–80 season, the Red Wings officially began playing at the Joe Louis Arena after leaving the Olympia, where they had played since 1927.[76] In 1982, after 50 years of family ownership, Bruce Norris sold the Red Wings to Mike Ilitch, founder of the pizza chain Little Caesars.[77]

Steve Yzerman era (1983–2006) edit

In 1983, the Red Wings drafted Steve Yzerman, a center from the Peterborough Petes, with their first-round pick. He led the team in scoring in his rookie year.[78] That season, with John Ogrodnick, Ivan Boldirev, Ron Duguay, and Brad Park, Detroit made the playoffs for the first time in six years.[79] Park ended up winning the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.[80] Park was later asked to coach the Red Wings, only to be sacked after just 45 games in 1985–86.[81] They ended up in last place with a 17–57–6 record for only 40 points.[82] This was the same year that the Red Wings added enforcer Bob Probert, one of the most familiar faces of the team during the 1980s and 1990s.[83]

 
Named team captain in 1986, Steve Yzerman captained the Red Wings until his retirement in 2006.

In the 1986–87 season, with Yzerman, now the captain following the departure of Danny Gare, joined by Petr Klima, Adam Oates, Gerard Gallant, defenseman Darren Veitch, and new head coach Jacques Demers, the Red Wings won a playoff series for only the second time in the modern era.[84][85][86][87] They made it all the way to the conference finals against the powerful Edmonton Oilers, but lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champions in five games.[87][88] In 1988, they won their first division title in 23 years. They did so, however, in a relatively weak division, as no other team in the Norris finished above .500.[89] As was the case in the previous season, they made it to the conference finals only to lose again to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Oilers in five games.[90]

In 1989, Yzerman scored a career-best 65 goals, but Detroit was upset in the first round by the Chicago Blackhawks.[91][92][93] The following season, Yzerman scored 62 goals, but the team missed the playoffs.[94][95]

After the season, Demers was fired and was replaced by Bryan Murray as the new head coach.[96][97] Murray was unable to get them back over .500, but they returned to the playoffs.[97][98] Yzerman was joined by Sergei Fedorov, who would be an award-winner and frequent all-star for the team during the 1990s.[99] In 1991, the team signed free agent Ray Sheppard, who would score a career-best 52 goals three years later.[100][101] In 1993, the Red Wings acquired top defenseman Paul Coffey.[102] Also joining the Red Wings around this time were draft picks Vladimir Konstantinov, Nicklas Lidstrom, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Darren McCarty, and Chris Osgood.[103][104][105][106][107]

The Russian Five and back-to-back Stanley Cups (1994–1998) edit

In 1993, former Montreal Canadiens coach Scotty Bowman was hired as the new head coach.[108] In his second season, the lockout-shortened 1994–95 NHL season, Bowman guided Detroit to its first Finals appearance in 29 years, only to be swept by the New Jersey Devils.[109][110][111]

During the 1995–96 season, the Red Wings won a then NHL record 62 games. However, after defeating the St. Louis Blues in seven games, they would fall in the Western Conference finals to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Colorado Avalanche.[112][113][114]

The following season, the Red Wings acquired Brendan Shanahan and Larry Murphy.[115][116] In the playoffs, they would defeat the St. Louis Blues, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Avalanche in the first three rounds. In the Finals, the Red Wings swept the Philadelphia Flyers. It was their first Stanley Cup since 1955, breaking the longest drought (42 years long) in the league at that time. Mike Vernon was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy.[117]

Misfortune befell the Red Wings six days after their championship; defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov, one of the members of the "Russian Five", suffered a brain injury in a limousine accident, and his career came to an abrupt end.[103][118][119] As a result, the team dedicated the 1997–98 season to him.[119] The Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in four games, this time over the Washington Capitals, and Konstantinov was brought onto the ice in his wheelchair so he could touch it.[119]

Superstar acquisitions and more success (1999–2006) edit

The following season, the Red Wings appeared to be poised to win a third consecutive Stanley Cup when they acquired three-time top blueliner Chris Chelios from his hometown Chicago Blackhawks in March 1999.[120][121] Also acquired at the trade deadline were defenseman Ulf Samuelsson, winger Wendel Clark, and goaltender Bill Ranford.[121] Despite high aspirations, however, Detroit would end up losing in the Western Conference semi-finals to Colorado in six games.[122] In 2000, the Red Wings would finish second in the Central Division. Just like the previous season, however, they would lose to the Avalanche in the Western Conference semi-finals.[123][124]

 
The Red Wings were invited to the White House in November 2002, after winning the Stanley Cup.

In 2001, Detroit, the NHL's second-best team in the regular season, were upset in the playoffs by the Los Angeles Kings.[125][126] During the ensuing off-season, the team acquired goaltender Dominik Hasek (the defending Vezina Trophy winner) and forwards Luc Robitaille and Brett Hull.[127][128][129] Russian prospect Pavel Datsyuk also joined the team.[130] Strengthened by the additions, the Red Wings posted the league's best record in the 2001–02 regular season and defeated Colorado in seven games in the Western Conference finals after beating the Vancouver Canucks and St. Louis Blues in rounds one and two.[131] The Red Wings then went on to capture another Stanley Cup, in five games, over the Carolina Hurricanes, with Nicklas Lidstrom winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs' MVP.[131] Bowman and Hasek both retired after the season.[132][133]

The off-season saw the Red Wings promote associate coach Dave Lewis to the head coach position after Bowman's retirement.[134] In the market for a new starting goaltender after Hasek's retirement, they signed Curtis Joseph from the Toronto Maple Leafs to a three-year, $24 million deal.[135] Also new to the lineup was highly touted Swedish prospect Henrik Zetterberg.[136] The Red Wings finished the season second in the Western Conference, which pitted them in the 2003 playoffs against the seventh-seeded Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.[137][138][139] The Mighty Ducks shocked the hockey world when they swept the Red Wings in four games en route to a Finals appearance.[139][140][141]

In the off-season, long time Red Wing Fedorov signed with the Mighty Ducks as a free agent.[142] Additionally, Hasek opted to come out of retirement and join the Red Wings for the 2003–04 season.[143] Joseph, despite being one of the highest-paid players in the NHL, spent part of the season in the minor leagues.[144] Hasek himself would be sidelined with a groin injury.[145] Notwithstanding, the Red Wings would finish atop of the Central Division and the NHL standings.[146][147] The Red Wings eliminated the Nashville Predators in six games in the first round of the 2004 playoffs, which led to a second round match-up with the Calgary Flames.[148] The teams split the first four games, and headed to Detroit for a pivotal Game 5, which the Red Wings lost 1–0.[149] They were then eliminated two nights later in Calgary by the same score in overtime.[150] The Red Wings did not play in the 2004–05 season due to the lockout, which cancelled the entire NHL season.[151]

 
Red Wings during a game in the 2005–06 season. The Red Wings would go on to win that season's Presidents' Trophy.

On July 15, 2005, Mike Babcock, former head coach in Anaheim, became the new head coach for the Red Wings.[152] On November 21, 2005, defenseman Jiri Fischer went into cardiac arrest and collapsed on the bench during a game against the Nashville Predators.[153] The game was cancelled because of his injury and was made up on January 23, 2006.[154] This was the first time in NHL history a game had been postponed due to an injury.[155] While the game was played for the full 60 minutes, the Predators were allowed to maintain their 1–0 lead from the original game and won 3–2.[154] The Red Wings won the Presidents' Trophy with a 58–16–8 record, earning them 124 points and secured home ice advantage for the entire playoffs.[156][157] They opened the 2006 playoffs against the Edmonton Oilers with a 3–2 overtime victory at Joe Louis Arena, but the Oilers won four of the next five games to take the series.[158][159]

Continuing the shakeup of the Red Wings roster, the off-season saw the departure of Brendan Shanahan, the return of Dominik Hasek and the retirement of Steve Yzerman.[145][160][161] Yzerman retired with the distinction of having been the longest-serving team captain in NHL history.[162]

The "Euro-Twins" era (2006–2017) edit

The Red Wings opened the 2006–07 season with Nicklas Lidstrom as the new captain.[163] The team retired Yzerman's jersey number 19 on January 2, 2007.[164] The Red Wings finished first in the Western Conference and tied for first in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres, but the Sabres were awarded the Presidents' Trophy because they had more wins.[165][166][167] Detroit advanced to the third round of the 2007 playoffs after defeating Calgary and the San Jose Sharks both in six games, coming back to win three-straight after the Sharks had a 2–1 series lead.[168][169][170] The Red Wings would then lose to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks in the Western Conference finals in six games.[139][171]

 
Niklas Kronwall handing over the Stanley Cup after defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals.

To start the 2007–08 campaign, Zetterberg recorded at least a point in each of Detroit's first 17 games, setting a club record.[172] The Wings cruised to the playoffs, where they faced the Nashville Predators.[173] After goaltender Dominik Hasek played poorly in Games 3 and 4 of the series, both losses, head coach Mike Babcock replaced him with Chris Osgood.[174] Osgood never left the net for the remainder of the playoffs, as the Red Wings came back in that series on their way to winning their 11th Stanley Cup.[175][176] The final victory came in Game 6 on June 4, 2008, against the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3–2. This was the Red Wings' fourth Stanley Cup in 11 years.[176] Zetterberg scored the winning goal in the decisive game, and was also named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs.[176] It was the first time a team captained by a non-North American player (Lidstrom) won the Stanley Cup.[177]

On July 2, 2008, the Red Wings announced the signing of Marian Hossa.[178] On January 1, 2009, the Red Wings played the Chicago Blackhawks in the second NHL Winter Classic at Chicago's Wrigley Field, defeating them 6–4.[179] Although they finished second in the conference to the San Jose Sharks, the Wings became the first team in NHL history to top 100 points in nine straight seasons.[180][181] In the playoffs, the Red Wings swept the Columbus Blue Jackets, then defeated the eighth-seeded Anaheim Ducks in a hard-fought seven-game series.[182][183] They took on the vastly improved Chicago Blackhawks in the conference finals, winning in five games.[184] The Red Wings would face the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Finals for a second consecutive year, but this series would feature a different outcome as the Penguins defeated the Red Wings in seven games.[185] The Red Wings became only the second NHL team to lose the Stanley Cup at home in Game 7.[186]

The Red Wings began the 2009–10 NHL season in Stockholm, losing both games to the St. Louis Blues 4–3 and 5–3, respectively.[187] They were plagued by injuries throughout the season and lost the second most man games to injury, with only the last place Edmonton Oilers losing more.[188][189] The beginning of the season was a struggle for the Red Wings, with key players out of the lineup, including Zetterberg, Tomas Holmstrom, Johan Franzen, Valtteri Filppula and Niklas Kronwall.[188] After the Olympic break, Detroit posted a record of 13–3–2 and earned 28 points, the most by any team in the NHL.[190] This run helped them secure the fifth playoff seed in the Western Conference. This, however, was the first time the Red Wings did not have home ice advantage in a playoff series in ten seasons.[191] Detroit won their first-round playoff series over the Phoenix Coyotes in seven games.[192] In the second round, they would be defeated by the San Jose Sharks in five games.[193]

 
Nicklas Lidstrom during the 2009–10 season. Named captain in 2006, he maintained the position until his retirement in 2012.

A healthier Red Wings team finished the 2010–11 NHL season with a 47–25–10 record and 104 points to win the Central Division title.[194] They once again faced the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round of the playoffs, this time sweeping them 4–0.[195] The Red Wings then went on to face the Sharks in round two. After losing the first three games of the series, the Red Wings won three consecutive games to force a Game 7, becoming just the eighth team in NHL history to accomplish the feat.[196][197] The Red Wings lost Game 7 to the Sharks by a score of 3–2 and were eliminated.[198]

During the 2011 off-season, Red Wings defenseman Brian Rafalski retired.[199] Detroit soon signed free agent defenseman Ian White to take his place.[200] Long-time Red Wings Chris Osgood and Kris Draper also announced their retirement from hockey, with both soon taking positions within the club.[201][202] Detroit signed goaltender Ty Conklin for his second stint with the team.[203] Tragedy struck the organization and the rest of the NHL with the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, which killed former Red Wings assistant coach Brad McCrimmon and defenseman Ruslan Salei, who had joined the KHL team during the summer. Stefan Liv, a former Red Wings goaltending prospect, was also among the fatalities.[204][205] The Red Wings then added a patch to the left arm of their uniforms with the trio's initials.[206]

During the season, the Red Wings won an NHL-record 23 consecutive home games.[207][208] The Red Wings also made the NHL playoffs, extending their streak of 21-straight playoff appearances, as the fifth seed.[209][210] They were defeated in five games by their opening round opponent, the Nashville Predators.[211] On May 31, 2012, Nicklas Lidstrom retired.[212]

Zetterberg was named successor to Lidstrom as team captain.[213] On July 1, 2012, the first day of the NHL free agency period, the Red Wings signed Swiss forward Damien Brunner to a one-year, entry-level contract; forward Jordin Tootoo to a three-year, $5.7 million contract; and goaltender Jonas Gustavsson to a two-year, $3 million deal.[214][215][216]

 
Ken Holland and Mike Babcock named Henrik Zetterberg as the team captain in 2013.

The team won their final four games of the 2012–13 season to earn the seventh seed of the playoffs. The Red Wings' 3–0 victory over the Dallas Stars on April 27, 2013, preserved their streak of 22 consecutive playoff appearances. As the seventh seed in the 2013 playoffs, the Red Wings faced the second-seeded Anaheim Ducks.[217] They survived a fierce battle that included four overtime games, winning the series 4–3 after a 3–2 Game 7 victory in Anaheim.[218] The next round pitted the Red Wings against the top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks. Despite jumping out to a 3–1 series lead, the Red Wings would ultimately lose to the eventual Stanley Cup champions in seven games.[219][220]

On July 5, 2013, the Red Wings signed long time Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson to a one-year contract and long time Florida Panther Stephen Weiss to a five-year contract.[221][222] In the 2013–14 season, the Red Wings moved to the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference as part of the NHL's realignment. The move to the Eastern Conference allowed them to play a majority of their games against teams in the Eastern Time Zone.[223][224] On April 9, 2014, the Red Wings clinched their 23rd consecutive playoff appearance.[225] They would be eliminated in the first round by the Boston Bruins.[226]

On April 9, 2015, the Red Wings clinched their 24th consecutive playoff appearance, thus extending their streak.[227] The team was eliminated in the first round by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Petr Mrazek had earned the starting goaltender role from Jimmy Howard, and Kronwall was suspended for Game 7 as Tampa Bay erased a 3–2 deficit to win the series.[228][229] Mike Babcock, concluding the final year of his contract, left the Red Wings to become the new head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs.[230] Jeff Blashill, head coach of the Red Wings' top minor league affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, was named his successor on June 9.[231]

On April 9, 2016, despite the Red Wings losing 3–2 to the New York Rangers, the Ottawa Senators defeated the Boston Bruins 6–1 as the Red Wings narrowly made the playoffs and extended their streak to a 25th season.[232] They would lose in the first round to the Lightning again, this time in five games.[233]

During the off-season, Datsyuk decided to return to Russia.[234] On February 10, 2017, club owner Mike Ilitch died.[235] The Red Wings' playoff streak ended after 25 seasons in the 2016–17 season.[236] The Red Wings won their last game at Joe Louis Arena 4–1 on April 9, 2017, against the New Jersey Devils.[237]

The opening of Little Caesars Arena and rebuilding (2017–present) edit

 
Interior of Little Caesars Arena in September 2017. The Red Wings played their first regular season game at the arena a month later.

The Red Wings played their first regular season game at Little Caesars Arena on October 5, 2017, winning 4–2 over the Minnesota Wild.[238] The Red Wings finished the 2017–18 season with a 30–39–13 record. They missed the playoffs for the second season in a row, marking the first time since the early 1980s the team missed the playoffs in consecutive years.[239][240] The Red Wings finished the 2018–19 season with a 32–40–10 record, missing the playoffs for a third consecutive season.[241]

On April 19, 2019, the Red Wings announced that Steve Yzerman would rejoin the team as general manager and executive vice president.[242] On February 21, 2020, the Red Wings became the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention before the trade deadline since the Pittsburgh Penguins did so in the 2003–04 season.[243][244] On March 10, 2020, the Red Wings clinched the worst overall record in NHL for the first time since the 1985–86 season.[245] On March 12, 2020, the 2019–20 season was suspended by the NHL due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[246] On May 26, 2020, the NHL announced that the rest of the season was over for the seven teams that did not qualify for the 24-team Stanley Cup Playoffs, which included the Red Wings.[247] With a record of 17–49–5, this was the first time since the 1985–86 season that the Red Wings finished with fewer than 20 wins.[248][249] The Red Wings also became the second team since the 2004–05 NHL lockout, and the subsequent start of the salary cap era, to finish with a sub-.300 points percentage, along with the 2016–17 Colorado Avalanche.[250][251] Their .275 points percentage was the worst for an NHL team since the 1999–2000 Atlanta Thrashers.[251]

Dylan Larkin was named the Red Wings captain on January 13, 2021, who succeeded Henrik Zetterberg following his retirement in 2018.[252] On April 26, the Red Wings were eliminated from playoff contention for the fifth consecutive season.[253] They would ultimately finish with a 19–27–10 record.[254] The Red Wings finished the 2021–22 season at 32–40–10. They missed the playoff for the sixth consecutive season.[255] On April 30, 2022, Jeff Blashill was fired as head coach.[256] They then hired Derek Lalonde as their head coach on June 30, 2022.[257] During 2022–23 season, the Red Wings would re-sign Dylan Larkin to an eight-year contract extension.[258] The Red Wings finished the season at 35–37–10. They missed the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.[259][260]

Team information edit

Logo and uniforms edit

 
 
In the preseason, the Red Wings wear straight serifed nameplates on their jerseys, as seen on Dylan Larkin (left). In the regular season and playoffs, they wear vertical arched letters, as seen on Pavel Datsyuk (right).

The Red Wings' jerseys (traditionally known in hockey as "sweaters") have been more or less the same since the 1930s – a white or red base with red or white piping. The only significant changes have been the replacement of the word Detroit with the "winged wheel" logo in 1932, and vertical arch lettering for the players' names and block letters in 1983.[261] The Red Wings wear the vertical arched letters in the regular season and playoffs, but use straight serifed nameplates during the preseason.[262][263]

The Hockey News voted the Red Wings' "winged wheel" logo the second best in the league in 2008.[264] The Red Wings, like all NHL teams, updated their jerseys to the new Rbk Edge standard for the 2007–08 NHL season.[265] The Red Wings kept their design as close to original as possible, the exceptions being: On the road (white) jersey, there was more red on the sleeves as the color panel began closer to the shoulder, and the letters of the captain and alternate captains were moved to the right shoulder.[266][267]

When Adidas became the uniform outfitter starting with the 2017–18 season, the Red Wings kept the same basic look.[268][269]

The Red Wings have rarely used any alternate logos or uniforms since the trend became popular in the 1990s, the sole exceptions were select games of the 1991–92 season commemorating the league's 75th anniversary, and for a commemorative game on January 27, 1994, at Chicago Stadium.[270][271] Those jerseys were based on the uniforms worn by the team (then the Detroit Cougars) in 1927–28.[272] The throwbacks are primarily white with five red horizontal stripes on the body, the broadest middle stripe bearing "Detroit" in bold letters, and three red stripes on the sleeves.[270][271] This jersey served as the basis for the uniforms worn by Wayne Gretzky's team of NHLPA All-Stars, nicknamed the "99ers", for their exhibition tour in Europe during the 1994–95 NHL lockout.[273]

 
Stylized "D" logo used by the team during its inaugural season. The stylized "D" logo served as the basis for a "retro" alternate jerseys introduced in 2009.

The Red Wings wore alternative "retro" jerseys for the 2009 NHL Winter Classic in Chicago. The jerseys were based on the uniforms worn by the Detroit Cougars during their inaugural season of 1926–27.[274] These jerseys were white, with a single bold red stripe on the sleeves and chest, and a uniquely styled white Old English D centered on the chest stripe.[275] These jerseys were also worn for their final 2009 regular season home game, again against the Chicago Blackhawks.[276] The Red Wings again used an alternate jersey mimicking throwback jerseys for the 2014 NHL Winter Classic against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium.[277]

The Red Wings wore a specially designed one-time-only jersey for their Stadium Series game in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche on February 27, 2016. The majority of this jersey was the traditional red, decorated with a thick diagonal white stripe running from the player's right shoulder across the front towards the left hip. The bottom of each sleeve featured a thick white stripe from wrist to elbow. The crest on the front of the jersey was a stylized red D. The words "Red Wings" were printed in all capital letters on the left side of the collar, and the phrase "EST. 1926" was printed inside the back of the collar. These jerseys featured the current Red Wings logo on the left shoulder cap. The names and numbers were printed larger than traditional NHL jerseys to increase visibility and player identification for fans watching the game at Coors Field, a stadium traditionally used for Major League Baseball.[278][279][280]

The Red Wings unveiled a uniform patch on September 27, 2016, to honor Gordie Howe, who died on June 10, 2016. The patch was a depiction of Howe's jersey number 9 and was worn by the team above the logo on the front of the jersey on the left side of the chest for all 82 regular season games during the 2016–17 season.[281]

The Red Wings wore a specially designed one-time-only jersey for the Centennial Classic in Toronto against the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 1, 2017. It was a white jersey that had four stripes on the arms. Three of the stripes were red, while the fourth was silver. On the silver stripes were the years the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup. The logo and numbers were outlined in silver.[282]

For the 2020–21 season, the Red Wings would wear special "Reverse Retro" alternate jerseys designed by Adidas. The uniform featured a white base and white sleeves inspired by the Red Wings' road uniforms of the Original Six era. Silver stripes replaced red stripes in commemoration of the team's 11 Stanley Cup championships and the 2017 Centennial Classic.[283] A second "Reverse Retro" uniform was unveiled in the 2022–23 season, using the 1991–92 throwback uniform based on the original Cougars' uniforms but with a red base and black stripes.[284]

The Red Wings' logo received significant media attention in August 2017 when it was discovered that a white supremacist group used a modified version of it, in which the wheel's spokes consisted of the occult SS symbol Black Sun; it was the aegis of their shields during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. As a result, the Red Wings condemned the group for the usage of the logo and threatened legal action.[285][286]

Fan traditions edit

 
During the playoffs, Joe Louis Arena was adorned with a giant octopus, nicknamed Al. This stems from a fan tradition.
Main article: Legend of the Octopus

The "Legend of the Octopus" is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings playoff games, in which an octopus is thrown onto the ice surface for good luck.[287] During the playoffs, Joe Louis Arena was generally adorned with a giant octopus with red eyes, nicknamed "Al" after former head ice manager Al Sobotka.[288]

The 1952 playoffs featured the start of the octopus throw. The owner of a local fish market, Peter Cusimano, threw one from the stands onto the ice. The eight legs are symbolic of the eight wins it took to win the Stanley Cup at the time. The Red Wings went on to sweep both of their opponents that year en route to a Stanley Cup championship. The NHL has, at various times, tried to eliminate this tradition but it continues to this day.[289][290]

Sobotka was responsible for removing the thrown creatures from the ice. When the Red Wings played at Joe Louis Arena, he was known for swinging the tossed octopuses above his head when walking off the ice. On April 19, 2008, the NHL sent a memo to the Red Wings that forbade this; they said that violating the mandate would result in a $10,000 fine.[291] Instead, it was to up to the linesmen to remove the octopuses.[292] In an email to the Detroit Free Press, NHL spokesman Frank Brown justified the ban because matter flew off the octopus and got on the ice when Sobotka swung it above his head.[291] This ban was later loosened to allow for the octopus twirling to take place at the Zamboni entrance.[293]

Typically during the last minute or two of games that the Red Wings are winning, especially around the end of the season and during the playoffs, fans are known to start singing along to Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'." The song is played over the PA system and continues until it is muted while the crowd sings the words "Born and raised in South Detroit," then the song resumes over the speakers in the arena.[294][295][296]

Broadcasters edit

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings broadcasters

The Red Wings' flagship radio stations are Detroit sister stations WXYT-AM 1270 and WXYT-FM 97.1. Games are carried on both stations unless there is a conflict with Detroit Tigers baseball. There are several affiliate stations throughout Michigan and Southwestern Ontario.[297]

The Red Wings' exclusive local television rights are held by Bally Sports Detroit.[298]

Announcers:

  • Ken Daniels: Television play by play announcer.
  • Mickey Redmond: Television color commentator (home games and select away games).
  • Chris Osgood: Television color commentator (select away games that Redmond does not attend) and studio analyst (when not doing color commentating).
  • Larry Murphy: Studio analyst and television color commentator (select away games that Redmond and Osgood do not attend).
  • John Keating: Television pre-game and post-game host
  • Trevor Thompson: TV pre-game and post-game host and reporter.
  • Brooke Fletcher: Sideline reporter.
  • Ken Kal: Radio play by play announcer.
  • Paul Woods: Radio analyst.
  • Daniella Bruce: Alternate radio analyst.
  • Jeff Riger: Primary radio intermission and post-game host.

Honored broadcasters edit

Four members of the Red Wings organization have received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award:

Lynch called the first locally televised game at Olympia for the original WWJ-TV in 1949.[299] He remained with the organization for 63 years, serving as director of publicity from 1975 to 1982, and was the public address announcer from 1982 until his death in 2012.[299] From 2008 to 2012, a second PA announcer was added to work alongside him, first John Fossen, then Erich Freiny.[303][304] Freiny took over as the sole PA announcer following Lynch's death.[304]

Season-by-season record edit

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Detroit Red Wings. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Detroit Red Wings seasons.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, ROW = Regulation + OT wins, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2018–19 82 32 40 10 74 227 277 7th, Atlantic Did not qualify
2019–20 71 17 49 5 39 145 267 8th, Atlantic Did not qualify
2020–21 56 19 27 10 48 127 171 7th, Central Did not qualify
2021–22 82 32 40 10 74 230 312 6th, Atlantic Did not qualify
2022–23 82 35 37 10 80 240 279 7th, Atlantic Did not qualify

Players edit

Current roster edit

Updated January 18, 2024[305][306]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
8   Ben Chiarot (A) D L 32 2022 Hamilton, Ontario
18   Andrew Copp (A) C L 29 2022 Ann Arbor, Michigan
37   J.T. Compher C/LW R 28 2023 Northbrook, Illinois
93   Alex DeBrincat LW R 26 2023 Farmington Hills, Michigan
14   Robby Fabbri C L 27 2019 Mississauga, Ontario
36   Christian Fischer C R 26 2023 Chicago, Illinois
41   Shayne Gostisbehere D L 30 2023 Pembroke Pines, Florida
3   Justin Holl D R 31 2023 Tonka Bay, Minnesota
35   Ville Husso   G L 28 2022 Helsinki, Finland
88   Patrick Kane RW L 35 2023 Buffalo, New York
24   Klim Kostin LW L 24 2023 Penza, Russia
71   Dylan Larkin (C) C L 27 2014 Waterford, Michigan
22   Matt Luff   RW R 26 2022 Oakville, Ontario
34   Alex Lyon G L 31 2023 Baudette, Minnesota
2   Olli Maatta D L 29 2022 Jyvaskyla, Finland
57   David Perron (A) LW R 35 2022 Sherbrooke, Quebec
46   Jeff Petry D R 36 2023 Ann Arbor, Michigan
27   Michael Rasmussen C L 24 2017 Vancouver, British Columbia
23   Lucas Raymond LW R 21 2020 Gothenburg, Sweden
47   James Reimer G L 35 2023 Arborg, Manitoba
53   Moritz Seider D R 22 2019 Zell, Germany
17   Daniel Sprong RW R 26 2023 Amsterdam, Netherlands
90   Joe Veleno C L 24 2018 Montreal, Quebec
96   Jake Walman D L 27 2022 Toronto, Ontario


Hall of Fame edit

The Detroit Red Wings acknowledge an affiliation with many inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame, including 67 former players and 12 builders of the sport.[307] The 12 individuals recognized as builders by the Hall of Fame include former Red Wings executives, general managers, head coaches, and owners. In addition to players and builders, several broadcasters have been awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame. Budd Lynch, a radio play-by-play announcer, was the first Red Wings broadcaster to be awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award. Lynch also served as Detroit's public address announcer from 1985 until his death in 2012. In addition to Lynch, Bruce Martyn, Mickey Redmond, and Dave Strader have also won the award.[300][307]

Players

Builders

Retired numbers edit

 
The banners of retired numbers hanging at Joe Louis Arena.
Detroit Red Wings retired numbers
No. Player Position Career Number retirement
1 Terry Sawchuk G 1949–1955
1957–1964
1968–1969		 March 6, 1994[308]
4 Red Kelly D 1947–1960 February 1, 2019[309]
5 Nicklas Lidstrom D 1991–2012 March 6, 2014[310]
7 Ted Lindsay LW 1944–1957
1964–1965		 November 10, 1991[311]
9 Gordie Howe RW 1946–1971 March 12, 1972[312]
10 Alex Delvecchio C 1950–1974 November 10, 1991[313]
12 Sid Abel C 1938–1943
1945–1952		 April 29, 1995[314]
19 Steve Yzerman[b] C 1983–2006 January 2, 2007[164]

The Red Wings have retired eight numbers. The first number the Red Wings retired was No. 9 in 1972 in honor of Gordie Howe, who played right wing for the team from 1946 to 1971.[312] Howe won both the Art Ross Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy six times each and won the Stanley Cup as a Red Wing four times.[315] In 2007, the Red Wings retired Steve Yzerman's No. 19.[164] During Yzerman's career, he won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, the Conn Smythe Trophy, the Frank J. Selke Trophy, the Lester Patrick Trophy, and the Ted Lindsay Award.[316] Yzerman served as Detroit's captain for 19 seasons, an NHL record, and won the Stanley Cup three times as a player with the Red Wings.[164][316][317] The most recent retired number is Red Kelly's No. 4, which was retired on February 1, 2019.[309] During Kelly's 13-year career with the Red Wings, he won four Stanley Cups, the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy three times, and the James Norris Memorial Trophy once.[318]

The Red Wings have also made the number 6 of Larry Aurie and the number 16 of Vladimir Konstantinov no longer available for issue. However, the numbers are not considered to be officially retired.[319] Although Aurie's number was retired in 1938 by James E. Norris, current team owners do not consider the number to be retired.[320] Konstantinov's number has not been issued to any player since he was permanently disabled in a vehicle accident after the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals.[321] Number 99 is also unavailable as it was retired by the league in honor of Wayne Gretzky.[322]

Team captains edit

All the players who have served as team captain with the Detroit franchise.[323]

First-round draft picks edit

Main article: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

Franchise leaders edit

All-time leading scorers edit

These players rank in the top ten in franchise history in scoring as of the end of the 2022–23 season. Figures are updated after each completed NHL season.[324]

  •  *  – current Red Wings player

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game

All-time leading goaltenders edit

These players rank in the top ten in franchise history for wins as of the end of the 2018−19 season. Figures are updated after each completed NHL season. There is a four-way tie for ninth place in postseason wins, resulting in 12 players listed in that table.[325]

  •  *  – current Red Wings player

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OT = Overtime losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; * = current Red Wings player

Franchise individual records edit

 
Recording six shutouts during the 2002 playoffs, Dominik Hasek set the franchise record for the most shutouts in a single postseason.
Main article: List of Detroit Red Wings records

See also edit

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  1. ^ a b Inductee only played for the Red Wings, and was not a team executive or members of the coaching staff. Despite their induction in the builders category, the team continues to acknowledge an affiliation with the Hall of Fame member.
  2. ^ The banner features the captain "C" to honor his 20 years as team captain with the Red Wings.

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The Detroit Red Wings colloquially referred to as the Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League NHL as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference 4 and are one of the Original Six teams of the league 5 Founded in 1926 the team was known as the Detroit Cougars until 1930 For the next two seasons the team was named the Detroit Falcons before changing their name to the Red Wings in 1932 6 Detroit Red Wings2023 24 Detroit Red Wings seasonConferenceEasternDivisionAtlanticFounded1926HistoryDetroit Cougars1926 1930Detroit Falcons1930 1932Detroit Red Wings1932 presentHome arenaLittle Caesars ArenaCityDetroit MichiganTeam colorsRed white 1 2 3 MediaBally Sports Detroit97 1 The TicketOwner s Ilitch HoldingsGeneral managerSteve YzermanHead coachDerek LalondeCaptainDylan LarkinMinor league affiliatesGrand Rapids Griffins AHL Toledo Walleye ECHL Stanley Cups11 1935 36 1936 37 1942 43 1949 50 1951 52 1953 54 1954 55 1996 97 1997 98 2001 02 2007 08 Conference championships6 1994 95 1996 97 1997 98 2001 02 2007 08 2008 09 Presidents Trophy6 1994 95 1995 96 2001 02 2003 04 2005 06 2007 08 Division championships19 1933 34 1935 36 1936 37 1987 88 1988 89 1991 92 1993 94 1994 95 1995 96 1998 99 2000 01 2001 02 2002 03 2003 04 2005 06 2006 07 2007 08 2008 09 2010 11 Official websitenhl wbr com wbr redwingsThe Red Wings have won the most Stanley Cup championships of any NHL franchise based in the United States 11 7 and are third overall amongst active teams in total Stanley Cup championships behind the Montreal Canadiens 24 and Toronto Maple Leafs 13 The Wings played their home games at Joe Louis Arena from 1979 until 2017 after playing for 52 years at Olympia Stadium They moved into Little Caesars Arena beginning with the 2017 18 season The Red Wings are one of the most popular and successful franchises in the NHL fans and sports commentators refer to the Detroit area as Hockeytown which has been a registered trademark owned by the franchise since 1996 8 Between the 1931 32 and 1965 66 seasons the Red Wings missed the playoffs only four times They struggled between the 1966 67 and 1982 83 seasons only making the playoffs twice in that stretch However thereafter from 1983 84 to 2015 16 they made the playoffs 30 times in 32 seasons including 25 straight from 1990 91 to 2015 16 not including the cancelled 2004 05 season in 2006 this became the longest active streak of postseason appearances in all of North American professional sports and finished tied for the third longest streak in NHL history Since 1983 84 the Red Wings have tallied six regular season first place finishes and have won the Stanley Cup four times 1997 1998 2002 and 2008 Contents 1 Franchise history 1 1 Early years 1926 1949 1 2 Gordie Howe era 1950 1966 1 3 Dead Wings era 1967 1982 1 4 Steve Yzerman era 1983 2006 1 4 1 The Russian Five and back to back Stanley Cups 1994 1998 1 4 2 Superstar acquisitions and more success 1999 2006 1 5 The Euro Twins era 2006 2017 1 6 The opening of Little Caesars Arena and rebuilding 2017 present 2 Team information 2 1 Logo and uniforms 2 2 Fan traditions 3 Broadcasters 3 1 Honored broadcasters 4 Season by season record 5 Players 5 1 Current roster 5 2 Hall of Fame 5 3 Retired numbers 5 4 Team captains 5 5 First round draft picks 5 6 Franchise leaders 5 6 1 All time leading scorers 5 6 2 All time leading goaltenders 5 7 Franchise individual records 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksFranchise history editFurther information History of the Detroit Red Wings Early years 1926 1949 edit nbsp Team photo from Detroit s inaugural season 1926 27 The franchise was known as the Detroit Cougars from 1926 to 1930 Following the 1926 Stanley Cup playoffs during which the Western Hockey League WHL was widely reported to be on the verge of folding 9 the NHL held a meeting on April 17 to consider applications for expansion franchises at which it was reported that five different groups sought a team for Detroit 10 During a subsequent meeting on May 15 the league approved a franchise to the Townsend Seyburn group of Detroit and named Charles A Hughes as governor 11 WHL owners Frank and Lester Patrick made a deal to sell the league s players to the NHL and cease league operations The new Detroit franchise purchased the players of the WHL s Victoria Cougars who had won the Stanley Cup in 1925 and had made the Finals the previous winter to play for the team The new Detroit franchise also adopted the Cougars nickname in honor of the folded franchise 12 Since no arena in Detroit was ready at the time the Cougars played their first season at the Border Cities Arena in Windsor Ontario 13 14 For the 1927 28 season the Cougars moved into the new Detroit Olympia which would be their home rink until December 15 1979 15 This was also the first season behind the bench for Jack Adams who would be the face of the franchise for the next 36 years as either coach or general manager 16 The Cougars made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 1929 with Carson Cooper leading the team in scoring 13 17 The Cougars were outscored 7 2 in the two game series with the Toronto Maple Leafs 18 In 1930 the Cougars were renamed the Falcons but their woes continued as they usually finished near the bottom of the standings even though they made the playoffs again in 1932 19 20 21 22 In 1932 the NHL let grain merchant James E Norris who had made two previous unsuccessful bids to buy an NHL team purchase the Falcons Norris first act was to rename the team earlier in the century Norris had been a member of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association MAAA a multi sport club whose winged wheel emblem derived from its cycling roots and whose hockey team won the first Stanley Cup in 1893 Norris decided that a red version of the MAAA Winged Wheelers logo would be perfect for a team playing in the Motor City and on October 5 1932 the club was renamed the Detroit Red Wings 23 Norris also placed coach Jack Adams on a one year probation for the 1932 33 NHL season 24 Adams managed to pass his probationary period by leading the Red Wings to their first ever playoff series victory over the Montreal Maroons 25 The team then lost in the semi finals to the New York Rangers 26 In 1934 the Red Wings made the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time with John Sorrell scoring 21 goals over 47 games and Larry Aurie leading the team in scoring 27 However the Chicago Black Hawks defeated the Red Wings in the Finals winning the best of five series in four games to claim their first title 28 Two seasons later the Red Wings won their first Stanley Cup in 1936 defeating Toronto in four games 28 Detroit repeated as Stanley Cup champions in 1937 winning over the Rangers in the full five games 28 In 1938 the Montreal Canadiens and the Red Wings became the first NHL teams to play in Europe playing in Paris and London The Wings played nine games against the Canadiens and went 3 5 1 They did not play in Europe again until the pre season and start of the 2009 10 NHL season in Sweden against the St Louis Blues 29 nbsp Making his NHL debut in 1946 Gordie Howe played alongside Sid Abel and Ted Lindsay from 1947 to 1951 forming the Production Line The Red Wings made the Stanley Cup Finals in three consecutive years during the early 1940s 30 In 1941 they were swept by the Boston Bruins and in 1942 they lost a seven game series to Toronto after winning the first three games 30 However in 1943 with Mud Bruneteau and Syd Howe scoring 23 and 20 goals respectively Detroit won their third Stanley Cup by sweeping the Bruins 30 31 Through the rest of the decade the team made the playoffs every year and reached the Finals three more times 32 33 34 35 36 37 In 1946 one of the greatest players in hockey history came into the NHL with the Red Wings Gordie Howe a right winger from Floral Saskatchewan only scored seven goals and 15 assists in his first season and would not reach his prime for a few more years 38 It was also the last season as head coach for Adams who stepped down after the season to concentrate on his duties as general manager and was succeeded by minor league coach Tommy Ivan 39 40 By his second season Howe was paired with Sid Abel and Ted Lindsay to form what would become one of the great lines in NHL history the Production Line 39 Lindsay s 33 goals propelled the Red Wings to the Stanley Cup Finals where they were swept by the Maple Leafs 36 Detroit reached the Finals again the following season only to be swept again by Toronto 37 Gordie Howe era 1950 1966 edit During the 1950 Stanley Cup semi finals Leo Reise Jr scored the winning goal in overtime which prevented the Maple Leafs from winning four straight championships 41 In the Finals the Red Wings defeated the New York Rangers in seven games In Game 7 Pete Babando scored the game winner in double overtime 41 After the game Lindsay skated around the Olympia ice with the Stanley Cup 42 After being upset by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1951 semi finals Detroit won its fifth Stanley Cup in 1952 sweeping both the Maple Leafs and the Canadiens with the Production Line of Howe Abel and Lindsay joined by second year goaltender Terry Sawchuk 43 44 45 Detroit became the first team in 17 years to go undefeated in the playoffs 44 46 They also scored 24 playoff goals compared to Toronto and Montreal s combined total of 5 47 Abel left the Red Wings for Chicago during the off season and his spot on the roster was replaced by Alex Delvecchio 48 49 In December 1952 James E Norris died 50 He was succeeded as team president by his daughter Marguerite which made her the first woman to head an NHL franchise 50 51 nbsp Team photo of the 1952 Detroit Red WingsFollowing another playoff upset in 1953 at the hands of the Bruins 52 the Red Wings won back to back Stanley Cups beating the rival powerhouse Montreal Canadiens Both of the Stanley Cup Finals played between the two teams were decided in seven games The seventh game during the 1954 Stanley Cup Finals was won with one of the oddest cup winning goals ever when the 5 7 left winger Tony Leswick known more for his relentless checking than scoring prowess shot a puck towards the Montreal goal from the middle of the ice Habs defenseman Doug Harvey tried to gain control of the wobbly puck with his glove but instead redirected it past Montreal goalie Gerry McNeil 53 The repeat of the series the season after was closely contested as all seven games were won by the home team with Detroit taking the seventh game Montreal was sorely lacking its all star Maurice Richard who was suspended after hitting a linesman during the regular season and the Red Wings stars carried their team as Lindsay scored four goals in a single game and Howe scored 20 points during the playoffs 12 of which during the Finals all new records in the league 54 The 1954 55 season ended a run of seven straight regular season titles an NHL record 55 During the 1955 off season Marguerite Norris lost an intra family power struggle and was forced to turn over the Red Wings to her younger brother Bruce 56 Detroit and Montreal once again met in the 1956 Stanley Cup Finals but this time the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup their first of five in a row 57 In 1957 Lindsay who had scored 30 goals and led the league in assists with 55 teamed up with Harvey to help start the National Hockey League Players Association NHLPA 58 59 As a result he and goaltender Glenn Hall were promptly traded to Chicago 60 In 1959 the Red Wings missed the playoffs for the first time in 21 years 61 However within a couple of years the franchise was able to rejuvenate itself The Red Wings made the Finals in four of the next six years between 1961 and 1966 62 However they came away empty handed 62 63 Dead Wings era 1967 1982 edit nbsp On December 27 1979 the Red Wings played their first game at Joe Louis Arena moving from the Detroit Olympia Only a year after making the Finals the Red Wings finished a distant fifth 24 points out of the playoffs 64 It was the beginning of a slump that they would not emerge from in almost 20 years This period is derisively known as the Dead Wings era 65 One factor in the Red Wings decline was the end of the old development system 66 Another factor was Ned Harkness who was hired as coach in 1970 and was promoted to general manager midway through the season A successful college hockey coach Harkness tried to force his two way style of play on a veteran Red Wings team resistant to change They chafed under his rule in which he demanded short hair and no smoking and put other rules in place regarding drinking and phone calls 67 Harkness was forced to resign in 1974 ending the period colloquially referred to as Darkness with Harkness 68 69 70 During the expansion season of 1967 68 the Red Wings acquired longtime star left winger Frank Mahovlich from the defending Cup champions in Toronto Mahovlich would go on a line with Howe and Delvecchio and in 1968 69 he scored a career high 49 goals and had two All Star seasons in Detroit 71 72 73 However Mahovlich was traded to Montreal in 1971 while Howe announced his retirement the same year 69 74 Throughout the decade the Red Wings were hampered due to a number of factors 75 On December 27 1979 during the 1979 80 season the Red Wings officially began playing at the Joe Louis Arena after leaving the Olympia where they had played since 1927 76 In 1982 after 50 years of family ownership Bruce Norris sold the Red Wings to Mike Ilitch founder of the pizza chain Little Caesars 77 Steve Yzerman era 1983 2006 edit In 1983 the Red Wings drafted Steve Yzerman a center from the Peterborough Petes with their first round pick He led the team in scoring in his rookie year 78 That season with John Ogrodnick Ivan Boldirev Ron Duguay and Brad Park Detroit made the playoffs for the first time in six years 79 Park ended up winning the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy 80 Park was later asked to coach the Red Wings only to be sacked after just 45 games in 1985 86 81 They ended up in last place with a 17 57 6 record for only 40 points 82 This was the same year that the Red Wings added enforcer Bob Probert one of the most familiar faces of the team during the 1980s and 1990s 83 nbsp Named team captain in 1986 Steve Yzerman captained the Red Wings until his retirement in 2006 In the 1986 87 season with Yzerman now the captain following the departure of Danny Gare joined by Petr Klima Adam Oates Gerard Gallant defenseman Darren Veitch and new head coach Jacques Demers the Red Wings won a playoff series for only the second time in the modern era 84 85 86 87 They made it all the way to the conference finals against the powerful Edmonton Oilers but lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champions in five games 87 88 In 1988 they won their first division title in 23 years They did so however in a relatively weak division as no other team in the Norris finished above 500 89 As was the case in the previous season they made it to the conference finals only to lose again to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Oilers in five games 90 In 1989 Yzerman scored a career best 65 goals but Detroit was upset in the first round by the Chicago Blackhawks 91 92 93 The following season Yzerman scored 62 goals but the team missed the playoffs 94 95 After the season Demers was fired and was replaced by Bryan Murray as the new head coach 96 97 Murray was unable to get them back over 500 but they returned to the playoffs 97 98 Yzerman was joined by Sergei Fedorov who would be an award winner and frequent all star for the team during the 1990s 99 In 1991 the team signed free agent Ray Sheppard who would score a career best 52 goals three years later 100 101 In 1993 the Red Wings acquired top defenseman Paul Coffey 102 Also joining the Red Wings around this time were draft picks Vladimir Konstantinov Nicklas Lidstrom Vyacheslav Kozlov Darren McCarty and Chris Osgood 103 104 105 106 107 The Russian Five and back to back Stanley Cups 1994 1998 edit In 1993 former Montreal Canadiens coach Scotty Bowman was hired as the new head coach 108 In his second season the lockout shortened 1994 95 NHL season Bowman guided Detroit to its first Finals appearance in 29 years only to be swept by the New Jersey Devils 109 110 111 During the 1995 96 season the Red Wings won a then NHL record 62 games However after defeating the St Louis Blues in seven games they would fall in the Western Conference finals to the eventual Stanley Cup champions the Colorado Avalanche 112 113 114 The following season the Red Wings acquired Brendan Shanahan and Larry Murphy 115 116 In the playoffs they would defeat the St Louis Blues the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Avalanche in the first three rounds In the Finals the Red Wings swept the Philadelphia Flyers It was their first Stanley Cup since 1955 breaking the longest drought 42 years long in the league at that time Mike Vernon was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy 117 Misfortune befell the Red Wings six days after their championship defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov one of the members of the Russian Five suffered a brain injury in a limousine accident and his career came to an abrupt end 103 118 119 As a result the team dedicated the 1997 98 season to him 119 The Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in four games this time over the Washington Capitals and Konstantinov was brought onto the ice in his wheelchair so he could touch it 119 Superstar acquisitions and more success 1999 2006 edit The following season the Red Wings appeared to be poised to win a third consecutive Stanley Cup when they acquired three time top blueliner Chris Chelios from his hometown Chicago Blackhawks in March 1999 120 121 Also acquired at the trade deadline were defenseman Ulf Samuelsson winger Wendel Clark and goaltender Bill Ranford 121 Despite high aspirations however Detroit would end up losing in the Western Conference semi finals to Colorado in six games 122 In 2000 the Red Wings would finish second in the Central Division Just like the previous season however they would lose to the Avalanche in the Western Conference semi finals 123 124 nbsp The Red Wings were invited to the White House in November 2002 after winning the Stanley Cup In 2001 Detroit the NHL s second best team in the regular season were upset in the playoffs by the Los Angeles Kings 125 126 During the ensuing off season the team acquired goaltender Dominik Hasek the defending Vezina Trophy winner and forwards Luc Robitaille and Brett Hull 127 128 129 Russian prospect Pavel Datsyuk also joined the team 130 Strengthened by the additions the Red Wings posted the league s best record in the 2001 02 regular season and defeated Colorado in seven games in the Western Conference finals after beating the Vancouver Canucks and St Louis Blues in rounds one and two 131 The Red Wings then went on to capture another Stanley Cup in five games over the Carolina Hurricanes with Nicklas Lidstrom winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs MVP 131 Bowman and Hasek both retired after the season 132 133 The off season saw the Red Wings promote associate coach Dave Lewis to the head coach position after Bowman s retirement 134 In the market for a new starting goaltender after Hasek s retirement they signed Curtis Joseph from the Toronto Maple Leafs to a three year 24 million deal 135 Also new to the lineup was highly touted Swedish prospect Henrik Zetterberg 136 The Red Wings finished the season second in the Western Conference which pitted them in the 2003 playoffs against the seventh seeded Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 137 138 139 The Mighty Ducks shocked the hockey world when they swept the Red Wings in four games en route to a Finals appearance 139 140 141 In the off season long time Red Wing Fedorov signed with the Mighty Ducks as a free agent 142 Additionally Hasek opted to come out of retirement and join the Red Wings for the 2003 04 season 143 Joseph despite being one of the highest paid players in the NHL spent part of the season in the minor leagues 144 Hasek himself would be sidelined with a groin injury 145 Notwithstanding the Red Wings would finish atop of the Central Division and the NHL standings 146 147 The Red Wings eliminated the Nashville Predators in six games in the first round of the 2004 playoffs which led to a second round match up with the Calgary Flames 148 The teams split the first four games and headed to Detroit for a pivotal Game 5 which the Red Wings lost 1 0 149 They were then eliminated two nights later in Calgary by the same score in overtime 150 The Red Wings did not play in the 2004 05 season due to the lockout which cancelled the entire NHL season 151 nbsp Red Wings during a game in the 2005 06 season The Red Wings would go on to win that season s Presidents Trophy On July 15 2005 Mike Babcock former head coach in Anaheim became the new head coach for the Red Wings 152 On November 21 2005 defenseman Jiri Fischer went into cardiac arrest and collapsed on the bench during a game against the Nashville Predators 153 The game was cancelled because of his injury and was made up on January 23 2006 154 This was the first time in NHL history a game had been postponed due to an injury 155 While the game was played for the full 60 minutes the Predators were allowed to maintain their 1 0 lead from the original game and won 3 2 154 The Red Wings won the Presidents Trophy with a 58 16 8 record earning them 124 points and secured home ice advantage for the entire playoffs 156 157 They opened the 2006 playoffs against the Edmonton Oilers with a 3 2 overtime victory at Joe Louis Arena but the Oilers won four of the next five games to take the series 158 159 Continuing the shakeup of the Red Wings roster the off season saw the departure of Brendan Shanahan the return of Dominik Hasek and the retirement of Steve Yzerman 145 160 161 Yzerman retired with the distinction of having been the longest serving team captain in NHL history 162 The Euro Twins era 2006 2017 edit The Red Wings opened the 2006 07 season with Nicklas Lidstrom as the new captain 163 The team retired Yzerman s jersey number 19 on January 2 2007 164 The Red Wings finished first in the Western Conference and tied for first in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres but the Sabres were awarded the Presidents Trophy because they had more wins 165 166 167 Detroit advanced to the third round of the 2007 playoffs after defeating Calgary and the San Jose Sharks both in six games coming back to win three straight after the Sharks had a 2 1 series lead 168 169 170 The Red Wings would then lose to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks in the Western Conference finals in six games 139 171 nbsp Niklas Kronwall handing over the Stanley Cup after defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals To start the 2007 08 campaign Zetterberg recorded at least a point in each of Detroit s first 17 games setting a club record 172 The Wings cruised to the playoffs where they faced the Nashville Predators 173 After goaltender Dominik Hasek played poorly in Games 3 and 4 of the series both losses head coach Mike Babcock replaced him with Chris Osgood 174 Osgood never left the net for the remainder of the playoffs as the Red Wings came back in that series on their way to winning their 11th Stanley Cup 175 176 The final victory came in Game 6 on June 4 2008 against the Pittsburgh Penguins 3 2 This was the Red Wings fourth Stanley Cup in 11 years 176 Zetterberg scored the winning goal in the decisive game and was also named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs 176 It was the first time a team captained by a non North American player Lidstrom won the Stanley Cup 177 On July 2 2008 the Red Wings announced the signing of Marian Hossa 178 On January 1 2009 the Red Wings played the Chicago Blackhawks in the second NHL Winter Classic at Chicago s Wrigley Field defeating them 6 4 179 Although they finished second in the conference to the San Jose Sharks the Wings became the first team in NHL history to top 100 points in nine straight seasons 180 181 In the playoffs the Red Wings swept the Columbus Blue Jackets then defeated the eighth seeded Anaheim Ducks in a hard fought seven game series 182 183 They took on the vastly improved Chicago Blackhawks in the conference finals winning in five games 184 The Red Wings would face the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Finals for a second consecutive year but this series would feature a different outcome as the Penguins defeated the Red Wings in seven games 185 The Red Wings became only the second NHL team to lose the Stanley Cup at home in Game 7 186 The Red Wings began the 2009 10 NHL season in Stockholm losing both games to the St Louis Blues 4 3 and 5 3 respectively 187 They were plagued by injuries throughout the season and lost the second most man games to injury with only the last place Edmonton Oilers losing more 188 189 The beginning of the season was a struggle for the Red Wings with key players out of the lineup including Zetterberg Tomas Holmstrom Johan Franzen Valtteri Filppula and Niklas Kronwall 188 After the Olympic break Detroit posted a record of 13 3 2 and earned 28 points the most by any team in the NHL 190 This run helped them secure the fifth playoff seed in the Western Conference This however was the first time the Red Wings did not have home ice advantage in a playoff series in ten seasons 191 Detroit won their first round playoff series over the Phoenix Coyotes in seven games 192 In the second round they would be defeated by the San Jose Sharks in five games 193 nbsp Nicklas Lidstrom during the 2009 10 season Named captain in 2006 he maintained the position until his retirement in 2012 A healthier Red Wings team finished the 2010 11 NHL season with a 47 25 10 record and 104 points to win the Central Division title 194 They once again faced the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round of the playoffs this time sweeping them 4 0 195 The Red Wings then went on to face the Sharks in round two After losing the first three games of the series the Red Wings won three consecutive games to force a Game 7 becoming just the eighth team in NHL history to accomplish the feat 196 197 The Red Wings lost Game 7 to the Sharks by a score of 3 2 and were eliminated 198 During the 2011 off season Red Wings defenseman Brian Rafalski retired 199 Detroit soon signed free agent defenseman Ian White to take his place 200 Long time Red Wings Chris Osgood and Kris Draper also announced their retirement from hockey with both soon taking positions within the club 201 202 Detroit signed goaltender Ty Conklin for his second stint with the team 203 Tragedy struck the organization and the rest of the NHL with the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash which killed former Red Wings assistant coach Brad McCrimmon and defenseman Ruslan Salei who had joined the KHL team during the summer Stefan Liv a former Red Wings goaltending prospect was also among the fatalities 204 205 The Red Wings then added a patch to the left arm of their uniforms with the trio s initials 206 During the season the Red Wings won an NHL record 23 consecutive home games 207 208 The Red Wings also made the NHL playoffs extending their streak of 21 straight playoff appearances as the fifth seed 209 210 They were defeated in five games by their opening round opponent the Nashville Predators 211 On May 31 2012 Nicklas Lidstrom retired 212 Zetterberg was named successor to Lidstrom as team captain 213 On July 1 2012 the first day of the NHL free agency period the Red Wings signed Swiss forward Damien Brunner to a one year entry level contract forward Jordin Tootoo to a three year 5 7 million contract and goaltender Jonas Gustavsson to a two year 3 million deal 214 215 216 nbsp Ken Holland and Mike Babcock named Henrik Zetterberg as the team captain in 2013 The team won their final four games of the 2012 13 season to earn the seventh seed of the playoffs The Red Wings 3 0 victory over the Dallas Stars on April 27 2013 preserved their streak of 22 consecutive playoff appearances As the seventh seed in the 2013 playoffs the Red Wings faced the second seeded Anaheim Ducks 217 They survived a fierce battle that included four overtime games winning the series 4 3 after a 3 2 Game 7 victory in Anaheim 218 The next round pitted the Red Wings against the top seeded Chicago Blackhawks Despite jumping out to a 3 1 series lead the Red Wings would ultimately lose to the eventual Stanley Cup champions in seven games 219 220 On July 5 2013 the Red Wings signed long time Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson to a one year contract and long time Florida Panther Stephen Weiss to a five year contract 221 222 In the 2013 14 season the Red Wings moved to the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference as part of the NHL s realignment The move to the Eastern Conference allowed them to play a majority of their games against teams in the Eastern Time Zone 223 224 On April 9 2014 the Red Wings clinched their 23rd consecutive playoff appearance 225 They would be eliminated in the first round by the Boston Bruins 226 On April 9 2015 the Red Wings clinched their 24th consecutive playoff appearance thus extending their streak 227 The team was eliminated in the first round by the Tampa Bay Lightning Petr Mrazek had earned the starting goaltender role from Jimmy Howard and Kronwall was suspended for Game 7 as Tampa Bay erased a 3 2 deficit to win the series 228 229 Mike Babcock concluding the final year of his contract left the Red Wings to become the new head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs 230 Jeff Blashill head coach of the Red Wings top minor league affiliate the Grand Rapids Griffins was named his successor on June 9 231 On April 9 2016 despite the Red Wings losing 3 2 to the New York Rangers the Ottawa Senators defeated the Boston Bruins 6 1 as the Red Wings narrowly made the playoffs and extended their streak to a 25th season 232 They would lose in the first round to the Lightning again this time in five games 233 During the off season Datsyuk decided to return to Russia 234 On February 10 2017 club owner Mike Ilitch died 235 The Red Wings playoff streak ended after 25 seasons in the 2016 17 season 236 The Red Wings won their last game at Joe Louis Arena 4 1 on April 9 2017 against the New Jersey Devils 237 The opening of Little Caesars Arena and rebuilding 2017 present edit nbsp Interior of Little Caesars Arena in September 2017 The Red Wings played their first regular season game at the arena a month later The Red Wings played their first regular season game at Little Caesars Arena on October 5 2017 winning 4 2 over the Minnesota Wild 238 The Red Wings finished the 2017 18 season with a 30 39 13 record They missed the playoffs for the second season in a row marking the first time since the early 1980s the team missed the playoffs in consecutive years 239 240 The Red Wings finished the 2018 19 season with a 32 40 10 record missing the playoffs for a third consecutive season 241 On April 19 2019 the Red Wings announced that Steve Yzerman would rejoin the team as general manager and executive vice president 242 On February 21 2020 the Red Wings became the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention before the trade deadline since the Pittsburgh Penguins did so in the 2003 04 season 243 244 On March 10 2020 the Red Wings clinched the worst overall record in NHL for the first time since the 1985 86 season 245 On March 12 2020 the 2019 20 season was suspended by the NHL due to the COVID 19 pandemic 246 On May 26 2020 the NHL announced that the rest of the season was over for the seven teams that did not qualify for the 24 team Stanley Cup Playoffs which included the Red Wings 247 With a record of 17 49 5 this was the first time since the 1985 86 season that the Red Wings finished with fewer than 20 wins 248 249 The Red Wings also became the second team since the 2004 05 NHL lockout and the subsequent start of the salary cap era to finish with a sub 300 points percentage along with the 2016 17 Colorado Avalanche 250 251 Their 275 points percentage was the worst for an NHL team since the 1999 2000 Atlanta Thrashers 251 Dylan Larkin was named the Red Wings captain on January 13 2021 who succeeded Henrik Zetterberg following his retirement in 2018 252 On April 26 the Red Wings were eliminated from playoff contention for the fifth consecutive season 253 They would ultimately finish with a 19 27 10 record 254 The Red Wings finished the 2021 22 season at 32 40 10 They missed the playoff for the sixth consecutive season 255 On April 30 2022 Jeff Blashill was fired as head coach 256 They then hired Derek Lalonde as their head coach on June 30 2022 257 During 2022 23 season the Red Wings would re sign Dylan Larkin to an eight year contract extension 258 The Red Wings finished the season at 35 37 10 They missed the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season 259 260 Team information editLogo and uniforms edit nbsp nbsp In the preseason the Red Wings wear straight serifed nameplates on their jerseys as seen on Dylan Larkin left In the regular season and playoffs they wear vertical arched letters as seen on Pavel Datsyuk right The Red Wings jerseys traditionally known in hockey as sweaters have been more or less the same since the 1930s a white or red base with red or white piping The only significant changes have been the replacement of the word Detroit with the winged wheel logo in 1932 and vertical arch lettering for the players names and block letters in 1983 261 The Red Wings wear the vertical arched letters in the regular season and playoffs but use straight serifed nameplates during the preseason 262 263 The Hockey News voted the Red Wings winged wheel logo the second best in the league in 2008 264 The Red Wings like all NHL teams updated their jerseys to the new Rbk Edge standard for the 2007 08 NHL season 265 The Red Wings kept their design as close to original as possible the exceptions being On the road white jersey there was more red on the sleeves as the color panel began closer to the shoulder and the letters of the captain and alternate captains were moved to the right shoulder 266 267 When Adidas became the uniform outfitter starting with the 2017 18 season the Red Wings kept the same basic look 268 269 The Red Wings have rarely used any alternate logos or uniforms since the trend became popular in the 1990s the sole exceptions were select games of the 1991 92 season commemorating the league s 75th anniversary and for a commemorative game on January 27 1994 at Chicago Stadium 270 271 Those jerseys were based on the uniforms worn by the team then the Detroit Cougars in 1927 28 272 The throwbacks are primarily white with five red horizontal stripes on the body the broadest middle stripe bearing Detroit in bold letters and three red stripes on the sleeves 270 271 This jersey served as the basis for the uniforms worn by Wayne Gretzky s team of NHLPA All Stars nicknamed the 99ers for their exhibition tour in Europe during the 1994 95 NHL lockout 273 nbsp Stylized D logo used by the team during its inaugural season The stylized D logo served as the basis for a retro alternate jerseys introduced in 2009 The Red Wings wore alternative retro jerseys for the 2009 NHL Winter Classic in Chicago The jerseys were based on the uniforms worn by the Detroit Cougars during their inaugural season of 1926 27 274 These jerseys were white with a single bold red stripe on the sleeves and chest and a uniquely styled white Old English D centered on the chest stripe 275 These jerseys were also worn for their final 2009 regular season home game again against the Chicago Blackhawks 276 The Red Wings again used an alternate jersey mimicking throwback jerseys for the 2014 NHL Winter Classic against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium 277 The Red Wings wore a specially designed one time only jersey for their Stadium Series game in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche on February 27 2016 The majority of this jersey was the traditional red decorated with a thick diagonal white stripe running from the player s right shoulder across the front towards the left hip The bottom of each sleeve featured a thick white stripe from wrist to elbow The crest on the front of the jersey was a stylized red D The words Red Wings were printed in all capital letters on the left side of the collar and the phrase EST 1926 was printed inside the back of the collar These jerseys featured the current Red Wings logo on the left shoulder cap The names and numbers were printed larger than traditional NHL jerseys to increase visibility and player identification for fans watching the game at Coors Field a stadium traditionally used for Major League Baseball 278 279 280 The Red Wings unveiled a uniform patch on September 27 2016 to honor Gordie Howe who died on June 10 2016 The patch was a depiction of Howe s jersey number 9 and was worn by the team above the logo on the front of the jersey on the left side of the chest for all 82 regular season games during the 2016 17 season 281 The Red Wings wore a specially designed one time only jersey for the Centennial Classic in Toronto against the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 1 2017 It was a white jersey that had four stripes on the arms Three of the stripes were red while the fourth was silver On the silver stripes were the years the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup The logo and numbers were outlined in silver 282 For the 2020 21 season the Red Wings would wear special Reverse Retro alternate jerseys designed by Adidas The uniform featured a white base and white sleeves inspired by the Red Wings road uniforms of the Original Six era Silver stripes replaced red stripes in commemoration of the team s 11 Stanley Cup championships and the 2017 Centennial Classic 283 A second Reverse Retro uniform was unveiled in the 2022 23 season using the 1991 92 throwback uniform based on the original Cougars uniforms but with a red base and black stripes 284 The Red Wings logo received significant media attention in August 2017 when it was discovered that a white supremacist group used a modified version of it in which the wheel s spokes consisted of the occult SS symbol Black Sun it was the aegis of their shields during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville Virginia As a result the Red Wings condemned the group for the usage of the logo and threatened legal action 285 286 Fan traditions edit nbsp During the playoffs Joe Louis Arena was adorned with a giant octopus nicknamed Al This stems from a fan tradition Main article Legend of the Octopus The Legend of the Octopus is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings playoff games in which an octopus is thrown onto the ice surface for good luck 287 During the playoffs Joe Louis Arena was generally adorned with a giant octopus with red eyes nicknamed Al after former head ice manager Al Sobotka 288 The 1952 playoffs featured the start of the octopus throw The owner of a local fish market Peter Cusimano threw one from the stands onto the ice The eight legs are symbolic of the eight wins it took to win the Stanley Cup at the time The Red Wings went on to sweep both of their opponents that year en route to a Stanley Cup championship The NHL has at various times tried to eliminate this tradition but it continues to this day 289 290 Sobotka was responsible for removing the thrown creatures from the ice When the Red Wings played at Joe Louis Arena he was known for swinging the tossed octopuses above his head when walking off the ice On April 19 2008 the NHL sent a memo to the Red Wings that forbade this they said that violating the mandate would result in a 10 000 fine 291 Instead it was to up to the linesmen to remove the octopuses 292 In an email to the Detroit Free Press NHL spokesman Frank Brown justified the ban because matter flew off the octopus and got on the ice when Sobotka swung it above his head 291 This ban was later loosened to allow for the octopus twirling to take place at the Zamboni entrance 293 Typically during the last minute or two of games that the Red Wings are winning especially around the end of the season and during the playoffs fans are known to start singing along to Journey s Don t Stop Believin The song is played over the PA system and continues until it is muted while the crowd sings the words Born and raised in South Detroit then the song resumes over the speakers in the arena 294 295 296 Broadcasters editSee also List of Detroit Red Wings broadcasters The Red Wings flagship radio stations are Detroit sister stations WXYT AM 1270 and WXYT FM 97 1 Games are carried on both stations unless there is a conflict with Detroit Tigers baseball There are several affiliate stations throughout Michigan and Southwestern Ontario 297 The Red Wings exclusive local television rights are held by Bally Sports Detroit 298 Announcers Ken Daniels Television play by play announcer Mickey Redmond Television color commentator home games and select away games Chris Osgood Television color commentator select away games that Redmond does not attend and studio analyst when not doing color commentating Larry Murphy Studio analyst and television color commentator select away games that Redmond and Osgood do not attend John Keating Television pre game and post game host Trevor Thompson TV pre game and post game host and reporter Brooke Fletcher Sideline reporter Ken Kal Radio play by play announcer Paul Woods Radio analyst Daniella Bruce Alternate radio analyst Jeff Riger Primary radio intermission and post game host Honored broadcasters edit Four members of the Red Wings organization have received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award Budd Lynch TV and radio play by play and color 1949 1975 awarded 1985 299 Bruce Martyn Radio play by play 1964 1995 awarded 1991 300 Mickey Redmond TV color commentary 1979 1981 1986 present awarded 2011 301 Dave Strader TV play by play 1985 1996 awarded 2017 302 Lynch called the first locally televised game at Olympia for the original WWJ TV in 1949 299 He remained with the organization for 63 years serving as director of publicity from 1975 to 1982 and was the public address announcer from 1982 until his death in 2012 299 From 2008 to 2012 a second PA announcer was added to work alongside him first John Fossen then Erich Freiny 303 304 Freiny took over as the sole PA announcer following Lynch s death 304 Season by season record editThis is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Detroit Red Wings For the full season by season history see List of Detroit Red Wings seasons Note GP Games played W Wins L Losses T Ties OTL Overtime losses ROW Regulation OT wins Pts Points GF Goals for GA Goals against Season GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs2018 19 82 32 40 10 74 227 277 7th Atlantic Did not qualify2019 20 71 17 49 5 39 145 267 8th Atlantic Did not qualify2020 21 56 19 27 10 48 127 171 7th Central Did not qualify2021 22 82 32 40 10 74 230 312 6th Atlantic Did not qualify2022 23 82 35 37 10 80 240 279 7th Atlantic Did not qualifyPlayers editCurrent roster edit viewtalkedit Updated January 18 2024 305 306 No Nat Player Pos S G Age Acquired Birthplace8 nbsp Ben Chiarot A D L 32 2022 Hamilton Ontario18 nbsp Andrew Copp A C L 29 2022 Ann Arbor Michigan37 nbsp J T Compher C LW R 28 2023 Northbrook Illinois93 nbsp Alex DeBrincat LW R 26 2023 Farmington Hills Michigan14 nbsp Robby Fabbri C L 27 2019 Mississauga Ontario36 nbsp Christian Fischer C R 26 2023 Chicago Illinois41 nbsp Shayne Gostisbehere D L 30 2023 Pembroke Pines Florida3 nbsp Justin Holl D R 31 2023 Tonka Bay Minnesota35 nbsp Ville Husso nbsp G L 28 2022 Helsinki Finland88 nbsp Patrick Kane RW L 35 2023 Buffalo New York24 nbsp Klim Kostin LW L 24 2023 Penza Russia71 nbsp Dylan Larkin C C L 27 2014 Waterford Michigan22 nbsp Matt Luff nbsp RW R 26 2022 Oakville Ontario34 nbsp Alex Lyon G L 31 2023 Baudette Minnesota2 nbsp Olli Maatta D L 29 2022 Jyvaskyla Finland57 nbsp David Perron A LW R 35 2022 Sherbrooke Quebec46 nbsp Jeff Petry D R 36 2023 Ann Arbor Michigan27 nbsp Michael Rasmussen C L 24 2017 Vancouver British Columbia23 nbsp Lucas Raymond LW R 21 2020 Gothenburg Sweden47 nbsp James Reimer G L 35 2023 Arborg Manitoba53 nbsp Moritz Seider D R 22 2019 Zell Germany17 nbsp Daniel Sprong RW R 26 2023 Amsterdam Netherlands90 nbsp Joe Veleno C L 24 2018 Montreal Quebec96 nbsp Jake Walman D L 27 2022 Toronto Ontario Hall of Fame edit The Detroit Red Wings acknowledge an affiliation with many inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame including 67 former players and 12 builders of the sport 307 The 12 individuals recognized as builders by the Hall of Fame include former Red Wings executives general managers head coaches and owners In addition to players and builders several broadcasters have been awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame Budd Lynch a radio play by play announcer was the first Red Wings broadcaster to be awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award Lynch also served as Detroit s public address announcer from 1985 until his death in 2012 In addition to Lynch Bruce Martyn Mickey Redmond and Dave Strader have also won the award 300 307 Players Sid Abel Daniel Alfredsson Al Arbour Marty Barry Andy Bathgate Leo Boivin John Bucyk Chris Chelios Dino Ciccarelli Paul Coffey Charlie Conacher Roy Conacher Alec Connell Alex Delvecchio Marcel Dionne Bernie Federko Sergei Fedorov Viacheslav Fetisov Frank Foyston Frank Fredrickson Bill Gadsby Eddie Giacomin Ebbie Goodfellow Glenn Hall Doug Harvey Dominik Hasek George Hay Hap Holmes Marian Hossa Gordie Howe Mark Howe Syd Howe Brett Hull Duke Keats Red Kelly Brian Kilrea Igor Larionov Herbie Lewis Nicklas Lidstrom Ted Lindsay Harry Lumley Frank Mahovlich Mike Modano Larry Murphy Vaclav Nedomansky Reg Noble Adam Oates Brad Park Bud Poile Marcel Pronovost Bill Quackenbush Luc Robitaille Borje Salming Terry Sawchuk Earl Siebert Brendan Shanahan Darryl Sittler Jack Stewart Tiny Thompson Norm Ullman Rogie Vachon Mike Vernon Carl Voss Jack Walker Harry Watson Cooney Weiland Steve Yzerman Builders Jack Adams Keith Allen a Scotty Bowman Murray Costello a Jim Devellano Ken Holland Mike Ilitch Tommy Ivan Bruce Norris James D Norris James E Norris John Ziegler Jr Retired numbers edit nbsp The banners of retired numbers hanging at Joe Louis Arena Detroit Red Wings retired numbers No Player Position Career Number retirement1 Terry Sawchuk G 1949 19551957 19641968 1969 March 6 1994 308 4 Red Kelly D 1947 1960 February 1 2019 309 5 Nicklas Lidstrom D 1991 2012 March 6 2014 310 7 Ted Lindsay LW 1944 19571964 1965 November 10 1991 311 9 Gordie Howe RW 1946 1971 March 12 1972 312 10 Alex Delvecchio C 1950 1974 November 10 1991 313 12 Sid Abel C 1938 19431945 1952 April 29 1995 314 19 Steve Yzerman b C 1983 2006 January 2 2007 164 The Red Wings have retired eight numbers The first number the Red Wings retired was No 9 in 1972 in honor of Gordie Howe who played right wing for the team from 1946 to 1971 312 Howe won both the Art Ross Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy six times each and won the Stanley Cup as a Red Wing four times 315 In 2007 the Red Wings retired Steve Yzerman s No 19 164 During Yzerman s career he won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy the Conn Smythe Trophy the Frank J Selke Trophy the Lester Patrick Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award 316 Yzerman served as Detroit s captain for 19 seasons an NHL record and won the Stanley Cup three times as a player with the Red Wings 164 316 317 The most recent retired number is Red Kelly s No 4 which was retired on February 1 2019 309 During Kelly s 13 year career with the Red Wings he won four Stanley Cups the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy three times and the James Norris Memorial Trophy once 318 The Red Wings have also made the number 6 of Larry Aurie and the number 16 of Vladimir Konstantinov no longer available for issue However the numbers are not considered to be officially retired 319 Although Aurie s number was retired in 1938 by James E Norris current team owners do not consider the number to be retired 320 Konstantinov s number has not been issued to any player since he was permanently disabled in a vehicle accident after the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals 321 Number 99 is also unavailable as it was retired by the league in honor of Wayne Gretzky 322 Team captains edit All the players who have served as team captain with the Detroit franchise 323 Art Duncan 1926 1927 Reg Noble 1927 1930 George Hay 1930 1931 Carson Cooper 1931 1932 Larry Aurie 1932 1933 Herbie Lewis 1933 1934 Ebbie Goodfellow 1934 1935 1938 1941 Doug Young 1935 1938 Ebbie Goodfellow and Syd Howe 1941 1942 Sid Abel 1942 1943 Mud Bruneteau and Flash Hollett 1943 1944 Flash Hollett 1944 1945 Flash Hollett and Sid Abel 1945 1946 Sid Abel 1946 1952 Ted Lindsay 1952 1956 Red Kelly 1956 1958 Gordie Howe 1958 1962 Alex Delvecchio 1962 1973 Alex Delvecchio Nick Libett Red Berenson Gary Bergman Ted Harris Mickey Redmond and Larry Johnston 1973 1974 Marcel Dionne 1974 1975 Danny Grant and Terry Harper 1975 1976 Danny Grant and Dennis Polonich 1976 1977 Dan Maloney and Dennis Hextall 1977 1978 Dennis Hextall Nick Libett and Paul Woods 1978 1979 Dale McCourt 1979 1980 Errol Thompson and Reed Larson 1980 1981 Reed Larson 1981 1982 Danny Gare 1982 1986 Steve Yzerman 1986 2006 Nicklas Lidstrom 2006 2012 Henrik Zetterberg 2013 2018 Dylan Larkin 2021 present First round draft picks edit Main article List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks 1963 Peter Mahovlich 2nd overall 1964 Claude Gauthier 1st overall 1965 George Forgie 3rd overall 1966 Steve Atkinson 6th overall 1967 Ron Barkwell 9th overall 1968 Steve Andrascik 11th overall 1969 Jim Rutherford 10th overall 1970 Serge Lajeunesse 12th overall 1971 Marcel Dionne 2nd overall 1973 Terry Richardson 11th overall 1974 Bill Lochead 9th overall 1975 Rick Lapointe 5th overall 1976 Fred Williams 4th overall 1977 Dale McCourt 1st overall 1978 Willie Huber 9th overall 1979 Mike Foligno 3rd overall 1980 Mike Blaisdell 11th overall 1982 Murray Craven 17th overall 1983 Steve Yzerman 4th overall 1984 Shawn Burr 7th overall 1985 Brent Fedyk 8th overall 1986 Joe Murphy 1st overall 1987 Yves Racine 11th overall 1988 Kory Kocur 17th overall 1989 Mike Sillinger 11th overall 1990 Keith Primeau 3rd overall 1991 Martin Lapointe 10th overall 1992 Curtis Bowen 22nd overall 1993 Anders Eriksson 22nd overall 1994 Yan Golubovsky 23rd overall 1995 Maxim Kuznetsov 26th overall 1996 Jesse Wallin 26th overall 1998 Jiri Fischer 25th overall 2000 Niklas Kronwall 29th overall 2005 Jakub Kindl 19th overall 2007 Brendan Smith 27th overall 2008 Thomas McCollum 30th overall 2010 Riley Sheahan 21st overall 2013 Anthony Mantha 20th overall 2014 Dylan Larkin 15th overall 2015 Evgeny Svechnikov 19th overall 2016 Dennis Cholowski 20th overall 2017 Michael Rasmussen 9th overall 2018 Filip Zadina 6th overall 2018 Joe Veleno 30th overall 2019 Moritz Seider 6th overall 2020 Lucas Raymond 4th overall 2021 Simon Edvinsson 6th overall 2021 Sebastian Cossa 15th overall 2022 Marco Kasper 8th overall 2023 Nate Danielson 9th overall 2023 Axel Sandin Pellikka 17th overall Franchise leaders edit All time leading scorers edit These players rank in the top ten in franchise history in scoring as of the end of the 2022 23 season Figures are updated after each completed NHL season 324 current Red Wings playerNote Pos Position GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points P G Points per game Points Player Pos GP G A Pts P GGordie Howe RW 1 687 786 1 023 1 809 1 07Steve Yzerman C 1 514 692 1 063 1 755 1 16Alex Delvecchio C 1 550 456 825 1 281 83Nicklas Lidstrom D 1 564 264 878 1 142 73Henrik Zetterberg C 1 082 337 623 960 89Sergei Fedorov C 908 400 554 954 1 05Pavel Datsyuk C 953 314 604 918 96Norm Ullman C 875 324 434 758 87Ted Lindsay LW 862 335 393 728 85Brendan Shanahan LW 716 309 324 633 88 Goals Player Pos GGordie Howe RW 786Steve Yzerman C 692Alex Delvecchio C 456Sergei Fedorov C 400Henrik Zetterberg C 337Ted Lindsay LW 335Norm Ullman C 324Pavel Datsyuk C 314Brendan Shanahan LW 309John Ogrodnick LW 265 Assists Player Pos ASteve Yzerman C 1 063Gordie Howe RW 1 023Nicklas Lidstrom D 878Alex Delvecchio C 825Henrik Zetterberg C 623Pavel Datsyuk C 604Sergei Fedorov C 554Norm Ullman C 434Ted Lindsay LW 393Reed Larson D 382 All time leading goaltenders edit These players rank in the top ten in franchise history for wins as of the end of the 2018 19 season Figures are updated after each completed NHL season There is a four way tie for ninth place in postseason wins resulting in 12 players listed in that table 325 current Red Wings playerNote GP Games played W Wins L Losses T Ties OT Overtime losses SO Shutouts GAA Goals against average current Red Wings player Regular season Player GP W L T OT SO GAATerry Sawchuk 734 351 243 132 85 2 44Chris Osgood 565 317 149 46 36 39 2 49Jimmy Howard 543 246 196 70 24 2 62Harry Lumley 324 163 105 56 26 2 75Roger Crozier 313 131 121 41 20 2 93Tim Cheveldae 264 128 93 30 7 9 3 40Greg Stefan 299 115 127 30 1 5 3 92Dominik Hasek 176 114 39 10 12 20 2 13Manny Legace 180 112 34 16 6 13 2 18Jim Rutherford 314 97 165 43 10 3 69 Postseason Player GP W L SO GAAChris Osgood 110 67 37 14 2 02Terry Sawchuk 85 46 37 11 2 41Mike Vernon 42 30 12 2 2 08Dominik Hasek 45 28 17 8 1 91Harry Lumley 54 24 30 6 2 30Jimmy Howard 47 21 26 3 2 58Johnny Mowers 32 19 13 2 2 55Greg Stefan 30 12 17 1 3 54Normie Smith 12 9 2 3 1 32Glen Hanlon 18 9 6 3 2 58Roger Crozier 23 9 12 1 2 74Tim Cheveldae 25 9 15 2 3 00 Franchise individual records edit nbsp Recording six shutouts during the 2002 playoffs Dominik Hasek set the franchise record for the most shutouts in a single postseason Main article List of Detroit Red Wings records Most goals in a season 65 Steve Yzerman 1988 89 326 Most assists in a season 90 Steve Yzerman 1988 89 326 Most points in a season 155 Steve Yzerman 1988 89 326 Most penalty minutes in a season 398 Bob Probert 1987 88 326 Most points in a season defenseman 80 Nicklas Lidstrom 2005 06 327 Most points in a season rookie 87 Steve Yzerman 1983 84 328 Most wins in a season 44 Terry Sawchuk 1950 51 and 1951 52 326 Most shutouts in a season 12 Terry Sawchuk 1951 52 1953 54 and 1954 55 and Glenn Hall 1955 56 326 Most shutouts in postseason 6 Dominik Hasek 2002 329 Longest home win streak in NHL history 23 games November 5 2011 to February 19 2012 207 Most wins in a season in NHL history 62 1995 96 112 See also editThe Grind Line List of NHL players List of NHL seasons List of Stanley Cup championsReferences editFootnotes a b Inductee only played for the Red Wings and was not a team executive or members of the coaching staff Despite their induction in the builders category the team continues to acknowledge an affiliation with the Hall of Fame member The banner features the 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