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Revision as of 13:15, 6 September 2006

This article is about the NHL franchise. For other uses, see Redwing (disambiguation) and Red Wings.
Detroit Red Wings
File:Detroit Redwings.gif
ConferenceWestern
DivisionCentral
Founded1926
HistoryDetroit Cougars
1926-1930
Detroit Falcons
1930-1932
Detroit Red Wings
1932-present
Home arenaJoe Louis Arena
CityDetroit, Michigan
Team colorsRed and White
MediaFSN Detroit
WJBK (FOX 2)
WXYT (1270 AM)
Owner(s)Mike Ilitch
General managerKen Holland
Head coachMike Babcock
CaptainVacant
Minor league affiliatesGrand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
Toledo Storm (ECHL)
Stanley Cups1935-36, 1936-37, 1942-43, 1949-50, 1951-52, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2001-02
Conference championships1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2001-02
Division championships1933-34, 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

The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Franchise history

Early days: 1925-49

When the Western Hockey League folded after the 1925-26 WHL season, a deal was made so that a new NHL expansion franchise in Detroit bought the rights to the players of one of the most successful of the teams in that league, the 1925 Stanley Cup champion Victoria Cougars. Since no arena in the Motor City was ready at the time, the new Detroit Cougars (named in Victoria's honour) played their first season in Windsor, Ontario at the Border Cities Arena. For the 1927-28 season, the Cougars moved into the new Detroit Olympia, which would be their home rink until December 15, 1979. 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.

The Cougars made the playoffs for the first time in 1929 with Carson Cooper leading the team in scoring. The Cougars were outscored 7-2 in the two-game series with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

In 1930 the Cougars were renamed the Falcons, but their woes continued, usually finishing near the bottom of the standings. The team declared bankruptcy. Meanwhile, a rival league had sprouted up as the AHA became the AHL and declared itself a major league. NHL president Frank Calder sought a way to extinguish this league, and James Norris Sr. owned one of the AHL teams, the Chicago Shamrocks. Calder convinced the other owners of the NHL that Norris could extinguish this rival league and urged them to let Norris' franchise merge with Detroit. And so, Norris bought the team in 1932 and merged it with his Shamrocks. The team was renamed the Detroit Red Wings. Earlier in the century, Norris had played on one of hockey's early powers, the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, nicknamed the "Winged Wheelers." Because of the team’s location in Detroit, the Motor City, Norris transformed the MAAA logo into the first version of the Red Wings logo as we know it today. He also gave Adams a year on his job on probation and a handshake. Their first year with the current name they won their first playoff series in the NHL, over the now-defunct Montreal Maroons. They lost in the semi-finals against the New York Rangers.

In 1934 the 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. However, the Chicago Blackhawks had an easy time with Detroit in the finals, winning the best of 5 series in four games and winning their own first title.

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Detroit Cougars logo (1927).
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Detroit Red Wings logo (1932-1934).
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Detroit Red Wings logo (1934-1948).

The Red Wings won their first Stanley Cup in 1936, defeating Toronto in four games. Marty Barry led the team in scoring and Ebbie Goodfellow was one of the top defensemen in the league. Detroit repeated its championship season in 1937, winning over the Rangers in the full five games.

The Wings struggled and finished last the following season. They regrouped and made the playoffs again the following year, and made the Stanley Cup Finals in three consecutive years during the early 1940s. In 1941 they were swept by the Boston Bruins, in 1942 they blew a three-game lead against Toronto to lose the finals, but in 1943, with Syd Howe and Mud Bruneteau scoring 20 goals apiece, Detroit won their third Cup by sweeping the Bruins. They remained a solid team through the rest of the decade, making the playoffs every year, and reaching the finals three more times.

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 wouldn't reach his prime for a few more years. 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. He had coached the last 15 years without a contract.

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." Lindsay's 33 goals propelled the Wings to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they were swept by the Maple Leafs. Detroit reached the Finals again the following season, only to be swept again by Toronto.

1949-66: Rise to the Top

The Wings returned to the top in 1950, with Pete Babando scoring the game winner in double overtime of game 7 to beat the Rangers in the Finals.

After being upset by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1951 semifinals, Detroit won its fifth Cup in 1952, with the Production Line of Howe, Abel and Lindsay joined by second-year goalie Terry Sawchuk. Abel left the Wings for Chicago following the season, and his spot on the roster was replaced by Alex Delvecchio.

Following another playoff upset in 1953 at the hands of the Bruins, the Red Wings won back to back Stanley Cups in 1954; over Montreal, when Habs defenceman Doug Harvey redirected a Tony Leswick shot into his own net; and 1955 (also over Montreal in seven games). Also during 1955 off-season, Margurite Norris was forced to turn the team over to younger brother Bruce. Detroit and Montreal once again met in the 1956 finals, but this time the Canadiens won the cup, their first of five in a row.

In 1957 Ted Lindsay, who scored 30 goals and led the league in assists, helped start the NHLPA and was promptly traded. The Wings lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Bruins. In 1959 the Red Wings missed the playoffs for the first time in 21 years.

Within a couple of years, Detroit was rejeuvenated and made the Finals for four of the next six years between 1961 and 1966. However, despite having Howe, Delvecchio, Norm Ullman and Parker MacDonald being consistent goal scorers, with Sawchuk and later Roger Crozier between the pipes, the Wings came away empty-handed.

Adams was fired as general manager in 1963.

1967-83: The "Dead Wings" Era

By the late 1960s, the Wings started to flounder and entered a funk that they would not get out of for almost 20 years. Between 1967 and 1983, Detroit only made the playoffs twice, winning one series.

The legendary Gordie Howe retired in 1971. Howe returned to pro hockey shortly after to play with his two sons Mark and Marty Howe (Mark would later join the Red Wings at the end of his career). Detroit lost the eldest Howe to the upstart World Hockey Association in 1972. Through the decade, with Mickey Redmond having two 50-goal seasons and Marcel Dionne starting to reach his prime (which he did not attain until he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings), a lack of defensive and goaltending ability continually hampered the Wings.

Interior of Joe Louis Arena.

During the 1979-80 NHL season, the Wings left the Olympia for Joe Louis Arena. In 1982, after 50 years of family ownership, Bruce Norris sold the Red Wings to Mike Ilitch, founder of Little Caesars Pizza.

1983-93: Return to Respectability

In 1983 the Wings drafted a center from Cranbrook, British Columbia named Steve Yzerman. He led the team in scoring in his rookie year, and started the Wings' climb back to the top. That season, with John Ogrodnick scoring 42 times and Ivan Boldirev and Ron Duguay also with 30-goal seasons, Detroit made the playoffs for the first time in six years.

By 1987, with Yzerman joined by Petr Klima, Adam Oates, Gerard Gallant, defenceman Darren Veitch and new head coach Jacques Demers, the Wings made it to the semifinals for the first time in the modern era, losing in five games to the powerhouse Edmonton Oilers. They repeated the performance in 1988 with a similar result.

In 1989, Yzerman scored a career-best 65 goals, but Detroit was upset in the first round by the Chicago Blackhawks. The following season Yzerman knotted 62 goals, but the team didn't even make the playoffs. Demers was fired, and the Red Wings haven't missed the playoffs since. Yzerman was joined by Sergei Fedorov (who defected from the USSR) and enforcer Bob Probert, two of the most familiar faces of the Wings in the 1990s. In 1992, the team acquired Ray Sheppard, who had a career-best 52 goals two years later; and top defenseman Paul Coffey. Also joining the Red Wings around this time were draft picks like Slava Kozlov, Darren McCarty, Vladimir Konstantinov, and Nicklas Lidström.

1993-2004: The Red Wings soar back

Scotty Bowman, the winningest coach in NHL history, joined the Red Wings in 1993. In his second season, the lockout-shortened 1994-95 NHL season, he guided Detroit to its first Finals appearance in 29 years. They were swept by the New Jersey Devils.

The Wings kept adding more star power, picking up Slava Fetisov, Igor Larionov, and goaltender Mike Vernon in trades. After a third-round playoff loss to the relocated Colorado Avalanche (formerly Quebec Nordiques) in 1996 (who won the Stanley Cup that season), Detroit, joined by Brendan Shanahan and Larry Murphy during the season, once again reached the Finals in 1997, beating the Philadelphia Flyers in four straight games. It was the Wings' first Stanley Cup since 1955, breaking the longest drought in the league at that time.

Tragedy struck the Wings 6 days after their championship. Defenceman Vladimir Konstantinov, one of the "Russian Five", suffered a brain injury in a car accident, and his career had to come to an abrupt end. Their 1997-98 season, which also ended in a Cup victory (a sweep over the Washington Capitals), was dedicated to Konstantinov, who came out in his wheelchair that night to touch the Cup.

The Wings built up a fierce rivalry with the Avalanche by this time. With the Red Wings beating the Avalanche in the third round in 1997, and Colorado beating Detroit in the second round in both 1999 and 2000, the battles between these two teams has become one of the fiercest in sports. During a game on March 26, 1997, a brawl ensued between Colorado goalie Patrick Roy and his Detroit counterpart Mike Vernon and Darren McCarty paid back Colorado's Claude Lemieux for his hit on Kris Draper the year before. That hit forced Draper to get reconstructive surgery on his face.

In 2001, Detroit, the league's second-best team in the regular season, suffered a first-round playoff loss to the Los Angeles Kings. During the summer that followed, they got legendary goalie Dominik Hasek from a trade with the Buffalo Sabres, and landed left-wing Luc Robitaille and right-wing Brett Hull, both now retired, through free agency, and rookie center Pavel Datsyuk came out of the Russian Super League. The Wings became the odds-on favorite to win the Cup in 2002. They did not disappoint, having the league's best record in the regular season and capturing another Cup in five games over the Cinderella-story Carolina Hurricanes. Bowman and Hasek both retired after the season.

In 2003, with new coach Dave Lewis and goalie pickup Curtis Joseph from the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Wings were upset by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in four straight games in the first round after one of the most successful regular seasons in team history.

Longtime Red Wing Sergei Fedorov signed with the Mighty Ducks as a free agent during the offseason. Hasek came out of retirement, and joined the Wings for the 2003-04 season. This meant that Detroit had three goalies, with Joseph and Manny Legace as backups. The Wings also added defenceman Derian Hatcher from the Dallas Stars via free agency, as well as forward Ray Whitney from the Columbus Blue Jackets. Joseph, despite being one of the highest paid players in the NHL, had to spend part of the season with the Grand Rapids Griffins, Detroit's American Hockey League affiliate. Ultimately, Hasek had to call it quits because of a groin injury, and Joseph led the team to the top of the Central Division and the National Hockey League. Hatcher was also injured just a few games into the regular season with a torn MCL. He would not return until the end of the regular season. The Wings acquired veteran center Robert Lang from the Capitals at the trade deadline.

In the first round of the 2004 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Detroit eliminated the Nashville Predators, who had made their first-ever playoff appearance, in 6 games. In round 2, after losing captain Steve Yzerman for the season with a horrific eye injury in Game 5, the Red Wings were eliminated by the Cinderella-story Calgary Flames in 6 games.

During the 2004 offseason, the Wings focused on keeping players they already had instead of being active on the free agent market. They re-signed Selke Trophy-winning forward Kris Draper, who had just had a career season, to a four year deal, and captain Steve Yzerman to a one year deal. They also re-signed Brendan Shanahan, Jiri Fischer, Jason Williams, and Mathieu Dandenault as well head coach Dave Lewis (now coaching the Boston Bruins). Deals were not reached with veteran defencemen Chris Chelios and Mathieu Schneider or star forward Pavel Datsyuk before the NHL owners triggered their lockout on September 15. There also was a parting of ways with veteran forward Brett Hull, who signed with the Phoenix Coyotes as did forward Boyd Devereaux.

The New NHL (2005-06 season and beyond)

In June 2005, the Red Wings decided to let go of head coach Dave Lewis. On July 15, 2005, Mike Babcock, former coach of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, became the new head coach for the Wings.

In July 2005, due to the new NHL salary cap, the Wings chose to buy out the contracts to and waive Darren McCarty, Derian Hatcher, and Ray Whitney. On August 8, the Wings brought back goaltender Chris Osgood, who had spent time with the New York Islanders and St. Louis Blues since his last stint in Detroit, by signing him to a one-year contract.

Approximiately seven minutes into a game on November 21, 2005, against the Nashville Predators, defenceman Jiri Fischer suffered a seizure and collapsed on the bench. His heart had stopped, and he was resuscitated by CPR and an AED. The game was cancelled due to his injury, and was made up on January 23, 2006. This was the first time in NHL history a game had been postponed due to injury. The game was played for the full 60 minutes, however the Predators were allowed to maintain their 1-0 lead from the original game and won, 3-2.

Manny Legace started his own legacy in October: With Osgood out, Legace became the starter and set an NHL record with most wins, 10, in the month of October. The Red Wings tied a league record with the most points after 14 games, 25 points. They also tied their franchise's record with most consecutive wins, 9.

On January 30, 2006, the Red Wings repeated something not seen since the days of the Russian Five when they started the game against the Minnesota Wild with five Swedish skaters on the ice (Andreas Lilja, Lidström, Henrik Zetterberg, Mikael Samuelsson and Johan Franzen).

For the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, the NHL again agreed to allow players to participate for their home countries. The Red Wings sent 10 players to the competition. Gold medal winners from Team Sweden included Lidström, Zetterberg, Samuelsson, Tomas Holmström, and Niklas Kronwall. Robert Lang represented the Bronze medal winning Team Czech Republic.

The Red Wings won the Presidents' Trophy with a 58-16-8 record, earning them 124 points (NHL Standings), and secured home ice advantage for the entire playoffs.

The Detroit Red Wings opened the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Edmonton Oilers with a 3-2 overtime victory at Joe Louis Arena. The Cinderella-story Oilers went on to win Games 2 and 3 to take a 2-1 series lead. The Wings rebounded in Game 4 with a 4-2 win, but fell in Game 5 by a score of 3-2, putting the Wings in a must-win situation. They lost Game 6 by the score of 4-3, despite leading 2-0 after two periods, and the Red Wings were eliminated from the playoffs (joining the New Jersey Devils as the second team to ever lose twice in the first round as the #1 seed since the NHL went to a 7-game format in all rounds). The Oilers would go on, as the #8 seed in the Western Conference, to lose the Stanley Cup Final against the Carolina Hurricanes.

This season also saw Nicklas Lidström win the James Norris Memorial Trophy for the fourth time and Pavel Datsyuk win the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for the first time.

After the playoffs, Red Wings management informed goaltender Manny Legace that he would not be a part of the team next season, while Chris Osgood and Nicklas Lidström signed 2-year extensions.

On July 3, captain Steve Yzerman announced his retirement, ending a 22-season career, all with Detroit, and 19 seasons as team captain. Continuing the shakeup of the Red Wings roster, July 9 brought the signing of alternate captain Brendan Shanahan to a free agent deal with the New York Rangers after spending the previous 9 seasons with the club. Shanahan turned down equal offers from the Wings and Montreal Canadiens to sign with the Rangers. July 31 brought the re-signing of Dominik Hasek to a one-year deal, marking the beginning of his third stint with the Wings. On August 30th, 2006, the Wings announced the number 19 worn by former Captain Steve Yzerman would be retired on January 2nd, 2007.

The Red Wings will open the 2006-07 season at home against the Vancouver Canucks on October 5, 2006.

The Octopus

Main article: Legend of the Octopus

During the playoffs, Joe Louis Arena is generally adorned with a giant octopus with red eyes, nicknamed "Al" after Joe Louis Arena employee Al Sobotka.

The 1952 playoffs featured the start of the tradition - the octopus throw. The owner of a local fish market, Peter Cusimano, threw one from the stands and onto the ice. The eight legs were purportedly symbolic of the eight playoff 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.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Records as of September 2, 2006. [1]

Season GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA PIM Finish Playoffs
1926-27 44 12 28 4 — 28 76 105 409 5th, American Did not qualify
1927-28 44 19 19 6 — 44 88 79 395 4th, American Did not qualify
1928-29 44 19 16 9 — 47 72 63 381 3rd, American Lost Quarterfinal
1929-30 44 14 12 6 — 34 117 133 474 4th, American Did not qualify
1930-31 44 16 21 7 — 39 102 105 429 4th, American Did not qualify
1931-32 48 18 20 10 — 46 95 108 415 3rd, American Lost Quarterfinal
1932-33 48 25 15 8 — 58 111 93 462 2nd, American Lost Semifinal
1933-34 48 24 14 10 — 58 113 98 368 1st, American Lost Stanley Cup Final
1934-35 48 19 22 7 — 57 118 88 375 4th, American Did not qualify
1935-36 48 24 16 8 — 56 124 103 384 1st, American Won Stanley Cup
1936-37 48 25 14 9 — 59 128 102 244 1st, American Won Stanley Cup
1937-38 48 12 25 11 — 35 99 133 258 4th, American Did not qualify
1938-39 48 18 24 6 — 42 107 128 240 5th, NHL Lost Semifinal
1939-40 48 16 26 6 — 38 90 126 250 5th, NHL Lost Semifinal
1940-41 48 21 16 11 — 53 112 102 337 3rd, NHL Lost Stanley Cup Final
1941-42 48 19 25 4 — 42 140 147 440 5th, NHL Lost Stanley Cup Final
1942-43 50 25 14 11 — 61 169 124 371 1st, NHL Won Stanley Cup
1943-44 50 26 18 6 — 58 214 177 374 2nd, NHL Lost Semifinal
1944-45 50 31 14 5 — 67 218 161 260 2nd, NHL Lost Stanley Cup Final
1945-46 50 20 20 10 — 50 146 159 298 4th, NHL Lost Semifinal
1946-47 60 22 27 11 — 55 190 193 535 4th, NHL Lost Semifinal
1947-48 60 30 18 12 — 72 187 148 593 2nd, NHL Lost Stanley Cup Final
1948-49 60 34 19 7 — 75 195 145 621 1st, NHL Lost Stanley Cup Final
1949-50 70 37 19 14 — 88 229 164 736 1st, NHL Won Stanley Cup
1950-51 70 44 13 13 — 101 236 139 566 1st, NHL Lost Semifinal
1951-52 70 44 14 12 — 100 215 133 694 1st, NHL Won Stanley Cup
1952-53 70 36 16 18 — 90 222 133 645 1st, NHL Lost Semifinal
1953-54 70 37 19 14 — 88 191 132 814 1st, NHL Won Stanley Cup
1954-55 70 42 17 11 — 95 204 134 827 1st, NHL Won Stanley Cup
1955-56 70 30 24 16 — 76 183 148 794 2nd, NHL Lost Stanley Cup Final
1956-57 70 38 20 12 — 88 198 157 656 1st, NHL Lost Semifinal
1957-58 70 29 29 12 — 70 176 207 758 3rd, NHL Lost Semifinal
1958-59 70 25 37 8 — 58 167 218 613 6th, NHL Did not qualify
1959-60 70 26 29 15 — 67 186 197 538 4th, NHL Lost Semifinal
1960-61 70 25 29 16 — 66 195 215 655 4th, NHL Lost Stanley Cup Final
1961-62 70 23 33 14 — 60 184 219 684 5th, NHL Did not qualify
1962-63 70 32 25 13 — 77 200 194 964 4th, NHL Lost Stanley Cup Final
1963-64 70 30 29 11 — 71 191 204 771 4th, NHL Lost Stanley Cup Final
1964-65 70 40 23 7 — 87 224 175 1121 1st, NHL Lost Semifinal
1965-66 70 31 27 12 — 74 221 194 804 4th, NHL Lost Stanley Cup Final
1966-67 70 27 39 4 — 58 212 241 719 5th, NHL Did not qualify
1967-68 74 27 35 12 — 66 245 257 759 6th, East Did not qualify
1968-69 76 33 31 12 — 78 239 221 885 5th, East Did not qualify
1969-70 76 40 21 15 — 95 246 199 907 3rd, East Lost Quarterfinal
1970-71 78 22 45 11 — 55 209 308 988 7th, East Did not qualify
1971-72 78 33 35 10 — 76 261 262 850 5th, East Did not qualify
1972-73 78 37 29 12 — 86 265 243 893 5th, East Did not qualify
1973-74 78 29 39 10 — 68 255 319 917 6th, East Did not qualify
1974-75 80 23 45 12 — 58 259 335 1078 4th, Norris Did not qualify
1975-76 80 26 44 10 — 62 226 300 1922 4th, Norris Did not qualify
1976-77 80 16 55 9 — 41 183 309 1332 5th, Norris Did not qualify
1977-78 80 32 34 14 — 78 252 266 1534 2nd, Norris Lost Quarterfinal
1978-79 80 23 41 16 — 62 252 295 1359 5th, Norris Did not qualify
1979-80 80 26 43 11 — 63 268 306 1114 5th, Norris Did not qualify
1980-81 80 19 43 18 — 56 252 339 1687 6th, Norris Did not qualify
1981-82 80 21 47 12 — 54 270 351 1250 6th, Norris Did not qualify
1982-83 80 21 44 15 — 57 263 344 1064 5th, Norris Did not qualify
1983-84 80 31 42 7 — 69 298 323 1546 3rd, Norris Lost Division Semifinal
1984-85 80 27 41 12 — 66 313 357 1741 3rd, Norris Lost Division Semifinal
1985-86 80 17 57 6 — 40 266 415 2393 5th, Norris Did not qualify
1986-87 80 34 36 10 — 78 260 274 2209 2nd, Norris Lost Conference Final
1987-88 80 41 28 11 — 93 322 269 2391 1st, Norris Lost Conference Final
1988-89 80 34 34 12 — 80 313 316 2245 1st, Norris Lost Division Semifinal
1989-90 80 28 38 14 — 70 288 323 2140 5th, Norris Did not qualify
1990-91 80 34 38 8 — 76 273 298 1940 3rd, Norris Lost Division Semifinal
1991-92 80 43 25 12 — 98 320 256 2078 1st, Norris Lost Division Final
1992-93 84 47 28 9 — 103 369 280 1832 2nd, Norris Lost Division Semifinal
1993-94 84 46 30 8 — 100 356 275 1775 1st, Central Lost Conference Quarterfinal
1994-951 48 33 11 4 — 70 180 117 932 1st, Central Lost Stanley Cup Final
1995-96 82 62 13 7 — 131 325 181 1551 1st, Central Lost Conference Final
1996-97 82 38 26 18 — 94 253 197 1582 2nd, Central Won Stanley Cup
1997-98 82 44 23 15 — 103 250 196 1346 2nd, Central Won Stanley Cup
1998-99 82 43 32 7 — 93 245 202 1202 1st, Central Lost Conference Semifinal
1999-00 82 48 22 10 2 108 278 210 1014 2nd, Central Lost Conference Semifinal
2000-01 82 49 20 9 4 111 253 202 1082 1st, Central Lost Conference Quarterfinal
2001-02 82 51 17 10 4 116 251 187 1053 1st, Central Won Stanley Cup
2002-03 82 48 20 10 4 110 269 203 1214 1st, Central Lost Conference Quarterfinal
2003-04 82 48 21 11 2 109 255 189 966 1st, Central Lost Conference Semifinal
2004-052 — — — — — — — — — — —
2005-063 82 58 16 — 8 124 305 209 1127 1st, Central Lost Conference Quarterfinal
Totals — — — — — — — — — — —
1 Season was shortened due to the 1994-95 NHL lockout.
2 Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.
3 As of the 2005-06 NHL season, all games will have a winner; the OTL column includes SOL (Shootout losses).

Notable players

Current roster

As of September 1, 2006. [1]

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
30 Canada Chris Osgood L 2005 Peace River, Alberta
39 Czech Republic Dominik Hašek L 2006 Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
Defensemen
# Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
2 Czech Republic Jiří Fischer (Injured Reserve since 11/21/2005) L 1998 Horovice, Czechoslovakia
3 Sweden Andreas Lilja L 2005 Landskrona, Sweden
5 Sweden Nicklas Lidström - A L 1989 Vasteras, Sweden
22 United States Brett Lebda L 2004 Buffalo Grove, Illinois
23 United States Mathieu Schneider L 2003 New York, New York
24 United States Chris Chelios R 1999 Chicago, Illinois
55 Sweden Niklas Kronwall L 2000 Stockholm, Sweden
– Russia Danny Markov L 2006 Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Forwards
# Player Position Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
11 Canada Daniel Cleary RW L 2005 Carbonear, Newfoundland
13 Russia Pavel Datsyuk C L 1998 Sverdlovsk, U.S.S.R.
18 Canada Kirk Maltby RW R 1995 Guelph, Ontario
20 Czech Republic Robert Lang C R 2004 Teplice, Czechoslovakia
21 Canada Greg Johnson C L 2006 Thunder Bay, Ontario
26 Czech Republic Jiří Hudler RW R 2002 Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
29 Canada Jason Williams C R 2000 London, Ontario
32 Slovakia Tomáš Kopecký LW L 2000 Ilava, Czechoslovakia
33 Canada Kris Draper C L 1993 Toronto, Ontario
37 Sweden Mikael Samuelsson RW R 2005 Mariefred, Sweden
40 Sweden Henrik Zetterberg C L 1999 Njurunda, Sweden
41 Finland Valtteri Filppula LW L 2002 Vantaa, Finland
96 Sweden Tomas Holmström LW L 1994 Pitea, Sweden
– Sweden Johan Franzén C L 2004 Vetlanda, Sweden

Team captains


Hall of Famers

Players


Builders

Retired numbers

First-round draft picks


Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Red Wings player

Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G
Gordie Howe RW 1687 786 1023 1809 1.07
Steve Yzerman C 1514 692 1063 1755 1.16
Alex Delvecchio C 1549 456 825 1281 .83
Sergei Fedorov C 908 400 554 954 1.05
Nicklas Lidstrom* D 1096 189 617 806 .74
Norm Ullman C 875 324 434 758 .87
Ted Lindsay LW 862 335 393 728 .84
Brendan Shanahan LW 716 309 324 633 .88
Reed Larson D 708 188 382 564 .80
John Ogrodnick RW 539 259 275 534 .99

NHL awards and trophies

Stanley Cup

Presidents' Trophy

Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Prince of Wales Trophy

Art Ross Trophy

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Calder Memorial Trophy

Conn Smythe Trophy

Frank J. Selke Trophy

Hart Memorial Trophy

James Norris Memorial Trophy

Jack Adams Award

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Lester B. Pearson Award

Lester Patrick Trophy

NHL Plus/Minus Award

Vezina Trophy

William M. Jennings Trophy

NHL All-Rookie Team


Franchise individual records

References

  1. ^ Hockeydb.com, Detroit Red Wings season statistics and records.
  2. ^ Red Wings to retire Yzerman's jersey

See also

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