Red Wings first ever 50-goal scorer was none other than current color commentary guy Mickey Redmond on March 27th 1973 in an 8-1 win against the Leafs.
tidbits i want to add as a fan: - the arena they played in for one year before Olympia was Border Cities Arena in Windsor. - they hold the record for biggest margin of victory in a game with a 15-0 win against the New York Rangers in WWII era. (i forget the exact date.) - the Detroit Red Wings are the only team to win the Stanley Cup in Game 7 overtime, and they did it twice: 1950 (Pete Babando) and 1955 (Tony Leswick). ETA: i can't miss this: Detroit lost to Toronto in 1942 in a reverse sweep, the only one to occur in the Stanley Cup Final. in 1945, Detroit had a chance for revenge, losing the first three, winning the next three and having Game 7 at the Olympia. they fell short of reverse-sweeping the team that reverse-swept them three years earlier.
Speaking of Bure and Detroit. There is a story that Detroit tried to draft him before Vancouver did but the NHL told them no he wasn't eligible, he was too young. But Vancouver was able to prove his age somehow and the NHL allowed them to draft him. Can you imagine Bure on those Wings teams, and going even further imagine Gretzky doesn't talk to his dad first and the trade to Detroit goes through instead of him going to LA and you have him and Yzerman as your 1 2 punch down the middle flanked by Fedorov and Bure. That's insane to think about.
The only reason I don't think Yzerman would be part of it is because they mainly traded Gretzky because they couldn't afford him and while Yzerman would not cost as much as Gretzky he sure wouldn't be much cheaper either.
Would be interesting for one or two games if they used the Cougars or Falcons name. James Norris also drew inspiration from the Montreal “Winged Wheelers” club he played with. They were called the Dead Wings not dead things 11 Stanley Cups not 9
He set a record for most shorthanded goals in a season with 10 in 75. That season he also set new record for Detroit , 74 assists and 121 points. Then he was gone...
A Scotty Bowman video would be interesting! I have been a Wings fan for 30years, more now than ever actually. And I want to learn more about this legendary coach. Thank you!
The wings actually played their first year in windsor at border cities arena now known as windsor arena. Didnt look like shannon had that on there under the arenas section
Greatest Hockey Team around, tremendous history, bright future, and the best looking jerseys. Shannon looks best in a Wings jersey! (Side note, I have the photo Shannon used for the thumbnail) LGRW🐙🏒🤘
One extra tidbit, there are two other numbers that are out of circulation for the Red Wings. These numbers are not officially retired, but they are not available for selection for Red Wings, so they are retired but not hung from the rafters. These numbers are: 6 - Larry Aurie, a key player for the Red Wings first Stanley Cup and the favorite player of the ownership of that time. This number used to be retire prior to the modern hockey era. 16 - Vladimir Konstantinov, Key defenseman for the 1997 Stanley Cup whose career was ended by a life altering injury shortly after winning it.
Detroit Red Wings are my favorite. And Gordie Howe is top 2. Love him. He was before my time, but he rocks! Love Steve Yzerman too. Same with Sergei Fedorov. And my favorite player from the 80's teams (besides Stevie) was Petr Klima. BTW, you look great in Detroit gear. Everyone looks great in the winged wheel. God's team, baby! And you forgot to mention 1952 and 1954 when listing off their Cup wins. You have the number of them correct, they indeed won 11. You just went from 1950 to 1955 while not mentioning 1952 and 1954.
Big fan of the franchise. Yzerman is in many ways Det to me, it's been interesting to follow him as a gm and I'm determined he will build Det to a contender within the next 5-6 years. There's a lot to say and discuss about Det, for me the best times was the 90's, with the struggles come play-offs, the battles vs Avs and the Cup run in 02.
The Wings also won the Cup in 1952 and 1954. In Ken Dryden's book "Scotty", Scotty Bowman rated the 1951-52 Red Wings as one of the greatest teams in NHL history, just behind the 1976-77 Canadiens. Great video though, and I need to get one of those Gordie Howe jerseys. 👍
I remember the Detroit Cougars from my youth ... Oh wait, I'm thinking of different cougars . Bring back the Detroit Cougars to initiate the younger fans !
Osgood has 2 cups as a starter. He DEFINITELY deserves to be in the HOF. There's absolutely no rational argument against it. He's also the only goalie NHL history with over 400 wins and under 250 losses. Case closed. Put the man in the HOF.
@@matthewdaley746 I thought about that before I left my comment. He bought the team in '92. Since then the Lions still have less accolades. One World Series appearance is more than WCF ever had done for the Lions. He didn't how to hire intelligent football people, it was either his ego or the charlatans around him. Martha looks different, we sure hope she is. The Tigers always get close and let us down, but I don't see ownership on the field.
@@PrivatelyHanging They actually had two, (2006, 2012), they would have gone in 2013, but, that moron Jim Leyland just didn't want to get booed by Red Sox fans for intentionally walking David Ortiz, with, the bases loaded, you know the rest.
@@PrivatelyHanging If, not, for Jim Leyland putting his ego over the team's welfare, they win the ALCS in Five Games, and, possibly, win the World Series, moronic.
Awards History : Art Ross: Ted Lindsay (1950) + Gordie Howe (1951/52/53/54/57/63) Bill Masterton: Brad Park (1984) + Steve Yzerman (2003) Calder: Jim McFadden (1948) + Terry Sawchuk (1951) + Glenn Hall (1956) + Roger Crozier (1965) + Moritz Seider (2022) Conn Smythe: Roger Crozier (66') + Mike Vernon (97') + Steve Yzerman (98') + Nicklas Lidstrom (2002) + Henrik Zetterberg (2008) Frank J. Selke: Sergei Fedorov (1994/1996) + Steve Yzerman (2000) + Kris Draper (2004) + Pavel Datsyuk (2008/2009/2010) Hart Memorial: Ebbie Goodfellow (1940) + Sid Abel (1949) + Gordie Howe (1952/53/57/58/60/63) + Sergei Fedorov (1994) Jack Adams: Bobby Kromm (1978) + Jacques Demers (1987/1988) + Scotty Bowman (1996) James Norris: Red Kelly (1954) + Paul Coffey (1995) + Nicklas Lidstrom (2001/02/03/06/07/08/11) King Clancy Memorial: Brendan Shanahan (2003) + Henrik Zetterberg (2015) Lady Bing: Marty Barry (37') + Bill Quackenbush (49') + Red Kelly (51'/53/54) + Alex Delvecchio (59'/66/69) + Marcel Dionne (75') + Pavel Datsyuk (2006/07/08/09) Lester B. Pearson/Ted Lindsay: Steve Yzerman (1989) + Sergei Fedorov (1994) Maurice "Rocket" Richard: None Vezina: Normie Smith (1937) + Johnny Mowers (1943) + Terry Sawchuk (1952/1953/1955) William M. Jennings: Mike Vernon and Chris Osgood (1996) + Dominik Hasek and Chris Osgood (2008)
That 2013 team was the last actually good team Detroit had. They didn't just lose in 7 to the Cup winning Hawks, they had a 3-1 series lead. The rebuild probably should have started after they got beatdown in 2014's first round. Several more years of mortgaging the future made this rebuild as painful as it has been.
Those playoff matchups! 2002 - won cup. 2003 - lost to anaheim (west champs). 2004 - lost to calgary (west champs). 2006 - lost to edmonton (west champs). 2007 - lost to anaheim (cup champs). 2008 - won cup. 2009 - lost to pittsburgh (cup champs). the road to the cup literally went through Detroit for nearly a decade.
I'm pretty sure they were the first team to play a outdoors game, in the 50's they played a game at a prison outside. Only a exhibition game against the prisoners.
Hey Shannon! Thanks for the video and for all the work you do. Just wanted to tell that the logo on your jersey is not the original one from 1932. The one you wear was used from late 1940s and like until late 1970s. The closest you can find to the original 1932 logo is the one they used on the 2013 Winter Classic jerseys.
Man, Datsyuk or Bergeron that's a tuff one for sure. I think Bergeron has the defensive side and Datsyuk has the offense side, or not damn this is a hard one.
That is a big boy board! Holy crap haha! As a kid, I was really spoiled when it came to early success of my hockey team. A couple cups in my early years so it is difficult seeing them this low in the pecking order but I can't complain. We had a good time haha!
All those bad 1960's draft choices, explains why the 1970's was the era known by Red Wings fans as the Dead Wings era! There were a lot of head coaches being hired and fired during the 1970's. 26 head coaches all time and about half of those were in the 1970's. Mike Ilitch buying the team was a really big turning point. I can remember as a kid, they used to give away new auto's to get people to attend Red Wings games!
The Red Wings ran into the machine that was Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers. That was like running into a brick wall! I never understood why some one thought it a good idea to have the Eastern time zone Red Wings, in the Western Conference? There were seasons when we played back to back playoff series with California teams. I don't think they'd do that to a Boston or a New York team!
Pretty complete and thorough synopsis of the Red Wing franchise history. A couple of comments --Sawchuck was WAY better than Ozzie. In the words of Ted Lindsay, "When Terry was on his game, you couldn't put a pea past him' --There is no #6 hanging from the rafters. James Norris retired it as it was worn by Larry Aurie, a tremendous player in the 1930s. For some reason unknown, Illitch family will not honor his retired number by raising it to the rafters. --Re: busted draft picks: I saw the goalie Thomas McCollum in what must have been his only game in the NHL vs St Louis Blues. He gave up 10 goals and didn't play for the Wings again. --Some players given away in stupid trades by Wing mgt to other teams: Ted Lindsay to Chicago, Glenn Hall to Chicago, Johnny Bucyk to Boston, Terry Sawchuck to Boston, Adam Oates to St. Louis, Marcel Dionne to LA Kings.....just to name a few.
@@badm0t0rf1ng3r the thing is Aurie’s number was never retired officially. It wasn’t put up in the rafters. It was just his jersey displayed in the hall of Olympia. Later, when the Ilitches bought the team they thought it was only logical to retire the numbers of the eventual Hall of famers. And Larry is not in the Hall
@@victorsukhov8740 I thought it was formally retired and they just removed it and placed it as an honored number. The hof caveat is so silly. Not everyone who may deserve their number to be retired with a team also deserves the hall of fame.
@@badm0t0rf1ng3r Agreed. I’m all for retiring Aurie. Then Pronovost. Then maybe Goodfellow and Lewis. Not sure about Syd Howe. And that’s pretty much it.
They should retire 6 formally. It's insane they had it retired and then unretired it but refuse to issue it. 16 is another that needs to go up into the rafters. I'm on the bandwagon for 91 being retired too.
