Nev 1,085 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 Before my time as a Wings fan, but 17-57-6? 415 goals against????? http://bleacherreport.com/articles/550841-25-years-ago-detroit-red-wings-were-nhls-biggest-losers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 Yeah I wasn't even a zygote yet. 3 Original-Six, lookalive07 and Electrophile reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HOCKEY MATTERS 167 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 Before my time as a Wings fan, but 17-57-6? 415 goals against????? http://bleacherreport.com/articles/550841-25-years-ago-detroit-red-wings-were-nhls-biggest-losers I remember..... when the mouse hovers over the link, the nerve endings in my hand begin to burn and that sick feeling begins to rise from my stomach...... I'll need therapy again if I click it...... 1 hooon reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WizardOfOz30 1,886 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 I remember those days. But I started watching the Wings during that era, so it makes me really appreciate how good they truly are now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 Those were my heavy drug years. Didn't get clean until '87. Had I known that somewhere in NS Sid the Kid was being born, I might not have sobered up. In all honesty, that was before I had internet and cable tv. Following the team was next to impossible. I just knew from some of dad's friends who still had family in Detroit that things weren't going well, but that we had some new kid that was going to save the day. Being a Lions fan, I didn't believe it. For all of you who sat through the games, cheered on the team, and believed that someday they would rise again, I salute you. You are the backbone of the team. 4 asoras, Electrophile, Original-Six and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sputman 1,268 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 i was nine. i do remember my grandfather watching them, though. he used to shake his head and swear a lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest screwdahawks Report post Posted December 23, 2010 (edited) I remember. Actually we had some great players. Unfortunately our defense SUCKED. Steve (the baby) Yzerman had 90 points. Gerard Gallant (still love him) was great at that time. We also had Adam Oats, Peter Klima, Bobby Probert and Joey Kocer so the win/loss record was awful but it was also fun to watch some great smash-mouth hockey!!!!!!!!!! Edited December 23, 2010 by screwdahawks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Stolberg Report post Posted December 23, 2010 every new wings fan and every one under 25 should be forced to read that 1 hooon reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sputman 1,268 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 i've found the answer: #2 Barry Melrose D 14 0 0 0 70 -6 2 13dangledangle and F2B&G reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest screwdahawks Report post Posted December 23, 2010 I also remember "darkness with Harkness" and fans wearing paper bags over their heads cuz the on-ice product was SOooooooooooooo bad. Watching games at the old Olympia was great. The players used to walk right down the concourse after the games to leave and I still kick myself for not having the courage to approach Mickey Redmond for his autograph. Actually we just watched in awe as they all went strolling by. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,793 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 (edited) According to dropyourgloves.com that team led the league with 171 fighting majors! Now that must have been a fun team to watch. Edited December 23, 2010 by GMRwings1983 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WizardOfOz30 1,886 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 According to dropyourgloves.com that team led the league with 171 fighting majors! Now that must have been a fun team to watch. The good ole days of great fights. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 Imagine the fighting of yore and the winning of now. <sigh> Sweet dreams are made of this... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooon 1,089 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 I was only a baby that season so I don't remember personally, but I just asked my dad and he just cringed and walked out of the room lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gordie Howe hat trick 110 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 s***, I was only born in 86. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 4,949 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 I remember. Actually we had some great players. Unfortunately our defense SUCKED. Steve (the baby) Yzerman had 90 points. Gerard Gallant (still love him) was great at that time. We also had Adam Oats, Peter Klima, Bobby Probert and Joey Kocer so the win/loss record was awful but it was also fun to watch some great smash-mouth hockey!!!!!!!!!! I remember it well. Actually Yzerman only had 42 points and was a -24. Fortunately the next season is when everything started turning around for us. Too bad our first overall pick in86 was wasted on Joe Murphy. Could've had Vinnie Damphousse or Brian Leetch. In the end it worked out though, because Murphy got us Carson, who got us Coffey, who got us Shanahan, so in a round-about way, that 40 point season was worth it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 Losing Streaks / Number of Times 9:2 8:1 7:1 6:1 4:1 3:1 2:3 1:5 The longest winning streak: 2, twice. And it was, mercifully, only an eighty-game schedule! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 Joey Kocur: 377 PIM. That picture of Corrado Micalef is funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haroldsnepsts 4,826 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 I had started following the Wings a season or two before. Those were the days of the Snore-is (Norris) division. Just about everyone made the playoffs, and the Wings still managed not to. Kinda painful because they lost so many games, but they did have a lot of fun players to watch. Yzerman, Gallant, Probert, Kocur, Oates, O'Connell, Burr, and of course, Harold Snepsts. The upside was my buddy's dad used to get free tickets through work all the time and we could move our way up to great seats no problem. It felt like I went to almost every home game those few seasons. We got to know the equipment manager (Dominic Mara, I think??) so he'd look for us when giving away broken sticks and pucks and whatnot. Overall I have fond memories of the Dead Things era. The next season when the Wings made the playoffs and came back from 3 games to 1 to take the 7 game series against bitter rival Toronto, it felt practically like they won the Cup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest screwdahawks Report post Posted December 23, 2010 I remember it well. Actually Yzerman only had 42 points and was a -24. Fortunately the next season is when everything started turning around for us. Too bad our first overall pick in86 was wasted on Joe Murphy. Could've had Vinnie Damphousse or Brian Leetch. In the end it worked out though, because Murphy got us Carson, who got us Coffey, who got us Shanahan, so in a round-about way, that 40 point season was worth it! I stand corrected '85/86 was the season he broke his collarbone it was the following season he had the 90 points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 4,949 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 Yup - I remember them days. Those of us who followed them back then - winning the Cup of 1996/1997 season was oh so sweet! yep! that is why whenever a thread pops up asking our opionion on which Cup was the best, 1997 is ALWAYS us old-timer's answer! I actually had tears in my eyes when Stevie raised that Cup. I was at work and didn't want to leave until the final credits rolled! God Bless Hockeytown, we have certainly been blessed with this team! You kids don't know how good you've had it! 2 F.Michael and Original-Six reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingsgirl001 983 Report post Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) The Wings sucked the year I was born (85)... uh oh, I must be a bad omen Edited December 24, 2010 by wingsgirl001 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xitium 272 Report post Posted December 24, 2010 I vaguely remember it. I was 10, and my Uncle was a Red Wings FREAK with a pair of season tickets, and his wife stopped going so he asked if I wanted to go with him on days I wasn't in school. Of course I went. The only real thing I remember for all those games is tons of fights, and lots of losing. Also, something about giving away a car at every home game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted December 24, 2010 The Wings sucked the year I was born (85)... uh oh, I must be a bad omen On the other hand, things have only gotten better since you were born. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VM1138 1,921 Report post Posted December 24, 2010 That was the year I was born. Sorry guys, I guess I caused a disturbance that unsettled them that season! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
