50 Greatest Players in Wings History

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Here's a list from someone I know who keeps a database where points are awarded for accomplishments (please don't make me try and explain it) - it's not too bad, actually.

1 Gordie "Mr. Hockey" Howe RW 6376.50

2 Nicklas "Lids" Lidstrom D 3000.00

3 Ted "Scarface" Lindsay LW 2500.50

4 Terry "Ukey" Sawchuk G 2370.00

5 Red "Cornflakes" Kelly D 2355.00

6 Steve "Stevie Wonder" Yzerman C 2027.50

7 Alex "Fats" Delvecchio C 1896.10

8 Sid "Bootnose" Abel C 1440.50

9 Sergei "FedEx" Fedorov C 1389.50

10 Jack "Black Jack" Stewart D 1320.45

11 Ebbie "Poker Face" Goodfellow D 1257.25

12 Norm "Noisy" Ullman C 1248.00

13 Marcel Pronovost D 1121.20

14 Syd Howe C 996.00

15 Pavel "Dats" Datsyuk C 944.00

16 Brendan "Shanny" Shanahan LW 786.50

17 Chris "Ozzy" Osgood G 730.00

18 Harry "Apple Cheeks" Lumley G 723.50

19 Bill "Quack" Quackenbush D 696.20

20 Marty "Goal-a-Game" Barry C 695.00

21 Larry "Little Dempsey" Aurie RW 661.00

22 John "Mum" Mowers G 655.50

23 Norm "Normie" Smith G 617.00

24 Glenn "Mr. Goalie" Hall G 576.00

25 Henrik "Hank" Zetterberg LW 569.00

26 Chris "Cheli" Chelios D 558.85

27 Roger "Roger The Dodger" Crozier G 556.50

28 Herbie "The Duke Of Duluth" Lewis LW 542.00

29 Kris "Nails" Draper C 530.50

30 Marty "Sabu" Pavelich LW 516.00

31 Tomas "Homer" Holmstrom LW 505.00

32 Modere "Mud" Bruneteau RW 495.50

33 Earl "Dutch" Reibel C 459.50

34 Carl "Lefty" Liscombe LW 448.00

35 Igor "The Professor" Larionov C 445.50

36 Vyacheslav "Kozzie" Kozlov LW 439.00

37 Darren "Big Mac" Mccarty RW 426.50

38 Leo Jr. Reise D 418.75

39 Bob "Golden Boy" Goldham D 413.20

40 Vladimir "Vlad The Impaler" Konstantinov D 408.85

41 Paul "Coff" Coffey D 405.20

42 Mickey "Mick" Redmond RW 387.10

43 Kirk "Captain Kirk" Maltby LW 386.00

44 John "Long John" Sorrell LW 380.00

45 Johnny "Iron Man" Wilson LW 367.50

46 Frank "Flash" Hollett D 363.40

47 Joe "Dad" Carveth RW 363.00

48 John Ogrodnick LW 341.50

49 Metro Prystai C 340.50

50 Bruce "The Redheaded Rocket" Macgregor RW 328.00

50 Mike "Vernie" Vernon G 328.00

52 Frank "Big M" Mahovlich LW 315.50

53 Dominik "The Dominator" Hasek G 299.00

54 Marcel "Little Beaver" Dionne C 292.00

55 Vic "Yogi" Stasiuk RW 291.50

56 Jim "Lefty" Mcfadden C 289.50

57 Douglas "The Gleichen Cowboy" Young D 285.20

58 Gerard "Spuddy" Gallant LW 282.00

59 John "The Port Perry Woodpecker" Roach G 277.50

60 Martin "The Bulldog" Lapointe RW 272.50

61 Bill "Gads" Gadsby D 269.00

62 Don "Count" Grosso C 266.50

63 Benedict "Benny" Woit D 264.15

64 Doug "Brownov" Brown RW 263.00

65 Parker Macdonald LW 260.00

66 Glen "Big Sam" Skov C 257.00

67 Tony "Tough Tony" Leswick RW 250.00

68 Larry "Murphs" Murphy D 248.15

69 Reed "Otis" Larson D 238.85

70 Gary "Bergie" Bergman D 235.50

71 Viacheslav "Papa Bear" Fetisov D 234.85

72 Floyd "Smitty" Smith RW 234.50

73 Nick Libett LW 233.05

74 Alex Motter D 231.70

75 Warren "Rocky" Godfrey D 225.10

76 Bob Rouse D 221.50

77 Wilfred "Bucko" Mcdonald D 219.25

78 Shawn Burr LW 217.00

79 Ralph "Scotty" Bowman D 213.00

80 Gord "Gosh" Pettinger LW 212.50

81 Eddie Wares RW 212.00

82 Jimmy Orlando D 211.40

83 Hec "Hurricane Hec" Kilrea LW 209.50

84 Brett "The Golden Brett" Hull RW 208.00

85 George "The Western Wizard" Hay C 203.50

86 Ray Sheppard RW 201.00

87 Mathieu "Dandy" Dandenault D 195.60

88 Gerry "Doc" Couture RW 192.00

89 Bill "Foxy" Dineen RW 190.00

90 Doug Barkley D 183.70

91 Dino "The Dinosaur" Ciccarelli RW 181.50

92 Carson "Shovel-Shot" Cooper C 178.50

93 Joey "Bonecrusher" Kocur RW 176.50

94 George Gee C 172.50

95 Peter Goegan D 170.70

96 Keith "Preems" Primeau LW 168.50

97 Hal Jackson D 167.90

98 Dale "Chief" Mccourt C 162.50

99 Wilf "Petch" Cude G 162.00

100 Jim M. Sr. "Shakey" Peters RW 161.00

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"50 Greatest Players in Wings History" and Mr. Gordon Howe is not Number One? I laugh.

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I would have put Stevie Y at number one as well, if number rankings actually meant something to me.

[HankthaTank 1,100]

1a. Stevie Y

1b. Mr. Hockey

2. Nick

Impossible to rank one or the other above. Both have had an amazing impact on the game and the city. We have had the pleasure to see Stevie and Nick be our Captains in the past 25+ years with Hank on the way. What team has seen a succession of Captains such as that? Crazy...

Edited April 6, 2011 by HankthaTank

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Everyone has an opinion of who should be on the list where. All I know is that we've been blessed to have so many good players that we can debate over who should be where. Some teams would kill to have half as many people who deserve recognition for their careers.

I know that Pasha is high on the list, and I'm sure there will be debate over where he is, but he's not done yet. Not by a long shot.

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Hanlon actually got Detroit to the conference finals in the late 80's.... That automatically puts him over Joseph, Legace, Cheveldae, Hodson, Conklin,Riendeau....

Hanlon and Stefan were splitting time, and Stefan played more games in both 87 and 88. Hanlon won 5 in 87 ad 4 in 88, while Stefan won 4 in 87 and 5 in 88.

Hanlon won 67 games in the regular season and 9 in the playoffs in his five years in Detroit. He won 20 games once. Cheveldae was the clear, unchallenged starter and had three consecutive 30-win seasons out of four and a half with the team. He also won nine playoff games as a Wing.