Guest The Axe Report post Posted August 21, 2012 Post your tidbits here about red wings stuff that people might not know. Gordie Howe wore #17 his rookie year and only switched because #9 got him a lower bunk on the train. 2 Wing Across The Pond and Z Winged Dangler reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AtomicPunk 296 Report post Posted August 21, 2012 Must be a slow off season. Great topic but we have no exciting off season news....sad. If I had a story like that I would post one. Sorry to de-rail. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JasonNewEra 84 Report post Posted August 21, 2012 The Red Wings 1954 team played against convicts. Source: http://voices.yahoo.com/red-wings-vs-criminals-most-infamous-outdoor-hockey-7485644.html 2 Wingzman91 and Z Winged Dangler reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Motown4013 350 Report post Posted August 21, 2012 The #6 jersey is retired for Larry Aurie yet it does not hang up in the rafters! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Axe Report post Posted August 21, 2012 The Red Wings 1954 team played against convicts. Source: http://voices.yahoo.com/red-wings-vs-criminals-most-infamous-outdoor-hockey-7485644.html Awesome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingslogo19 281 Report post Posted August 21, 2012 The Red Wings 1954 team played against convicts. Source: http://voices.yahoo....ey-7485644.html That is pretty cool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted August 21, 2012 As no adequate arena was available in Detroit when the team received it's League franchise charter, all home games in the first season were played in Windsor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haroldsnepsts 4,826 Report post Posted August 21, 2012 In 1988 Bob Probert set the Red Wings franchise record for playoff points in a single season with 21. That record wasn't broken until 1995 when Fedorov scored 24 points (Yzerman tied the record in '98 with 24 of his own) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StormJH1 231 Report post Posted August 21, 2012 The Red Wings' famed 1989 draft, in which we drafted Lidstrom (3rd) and Fedorov (4th) in back to back middle rounds, could have been even better. The Wings planned on taking Pavel Bure in the 6th round, but were sniped by 3 picks instead. The Wings selected Dallas Drake instead (still a pretty damn good pick for the 6th round), and Bure scored 437 NHL goals, despite the fact his knees basically didn't work by the time he was 30. Could you imagine what a Russian Five might have looked like if it were Fedorov, Bure, and Larionov/Kozlov. Then again, given the problems that would LATER arise between Fedorov, Bure, and a certain Russian tennis player, who knows what that might have done to Fedorov and team chemistry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JasonNewEra 84 Report post Posted August 21, 2012 The longest game in NHL history took place on March 24, 1936, during a playoff game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Maroons. The teams battled through 116 minutes and 30 seconds of overtime. Rookie Moderre "Mud" Bruneteau would score in the 6th overtime period to win the game at 2:25 am. When Sergei Fedorov was accidentally hit by his own player and went down, the trainer knew it was serious when the now fluent in English Fedorov could only answer questions asked on how he felt in Russian. He was subsequently out for weeks with a concussion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JasonNewEra 84 Report post Posted August 21, 2012 In 1938, the Wings and the Montreal Canadiens 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 preseason and start of the 2009-10 NHL season in Sweden against the St. Louis Blues. They lost those games as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites