Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings Squad

Picture	Number	Nationality	Position	Name	Shoots/Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
	30		Goaltender	Chris Osgood	Left	2005	Peace River, Alberta
	3		Defensemen	Andreas Lilja	Left	2005	Helsingborg, Sweden
	4		Defensemen	Kyle Quincey	Left	2003	Kitchener, Ontario
	5		Defensemen	Nicklas Lidstrom – C	Left	1989	Vasteras, Sweden
	14		Defensemen	Derek Meech	Left	2002	Winnipeg, Manitoba
	22		Defensemen	Brett Lebda	Left	2004	Buffalo Grove, Illinois
	23		Defensemen	Brad Stuart	Left	2008	Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
	24		Defensemen	Chris Chelios	Right	1999	Chicago, Illinois
	28		Defensemen	Brian Rafalski	Right	2007	Dearborn, Michigan
	36		Defensemen	Garrett Stafford	Right	2007	Los Angeles, California
	46		Defensemen	Jakub Kindl	Left	2005	Sumperk, Czechoslovakia
	52		Defensemen	Jonathan Ericsson	Left	2002	Karlskrona, Sweden
	55		Defensemen	Niklas Kronwall	Left	2000	Stockholm, Sweden
	8		Left Winger	Justin Abdelkader	Left	2005	Muskegon, Michigan
	11		Right Winger	Daniel Cleary	Left	2005	Carbonear, Newfoundland
	13		Center	Pavel Datsyuk – A	Left	1998	Sverdlovsk, U.S.S.R.
	17		Left Winger	Dallas Drake	Left	2007	Trail, British Columbia
	18		RW	Kirk Maltby	Right	1996	Guelph, Ontario
	20		RW	Aaron Downey	Right	2007	Shelburne, Ontario
	25		RW	Darren McCarty	Right	2008	Burnaby, British Columbia
	26		Left Winger	Jiri Hudler	Left	2002	Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
	33		C	Kris Draper – A	Left	1993	Toronto, Ontario
	37		RW	Mikael Samuelsson	Right	2005	Mariefred, Sweden
	40		C	Henrik Zetterberg – A	Left	1999	Njurunda, Sweden
	42		C	Mattias Ritola	Left	2005	Borlange, Sweden
	43		C	Darren Helm	Left	2005	St. Andrews, Manitoba
	44		C	Mark Hartigan	Left	2007	Fort St. John, British Columbia
	48		Left Winger	Cory Emmerton	Left	2006	St. Thomas, Ontario

Detroit Red Wings Biography

Detroit Red Wings are a professional and standard ice hockey team, which is based in Detroit, Michigan. They are the members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Actually, it is one of the original six leading teams of the NHL. As it is the most famous hockey franchises in USA, the team has been nicknamed as ‘Hockeytown’ by the different fans and analysts. The team has won the Stanley Championships for the most number of times, and it is third in the position after Montreal Canadians and Toronto Maple Leafs.

Detroit Red Wings was founded in 1926 in the city of Detroit, Michigan. The color of their flag is red and white. The Red Wings, like all other teams of NHL, update their jerseys. They try to keep the designs as close as possible, with only few exceptions. The letters of the captain and the alternate captains were removed to the player’s right shoulder. Actually, it is the only team that gas made such changes. The owner of the team is Mike Ilitch, the general manager is Ken Holland, and the head coach is Mike Babcock. The captain of the team is Nicklas Lidstrom.

There is a ‘Legend of the Octopus’, which is a tradition during the home and play off games of the Detroit Red Wings. According to the tradition, an octopus is thrown on the ice surface, which is a symbol of good luck. There are innumerous fans clubs and analysts, who are just mad for Detroit Red Wings.

The Red Wings had won their 11th Stanley Cup on June 4, 2008 by defeating Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 3-2 in the Game Six of the final match of the Stanley Cup. Actually, it was their 4th Stanley cup in 11 years, between 1997-2008. Henrik Zetterberg scored the winning goal of the Stanley Cup, and he was the named as the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy, as the most valuable player.

Detroit Red Wings Facts

Championships

Minor League Affiliates
	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
Stanley Cups	1935-36, 1936-37, 1942-1943, 1949-50, 1953-54,1954-55, 1996-97,1997-98, 2001-02, 2007-08
Conference Championships	1994-95, 1996-97, 197-98, 2001-02, 2007-08
Division Championships	1933-34, 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, 2006-07, 2007-08

Hall of famers

Player	Nat.	Position	Inducted
Sid Abel		C/LW	1969
Darryl sittler		C	1989
Borje Salming		D	1996
Viacheslav Fetisov		D	2001
Larry Murphy		D	2004
Marcel Dionne		C	1992
Frank Fredrickson		C	1958
Bill Gadsby		D	1970
Eddie Giacomin		G	1987
Doug Harvey		D	1973
George Hay		LW	1958
Gordie Howe		RW	1972
Ted Lindsay		LW	1966
Brad Park		D	1988

Retired numbers

No.	Player	Retired
1	Terry Sawchuk	34399
7	Ted Lindsay	33552
9	Gordie Howie	26370
10	Alex Delvecchio	33552
12	Sid Abel	34818
19	Steve Yzerman	39084
99	Wayne Gretzky	36562

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