Throughout the history of the Detroit Red Wings franchise, countless hockey legends and icons have worn the winged wheel jersey on their shoulders. These stars have set some impressive franchise records while playing for the Detroit Cougars, Falcons and Red Wings.
Which of these records are truly unbreakable in the near future? Let's look at some incredible records Detroit, which will very likely never be beaten.
1. Most penalty minutes in a season: Bob Probert (398 minutes)
In his breakout 1987-88 season, Bob Probert had his best career performance ever, scoring 62 (29 assists, 33) points to qualify for the All-Star Game for the first and only time in his life. But even more incredible, along the way he set a Red Wings record for penalty time - 398 penalty minutes.
Obviously, in today's NHL, this record cannot be beaten. The number of fights in the game has been declining every year, the NHL has eliminated 20-minute penalties, and the tough guy type of player has died out as a class. It's rare in recent years for someone to score 200 penalty minutes in a season.
Probert can look down from the heavens (note Probert died in 2010) and know that he will forever be part of the Red Wings record book.
2. Most wins in a season: 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings (62 wins)
During the 1995-96 season, they tore everyone in their path and scored 62 victories (13 losses and 7 draws). Those 62 wins are both a franchise and league record. Led by Steve Yzerman, Paul Coffey and the Russian Five, recovering from a shutout in the Stanley Cup Finals against New Jersey the year before, the Red Wings beat almost every team they faced. Given the parity of power in today's NHL, it's very unlikely that anyone in the future will be able to surpass this achievement.
3. Highest plus or minus in a season: Vladimir Konstantinov (+60)
Part of the Russian Five that dominated the 1995-96 season, defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov set the franchise record for plus/minus in a single season. His +60 reading is strong evidence of how dominant the Russian Five were on both sides of the court. While that pales in comparison to the NHL record (+124 for Bobby Orr in 1970-71), in today's game, it's very unlikely that anyone can come close to those numbers. No player has even reached +40 since Jeff Schultz and Alexander Ovechkin did so in 2009-10.
4. Most shutouts in a season: Terry Savchuk/Glenn Hall (12)
Despite the fact that the record achievement is shared by two goalkeepers, Terry Savchuk is the real holder of this record. He kept clean sheets 12 times in three different seasons (1951-52, 1953-54, 1954-55, in each of these seasons the Red Wings took the Stanley Cup). Glenn Hall repeated this record in the 1955-56 season.
Despite less scoring and bigger goalie pads in today's NHL, goaltenders are now having a much tougher time playing against 4 lines of skilled outfield players at once. No Red Wings goaltender has achieved double-digit shutouts since that same Glenn Hall season.
5. Most Career Assists: Steve Yzerman (1,063)
Very impressive when you break one of Gordie Howe's records. Steve Yzerman did it and now holds the franchise record for career assists with 1,063 assists. Yzerman broke Howe's record in 2003-04, his 21st season with the team.
While records for longevity on the team may not hold, the record for assists looks set to hold for a very long time to come.
6. Most career shutouts: Terry Savchuk (85)
Considering that the second best result showed Chris Osgood, who has 39 clean sheets, it's safe to assume that Savchuk's record will stand for a long time to come. In his 14 seasons with the team, Savchuk helped the Red Wings become a dominant force in the NHL, especially in the early 50s. His 85 shutouts for the Red Wings put him 4th in the league in that stat. Another 18 times he dried up his opponents while playing for other teams. Only Martin Brodeur has more career shutouts than Savchuk.
Terry Savchuk may be one of the best goalkeepers NHL all time. His single-season clean sheet record (which he repeated twice more) and their number with the Red Wings are solid proof of that.
7. Most career goals: Gordie Howe (786)
There is a possibility that Alexander Ovechkin will surpass Howe's achievement in goals for one team, but as far as Detroit players are concerned, there are no such contenders in sight.
In an incredible 25 seasons with the Red Wings, Gordie Howe turned on the red light 786 times behind an opponent's goal - a record for the most goals in a single franchise. Assuming Dylan Larkin scores 30 goals in a season, he would have to play until age 46 to break that record.
Howe's record has stood since 1971 and will stand for many years to come. Other than another Red Wings icon, Steve Yzerman, no one has even come close to Howe's accomplishments.
8. Most career points: Gordie Howe (1,809 points)
Considering that only Jaromir Jagr, Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier surpassed 1,809 career points, it's safe to say that the Red Wings record for points will not be broken for a very, very long time. Steve Yzerman came very close to this achievement, scoring 1755 points in his 22-year career with the Red Wings. In addition to Yzerman, no one got close to Howe even within 500 points. The best players of recent years, Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, barely gain such an amount for two.
The time spent by “Mr. Hockey” in Detroit is perhaps one of best quarries in the history of any franchise. Red Wings fans are truly blessed to have a player like Howe in their team's record books. And he will be there in many years, because he set absolutely invulnerable records.
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"Detroit Red Wings"(English) Detroit Red Wings) - professional hockey club playing in the NHL (National Hockey League), one of the commands " original six”, 11-time Stanley Cup winner. The club is based in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
After the first successes of American teams in the NHL in the 24/25 season, the leadership of the league has accumulated 11 applications from US cities, and five of them were from various teams in Detroit. So it was no surprise to anyone that in the NHL in the 26/27 season, a team from Motor City - the City of Motors. The management of the new club did not think for a long time how and where to recruit players, but simply bought up the entire roster of the Victoria Cougars team from the Western Hockey League for $100,000.
Two years earlier, in 1925, the Cougars won the Stanley Cup, and in 1926 they played in the finals, so the owners of Detroit from the first season expected to get a team - a contender for victory. However, as it turned out during the regular season, the leading players of the Detroit Cougars (the team decided to keep the old name) best years were already behind. The team, having lost $80,000, took the last place in the American division.
The off-season saw a big change for the Cougars. The most significant was the invitation to the post of manager Jack Adams. But the failures did not leave the team - in the first 7 years of its existence, the Detroit club made it to the playoffs only twice, losing in the first rounds. In 1930, the team changed its name from the Cougars to the Falcons (Falcons), but this did not bring any improvement.
In 1932, the team was bought by millionaire James Norris, who changed his name to the Red Wings (Red Wings). In 1934, Detroit reached the Stanley Cup final for the first time, but lost to Chicago. Wilf Coudet, on loan from Montreal, played at the Red Wings' goal that season. When the Canadiens recalled him back in the 34/35 season, Detroit quickly slipped into the camp of the championship underdogs and did not make the playoffs.
In 1935, Adams managed to make several successful trades, acquiring forward Sid Howe, defenseman Ralph Bowman, goaltender Normie Smith, and Boston forward Marty Barry to the team.
In the 1935/36 season, the Wings' top three attacking Lewis - Barry - Auri helped the team take first place in the regular season. During the playoffs thanks to great game goaltender Smith, who defended 248 minutes and 32 seconds with a clean sheet in the semifinals against the Montreal Maroons, Detroit reached the final and won their first Stanley Cup by beating Toronto.
In 1937, the Red Wings became the first American team to win the Cup for the second year in a row. This time the victims of the Detroiters were " New York Rangers". But, unexpectedly for everyone, the following year, Detroit could not even make it to the playoffs.
During the war years, the Wings reached the finals four times, but only once won the trophy, in 1943. Despite good results, team manager Jack Adams continued to look for ways to improve the squad. In 1945, Ted Lindsay and Sid Abel joined the club, in 1946 -. For the Red Wings better times in team history.
Starting from season 48/49 to season 54/55, under the leadership of coach Tommy Ivan, Detroit won the regular season 7 times, thereby setting an NHL record. After losing the play-off finals in 1948 and 1949, the Wings managed to win the Cup in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1955, losing the final in 1956. In the team at that time, in addition to Howe, Lindsay and Abel, goalkeeper Terry Savchuk, defenders Red Kelly, Bob Goldham, Marcel Pronovo, forward Alex Delvecchio shone. And the Production Line (Conveyor) trio, which included Delvecchio, Howe and Abel, has long been considered the most formidable in the League.
In 1954, Jimmy Skinner was invited to the post of head coach. But for 3 years it did not justify the hopes of the team's owners: the team invariably lost in the Cup semi-finals. Partly to blame for this was the ill-conceived policy of exchanges and transitions, but the management decided to change the coach and invited the same Sid Abel (former partner of Gordie Howe). But for the 10 years that he spent on the bridge, he could not pull the team out of the basements standings: in 1959 the team did not get into the playoffs at all, which has not happened for 20 (!!!) years. And after 2 years again the team without the playoffs. And Sid Abel resisted and led the team to the Cup final three times in 4 years.
And in the 1966/1967 and 1967/1968 seasons, a new failure, and already for the 1968/1969 season, Bill Gadsby was preparing the team. From that moment in the glorious history of Detroit, an era of timelessness began: defeats prevailed over victories, and the team regularly did not get into the Stanley Cup. As a result, coaches began to change with kaleidoscopic speed. After two games of the 1969/1970 season, Abel returned to Gadsby's place, who, although he achieved good result in the regular season and led the team to the playoffs, however, lost in the first round with a score of 0-4 and again lost his post. Ned Knuckness came, but he only lasted 38 matches at all ...
From 1967 to 1986, the Wings only made the playoffs four times.
Mark of the revival of the team can be considered in 1982, when Mike and Marian Ilici became the new owners of the club, who appointed Jim Devellano to the post of general manager. Devellano did not let his employers down by choosing Steve Yzerman in the 1983 draft, who eventually became the leader of the club and was its captain for many years.
In the late 80s, led by coach Jacques Damer, the Red Wings reached the conference finals, rekindling interest in hockey in Detroit.
In the 1989 draft, the club's management again showed far-sightedness, opting for young Europeans - the Swede Niklas Lidströme and Russians Vladimir Konstantinov and Sergei Fedorov.
After the arrival of coach Scotty Bowman in 1993 and goaltender Mike Vernon in 1994, in 1995, the Red Wings reached the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1966, but lost in four games to New Jersey. In the 95/96 season, with the inimitable Russian five, Vladimir Konstantinov - Vyacheslav Fetisov- Sergey Fedorov - Igor Larionov - Vyacheslav Kozlov, the Red Wings set an NHL record for the number of victories in the regular season - 62. However, in the playoffs, the team faced a big setback - the Colorado Avalanche stopped Detroit in 6 games of the conference finals.
In the 96/97 season, forward Brendan Shanahan and defenseman Larry Murphy were added to the team, as a result of which the Red Wings were finally able to conquer the top and return the Stanley Cup to Motor City, defeating Philadelphia in the finals in four games. best player playoff goaltender Mike Vernon was voted. The joy of victory was overshadowed by a tragic car accident on June 13, 1997, after which Vladimir Konstantinov and the team's masseur Sergei Mnatsakanov received life-threatening brain injuries. The doctors managed to save their lives, but the Red Wings lost one of their best defenders.
In 1998, the Wings repeated their success, winning the Stanley Cup for the ninth time, beating the Washington Capitals in the finals in four fights. They dedicated their victory to Mnatsakanov and Konstantinov. Captain Steve Yzerman was recognized as the best player in the playoffs, Chris Osgood defended the team's goal.
The club's management tried to do everything possible to win in 1999, adding veterans Chris Chelios and Wendell Clark to the roster, but the Red Wings unexpectedly lost to Colorado in the second round of the playoffs in six games, although they led in the series 2: 0.
In 2001, the owners of the club decided to further increase the cost of the club and, despite the financial costs, they acquired goalkeeper Dominik Hasek, strikers Luc Robitaille and Brett Hull. With such a solid addition, the Red Wings confidently won the regular season, and then won the 10th Stanley Cup in their history, defeating the Carolinas in five games in the finals. Niklas Lidström was recognized as the best player in the playoffs, and Russian forward Pavel Datsyuk turned out to be one of the discoveries of the season. After the victory, Scotty Bowman, who set another record among NHL coaches with his ninth Cup, announced his retirement. Following him, Dominik Hasek made the same decision. The Wings' new No. 1 was Curtis Joseph, who was an unrestricted free agent and signed a three-year, $24 million contract with the team.
Under the leadership of new head coach Dave Lewis, Detroit confidently passed the regular season-02/03, taking the overall third place, but in the playoffs they presented their fans with an unpleasant surprise, losing to " Anaheim Mighty Ducks” already in the first round in four matches.
In the summer of 2003, Sergey Fedorov, who signed a contract with Anaheim, left the team, but at the same time Dominik Hasek returned to big hockey. In addition, the Wings acquired defenseman Darian Hatcher and traded Robert Lang from Washington during the season. Having the highest budget in the NHL of $ 80 million, the Red Wings, in which Pavel Datsyuk was by far the best, became the winners of the regular season-03/04, however, failure awaited them again in the playoffs - in the second round they lost in six matches to the Calgary Flames. Detroit players with the Stanley Cup
The salary cap introduced in the NHL after the 2005 lockout largely equalized the teams in the league. Nevertheless, without spending the usual millions, the Wings, led by new head coach Mike Babcock, again won the regular season, where Pavel Datsyuk shone. Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Lidström. But, as before, the success of the Wings in the regular season did not extend to the playoffs - the team lost already in the first round to Edmonton in six matches. This season was the last for longtime Detroit captain Steve Yzerman, who announced his retirement in August 2006.
The Stanley Cup returned to Detroit in 2008, and Niklas Lidström became the first European captain of a championship team. The main roles of the Red Wings that year were played by the Swedes - the same Lidström, Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronvall , Johan Franzen , Russian Pavel Datsyuk and Canadian goalkeeper Chris Osgood , who took away the starting position from Dominik Hasek , who returned to the club . Defeated in the final series Pittsburgh Penguins.
In 2009, the Red Wings were one step away from repeating the success of a year ago, but leading in the final against Pittsburgh 2-0, and then 3-2, lost two recent matches final, and lost the championship in the seventh match.
- Fans of the team consider the octopus as their talisman.
- One of the heroes of the popular American television series The Clinic, Dr. Cox, is a big fan of the team.
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers are big fans of the Detroit Red Wings.
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1995.Individual records
- The largest number points for the season: Steve Yzerman - 155 (65 + 90 in 1988-89).
- Most goals scored in a season: Steve Yzerman - 65 (1988-89)
- Most assists in a season: Steve Yzerman, 90 (1988-89)
- Most penalty minutes in a season: Bob Probert - 398 (1987-88)
- Most points scored by a defenseman in one season: Niklas Lidström, 80 (16+64 in 2005-06)
- Most points scored by a rookie in a single season: Steve Yzerman, 87 (1983-84)
- Most shutouts: Terry Savchuk (1951-52, 1953-54, 1954-55), Glenn Hall (1955-56) - both 12
- Most regular season goaltending wins: Terry Savchuk (1950-51, 1951-52) - 44 each.
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Russians in the history of Detroit. Geniuses and wizards
draft picks
First round: (2015, number 19), Yan Golubovsky (1994, number 23).
Second round: Yuri Butsaev (1997, number 49), Igor Grigorenko (2001, number 62).
Third round: (1990, 45th issue).
Fourth round: Sergei Fedorov (1989, number 74), Anatoly Ustyugov (1995, number 104), Dmitry Semyonov (2000, number 127), Alexander Seluyanov (2000, number 128).
Fifth round: Dmitry Motkov (1991, number 98), Andrey Maksimenko (1999, number 149).
Sixth round: Pavel Agarkov (1994, number 153), (1998, number 171).
Seventh round: Yuri Yeresko (1993, number 178), Alexander Kadeikin (2014, number 201), (2011, number 205).
Eighth round: Anton Borodkin (1999, number 238), Gennady Stolyarov (2004, number 257), Dmitry Bykov (2001, number 258).
Ninth round: Evgeny Afanasiev (1996, number 241).
Eleventh round: Vladimir Konstantinov (1989, number 221).
Of course, not all of the Russians drafted by Detroit were honored to put on the sweater of the great club. Many simply failed to play in the NHL, realizing that North American hockey was not suitable for them. But there are also diametrically opposite cases. Defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov, the latest drafted Russian hockey player in Red Wings history, eventually became part of the legendary Russian Five, playing in tandem with Vyacheslav Fetisov. If not for that ill-fated accident that handed Vladinator an invalid...
There are other examples of the enviable resourcefulness of Detroit managers during the draft ceremony. The brightest are Sergey Fedorov and. Fedorov played 13 seasons with the Red Wings, winning three Stanley Cups with the club. Datsyuk became a symbol of the Red Wings in recent years, eventually returning to Russia and signing a contract with SKA. Two brilliant strikers became the hallmark of the club from Michigan in different years. He showed himself great in Detroit and, but he was drafted in the third round - above Fedorov and Datsyuk.
Detroit's trump card in the near future will most likely be the forward selected in the first round in 2015. It's a pity that his brother Andrei was selected by the Carolinas at a recent draft ceremony in Dallas. I would love to see that combination with the Red Wings. Interestingly, in addition to Yevgeny Svechnikov, the Michigan club in the first round chose defender Yan Golubovsky, who now holds the post of general director of Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo.
All Russians in history
The biggest imprint in the history of the club was left by the famous "Russian Five", built by the famous coach Scotty Bowman. It was under him that five Russians of the "red wings" - Vladimir Konstantinov, Sergey Fedorov, and - were first united into one link. All these Russians can be safely ranked among the legends of Detroit. Like Pavel Datsyuk, who gave American team significant part of his illustrious career.
Reference
Number of Russians in club history: 15
Number of drafted Russians: 21
Club record holder for the number of games played: (953)
Club record holder for goals: Sergei Fedorov (400)
Club record for assists: (604)
Club record holder in points: Sergei Fedorov (954)
Best in terms of utility: Sergey Fedorov (+276)
Most undisciplined: Vladimir Konstantinov (838).
As we have already mentioned, it is on the list of the current assets of the Red Wings organization. At the sunset of the Russian Five, Maxim Kuznetsov, a full-size defender, a native of Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, played for the Red Wings. Since Maxim was born in the Soviet Union, he has Russian citizenship and he goes through the statistical databases of the league along with the Russians, we also mention him in the material. Drafted in the first round, Yan Golubovsky has nothing to praise for much, he should have played stronger. A symbolic one match was played by defender Sergei Bautin, who was immediately sent to the AHL.
It is worth paying attention to the career of Daniil Markov, one of the most courageous and tough defenders in Russian history. Markov spent only one season in Detroit, and the last in his NHL career, since then Daniil returned to Russia. However, over the past year, the defender managed to earn a +25 utility indicator and demonstrate good performance.
Surprisingly, in the history of Detroit there was not a single Russian goalkeeper. Neither drafted nor regular seasons, not in the playoffs.
The best player of the 1990s. Sergei Fedorov
It is difficult to name a more popular player of the 90s in the NHL for the Russian fan than Sergei Fedorov. In 1994, the titled athlete was the first European to become the owner of the Hart Trophy - the prize for the most valuable player in the league. Fedorov was admired, the boys who enrolled in hockey schools wanted to be like him.
Interestingly, in Detroit, the legendary striker turned out to be an escape route. In 1990, speaking as part of the USSR national team at the Games good will in Seattle, the hockey player told the representatives of the "red wings" that he was ready to leave for the ocean. Fedorov told the Red Wings bosses that they should wait for him after the game at the hotel. As a result, the hockey player, along with the then vice president of Detroit, Jim Lights, left for the airport and flew to the City of Motors on a private jet of the late owner of the club, Mike Ilich.
Fedorov had an amazing wrist throw, from which the goalkeepers of the rivals fell into a panic. Excellent handwork, intelligence, the ability to thoroughly read the situation on the site - these are the qualities that distinguished Fedorov. In the 90s, he shone in the "Russian Five" in the same trio with Vyacheslav Kozlov and Igor Larionov. On December 26, 1996, in a game with the Washington Capitals, Fedorov scored five goals in one match, including the winning overtime.
The best player of the 2000s.
Fedorov was replaced in Detroit by another domestic genius -. The center forward, who plowed 14 seasons with the club, won two Stanley Cups with the team. The forward was distinguished by outstanding technique, high game thinking. The bullets performed by Datsyuk turned into a real show. In addition to attacking skills, Pavel has always been able to work out in defense.
It's no joke, but according to some indicators, the Wizard, as the fans called Pavel, bypassed Fedorov himself. For example, in terms of the number of seasons in Detroit, games in the regular season and assists in them. If it were not for the frequent injuries that tormented Datsyuk, he could become the main Russian champion of the team.
Starting from the 2003/04 season, Datsyuk led the team in points scored in the regular season for six years in a row. The Russian became the owner of the Lady Byng Trophy four times, received the Selkie Trophy three times. Pavel is a vivid example of professionalism and skill. After his departure, Detroit began to have serious problems in the attacking line. There was no one to replace Datsyuk.
The main disappointment. Yuri Butsaev
Butsaev was drafted quite high - in the second round, but the striker did not justify the hopes of the Red Wings leadership. A native of Togliatti was constantly lowered into the AHL, where he spent most of his time. For the first team, he scored only 10 (6 + 4) points in 75 games of the regular season with a utility indicator of -9. The result is frankly weak, especially for the attacker. It gradually became clear that further cooperation between Butsaev and Detroit made no sense. The hockey player did not fit into the Red Wings game model. As a result, the striker was exchanged to the Atlanta system.
Who's on the way
The main Russian hope of the modern Detroit is the 21-year-old striker. Svechnikov Sr. has already had a chance in the main team, and due to the fact that the Red Wings are undergoing a restructuring, he will probably get even more playing time. Head coach Team Jeff Blashill is counting on the young Russian. The next season should be decisive for Eugene. It's time for him to reach the adult level of the game shown and become one of the leaders of the great club from Michigan.
"SE Internet" presents its own rating of five the best teams in NHL history and starts with Detroit in the late 1990s.
Choose the best lineups in the history of the championships of the USSR as easy as shelling pears. You take four letters (three consonants and one vowel), declare universal military duty and point your finger at any player you like. In the NHL, with its drafts, trades, and free agents, putting together a super-powerful club is not easy, and keeping it is even more difficult. But the one who was able to create such a monster is honor and praise for many years.
Therefore, we selected the top five according to strict criteria. First, it must be a real team, which disqualifies those who have achieved their main success thanks to one or two superstars (like Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh in the early 1990s). And secondly, it should be a composition that shone for several years, and not a one-year-old team, no matter how bright it may be (sorry, “Calgary” -89).
The criteria turned out to be objective, but the results, as they should be, are nowhere more subjective. Today - the fifth number of the rating.
No. 5. Detroit Red Wings (1995 - 1998)
By the time Scotty Bowman's Detroit finally won the championship in 1997, Motor City had been without a Stanley Cup for 42 years, longer than anyone in the NHL. And if in the 80s the Detroiters despaired of waiting for anything good from their "Dead Things" (Dead Things - so, in consonance with the Red Wings, they then called the team), then by the 97th year, patience had already run out.
Detroit should have won the Cup in 1995 when Sergei Fedorov, Paul Coffey and Steve Yzerman were blasted to the sides by a natural disaster from New Jersey. In 1996, with the arrival of Igor Larionov and the creation of the Russian Five, the Reds and Whites became arguably the best regular team in league history, setting a record for wins (62) and second best in points (131). No one in the league had a better defense: the speedy and attacking Coffey, the young but already skilled Niklas Lidstrom, the experienced Vyacheslav Fetisov, the powerful and intimidating Vladimir Konstantinov. Fedorov, who scored over 100 points, found time to connect to the defense, so much so that he earned his second Selke Trophy.
Five players, including 35-year-old Larionov, scored over 70 points. Goalkeepers Chris Osgood and Mike Vernon were at their peak. During the season, the Wings had six stretches of six or more straight wins. It was a trouble-free machine, grinding opponents into goals. Until she ran into Colorado in the third round of the playoffs. There Claude Lemieux almost broke the side of the face of Chris Draper, and the magnificent “Detroit” was again broken by a less talented, but more evil rival.
The much-needed injection of anger came the following season when the Wings traded Coffey and Keith Primo for Brendan Shanahan. Do you know why old Brendan is now the main authority on handing out fines and disqualifications? Because he forgot about rage and aggression more than any of today's youth ever knew. In the 1996-1997 season, the vicious Irish bully scored 131 penalty minutes - only "Vladinator" Konstantinov and the highly specialized psychopath Martin Lapointe had more. At the same time, with 87 points, he managed to become the first among the Detroit scorers, overtaking Fedorov and Yzerman.
This time, however, in the regular season "Wings" harnessed for a long time and lit dimly. Only at the very end of the season, when the match was played with Colorado, which went down in history as "Bloody Wednesday", it became clear that this team was built for the playoffs. The mass brawl in the second period began, oddly enough, with a fight between Igor Larionov and Peter Forsberg, and its apogee was the beating of Lemieux by Darren McCarthy. The latter then scored the winning goal in overtime. And in the playoffs, Detroit was already unstoppable. In the third round, the “Wings” reveled in the “Colorado”, and in the final, where they came across the Philadelphia “Legion of Death” by Eric Lindros, an epoch-making smearing on the ice took place. But the red-and-whites were the smearers this time, not the other way around.
The 1997/98 season turned out a little worse, but was painted in completely different emotional tones. The accident that ended Konstantinov's career and full-fledged life destroyed the Russian Five. Fedorov's contract strike almost ended in his move to the Carolinas and cost him many loyal fans. 39-year-old Fetisov played the role of "uncle-corporal" to a greater extent. Future Hall of Famer Vernon left, leaving the "frame" at the disposal of the not always stable Osgood. But it was still Bowman's slick, academic team with the world's best offense and a terrific Maltby-Draper-McCarthy lineup of enforcers. And when Fedorov returned and it was time for the play-off cutting, “Wings” again left no chance for anyone, winning the second cup in a row and dedicating it to Konstantinov and massage therapist Sergei Mnatsakanov. Having gone from a super talented team to a winning team in four seasons, Bowman's Detroit has gone down in history as one of the the greatest compositions of all times.
Slava Malamud
One of the most successful clubs in NHL history is the Detroit Red Wings. What achievements and awards can this team boast of and what famous hockey players have played in its composition at different times?
The beginning of the story
"Detroit" - playing in the NHL, one of the veterans and giants of the League. Home arena and the base of the team are located in the city of Detroit, 11-time Stanley Cup winner, one of the members of the so-called "Original Six".
The club was founded in 1926, after it was included in the composition. Initially, it was called the Detroit Cougars, since the team consisted almost entirely of Victoria Cougars hockey players from the WHL. The Michigans, to put it mildly, failed in their debut season - they became the last in final table and lost $80,000.
The team owners decided to make changes and invited a new coach - Jack Adams, but this did not help either. For the first seven years of its existence, the team did not achieve serious results. In 1930, the club was renamed the Detroit Falcons. In 1932, the team changed ownership and was renamed again, now the Detroit Red Wings. Two years later, the club achieved serious results for the first time - it became a Stanley Cup finalist, where it lost to Chicago in the final match.
Path to the heights
In the 1936/37 season, after several successful acquisitions in the offensive line, the club became the first in the championship and won the Stanley Cup for the first time. The following year, the Wings repeated the achievement and became the first American club to win the Cup in two consecutive seasons. During the war years, the team showed a strong and stable game, but only once - in 1943 - won the most honorable award in the NHL.
From 1948 to 1955, Detroit was a hockey club that won the main trophy four times (1950, 1952, 1954 and 1955). One of the "blacksmiths" of the team's success was legendary goalkeeper- Terry Savchuk. He became the hallmark of the Detroit hockey club. Games with his participation came to watch thousands of fans.
Failures and defeats
The next decade was one of the worst in the club's history, with the Krylia consistently finishing low in the league and rarely reaching the playoffs. Frequent changes in coaches did not bring results, and until 1986, Detroit was a hockey club that reached the final stage of the Stanley Cup only four times.
But such an offensive state of affairs did not suit either the club's management, or the fans, or the players themselves.
Long awaited Stanley Cup
It was only in the early 90s that the team began to play competitive hockey. After several successful acquisitions, in 1995, the Wings reached the Stanley Cup final, but lost to the New Jersey. Two years later, they still managed to return the Cup to Detroit, after Philadelphia was beaten in the final. In 1998, the Stanley Cup was conquered for the 9th time. Three years later, in the 2000/2001 season, the Wings became 10-time winners of the trophy.
It was then that the Russian forward Pavel Datsyuk “lit up”. The next few years the team constantly fought for high positions. A phenomenal game was shown by Niklas Lidström and Pavel Datsyuk.
21st century - Detroit Hockey Club
The Detroit Red Wings are one of the highest ranked players in the NHL today. Eleventh and last on this moment, the Wings won the Stanley Cup in 2008 after winning a dramatic final series with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The following year, the Wings and Penguins also became finalists, but this time the Pittsburghs won.
Detroit is a hockey club where real NHL stars have played in different years. Goalkeeper (1st number); defender Niklas Lidstrom (5th number); forward Ted Lindsay (7th number); striker Gordie Howe (9th number); forward Alex Delvecchio (10th number); forward Sid Abel (12th number); defender (16th number); forward (19th number).
