Caribbean Cruise 2013 - The History Of Hockey Town

Here are some team historical highlights:
1920s Located in downtown Detroit, the team currently resides just a luxury sedan or limo ride away at Joe Louis Arena. There's only one team to root for -- the Detroit Red Wings, in Hockey Town.

The NHL's worst record for the 1926-27 season, but the Detroit Cougars finished 12-28-4; the Victoria Cougars had won the Stanley Cup in 1925 and were Cup finalists in 1926. Ontario, the team played its home games in Windsor. 1926, when the Victoria (British Columbia) Cougars were sold to a group from Detroit on September 25, the Red Wings go all the way back to the old Western Hockey League.

The team made the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, with Adams at the helm. When Sid Abel took over, adam's tenure as coach and GM would last until the 1962-63 season. In the form of Jack Adams as the team's coach and general manager, help came in 1928.

Jack Adams changed the name for the 1930-31 season to the Detroit Falcons, willing to try anything. The Olympia would serve as the home for the franchise through the midway point of the 1979-80 season, a Detroit and professional hockey landmark. The team also moved into the brand new Olympia Stadium for the 1927-28 season.

He had once played hockey for the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association's Winged Wheelers. Was a Canadian turned American, like Adams, norris. Purchased the team. In 1932 the financial problems ended when grain millionaire and shipping magnate James Norris Sr.

Norris and Adams agreed that the team's new logo would be a winged wheel and the club's nickname changed to the Red Wings, when the two men met.

Defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs three games-to-one in the finals, but came back to win the first Stanley Cup in the franchise's history in 1936, 500 and missed the play-offs in 1934-35. Detroit slumped to under . Hec Kilrea and John Sorrell, herbie Lewis, larry Aurie, the franchise already had a few players who would contribute to the team's first two Stanley Cups in 1936 and 1937 such as Ebbie Goodfellow.

The 1936 and 1937 teams featured two of the greatest players ever to wear the winged wheel in Ebbie Goodfellow and Syd Howe. Winning three games-to-two over the New York Rangers in the finals, the Red Wings went on to repeat as Cup Champions in 1937.

His dark features and physical game earned him the nickname "Black Jack" Stewart and he terrorized opposing forwards with bone-crushing hits and his great strength. Detroit's blue line also got an addition in 1938-39 when Jack Stewart was introduced to the NHL.

But the Red Wings got their revenge on the Bruins and Brimsek by winning the third Stanley Cup in team history in a four game sweep of Boston in 1943. Losing to the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Red Wings advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1941 and 1942.

1954 and 1955), 1952, but the team then ran off a streak of seven-straight first overall finishes from 1948-49 until 1954-55 and won four Stanley Cups (1950. Five points behind the Toronto Maple Leafs, detroit finished second overall during the 1947-48 regular season. One of the greatest dynasties in NHL history was set in motion, red Kelly (1947-48) and Terry Sawchuk (1949-50) to the NHL and the return of both Abel and Stewart from the RCAF, gordie Howe (1946-47), with the promotions of Ted Lindsay (1944-45).

The eight tentacles represented the eight games that a team needed to win to capture the Stanley Cup. The 1950 Stanley Cup was also the first appearance of an octopus on Detroit ice at a hockey game.

Al Canadiens; there was jubilation at the Olympia in1963 when Gordie Howe broke Maurice "Rocket" Richard's record for the most career NHL goals with his 545th against the Montré. When they lost to the Chicago Blackhawks, detroit didn't return to the Stanley Cup Finals until 1961.

Alex Delvecchio and Frank Mahovlich during the 1968-69 and 1969-70 seasons, a period that was highlighted by the veteran line of Howe, the Wings reached the playoffs four times from 1966-67 until 1985-86.

Who was in his last season with the Hartford Whalers after returning to pro hockey in 1973-74 in the World Hockey Association, the game featured a 50-year old Gordie Howe. The arena hosted the NHL All-Star Game in January 1980. The team moved to Joe Louis Arena in December 1979.

One of their first hires was Jimmy Devellano as the team's general manager and he selected an 18-year-old center named Steve Yzerman as the fourth overall pick of the 1983 NHL Draft. Who owned Little Caesars Pizza, the Norris' sold the Red Wings in 1982 to Mike and Marian Ilitch.

But the disappointing campaign would prove as one step backward before Detroit would take several steps in the right direction, the Red Wings collected only 40 points in 1985-86 to finish last overall in the NHL. Detroit made the playoffs in both 1983-84 and 1984-85 seasons but lost in the first round each season.

90 assists and 155 points - which is the highest point total in NHL history for a player not named Gretzky or Lemieux, assists and points with 65 goals, yzerman set team records for goals, in 1988-89. Demers won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's coach of the year in both 1986-87 and 1987-88. Detroit hired new coach Jacques Demers he made the 21-year-old Yzerman the team's captain.

Coffey and Sheppard contributed to the Red Wings' Stanley Cup victories in 1997 and 1998, ciccarelli, all but Primeau. Paul Coffey and Ray Sheppard were acquired via trade, darren McCarty and Chris Osgood and veterans like Dino Ciccarelli, martin Lapointe, keith Primeau, slava Kozlov, vladimir Konstantinov, nicklas Lidstrom, young players like Sergei Fedorov.

000th point, 500th point and 900th assist while Verbeek scored his 1, yzerman also recorded his 1. 300. 400 and Fedorov earned No. Shanahan collected No, 500. Verbeek tallied No, 600. Yzerman scored goal No. The 1999-2000 season was one of milestones for the Red Wings.

Lidstrom finally won his first Norris as the NHL's top defenseman, after finishing second in Norris Trophy voting for three straight years. But were eliminated by the Los Angeles Kings during the first round of the 2001 playoffs, the Red Wings finished with the league's second best record in 2000-01.

The team won the franchise's 10th Stanley Cup after the Red Wings defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in five games during the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, with league-best 116 points, in 2001.