subject: Detroit Red Wings : Best Ice Hockey Team Of All Time [print this page] The Detroit Red Wings (in English: Detroit Red Wings) are a minor professional ice hockey. They operate in the most prestigious league in North America: the National Hockey League (NHL). They are part of the Western Conference in the Central Division.
Located in Detroit, Michigan, United States, the franchise has become, over the years, one of the most successful teams of the NHL's championship, with eleven supreme awards in just over eight decades existence, and also the team's most successful United States.Members of the six original NHL teams, the Red Wings remain one of the most iconic teams in the NHL, and some members have also proved the biggest players in the history of the sport.
On the dissolution of the Hockey Association Pacific Coast , an agreement was reached whereby the best team in the league, the Victoria Cougars could join the National Hockey League. On 15 May 1926, the Victoria Cougars Hockey League West were therefore purchased at a cost of 100,000 U.S. dollars and moved to Detroit. Art Duncan was appointed general manager, coach and captain of the team the following year, he ceded his position as general manager and coach of the now famous Jack Adams.
They finished their first season in last place in the NHL with a record of 12 wins 28 losses and only four draws. However, they had changed their entire first season abroad: in fact, no ice was ready to welcome the team in the Queen City of the car and they have played their first season at Windsor in the Province Ontario, Canada. For the 1927-1928 season, the Cougars found a home at the Detroit Olympia , until December 15, 1979. They played their first game in this forum November 22, 1927.
They participated in the playoffs for the Stanley Cup for the first time in 1929, they did dominate a series of 7-2 in two games against the Maple Leafs.
In 1930 the name was changed to the Cougars to Detroit Falcons, but it does nothing for the results on the ice, the Falcons missing the playoffs four times during their first five seasons. To enhance the launch of his attackers, Jack Adams built a wooden goalie dressed it with all the equipment during training : at the time, the goalkeeper of the team had been borrowed by team of Seattle PCHL.
In 1932, the team was purchased by James Norris, former member of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, winning the Stanley Cup in 1892. The Athletic Association was renowned for his cycling team called the Winged Wheels had its own emblem and . James Norris changed the logo slightly and October 5, 1932, the team officially became the Detroit Red Wings, with a new uniform and new logo . Financially well off, Norris said the acquisition of some top players and Detroit became gradually a team much more competitive. Besides, this same year, the team managed to get beyond the first round of playoffs by defeating the Montreal Maroons dead. They were later eliminated in the semi-finals by the New York Rangers.
On March 24, 1936, the Wings faced the Montreal Maroons in the first round of the playoffs. In the first game at the end of the 9th period (3 and 6 periods periods regular overtime) in the 177th minute of play more precisely, Mud Bruneteau beat the goalie Lorne Chabot Montreal Maroons to end the longest game the history of the NHL .
The guard from Detroit, Normie Smith, blanking the Maroons in Game 2 as well, setting a record for consecutive minutes without having conceded a goal (248 minutes and 32 seconds), a record that still stands today. The Wings would later beat the Toronto Maple Leafs in four games to win the first Stanley Cup in their history. Behind the bench as head coach this year, we could find Jack Adams, who has given his name to Jack Adams Trophy.The following year, Detroit beat the New York Rangers in five games in the final to become the first American team to win two consecutive Stanley Cups.
Jack Adams had his share of trouble as CEO, he will always be known as the one who traded Turk Broda Toronto Maple Leafs, the same Broda which allowed the Leafs comeback from a deficit of 0 -3 Stanley Cup final (unique event in the history of the NHL) in 1942 against the Red Wings.After several attempts and two lost finals, Detroit was going to win another Stanley Cup in 1943 defeating the Boston Bruins in four games during a one-sided final.In 1946 came the club's future superstar Gordie Howe
