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Detroit Falcons can refer to: Detroit Falcons (NHL), former name (used from 1930 to 1932) for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League; Detroit Falcons (basketball), defunct team in the Basketball Association of America (1946–1947) Detroit Falcons (CoHL), defunct team in the Colonial Hockey League (1991–1996)
The Detroit Falcons were a minor professional ice hockey team based in Fraser, Michigan, from 1991 to 1996. For the 1991–92 season, they were known as the Michigan Falcons. They were a member of the Colonial Hockey League, and served as an affiliate team of the Detroit Red Wings and their farm team, the Adirondack Red Wings.
For the next two seasons, the team was named the Detroit Falcons, before changing their name to the Red Wings in 1932. [ 8 ] The Red Wings have won the most Stanley Cup championships of any NHL franchise based in the United States (11), [ 9 ] and are third overall amongst active teams in total Stanley Cup championships, behind the Montreal ...
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The new team struggled financially; in 1930, the Cougars changed their name to the Detroit Falcons, and after being bought out of receivership by James E. Norris were renamed as the Detroit Red Wings in 1932. The team played their first game on November 18, 1926, and won their first two Stanley Cup titles in 1936 and 1937. The Red Wings have ...
b From the 1926–27 season through the 1937–38 season, the Detroit NHL franchise played in the American Division. [6] [7] [8] c From the 1930–31 season through the 1931–32 season, the Detroit NHL franchise was known as the Falcons. [3] [7] d Since the 1932–33 season, the Detroit NHL franchise has been known as the Red Wings. [3] [8]
The 1931–32 Detroit Falcons season was the sixth season of the Detroit franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Falcons placed third in the American Division to qualify for the playoffs. The Falcons lost a two-game total-goals playoff to the Montreal Maroons.
Jack Adams coached the most games of any Red Wings head coach, 964 games during his tenure with the Cougars, Falcons and Red Wings. Adams also has the most regular season losses and ties. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The Jack Adams Award , awarded annually to the National Hockey League head coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success", is ...