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Gordie Howe played for Detroit for 24 seasons and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972. Nicklas Lidstrom was a member of four Stanley Cup winning teams. Chris Chelios was a Red Wing from 1999 through the 2008–09 season. Aaron Downey played in 60 Red Wing games and accrued 123 penalty minutes. Kris Draper joined the Red Wings in 1993.
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]
Individual regular season single game records Record Player Total Date and opponent Ref Goals Syd Howe: 6 February 3, 1944 vs. New York Rangers [24] Assists Billy Taylor† 7† March 16, 1947 at Chicago Black Hawks [24] [25] Assists, one period: Joe Carveth: 4 January 23, 1944 vs. New York Rangers [24] Points Carl Liscombe Don Grosso Billy ...
The first goaltender credited with an assist in the NHL was Georges Vezina in the 1917–18 season, after a puck rebounded off his leg pad to a teammate who skated the length of the ice to score. [7] In the 1935–36 season , Tiny Thompson became the first goaltender to gain an assist after making an intentional pass. [ 8 ]
The Detroit Red Wings won the Presidents' Trophy for finishing the regular season with the most points (115). Fewer goals were scored in the regular season than in the 2006–07 season , with an average of 5.44 goals scored per game (6,691 goals over 1,230 games). [ 5 ]
This left the Red Wings with a 17-49-5 record, missing the playoffs for a fourth consecutive time. This marked the first time since the 1985–86 Detroit Red Wings season that the team had the worst record in the league [35] and was also the first time since the 1985-86 season that the Red Wings got less than 20 wins in a single season. [36]
He was one of three former members of the Detroit Red Wings affiliate, the Adirondack Red Wings, next to Neil Smith (ice hockey) and Chris Tancill. [ 1 ] While Maracle spent the 1997–98 season as the starting goaltender in Adirondack, he eventually received a call up from the Red Wings and posted a 2–0–1 record in four NHL appearances.
However, the Red Wings in general under performed, mainly at the beginning of the season due to injuries to key players. Osgood finished the 2009–10 season having played only 23 games, with most of these at the beginning of the season when he was still the starter before being replaced by Howard, and posting a 3.02 GAA and .888 save percentage.