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A total of 58 Detroit players have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Gordie Howe holds regular season records for most games played (1687), most points (1809), and most goals (786). Howe was a member of a Stanley Cup-winning team four times with the Red Wings and his uniform number 9 was retired by the club.
Wayne Gretzky's #99 was retired league-wide in 2000 [1]. This is a complete list of numbers retired by the National Hockey League (NHL).A retired number is a jersey number that is taken out of circulation by a team as a way of honouring a former member of that team who wore that number; after the number's retirement, members of that team are not permitted to wear the number on their jerseys ...
The Detroit Red Wings acknowledge an affiliation with many inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame, including 68 former players and 12 builders of the sport. [306] The 12 individuals recognized as builders by the Hall of Fame include former Red Wings executives, general managers, head coaches, and owners.
Of players who have spent their career with one franchise, Alex Delvecchio of the Detroit Red Wings holds the record of the greatest number of seasons, with 24. Delvecchio beat out former Detroit Red Wings teammate Gordie Howe for the record in the 1979–80 season when Howe’s World Hockey Association team, the Hartford Whalers , became an ...
Detroit Red Wings retired numbers Number Player Position Years with Red Wings as a player Date of retirement ceremony References 1 Terry Sawchuk: Goaltender: 1949–55, 1957–64, 1968–69 March 6, 1994 [18] [21] 4 Red Kelly: Defense: 1947–60 February 1, 2019 [18] [177] 5 Nicklas Lidstrom: Defense: 1991–2012 March 6, 2014 [18] [20] 7 Ted ...
Terrance Gordon Sawchuk (December 28, 1929 – May 31, 1970) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings, and New York Rangers between 1950 and 1970.
He is one of three NHL players to spend their entire career with one franchise and play at least 1,500 games with that team (the other two, Steve Yzerman and Nicklas Lidström, also played for the Red Wings). Upon retiring in 1973, Delvecchio was named head coach of the Red Wings and was also named the team's general manager in 1974; he served ...
Stephen Wochy [1] (né Wojciechowski; December 25, 1922) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who played 54 games for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League between 1944 and 1946. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1940 to 1955, was spent in the minor leagues.