This Day in Red Wings History

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This Day in Red Wings History gives Red Wings fans a short daily story from one of hockey's deepest archives: Original Six battles, Gordie Howe, the Production Line, Yzerman, the Russian Five, Lidstrom, octopus lore, and Stanley Cup nights. Each episode makes a date feel like a rink-side Hockeytown memory.

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  1. 1d ago

    This Day in Red Wings History — Jul. 6: The Backup Who Never Left

    Ken Holland signed with Detroit as a backup goalie on July 6th, nineteen eighty-three. He played three NHL games total. Then he stayed — and built four Stanley Cup dynasties.

    3 min

  2. 2d ago

    This Day in Red Wings History — Jul. 5: The Bruiser's Last Birthday

    Bob Probert was born on July 5th, nineteen sixty-five. He died on July 5th, two thousand ten — his 45th birthday, on a boat on Lake Saint Clair. The man who protected Steve Yzerman for a decade never got to see sixty.

    3 min

  3. 3d ago

    This Day in Red Wings History — Jul. 4: The Summer They Held Their Breath

    July 4th, nineteen ninety-seven. Detroit had won the Cup 27 days earlier. Vladimir Konstantinov was in a hospital, 21 days after the limousine accident. The city was holding two feelings at once — and had no idea how to let either one go.

    3 min

  4. 6d ago

    June 27: The Mule

    On June 27, 2004, with the 97th overall pick — late in the third round — the Detroit Red Wings selected a 24-year-old Swedish winger named Johan Franzén. Most of the league had passed on him twice. Coach Mike Babcock nicknamed him "The Mule" because he carried the load — and by the 2008 playoffs, Franzén was one of Detroit's most devastating postseason scorers, on the way to a Stanley Cup.

    3 min
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This Day in Red Wings History gives Red Wings fans a short daily story from one of hockey's deepest archives: Original Six battles, Gordie Howe, the Production Line, Yzerman, the Russian Five, Lidstrom, octopus lore, and Stanley Cup nights. Each episode makes a date feel like a rink-side Hockeytown memory.

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