The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference, and are one of the Original Six teams of the league. Founded in 1926, the team was known as the Detroit Cougars until 1930. For the next two seasons, the team was named the Detroit Falcons, before changing their name to the Red Wings in 1932.
Team photo of the 1952 Detroit Red Wings
On December 27, 1979, the Red Wings played their first game at Joe Louis Arena, moving from the Detroit Olympia.
Named team captain in 1986, Steve Yzerman captained the Red Wings until his retirement in 2006.
The Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), founded in 1921, was a major professional ice hockey league originally based in the prairies of Canada. It was renamed the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 1925 and disbanded in 1926.
Duke Keats with the Edmonton Eskimos
Barney Stanley with the Calgary Tigers
Bill Cook with the Saskatoon Crescents