Sid Abel
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Sidney Gerald Abel was a Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player, coach and general manager in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Detroit Red Wings, and was a member of Stanley Cup-winning t
Abel in 1943
Team photo of the 1951–52 Detroit Red Wings with Abel in the front row wearing the captain's "C"
Abel's No. 12 banner hanging in Joe Louis Arena.
Ted Lindsay
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Robert Blake Theodore Lindsay was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played as a forward for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League. Lindsay scored over
Sid Abel
…season; he rejoined the Red Wings just in time for the playoffs and regained the team captaincy. In 1947, Red Wings' coach Jack Adams placed Abel and Ted Lindsay on a forward line with rookie right winger Gordie Howe. Although Abel was slowed down by an attack of pleurisy late that season, the line led the team…
Lindsay in 1948
Lindsay in 2011