Three Red Wings have been the inaugural recipient of an award and three awards are named in honor of former Red Wings. In 1932 Carl Voss was named the first winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy.[17] The first time the Norris Trophy was awarded was in 1954, when Red Kelly won.[14] In 2007 Chris Chelios was named the first annual winner of the Mark Messier Leadership Award, the award previously having been given on a monthly basis.[22] The Jack Adams Award, given to the best coach, is named for Jack Adams, long-time head coach and general manager of the club.[23] The Norris Trophy takes its name from James E. Norris, who owned the club from 1932 to 1952.[14] In 2010, the Lester B. Pearson Award was renamed the Ted Lindsay Award to recognize Ted Lindsay "for his skill, tenacity, leadership, and for his role in establishing the original Players' Association."[24]
The NHL first and second team All-Stars are the top players at each position as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.[46]Gordie Howe has been selected twenty-one times, more than any other player in league history.[10]
Detroit Red Wings selected to the NHL First and Second Team All-Stars[47]
The National Hockey League All-Star Game is a mid-season exhibition game held annually between many of the top players of each season. Sixty-four All-Star Games have been held since 1947, with at least one player chosen to represent the Red Wings in each year. The All-Star game has not been held in various years: 1979 and 1987 due to the 1979 Challenge Cup and Rendez-vous '87 series between the NHL and the Soviet national team, respectively, 1995, 2005, and 2013 as a result of labor stoppages, 2006, 2010, and 2014 because of the Winter Olympic Games, and 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[49]
Detroit has hosted five of the games. The 4th, 6th, 8th, and 9th games all took place at the Detroit Olympia.[50][51][52][53] On October 8, 1950, the Red Wings, winner of the 1950 Stanley Cup Finals, played a team of All-Stars in the 4th All-Star Game. Only 9,166 people attended the game, making it is the smallest attendance figure in All-Star Game history. Ted Lindsay scored the first hat trick in an All-Star Game, as the Red Wings won 7–1.[54] The 6th All-Star Game was held on October 5, 1952. For the second year in a row, the format had the First and Second Team All-Stars, with additional players on each team, play each other. After the game ended in a tie for the second year in a row, the NHL decided that they would continue with the previous format of the Stanley Cup winner playing an all-star team.[55] The Red Wings won both the 1954 Stanley Cup Finals and the 1955 Stanley Cup Finals and so hosted the 8th and 9th All-Star Games, each on October 2. The 1954 match ended in a 2–2 tie while the Red Wings won the 1955 game by a score of 3–1.[56] The 32nd National Hockey League All-Star Game was held at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on February 5, 1980. The Wales Conference all-star team won for the fifth consecutive time. Gordie Howe, then of the Hartford Whalers, appeared in his twenty-third and final All-Star game, his first twenty-two coming during his career in Detroit.[57]
Detroit Red Wings players and coaches selected to the All-Star Game
Many members of the Red Wings organization have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. This list includes all personnel who have ever been employed by the Detroit Red Wings in any capacity and have also been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Detroit Red Wings inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
Twenty-five members of the Red Wings organization have been honored with the Lester Patrick Trophy. The trophy has been presented by the National Hockey League and USA Hockey since 1966 to honor a recipient's contribution to ice hockey in the United States.[11] This list includes all personnel who have ever been employed by the Detroit Red Wings in any capacity and have also received the Lester Patrick Trophy.
Members of the Detroit Red Wings honored with the Lester Patrick Trophy
The Detroit Red Wings have retired eight numbers, which means that no player can use those uniform numbers again while part of the team. All of those players have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The most recently retired number is that of Red Kelly, whose number was retired on February 1, 2019.[18]
The Red Wings have also made the number 6 of Larry Aurie and the number 16 of Vladimir Konstantinov no longer available for issue. However, the numbers are not considered to be officially retired.[223] Although Aurie's uniform was retired in 1938 by James E. Norris, current team owner Mike Ilitch does not consider the number to be retired.[224] Konstantinov's number has not been issued to any player since he was permanently disabled in a vehicle accident after the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals.[225] Number 99 is also unavailable due to having been retired by the league in honor of Wayne Gretzky.[226]
a From 1993–94 through 2012–13, the Red Wings were members of the Western Conference.[237] The NHL realigned prior to the 2013–14 season and the Red Wings were placed in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.[238]
b From 1927–28 through 1937–38, the Prince of Wales Trophy was awarded to the regular season champion of the American Division.[3] From 1938-39 until 1966–67, the NHL had no divisions, and the trophy was given to the regular season champion of the league.[3][239] The trophy is currently presented to the post season champion of the Eastern Conference.[3]
c Jack Adams was head coach of the Red Wings from 1927–28 to 1946–47 and was also general manager of the team from 1927–28 to 1961–62.[240]
d Keith Allen played for the Red Wings during the 1953–54 and 1954–55 seasons.
e Al Arbour played for the Red Wings during the 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, and 1957–58 seasons.
f Murray Costello played for the Red Wings during the 1955–56 and 1956–57 seasons.
g Brian Kilrea played for the Red Wings during the 1957–58 season.
h Bud Poile played for the Red Wings during the 1948–49 season.
i Carl Voss played for the Red Wings during the 1932–33 and 1933–34 seasons.
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