My friend is a fan of the Detroit Red Wings. I really dont know much about them.
My dad is from Detroit! He made me become a fan of them, even though we live in Boston. I wasn't wild about them at first, but I guess they do have a bit of a history, since they were founded in 1926. Although funnily enough, they were just the Detroit Cougars until after 1930.
That is a really long time ago. Have they won the Stanley Cup?
That's... kind of funny you ask, because they've actually won the most Stanley Cup championships of any NHL franchise in the U.S. They're sitting at 11 right now. The Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs have more, though, sitting at 24 and 13, respectively.
That is incredible. Are there any facts I can drop when talking to my friend?
area as "Hockeytown", which has been a registered trademark owned by the franchise since 1996.
Between the 1931–32 and 1965–66 seasons, the Red Wings missed the playoffs only four times. Between the 1966–67 and 1982–83 seasons, the Red Wings made the playoffs only two times. However, thereafter, from 1983–84 to 2015–16, they made the playoffs 30 times in 32 seasons, including 25-straight from 1990–91 to 2015–16 (not counting the cancelled 2004–05 season), at the time the longest streak of postseason appearances in all of
. Their father had given an interview in 1959 when he said, "I guess I didn't do very well bringing my boys up. I think I failed them by giving them too much work and discipline, too much money, and too little time and attention. But I did my best and so did their mother." Lindsay responded by saying "I don't know how our dad could feel he's failed us as a father. Reading that he had said that in an interview really shook me up.