This is a trick question.

When the team started in 1926 they weren't the Red Wings, they were the Cougars and their starting goalie was Hap Holmes.

In 1930 they changed their name for a couple of years to the Falcons with Dolly Dolson in goal.

In 1932, they settled on the Red Wings as their title and the goalie was John Ross Roach.

Hope that answered the question... and maybe spurred a couple more!

Over the years there have been many rivals. Most notably, the Colorado Avalanche were a strong rival, largely due to a cheap shot made by Claude Lemieux on Kris Draper (of the Wings) following a playoff game which shattered Draper's jaw. From that time forward, the teams played with intensity that approached hatred.

But in spite of any short term rivalries, there are five other teams that will always be strong rivals and those are the other original six teams. Of those five, the two nearest teams are strongest. There is a particular rivalry between Detroit and Toronto, particularly because Toronto is a Canadian city and hockey is a Canadian sport. But due in part to both teams continuing to be in the same conference, the strongest rivalry would have to be with the Chicago Blackhawks, also an original six team.

They have won eleven Stanley cups in there histroy the most recent four are 1997,1998,2002,2008,

Dit Clapper, Bernie Geoffrion,Guy Lapointe, Rod Langway

Young retired due to the severe concussions that he had received while playing. In his last three seasons, he suffered four concussions and it was reported that for several weeks after the end of his final season he suffered from post concussion syndrome.

The franchise known today as the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Cup in 1918 as the Toronto Hockey Club (later engraved on the Stanley Cup as the Toronto Arenas in 1947), and in 1922 as the Toronto St. Patricks. As of 2017, they have won 11 more as the Maple Leafs.

I'm a Michigan native(:

The Red Wings home arena is called Joe Louis arena named after the boxer.

It's a really nice building!

Hope you can visit sometime!

Hope this helps(:

GO DETROIT!

The Detroit franchise never played in the Stanley Cup Finals when the team was known as the Detroit Cougars or Detroit Falcons. As the Red Wings, the team made its first appearance in the Finals in 1934, losing to the Chicago Blackhawks in four games. Detroit has played for the Stanley Cup a total of 23 times, winning the trophy on 11 occasions. Great coaches such as Jack Adams (3 Cups) and Scotty Bowman (3 Cups) have coached the Red Wings to championships. * 1934 - L - Chicago Blackhawks - 3-1 * 1936 - W - Toronto Maple Leafs - 3-1 - Jack Adams * 1937 - W - New York Rangers - 3-2 - Jack Adams * 1941 - L - Boston Bruins 4-0 * 1942 - L - Toronto Maple Leafs - 4-3 * 1943 - W - Boston Bruins 4-0 - Jack Adams * 1945 - L - Toronto Maple Leafs - 4-3 * 1948 - L - Toronto Maple Leafs - 4-0 * 1949 - L - Toronto Maple Leafs - 4-0 * 1950 - W - New York Rangers - 4-3 - Tommy Ivan * 1952 - W - Montreal Canadiens - 4-0 - Tommy Ivan * 1954 - W - Montreal Canadiens - 4-3 - Tommy Ivan * 1955 - W - Montreal Canadiens - 4-3 - Jimmy Skinner * 1956 - L - Montreal Canadiens - 4-1 * 1961 - L - Chicago Blackhawks - 4-2 * 1963 - L - Toronto Maple Leafs - 4-1 * 1964 - L - Toronto Maple Leafs - 4-3 * 1966 - L - Montreal Canadiens - 4-2 * 1995 - L - New Jersey Devils - 4-0 * 1997 - W - Philadelphia Flyers - 4-0 - Scotty Bowman * 1998 - W - Washington Capitals - 4-0 - Scotty Bowman * 2002 - W - Carolina Hurricanes - 4-1 - Scotty Bowman * 2008 - W - Pittsburgh Penguins - 4-2 - Mike Babcock

In 1933 , the Detroit Falcons were bought by James Norris. Norris had been a member of the Montreal AAA club way back in the early years of the 20th century. They were also known as the Winged Wheelers and sported a winged wheel on their sweaters. Norris adopted the winged wheel emblem, the red colours and changed the name of the team to the Red Wings.

The song played when the Detroit Red Wings depends on who scores. When former Red Wing Brendan Shannahan would score they played an Irish jig because...he was Irish. If Dan Cleary scores they play "I can see clearly now the rain is gone". It's a play on-on-words with his last name. With other players it's usually something that goes with their name or a favorite song of the player. So watch the game and match the music to the players. And GO RED WINGS!!!

The average player's salary in the New International Hockey league is about 3 million Euros. This will vary depending on the team and the player experience mainly.

The NHL was formed in 1917 as a 4 team league. Only 2 of the original 4 teams remain in the league today. The Montreal Canadiens and Toronto (known today as the Toronto Maple Leafs). Both franchises participated in the first ever NHL game.

Top 5 Oldest NHL Clubs:

1. Montreal Canadiens

Founded: 1909 (Entered NHL when it was formed in 1917)

2. Toronto Maple Leafs

Founded: 1917 (Was formed when the NHL was formed)

Name Changes: Originally known as simply 'Toronto', in 1918 it would be sponsored by an arena company and was called the 'Toronto Arenas.' In 1921, it would be renamed the 'St. Pats' in order to cater to the large Irish population in Toronto at the time. In 1927, Conn Smythe purchased the team and renamed it to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

3. Boston Bruins

Founded: 1924 (Expansion Franchise)

4. Chicago Blackhawks

Founded: 1926 (Expansion franchise)

4. New York Rangers

Founded: 1926 (Expansion franchise)

4. Detroit Red Wings

Founded: 1926 (Expansion franchises)

Name Changes: Originally known as the Cougars and Falcons before finally being renamed to the Red Wings in 1931.

Since the 2003-04 season, Jiri Hudler has worn 26 for the Red Wings. Ten other players have worn the jersey previous to Hudler, including current Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Barry Melrose and assistant coach Wes Walz. The other eight Wings were Doug Roberts, Al Cameron, Steve Short, Jim Korn, Ken Solheim, Larry Trader, Joe Kocur, and Ray Sheppard.

He went to my school D.Aubrey Moodie Intermediate school for middle school and went to Bell High for high school;)

Try downtown Boston around Causway st. I hear theres a Hockey Rink there that they hang out at I figure they will be there until early June this year.

Tuesday May 10, 2011 at 8:00 PM eastern time

The Spain is a well-known country in sports such as football, soccer and basketball that every player received a higher salary. In the professional basketball of Spain a regular player paid as much as $100,000 and a popular player received over a million dollar.

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Pavel Datsyuk is the best player on the Detroit Red Wings. Rishi Vardya is awesome.

Hasek did have an injury before the end of the season , but has obviously recovered since he has started all three playoff games for the team against Nashville.

the highest salary is 25K a year. the average is 14K a year. some players earn $400 bucks per game

In the NHL one of the oldest and probably the most bitter rivalry is the Leafs and Canadiens. It brings a history of English Canada vs French Canada, which is one of the reasons why it is intense, although the English vs French thing probably isn't as relevant today. But every time the Leafs and Canadiens meet, there is always a great energy between the teams and the fans.

So as for the biggest, I would go with Leafs-Canadiens. But there are many more rivalries in the NHL that are pretty big and intense as well, ie. Canadiens-Bruins especially and one that many could argue for being the biggest; Oilers-Flames, Red Wings-Avalanche etc. Also the battles of Provinces and States, Leafs-Senators, Oilers-Flames as mentioned already, Flyers-Penguins, Rangers-Islanders etc, some of these not as big as others.

For international men's hockey, its Canada-Russia. Look up the Summit Series. Its always something special to watch the best of these two countries go at it. At the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, there was huge hype for the two to make it the finals and face off against each other. The finals ended up being Canada and the US though, which could show that maybe another big rivalry has emerged, as the two countries have met twice in this last decade (2002, and 2010) in the Olympic Gold Medal game. To add a little more fuel to this rivalry, the US beat Canada at the World Juniors on home soil, ending Canada's dominance at the World Juniors and attempt for 6 straight World Jr Championships.

For international women's hockey, it's Canada-USA. Since Women's Ice Hockey was introduced at the Olympics, the two have met in the finals every singe time. The US won the first Gold Medal, with Canada winning the next 3. For the 2010 Olympics, I believe the US had won every tournament, and if I'm not mistaken, every game against Canada leading up to the Olympics. The gold medal game in 2002 was pretty intense as well. The American had the Canadian flag on the dressing room floor, and the officiating was fairly one sided for the Americans, however Canada still managed to pull off the win in an amazing game.

In 2002 and 2010, the finals were the same for both men and women at the Olympics, Canada vs USA, showing that this rivalry is definitely alive and strong. Some argue that for the men, the rivalry today could be just as big as the rivalry with Russia.

In 1925, the WHL folded and an owner from Detroit bought the Victoria Cougars and moved them to Detroit where he was granted a franchise to play in the NHL. In 1930 the team was renamed the Falcons. In 1932, the team was bought by James Norris and renamed the Red Wings, which they have been named ever since.