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?
You know what's kind of funny? Between 1933/1934 and 1965/1966, the Red Wings missed the playoffs just FOUR times. Then after 1966/1967 to all the way until 1982/1983, they made the playoffs only TWO times. So, a lot of success... then a lot of clunkers...
That has got be hard to go through. They seem to have so much history and have seen it all.
Being one of the most popular franchises in the NHL and all, fans/commentators have long been calling Detroit and all the area surrounding it "Hockeytown." The franchise even trademarked it back in 1996. So, you can tell what kind of expectations they have.
I would love to go see them play. Sounds like a great experience.
You'd love it. I went there a couple years ago. I'd love to go again because they just moved into a new arena during the 2017-2018 season--the Little Caesars Arena.