• September 26, 1926 -- Group of 73 investors led by Charles Hughes purchase team 
• November 18, 1926 -- First Game (lost to Boston Bruins) 
• Played at Border City Arena, Windsor 
• Called "Detroit Cougars" because majority of Player's were from Victoria Cougars, British Columbia, CN - a member of Western Hockey League which competed with NHL 
• Finished last place (of 44 games only won 12) 
• Art Duncan, first manager, also player and team captain 

• Arrival of Jack adams as coach, beginning of 35 year association with team 
• Move to Olympia Stadium, Detroit 
• November 22, 1927 -- First Game at Olympia vs. Ottawa Senators 
• John Sheppard scored first goal 
• Finished fourth 

• First time in Playoffs

• Name change to "Detroit Falcons" 

• James D. Norris begins process to purchase team 
• Name changed to "Detroit Red Wings"(winged wheel history)

• Won League Championship for first time (thus reaching Stanley Cup finals for first time) 

• Captured League Championship and Stanley Cup 

• Captured League Championship and Stanley cup (first time Stanley Cup clinched at home on April 15, 1937) 

• NO PLAY WAR 

• Captured NHL League Championship and Stanley Cup 

• Gordie howe joins team 

• The production Line Formed (together until 1952) 

• 1950 Won Stanley Cup
• 1952 Won Stanley Cup
• 1954 Won Stanley Cup 
• 1955 Won Stanley Cup

• James Norris dies, daughter Margureite takes over as president (first woman president in NHL) 

• Howe gets 1000th Point on assist 

• Howe gets 500th NHL Goal 

• Add on to Olympia Stadium

• Plays in Stanley Cup Finals 

• Bruce Norris, son of James, takes over as president 

• Expansion of NHL to twelve teams 

• First game against an expansion team -- St. Louis 

• Delvecchio gets 1000th NHL point on assist 

• Mediocre team 

• Howe's number retired (retired nums) (first DRW number to be retired) 

• Leave Olympia Stadium and move to Joe Louis Arena (ticket info)
• December 15, 1979 -- last game at Olympia, Greg Jolly scores last Red Wing goal at Olympia 
• December 27, 1979 -- first game at JLA 

• Six trips to conference finals (87, 88, 95, 96, 97, 98) 
• Three Stanley Cup finals 95, 97, 98 
• Record wins in a season 1995/96
• Two Stanley Cup wins 1997, 98

• Yzerman named youngest captain in team history

• Delvecchio and Lindsay's numbers retired 

• Yzerman gets 1000th point on assist 

• Ciccarelli gets 500th NHL goal 

• Coffey gets 1000th NHL point on goal 

• Delayed season due to lockout 
• Won Presidents Trophy(best team record in NHL) 
• Won Campbell Bowl (Western Conference title) 
• Play in Stanley Cup Finals (first time in 29 years) 

• Abel's number retired 

• Paul Coffey scores 1000th assist 

• Sawchuk's number 1 retired 

• Scotty Bowman sets NHL record for most regular season games coached 

• Yzerman scores 500th NHL goal 

• Larionov joins team mates Fedorov, Fetisov, Kozlov, Konstantinov to form "Russian Five" line 
• Set new NHL record of most games won in a season -- 62 
• Won President's Trophy 
• Won Central Division Championship. 

• Octpus tradition cut down by NHL (See octopus history)
• Winners of 1996-97 stanley cup for first time in 42 years with sweep over Philly 
• Captain Steve Yzermans first cup
• Vernon wins conn smythe

 

1997/98 Season

• Konstantinov hurt During summer in car crash.
• Yzermans NHL record 14th year as captain of one team
• Yzerman gets 1400th point and becomes only the 13th player to do so
• Shanahan/Yzerman play in 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics for Team Canada
• Winners of 1997-98 Stanley cup with a Sweep over Washington
• Yzerman Wins Con Smythe

 

• Osgood records 22nd career shut out moving him to 2nd place in all time Red Wing shutouts 10/24/98
• Yzerman Records 1426th point moving him past his idol Bryan Trottier to10th in all time scoring 11/11/98
• Wings lose to Avalanche in Western Coference Semifinals in 6 games.  -No Three-peat-