NHL Teams: Detroit Red Wings

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NHL Teams: Detroit Red Wings

The NHL is growing in popularity in the United States. The teams are what make it great. Nothing beats watching your favorite team win on ice. Detroit Red Wings are one of the best teams in NHL.

The Detroit Red Wings are a popular NHL team. They have a rich history. They are doing well despite not having a non-stop success rate.

The Detroit Red Wings are an ice hockey team that were founded back in 1926. They were one of the original 6 teams in the National Hockey League until their expansion in 1967. The team has won 11 Stanley Cups. Their greatest success came in 1950-50s, when they won four Stanley Cup's. However, they had a slump in later years, with only two playoff berths in last 82 years.

Steve Yzerman, Probert, Klima, and Shanahan were the main players in the early 1980s. The Russian Five were a team that won back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1996-97 and 2001-2002.

The 2007-2008 team won the Stanley Cup against the Penguins. The team with Lidstrom, Zetterberg, Osgood and Datsyuk won a record-setting home game 23 times in a row in 2011-2012.

The Detroit Red Wings moved from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference after the 2012-2013 season. The team's first three seasons in the East ended in playoff eliminations. In the 2016-2017 season, the team’s streak of 25 consecutive appearances in postseason ended.

The Detroit Red Wings have not won a Stanley Cup Final since 2007-2008. They made it to the NHL First Round in 2015-2016, but that was the last time they made the playoffs. In 2019, Yzerman was hired as their general manager.


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