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Adams managed to pass his probationary period by leading the Red Wings to their first-ever playoff series victory, over the Montreal Maroons. Norris also placed coach Jack Adams on a one-year probation for the 1932–33 NHL season. Norris decided that a red version of the MAAA 'Winged Wheelers' logo would be perfect for a team playing in the 'Motor City', and on October 5, 1932, the club was renamed the Detroit Red Wings.

Norris' first act was to rename the team earlier in the century, Norris had been a member of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (MAAA), a multi-sport club whose winged-wheel emblem derived from its cycling roots, and whose hockey team won the first Stanley Cup in 1893. Norris, who had made two previous unsuccessful bids to buy an NHL team, purchase the Falcons.

In 1932, the NHL let grain merchant James E. In 1930, the Cougars were renamed the Falcons, but their woes continued, as they usually finished near the bottom of the standings, even though they made the playoffs again in 1932. The Cougars were outscored 7–2 in the two-game series with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Cougars made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 1929, with Carson Cooper leading the team in scoring. This was also the first season behind the bench for Jack Adams, who would be the face of the franchise for the next 36 years as either coach or general manager. For the 1927–28 season, the Cougars moved into the new Detroit Olympia, which would be their home rink until December 15, 1979. Since no arena in Detroit was ready at the time, the Cougars played their first season at the Border Cities Arena in Windsor, Ontario. The new Detroit franchise also adopted the Cougars' nickname in honor of the folded franchise. The new Detroit franchise purchased the players of the WHL's Victoria Cougars, who had won the Stanley Cup in 1925 and had made the Finals the previous winter, to play for the team. WHL owners Frank and Lester Patrick made a deal to sell the league's players to the NHL and cease league operations.

During a subsequent meeting on May 15, the league approved a franchise to the Townsend-Seyburn group of Detroit and named Charles A. The franchise was known as the Detroit Cougars from 1926 to 1930.įollowing the 1926 Stanley Cup playoffs, during which the Western Hockey League (WHL) was widely reported to be on the verge of folding, the NHL held a meeting on April 17 to consider applications for expansion franchises, at which it was reported that five different groups sought a team for Detroit. Team photo from Detroit's inaugural season ( 1926–27). Since 1983–84, the Red Wings have tallied six regular season first-place finishes and have won the Stanley Cup four times ( 1997, 1998, 2002, and 2008).

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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) in 2006, this became the longest active streak of postseason appearances in all of North American professional sports and finished tied for the third-longest streak in NHL history. Between the 1966––83 seasons, the Red Wings made the playoffs only two times. īetween the 1931––66 seasons, the Red Wings missed the playoffs only four times. The Red Wings are one of the most popular and successful franchises in the NHL fans and sports commentators refer to the Detroit area as ' Hockeytown', which has been a registered trademark owned by the franchise since 1996.

The Wings played their home games at Joe Louis Arena from 1979 until 2017, after playing for 52 years at Olympia Stadium they moved into the Little Caesars Arena beginning with the 2017–18 season. Īs of 2021, the Red Wings have won the most Stanley Cup championships of any NHL franchise based in the United States (11), and are third overall in total Stanley Cup championships, behind the Montreal Canadiens (24) and Toronto Maple Leafs (13). For the 1930––32 seasons, the team was named the Detroit Falcons, before changing their name to the Red Wings in 1932. Founded in 1926, the team was known as the Detroit Cougars until 1930. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference, and are one of the Original Six teams of the league. The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit.