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==Players and personnel== ===Current roster=== {{Detroit Red Wings roster}} ===Hall of Fame=== The Detroit Red Wings acknowledge an affiliation with many inductees to the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]], including 68 former players and 12 builders of the sport.<ref name=medgu>{{cite book|url=https://nhl.bamcontent.com/images/assets/binary/283594742/binary-file/file.pdf|chapter=Hall of Fame Detroit Red Wings|title=Detroit Red Wings 2016–17 Media Guide|access-date=May 8, 2018|year=2016|publisher=Detroit Red Wings|page=218|editor1=Beam, Todd|editor2=Kujawa, Kyle|editor3=DiFilippo, Alex|editor4=Barnowski, Nick|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509080508/https://nhl.bamcontent.com/images/assets/binary/283594742/binary-file/file.pdf|archive-date=May 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The 12 individuals recognized as builders by the Hall of Fame include former Red Wings executives, general managers, head coaches, and owners. In addition to players and builders, several broadcasters have been awarded the [[Foster Hewitt Memorial Award]] from the Hockey Hall of Fame. [[Budd Lynch]], a radio play-by-play announcer, was the first Red Wings broadcaster to be awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award. Lynch also served as Detroit's public address announcer from 1985 until his death in 2012. In addition to Lynch, [[Bruce Martyn]], [[Mickey Redmond]], and [[Dave Strader]] have also won the award.<ref name="Hewitt Award"/><ref name=medgu/> '''Players''' {{Columns-list|colwidth=15em| * [[Sid Abel]] * [[Daniel Alfredsson]] * [[Al Arbour]] * [[Marty Barry]] * [[Andy Bathgate]] * [[Leo Boivin]] * [[John Bucyk]] * [[Chris Chelios]] * [[Dino Ciccarelli]] * [[Paul Coffey]] * [[Charlie Conacher]] * [[Roy Conacher]] * [[Alec Connell]] * [[Pavel Datsyuk]] * [[Alex Delvecchio]] * [[Marcel Dionne]] * [[Bernie Federko]] * [[Sergei Fedorov]] * [[Viacheslav Fetisov]] * [[Frank Foyston]] * [[Frank Fredrickson]] * [[Bill Gadsby]] * [[Eddie Giacomin]] * [[Ebbie Goodfellow]] * [[Glenn Hall]] * [[Doug Harvey (ice hockey)|Doug Harvey]] * [[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] * [[George Hay (ice hockey)|George Hay]] * [[Hap Holmes]] * [[Marián Hossa|Marian Hossa]] * [[Gordie Howe]] * [[Mark Howe]] * [[Syd Howe]] * [[Brett Hull]] * [[Duke Keats]] * [[Red Kelly]] * [[Brian Kilrea]] * [[Igor Larionov]] * [[Herbie Lewis (ice hockey)|Herbie Lewis]] * [[Nicklas Lidstrom]] * [[Ted Lindsay]] * [[Harry Lumley (ice hockey)|Harry Lumley]] * [[Frank Mahovlich]] * [[Mike Modano]] * [[Larry Murphy (ice hockey)|Larry Murphy]] * [[Vaclav Nedomansky]] * [[Reg Noble]] * [[Adam Oates]] * [[Brad Park]] * [[Bud Poile]] * [[Marcel Pronovost]] * [[Bill Quackenbush]] * [[Luc Robitaille]] * [[Borje Salming]] * [[Terry Sawchuk]] * [[Earl Siebert]] * [[Brendan Shanahan]] * [[Darryl Sittler]] * [[Jack Stewart (ice hockey)|Jack Stewart]] * [[Tiny Thompson]] * [[Norm Ullman]] * [[Rogie Vachon]] * [[Mike Vernon (ice hockey)|Mike Vernon]] * [[Carl Voss]] * [[Jack Walker (ice hockey)|Jack Walker]] * [[Harry Watson (ice hockey, born 1923)|Harry Watson]] * [[Cooney Weiland]] * [[Steve Yzerman]] }} '''Builders''' {{Columns-list|colwidth=15em| * [[Jack Adams]] * [[Keith Allen (ice hockey)|Keith Allen]]{{efn|name=fn2|Inductee only played for the Red Wings, and was not a team executive or members of the coaching staff. Despite their induction in the builders category, the team continues to acknowledge an affiliation with the Hall of Fame member.}} * [[Scotty Bowman]] * [[Murray Costello]]{{efn|name=fn2}} * [[Jim Devellano]] * [[Ken Holland]] * [[Mike Ilitch]] * [[Tommy Ivan]] * [[Bruce Norris (ice hockey)|Bruce Norris]] * [[James D. Norris]] * [[James E. Norris]] * [[John Ziegler Jr.]] }} ===Retired numbers=== [[File:Retired numbers at Joe Louis Arena.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The banners of seven retired numbers. The banners, from left to right, read "Lidström 5" "Yzerman 19" "Sawchuk 1" "Delvecchio 10" "Lindsay 7" "Abel 12" "Howe 9". The Yzerman banner has a small ''C'' at the top right corner. |The banners of retired numbers hanging at Joe Louis Arena.]] {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#C8102E 5px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 5px solid;"|Detroit Red Wings retired numbers |- ! style="width:40px;"|No. ! style="width:150px;"|Player ! style="width:40px;"|Position ! style="width:100px;"|Career ! style="width:150px;"|Number retirement |- | '''1''' || [[Terry Sawchuk]] || G || 1949–1955<br />1957–1964<br />1968–1969 || March 6, 1994<ref>{{cite web|first=Richard|last=Bak|title=The troubled genius of Terry Sawchuk|url=https://www.vintagedetroit.com/the-troubled-genius-of-terry-sawchuk/|website=Vintage Detroit|date=December 6, 2014|access-date=December 23, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817150733/https://www.vintagedetroit.com/the-troubled-genius-of-terry-sawchuk/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | '''4''' || [[Red Kelly]] || D || 1947–1960 || February 1, 2019<ref name="Kelly's number">{{cite web|first=Helene|last=St. James|title=Detroit Red Wings retire Red Kelly's jersey: 'It's a great honor'|url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2019/02/01/red-kelly-red-wings-jersey-retirement/2742060002/|website=Detroit Free Press|date=February 1, 2019|access-date=February 1, 2019|archive-date=February 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202080548/https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2019/02/01/red-kelly-red-wings-jersey-retirement/2742060002/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | '''5''' || [[Nicklas Lidström|Nicklas Lidstrom]] || D || 1991–2012 || March 6, 2014<ref>{{cite web|first=Brian|last=Hedger|title=Red Wings retire Nicklas Lidstrom's No. 5|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/red-wings-retire-nicklas-lidstroms-no-5/c-708260|publisher=National Hockey League|date=March 6, 2014|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002220308/https://www.nhl.com/news/red-wings-retire-nicklas-lidstroms-no-5/c-708260|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | '''7''' || [[Ted Lindsay]] || LW || 1944–1957<br />1964–1965 || November 10, 1991<ref>{{cite web|first=Dave|last=Stubbs|title=Ted Lindsay: 100 Greatest NHL Players|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/ted-lindsay-100-greatest-nhl-hockey-players/c-284158492|publisher=National Hockey League|date=January 1, 2017|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002220630/https://www.nhl.com/news/ted-lindsay-100-greatest-nhl-hockey-players/c-284158492|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | '''9''' || [[Gordie Howe]] || RW || 1946–1971 || March 12, 1972<ref name="Howe's number"/> |- | '''10''' || [[Alex Delvecchio]] || C || 1950–1974 || November 10, 1991<ref>{{cite web|title=Legends of Hockey – Spotlight – Alex Delvecchio – The Pinnacle|url=https://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_pinnaclep197701.shtml|website=Hockey Hall of Fame|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310131601/https://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_pinnaclep197701.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | '''12''' || [[Sid Abel]] || C || 1938–1943<br />1945–1952 || April 29, 1995<ref>{{cite web|title=Abel, Sid -- Biography -- Honoured Player -- Legends of Hockey|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196901&page=bio|website=Hockey Hall of Fame|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002220433/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196901&page=bio|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | '''19''' || [[Steve Yzerman]]{{efn|The banner features the captain "C" to honor his 20 years as team captain with the Red Wings.}} || C || 1983–2006 || January 2, 2007<ref name=Yzerman/> |} The Red Wings have [[Retired number|retired]] eight numbers. The first number the Red Wings retired was No. 9 in 1972 in honor of Gordie Howe, who played right wing for the team from 1946 to 1971.<ref name="Howe's number">{{cite web|title=The life of 'Mr. Hockey' Gordie Howe: A timeline|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/gordie-howe-mr-hockey-timeline-moments/c-280930698|publisher=National Hockey League|date=June 10, 2016|access-date=October 2, 2017}}</ref> Howe won both the [[Art Ross Trophy]] and the [[Hart Memorial Trophy]] six times each and won the Stanley Cup as a Red Wing four times.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gordie Howe Stats and News|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/gordie-howe-8448000|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=October 2, 2017}}</ref> In 2007, the Red Wings retired Steve Yzerman's No. 19.<ref name=Yzerman/> During Yzerman's career, he won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, the Conn Smythe Trophy, the [[Frank J. Selke Trophy]], the [[Lester Patrick Trophy]], and the [[Ted Lindsay Award]].<ref name="Yzerman's stats">{{cite web|title=Steve Yzerman Stats and News|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/steve-yzerman-8452578|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=October 2, 2017}}</ref> Yzerman served as Detroit's captain for 19 seasons, an NHL record, and won the Stanley Cup three times as a player with the Red Wings.<ref name=Yzerman/><ref name="Yzerman's stats"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Bob|last=Duff|title=Steve Yzerman: 100 Greatest NHL Players|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/steve-yzerman-100-greatest-nhl-hockey-players/c-285492334|website=NHL.com|date=January 1, 2017|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref> The most recent retired number is [[Red Kelly]]'s No. 4, which was retired on February 1, 2019.<ref name="Kelly's number"/> During Kelly's 13-year career with the Red Wings, he won four Stanley Cups, the [[Lady Byng Memorial Trophy]] three times, and the [[James Norris Memorial Trophy]] once.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/detroit-red-wings-to-retire-red-kellys-no-4/c-300857166|title=Detroit Red Wings to retire Red Kelly's No. 4|publisher=National Hockey League|first=Todd|last=Beam|access-date=October 11, 2018|date=October 11, 2018}}</ref> The Red Wings have also made the number 6 of [[Larry Aurie]] and the number 16 of [[Vladimir Konstantinov]] no longer available for issue. However, the numbers are not considered to be officially retired.<ref>{{cite web|first=Sean|last=Gentille|title=NHL jersey retirements: Who's next in the Atlantic Division?|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl-news/4512541-nhl-retired-numbers-jersey-pavel-datsyuk-sergei-fedorov-red-wings-daniel-alfreds|website=[[Sporting News]]|date=July 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509100957/http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl-news/4512541-nhl-retired-numbers-jersey-pavel-datsyuk-sergei-fedorov-red-wings-daniel-alfreds|archive-date=May 9, 2016|access-date=May 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Although Aurie's number was retired in 1938 by James E. Norris, current team owners do not consider the number to be retired.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aurie holds Detroit's forgotten number |date=January 7, 2007 |url=http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2007/01/07/sports/20070107-archive1.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302105134/http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2007/01/07/sports/20070107-archive1.txt |work=The Macomb Daily |author=Bruce MacLeod |access-date=December 10, 2013 |archive-date=March 2, 2012}}</ref> Konstantinov's number has not been issued to any player since he was permanently disabled in a vehicle accident after the [[1997 Stanley Cup Finals]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl--tragic-anniversary--vladimir-konstantinov-stepped-into-a-rented-limousine-15-years-ago.html |date=June 3, 2012 |access-date=December 10, 2013 |title=Tragic anniversary: Vladimir Konstantinov stepped into a rented limousine 15 years ago |author=Eric Adelson |work=Yahoo! Sports}}</ref> Number 99 is also unavailable as it was retired by the league in honor of Wayne Gretzky.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehockeywriters.com/you-dont-wear-number-66/ |title=You Don't Wear Number 66 |date=February 23, 2012 |access-date=May 16, 2016 |work=The Hockey Writers |author=Michael Viola}}</ref> ===Team captains=== All the players who have served as team captain with the Detroit franchise.<ref name="Detroit Red Wings History">{{cite web|url=http://redwings.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=43789|title=Detroit Red Wings All-Time Captains|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=January 19, 2015}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Art Duncan]], 1926–1927 * [[Reg Noble]], 1927–1930 * [[George Hay (ice hockey)|George Hay]], 1930–1931 * [[Carson Cooper]], 1931–1932 * [[Larry Aurie]], 1932–1933 * [[Herbie Lewis (ice hockey)|Herbie Lewis]], 1933–1934 * [[Ebbie Goodfellow]], 1934–1935, 1938–1941 * [[Doug Young (ice hockey)|Doug Young]], 1935–1938 * Ebbie Goodfellow and [[Syd Howe]], 1941–1942 * [[Sid Abel]], 1942–1943 * [[Mud Bruneteau]] and [[Flash Hollett]], 1943–1944 * Flash Hollett, 1944–1945 * Flash Hollett and Sid Abel, 1945–1946 * Sid Abel, 1946–1952 * [[Ted Lindsay]], 1952–1956 * [[Red Kelly]], 1956–1958 * [[Gordie Howe]], 1958–1962 * [[Alex Delvecchio]], 1962–1973 * Alex Delvecchio, [[Nick Libett]], [[Red Berenson]], [[Gary Bergman]], [[Ted Harris (ice hockey)|Ted Harris]], [[Mickey Redmond]], and [[Larry Johnston (ice hockey)|Larry Johnston]], 1973–1974 * [[Marcel Dionne]], 1974–1975 * [[Danny Grant (ice hockey)|Danny Grant]] and [[Terry Harper]], 1975–1976 * Danny Grant and [[Dennis Polonich]], 1976–1977 * Dan Maloney and [[Dennis Hextall]], 1977–1978 * Dennis Hextall, Nick Libett, and [[Paul Woods (ice hockey)|Paul Woods]], 1978–1979 * [[Dale McCourt]], 1979–1980 * [[Errol Thompson (ice hockey)|Errol Thompson]] and [[Reed Larson]], 1980–1981 * Reed Larson, 1981–1982 * [[Danny Gare]], 1982–1986 * [[Steve Yzerman]], 1986–2006 * [[Nicklas Lidström|Nicklas Lidstrom]], 2006–2012 * [[Henrik Zetterberg]], 2013–2018 * [[Dylan Larkin]], 2021–present {{div col end}} ===First-round draft picks=== {{Main|List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks}} {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[1963 NHL amateur draft|1963]]: [[Peter Mahovlich]] (2nd overall) * [[1964 NHL amateur draft|1964]]: [[Claude Gauthier (ice hockey)|Claude Gauthier]] (1st overall) * [[1965 NHL amateur draft|1965]]: [[George Forgie]] (3rd overall) * [[1966 NHL amateur draft|1966]]: [[Steve Atkinson]] (6th overall) * [[1967 NHL amateur draft|1967]]: [[Ron Barkwell]] (9th overall) * [[1968 NHL amateur draft|1968]]: [[Steve Andrascik]] (11th overall) * [[1969 NHL amateur draft|1969]]: [[Jim Rutherford]] (10th overall) * [[1970 NHL amateur draft|1970]]: [[Serge Lajeunesse]] (12th overall) * [[1971 NHL amateur draft|1971]]: [[Marcel Dionne]] (2nd overall) * [[1973 NHL amateur draft|1973]]: [[Terry Richardson (ice hockey)|Terry Richardson]] (11th overall) * [[1974 NHL amateur draft|1974]]: [[Bill Lochead]] (9th overall) * [[1975 NHL amateur draft|1975]]: [[Rick Lapointe]] (5th overall) * [[1976 NHL amateur draft|1976]]: [[Fred Williams (ice hockey)|Fred Williams]] (4th overall) * [[1977 NHL amateur draft|1977]]: [[Dale McCourt]] (1st overall) * [[1978 NHL amateur draft|1978]]: [[Willie Huber]] (9th overall) * [[1979 NHL entry draft|1979]]: [[Mike Foligno]] (3rd overall) * [[1980 NHL entry draft|1980]]: [[Mike Blaisdell]] (11th overall) * [[1982 NHL entry draft|1982]]: [[Murray Craven]] (17th overall) * [[1983 NHL entry draft|1983]]: [[Steve Yzerman]] (4th overall) * [[1984 NHL entry draft|1984]]: [[Shawn Burr]] (7th overall) * [[1985 NHL entry draft|1985]]: [[Brent Fedyk]] (8th overall) * [[1986 NHL entry draft|1986]]: [[Joe Murphy (ice hockey)|Joe Murphy]] (1st overall) * [[1987 NHL entry draft|1987]]: [[Yves Racine]] (11th overall) * [[1988 NHL entry draft|1988]]: [[Kory Kocur]] (17th overall) * [[1989 NHL entry draft|1989]]: [[Mike Sillinger]] (11th overall) * [[1990 NHL entry draft|1990]]: [[Keith Primeau]] (3rd overall) * [[1991 NHL entry draft|1991]]: [[Martin Lapointe]] (10th overall) * [[1992 NHL entry draft|1992]]: [[Curtis Bowen]] (22nd overall) * [[1993 NHL entry draft|1993]]: [[Anders Eriksson (ice hockey, born 1975)|Anders Eriksson]] (22nd overall) * [[1994 NHL entry draft|1994]]: [[Yan Golubovsky]] (23rd overall) * [[1995 NHL entry draft|1995]]: [[Maxim Kuznetsov]] (26th overall) * [[1996 NHL entry draft|1996]]: [[Jesse Wallin]] (26th overall) * [[1998 NHL entry draft|1998]]: [[Jiří Fischer|Jiri Fischer]] (25th overall) * [[2000 NHL entry draft|2000]]: [[Niklas Kronwall]] (29th overall) * [[2005 NHL entry draft|2005]]: [[Jakub Kindl]] (19th overall) * [[2007 NHL entry draft|2007]]: [[Brendan Smith (ice hockey)|Brendan Smith]] (27th overall) * [[2008 NHL entry draft|2008]]: [[Thomas McCollum]] (30th overall) * [[2010 NHL entry draft|2010]]: [[Riley Sheahan]] (21st overall) * [[2013 NHL entry draft|2013]]: [[Anthony Mantha]] (20th overall) * [[2014 NHL entry draft|2014]]: [[Dylan Larkin]] (15th overall) * [[2015 NHL entry draft|2015]]: [[Evgeny Svechnikov]] (19th overall) * [[2016 NHL entry draft|2016]]: [[Dennis Cholowski]] (20th overall) * [[2017 NHL entry draft|2017]]: [[Michael Rasmussen (ice hockey)|Michael Rasmussen]] (9th overall) * [[2018 NHL entry draft|2018]]: [[Filip Zadina]] (6th overall) * [[2018 NHL entry draft|2018]]: [[Joe Veleno]] (30th overall) * [[2019 NHL entry draft|2019]]: [[Moritz Seider]] (6th overall) * [[2020 NHL entry draft|2020]]: [[Lucas Raymond]] (4th overall) * [[2021 NHL entry draft|2021]]: [[Simon Edvinsson]] (6th overall) * [[2021 NHL entry draft|2021]]: [[Sebastian Cossa]] (15th overall) * [[2022 NHL entry draft|2022]]: [[Marco Kasper]] (8th overall) * [[2023 NHL entry draft|2023]]: [[Nate Danielson]] (9th overall) * [[2023 NHL entry draft|2023]]: [[Axel Sandin Pellikka]] (17th overall) * [[2024 NHL entry draft|2024]]: [[Michael Brandsegg-Nygård|Michael Brandsegg-Nygard]] (15th overall) {{div col end}}
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