Greatest Red Wings Of All Time

Career years and statistics are only with the Red Wings.

GORDIE HOWE
RW
CAREER: 1946-71
1,687 games, 786 goals, 1,023 assists, 1,643 penalty minutes
In a career that spanned five decades, Mr. Hockey epitomized the perfect player. As clutch as he was tough, Howe scored 121 game-winning goals in the regular season during his NHL career. He was a six-time league MVP, six-time scoring leader, 21-time All-NHL selection and four-time Stanley Cup champion.

TED LINDSAY
LW
CAREER: 1944-57, '64-65
862 games, 335 goals, 393 assists, 728 points
Despite Terrible Ted's diminutive size (5' 8", 160 pounds), he was one of the most feared and determined players to suit up in the NHL. In 1949-50 the Detroit captain led the league in scoring (78 points) and assists (55), and he was an NHL All-Star nine times between '48 and '57.

SID ABEL
C
CAREER: 1938-52
570 games, 184 goals, 279 assists
Best known as the center between Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay on Detroit's legendary Production Line, which was formed during the 1946-47 season, Abel was named captain as a 24-year-old in '42. During the 1948-49 season the future Hall of Famer led the Wings in goals and points, becoming just the second player in team history to win the Hart Trophy as league MVP.

NORM ULLMAN
C
CAREER: 1955-68
875 games, 324 goals, 434 assists, 758 points, 552 penalty minutes
A true player's player, Ullman earned the nickname Noisy from Jack Adams because he was so quiet off the ice. On it, however, he was anything but, using his stick like a magician on face-offs and while puckhandling and forechecking. Ullman scored 20 or more goals in 12 consecutive seasons, including his final 11 with the Wings. Also known as an iron man, he played in 817 of a possible 840 games during his first dozen seasons with Detroit. Although he was never a Stanley Cup champ, Ullman tied for the league lead in postseason scoring in 1962-63.

ALEX DELVECCHIO
C-LW
CAREER: 1950-73
1,549 games, 456 goals, 825 assists, 383 penalty minutes
One of hockey's true gentlemen, Delvecchio was a three-time Lady Byng Trophy winner. A 20-goal scorer 13 times, Delvecchio's emergence in '52 coincided with Detroit's string of three Stanley Cups in four seasons, during the last two of which he centered Howe and Lindsay on the new Production Line.

MARCEL PRONOVOST
D
CAREER: 1950-65
983 games, 80 goals, 217 assists, 717 penalty minutes
The Quebec native quickly became one of the key cogs of four Cup championship teams. A deft playmaker as well as a tremendous hitter, Pronovost was selected to four All-Star teams. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in '78.

TERRY SAWCHUK
G
CAREER: 1949-55, '57-64, '68-69
351 wins, 243 losses, 132 ties, .574 winning percentage, 85 shutouts, 2.44 goals-against average
During the five seasons from 1950-51 to 1954-55 the alltime NHL shutout leader held opponents scoreless an amazing 56 times in 338 games (one out of every six) and won the Vezina Trophy three times. In three stints with the Red Wings over 14 seasons Sawchuk amassed a team record for wins while earning a 2.44 goals-against average. He led Detroit to three Stanley Cup titles, including his first, in 1952, when he was a perfect 8-0 with four shutouts in the postseason.

STEVE YZERMAN
C
CAREER: 1983-2006
1,514 games, 692 goals, 1,063 assists, 1,755 points, 924 penalty minutes
No man served as an NHL captain for his team longer than Yzerman, who spent 20 years wearing the C for Detroit. The Red Wings' alltime leader in assists, Yzerman ranks second only to Howe in goals and scoring. His 1,755 points all came while wearing the Winged Wheel, making him the NHL's alltime leading scorer among players whose points came with just one team.

JACK ADAMS
COACH
CAREER: 1927-47
413 wins, 390 losses, 161 ties
A Hall of Fame player in seven seasons with three teams, Adams took the helm of the Detroit Cougars (later renamed the Red Wings) in their second year and won three Stanley Cups and a team-record 413 games. His success was a testament to his scouting abilities, which led to the acquisitions of players such as Gordie and Syd Howe, Lindsay, Ullman, Kelly, Abel and Stewart.