Famous Numbers of the Detroit Red Wings Quiz

Answer: 19

Yzerman was named team captain of the Red Wings at the age of 21 in 1986, and wore the C for the next 19 seasons. In the run-and-gun style of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Yzerman fit right in. He posted over 100 points in each of his first five seasons, including a 155 point rookie campaign in 1988-89. Yzerman would later reinvent himself as a defensively responsible forward.

He captained the Red Wings to three Stanley Cups and added a Conn Smythe, Selke, Masterton, Patrick, and Ted Lindsay Award to his trophy shelf.

After he retired, Yzerman went in to the front office and was named Red Wings GM in 2019.

Answer: 14

During his career there was perhaps no greater power forward in the game than Brendan Shanahan. Shanahan was the first player in NHL history to record 600 goals and 2,000 penalty minutes in his career, which was split between New Jersey, St. Louis, Hartford, Detroit, and New York. Shanahan spent nine seasons in the Motor City, scoring over 300 goals, winning three Stanley Cups and making six NHL all-star teams in that stretch On the record-setting 2001-02 Detroit Red Wings, Shanahan led the team in both goals and points.

He was inducted in to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2013.

Answer: 13

How a player with the skill of Pavel Datsyuk slipped to the 6th round of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft will forever remain a mystery. It took until the 161st overall pick when the Red Wings called the Russian's name. Beginning in 2003-04, Datsyuk scored 27 goals in six consecutive seasons, and won 3 Selke Trophies as the league's most defensive minded forward, and 4 Lady Byng Trophies for gentlemanly conduct on the ice.

In 953 career games, the Red Wings center was a two-time Stanley Cup champion and nearly a point-per-game player (918).

He played his entire career as a Red Wing.

Answer: 30

On the powerhouse Red Wings of the 2000s, Chris Osgood was very much the unflashy goalie who provided the saves the team needed to win three Stanley Cups. Osgood won 401 games in the NHL in net, and posted 50 shutouts. Osgood won 67 playoff games as a Red Wing alone.

Answer: 8

No matter the level or the team - Igor Larionov's teams won titles. Larionov won two World Junior Championships, 4 World Championships, and 2 Olympic Golds representing his native Soviet Union. Add in eight consecutive Soviet League championships for good measure.

But at 29 and after much lobbying of the Red Army authorities, Larionov was given permission to leave for the NHL. When Larionov won the Stanley Cup in 1997, he and his first Russian teammates were the first NHL player to bring the Stanley Cup home to Russia.

Answer: 9

Howe is not only an icon of the Detroit Red Wings but an icon of hockey as a whole. Howe reimagined the position of NHL forward with his punishing combination of tenacity and skill, and then did it longer than anybody thought imaginable. Howe played in the NHL in five different decades, including four decades with the Red Wings.

He was a 23-time all-star and finished in the top 10 in league scoring in 21 consecutive seasons. All but 15 of his 801 goals and 80 of 1767 career games came in a Red Wing uniform.

Answer: 5

The super slick Swedish defenseman seemed to only get better with age. Lidstrom retired with a record-tying 7 career Norris Trophies as the league's best blueliner, but it took a decade in the NHL before he won his first. Before Lidstrom, no European born and developed player had won a Norris or Conn Smythe Trophy, or captained a team to a Stanley Cup championship. Lidstrom was 41 when he won his final Norris Trophy and retired having played his entire career in Detroit.

His #5 was retired by the team in 2014.

Answer: 33

Draper was the third line center that every good championship team needs. A burst of energy who can mix it up, kill penalties, fulfill checking assignments, and put the puck in the net. Draper played 17 seasons for the Red Wings and was part of all four Stanley Cup championship teams between 1997 and 2008. Draper was mired with AHL Moncton in the Winnipeg Jets organization when the Red Wings acquired him in December 1993 for $1.

Answer: 40

Another gem uncovered deep in the NHL draft by the Red Wings' head European scout Hakan Andersson, Zetterberg waited until the 210th overall pick in the 1999 draft before hearing his name called. Zetterberg played all 1,082 games of his career with the Red Wings, a career which included a Conn Smythe Award as playoff MVP in his one and only Stanley Cup championship. Zetterberg was named team captain in 2012 after Nicklas Lidstrom retired.

Answer: 1

When Sawchuk retired in 1970, he was the all-time leader in goaltender games played, wins, and shutouts and a three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Red Wings. But in a career so productive and celebrated, Sawchuk's personal life was wrapped in tragedy. Sawchuk's career in net begun when he inherited pads from his older brother, who passed away when Terry was 10.

Despite Hall of Fame credentials, Sawchuk battled personal demons stemming from his lack of confidence in his own play and accumulating injuries caused by tending goal in the pre-mask era.

After an altercation coming home from a New York City bar in 1970, Sawchuk was hospitalized and later died from complications of the injuries he sustained. He was 40 years old. The Red Wings retired his #1 jersey.