The Detroit Red Wings are one of the most loved teams in the NHL. In total, the franchise won 11 Stanley Cup championships. The Detroit Red Wings made the playoffs in their first season. Coincidence or not, the new name and logo marked a turnaround in the team’s history. Named his club the “Detroit Red Wings,” James Norris paid tribute to the club that won the first Stanley Cup. Montreal Amateur Athletic Association’s Winged Wheelers were the first to win the Stanley Cup (1893). Since then, the Detroit Red Wings’ logo has not changed pretty much. The wings did not stick up like horns but flutter in the wind, accentuating the high-speed qualities of internal combustion engines, far superior to human muscle strength. Since then, the Detroit Red Wings’ logo has featured the winged wheel as a key symbol. That’s why the bicycle wheel in Montreal Amateur Athletic Association’s logo turned out to be a treadwheel in Detroit.

The Montreal team’s logo featured the wings and the wheel adopted by the Detroit Red Wings. Norris, who perfectly reminisced about Montreal’s childhood, could not help but pay attention that the winged wheel would be the ultimate logo for the Motor City-based franchise. The iconic winged wheel logo was inspired by the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association’s Winged Wheelers, which James E. He also designed the team’s current logo: wings protruding from a wheel. Norris (a Canadian grain merchant), who decided to rename his team to the usual for us Red Wings.

In 1932, the franchise was purchased by millionaire James E. However, the new name didn’t change the team’s fortunes. They also featured the new club name and the Detroit Falcons logo printed on the chest. There were tons of thin red-on-white stripes all over the Falcons’ jerseys. The franchise bore the given name just for two years until 1932. In 1930, the name of the unfortunate team was changed to the Detroit Falcons. Thus, the Victorian Cougars are the only non-NHL team to win the Cup since the world’s premier hockey league’s foundation.Īfter moving to Detroit, the Cougars retained their name and jersey (white sweater with a wide red transverse stripe), which now had a gothic letter “D” standing for Detroit’s city on the chest. In 1925, the Cougars became the last non-NHL squad to win the Stanley Cup, beating the Montreal Canadiens, the previous Stanley Cup champs. The Victorian Cougars were another victim of the untimely dissolved Western Canada Hockey League. Moreover, the team retained the name “Cougars” in tribute. Why in Canada? Most players of the new NHL franchise fought for the Canadian club Victoria Cougars. In 1926-27, the Detroit club played its first season in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In 1930, the Cougars have renamed the Falcons. The team joined the National Hockey League in 1926 as the Detroit Cougars. The city, called Hockeytown, is exceptionally proud of its long and glorious hokey history. Detroit takes the top spot because of the Detroit Red Wings, the most celebrated NHL franchise.

Is there any city in the USA where hockey is more popular than in Detroit? Definitely, not.

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