2007 Detroit Red Wings

Congratulations to the Detroit Red Wings, who beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4 games to 2 to take home the 2008 Stanley Cup!

With yet another year of lighting it up at Joe Louis Arena, fans all across Hockeytown are clamoring for Stanley Cup playoff tickets. The Red Wings again earned over 100 points during the NHL regular season, tying the league record. Detroit had three Red Wings players start in the NHL All-Star Game – team captain Nicklas Lidstrom, center Pavel Datsyuk, and goalie Chris Osgood. Leading the league with 115 points, Detroit once again won the Presidents’ Trophy. We expect Red Wings tickets to be in high demand as Detroit continues their pursuit of their eleventh Stanley Cup.

The Detroit Red Wings' performance in the 2006-07 season was worthy of praise, ending at the top of the Central Division, but hopes are even higher for 2007-08. The off season was full of action, with Todd Bertuzzi and Kyle Calder leaving to make room for Johan Franzen and Valterri Filppula, and the unfortunate loss of Mathieu Schneider, which was made up for by the addition of Brian Rafalski. With all these changes, the Detroit Red Wings are poised to dominate in the 2007-2008 season, so get your tickets to Joe Louis Arena and cheer them on!

The NHL's long-awaited return to the ice in 2005-06 was a triumphant one for the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings dominated the regular season, finishing with 58 wins to only 16 regulation-time losses and 8 overtime losses, for a total of 124 points. That placed them not only at the top of the Central Division, and of the Western Conference, but also earned them the Presidents' Trophy for the year's best record in the entire National Hockey League.

Of course, that record put the Detroit Red Wings in the #1 bracket position within its conference; it also bestowed a monetary bonus and the home-ice advantage would have held throughout the playoffs. The Presidents' Trophy is, of course, no guarantee of ultimate victory, as the Detroit Red Wings had known from their own experience, including the previous postseason tournament (2003-04) in which they were eliminated by the Calgary Flames.

However, the Red Wings could have balanced that with plenty of successful history, dating back to 1926: 53 playoff appearances and 10 Stanley Cup victories, most recently in 2001-02. Looking as strong as they ever had, the Detroit Red Wings seemed poised to capture the Stanley Cup once more. It was not to be, though, as the Red Wings were eliminated in the first round by the Edmonton Oilers.

Note: The Red Wings' name is commonly misspelled as one word, Redwings.