Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72
Post Number: 297 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Friday, September 29, 2006 - 10:45 pm: | |
All right, we all know our beloved Wings were moved here from Canada by James Norris. He of the 'House of Norris' who also at one time owned the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, and New York Rangers. The joke around the league was that NHL really stood for Norris Hockey League. About 8 years or so, Pete K bought the Hartford Whalers and there was talk that he would move them to Windsor. Anyone think that Detroit/ Windsor could support 2 hockey teams? On a side note, who can tell me the names of our Winged Wheels before they were known as The Detroit Red Wings? Detroitej72, Longtime hockey fan... |
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg
Post Number: 322 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Friday, September 29, 2006 - 10:50 pm: | |
Sure, and why not locate it here: https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/5/84253.html?1159573300 Was their previous name the "Maroons"? |
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72
Post Number: 300 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Friday, September 29, 2006 - 11:30 pm: | |
No, at first they were known as The Detroit Cougers, then Falcons, then...Red wings!!! after our industries in days of old... Detroitej72... Oldtime hockey fan.... |
Yupislyr Member Username: Yupislyr
Post Number: 155 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 1:56 am: | |
No way. There'd barely be anyone at the games, unless Detroit or Toronto was playing. It would make more sense in London and even then, still not much sense. |
Yaktown Member Username: Yaktown
Post Number: 32 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 2:08 am: | |
Detroit/Windsor already has enough hockey teams. Red Wings, Spitfires, Whalers...there also used to be the Motor City Mechanics that played in Fraser for a few seasons. The Detroit Vipers were a good team, if ever so briefly. Add to that all the high school and travel teams, this region is saturated with the sport! I'm not saying that's a bad thing but no other pro team is needed, IMO. |
Fastcarsfreedom Member Username: Fastcarsfreedom
Post Number: 64 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 2:09 am: | |
Windsor is too small a market--no question there. The group that is developing the Ice Track project wants a tenant badly and are apparently prepared to go after an AHL team, especially if the Spitfires chose to stay put or move to another facility in Windsor. |
Al_t_publican Member Username: Al_t_publican
Post Number: 105 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 2:25 am: | |
Around 20 years ago I went to Windsor Arena to see the Wings play the Quebec Nordiques in an exhibition game. I had never been to the Windsor Arena. It is quite an interesting relic, sort of like a big quonset hut. |
Pdtpuck Member Username: Pdtpuck
Post Number: 216 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 4:14 am: | |
quote:Was their previous name the "Maroons"?
That was Montreal. |
Crash_nyc Member Username: Crash_nyc
Post Number: 643 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 6:25 am: | |
The last thing the NHL needs is another revenue-sucking expansion team (like Charlotte -- what a waste of talent in an unappreciated market)....but the dynamic MIGHT work in Windsor. Hell, if NYC can support three successful NHL teams, Hockeytown & Windsor can certainly support two teams. The kicker will be how many Toronto fans in Windsor would be willing to shift their loyalty. |
Goat Member Username: Goat
Post Number: 8841 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 9:40 am: | |
It wouldn't happen. Windsor has too small a market to support two teams. The Ice Track Arena will not hold an AHL team either as AHL teams are the farm clubs for the NHL. The Red Wings will not allow a different farm team to be in their territory. Besides, the AHL has already been contacted and they told the reporter that it is an absolute NO, that they do not have any AHL teams that are locating to this area (please dismiss Cincinatti's AHL team even though they are shopping for a new city). |
Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa
Post Number: 537 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 5:33 pm: | |
Crash, North Carolina's team is in Raleigh not Charlotte. Yupislyr, London is not in a position to handle an NHL team as there would be no television market for such a team. That and Metro London's population is very small and city does not have major corporations to purchase luxury boxes, etc. I do realize that you were just throwing London out as an example. Hamilton is often mentioned as a city that could hold an NHL franchise. This would bring the Toronto, Hamilton, Buffalo triangle to three teams. That could be doable (but Buffalo and Toronto would protest so much that it would not happen). Could Windsor-Detroit hold two teams? If Windsor was prepared to be a small market team, the team sold itself as a Windsor-Detroit franchise, and if the border was in pre-9/11 shape, Windsor could be on similar footing with Hamilton (minus the arena). That being said, we live with a post 9/11 border and Joe Louis arena looks out at Windsor (i.e. is very close to Windsor). Goat, I don't see Detroit allowing an AHL team in Windsor. I don't see the NHL allowing an AHL team in an OHL market. The only scenario that works in my mind is moving the Grand Rapids team to Windsor. But that won't happen. |