List of Detroit Red Wings award winners
Number Player Position Years with Red Wings as a player Date of retirement ceremony
1 Terry Sawchuk Goaltender 1949-55 , 1957-64 , 1968-69 March 6 , 1994
4 Red Kelly Defense 1947-60 February 1 , 2019
5 Nicklas Lidstrom Defense 1991-2012 March 6 , 2014
7 Ted Lindsay Left wing 1944-57 , 1964-65 November 10 , 1991
9 Gordie Howe Right wing 1946-71 March 12 , 1972
10 Alex Delvecchio Center 1950-73 November 10 , 1991
12 Sid Abel Center 1938-52 April 29 , 1995
19 Steve Yzerman Center 1983-2006 January 2 , 2007
Career achievements -- Retired numbers
The Detroit Red Wings have retired eight numbers , which means that no player can use those uniform numbers again while part of the team . All of those players have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame . The most recently retired number is that of Red Kelly , whose number was retired on February 1 , 2019 . [ 18 ] The Red Wings have also made the number 6 of Larry Aurie and the number 16 of Vladimir Konstantinov no longer available for issue . However , the numbers are not considered to be officially retired . [ 214 ] Although Aurie 's uniform was retired in 1938 by James E. Norris , current team owner Mike Ilitch does not consider the number to be retired . [ 215 ] Konstantinov 's number has not been issued to any player since he was permanently disabled in a vehicle accident after the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals . [ 216 ] Number 99 is also unavailable due to having been retired by the league in honor of Wayne Gretzky . [ 217 ] The banners with the retired numbers hanging at Joe Louis Arena .
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) and are one of the Original Six teams of the league. The franchise and its members have won numerous team and individual awards and honors. The first team trophy acquired by the club was the Prince of Wales Trophy in 1934, at the time awarded to the champion of the American Division. Their most recent team trophy was the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl in 2009, taken in honor of being the champions of the Western Conference. [a] The team has captured the Stanley Cup as league champion eleven times, most recently in 2008. Gordie Howe is the team's most decorated player, with six wins each of the Art Ross Trophy as regular season scoring leader and the Hart Memorial Trophy as regular season most valuable player (MVP), twenty-one selections to the First and Second Team All-Stars (the most in league history), twenty-two appearances in the All-Star Game, the Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding contributions to the sport in the United States, and the NHL Lifetime Achievement Award for long term contributions to hockey. Nicklas Lidstrom has the most awards of any defenseman, having once won the Conn Smythe Trophy as post season MVP to go along with having won the James Norris Memorial Trophy (Norris Trophy) seven times as the best defenseman in the league as well as twelve selections to the First and Second Team All-Stars and twelve selections to the All-Star Game. Terry Sawchuk leads goaltenders with three wins of the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender, seven selections to the First and Second Team All-Stars, seven selections to the All-Star Game, the Lester Patrick Trophy, and the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's best rookie. Howe, Lidstrom, and Sawchuk have all had their uniform number retired by the team and have all been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Three Red Wings have been the inaugural recipient of an award and three awards are named in honor of former Red Wings. In 1932 Carl Voss was named the first winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy.