Detroit Red Wings Greatest Players

	Sid Abel - "Old Bootnose" was most famous for centering the Production Line with Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay. But Sid Abel brought a Stanley Cup to Detroit by himself in 1943.
	Larry Aurie - Have you ever wondered why no Red Wing wears jersey #6? Because it was retired after Larry Aurie starred with the team. So why isn't his jersey hanging in the rafters?.
	Pete Babando - Pete Babando Stanley Cup heroics have stood the tests of time. His double overtime goal in game 7 of the 1950 Stanley Cup finals is still talked about to this day.

	Marty Barry - Long forgotten, there was a time Marty Barry was amongst the best players in all of hockey.
	Mud Bruneteau - A very good hockey player, Mud Bruneteau's career is overshadowed by a single goal he scored. It was the game winning goal in the longest game in NHL history.
	Roger Crozier - Though he never won a championship, Roger Crozier deserves recognition as one of Detroit's finest puck stoppers ever.
	Alex Delvecchio - Overshadowed by many of his teammates, Alex Delvecchio outlasted most of them.
	Alex Faulkner - The first "Newfie" to leave the island and play in the National Hockey League, Alex Faulkner will always be Newfoundland's favorite hockey playing son.
	Viacheslav Fetisov - Viacheslav Fetisov will always be remembered as a warrior - on the ice and off of it.
	Gerard Gallant - Steve Yzerman's LW absolutely hated to lose.
	Danny Gare - This Buffalo sparkplug teamed with Don Luce and Craig Ramsey on the Sabres' other great line during the 1970s
	Ebbie Goodfellow - A pre-WWII superstar started as a center and ended as a MVP defenseman.
	Dominik Hasek - Unconventional Dominik Hasek may be the greatest goalie of all time. His greatest achievement was backstopping his country to Olympic gold in 1998.
	George Hay - A great player out of the early western Canadian professional circuits, George Hay became the Detroit's first hockey star.
	Paul Henderson - A solid though ordinary player, Paul Henderson became forever a hockey immortal thanks to his 1972 Summit Series heroics

	Gordie Howe - Forget about Gretzky or Lemieux. Old time hockey fans will insist Gordie Howe is the greatest of all time, with great merit. Mr. Hockey could do it all
	Syd Howe - Before Detroit Red Wings fans had ever heard of Gordie Howe, Hockeytown was celebrating the greatness of the unrelated Syd Howe.

Red Kelly - A superstar defenseman with the Detroit Red Wings, he later became one of the most cerebral centers in hockey history while with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

	Petr Klima - Blessed with mouth-dropping talent, Petr Klima lacked the work ethic to become a true superstar.
	Joey Kocur - One of the two Bruise Brothers, there may have never been a better knockout fighter than Joey Kocur.
	Vladimir Konstantinov - The Vladinator had emerged as the toughest defenseman in all of hockey and as a Stanley Cup champion. Days later, a car accident ended his career and almost took his life.
	Igor Larionov - "The Professor," the "Chessmaster of the ice," the "Russian Wayne Gretzky." However you describe Igor Larionov, he is most undoubtedly a hockey legend.
	Tony Leswick - This undersized pest made a big name for himself as a defensive specialist. He was particularly well known for his battles with Rocket Richard.
	Ted Lindsay - "Terrible Ted" Lindsay not only goes down as one of the greatest players ever, but one of the most important figures in hockey history as well.
	Carl Liscombe - A magnificent offensive player in the 1940s, Carl Liscombe probably deserves a little more credit than history has granted him.
	Harry Lumley - "Apple Cheeks" Lumley is often forgotten about nowadays, but he was once one of hockey's top goaltenders.
	Frank Mahovlich - After a huge trade with Toronto, The Big M came to Detroit and played on a daunting line with Alex Delvecchio and Gordie Howe.
	Dale McCourt - One of the most important figures in NHL draft history, McCourt was a bit of a bust in the National Hockey League.
	Bucko McDonald - Nearly forgotten as a hard hitting stay at home defenseman, Bucko McDonald's claim to fame may be the fact that he coached Bobby Orr as a youth and was instrumental in his development.
	Johnny Mowers - After a meltdown in the 1942 Stanley Cup finals, Mowers led the Wings to the championship in 1943 in convincing fashion.

	Jimmy Orlando - Jimmy Orlando was a no-nonsense defender best remembered for a nasty stick swinging incident with Toronto's Gaye Stewart.
	Marty Pavelich - Pavelich was a key but forgotten member of the Red Wings 1950s Stanley Cup dynasty.
	Bob Probert - Hockey's ultimate tough guy rarely lost a battle on the ice. Unfortunately he's lost more than a few off of it.

	Marcel Pronovost - A fearless, rugged rearguard with Detroit Red Wings and later the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pronovost won 5 Stanley Cups
	Mickey Redmond - Mickey Redmond was the first 50 goal scorer in Detroit Red Wings. He may be more of a fan favorite now more than ever.
	Leo Reise Jr. - An under-noticed defenseman with the great Wings teams of the 1950s, Reise Jr. was a playoff hero.
	Earl Robertson - This veteran minor league goalie made his NHL debut in game one of the 1937 Stanley Cup Finals. He would play the whole series, winning the Cup with two shutouts in the final two games!
	Terry Sawchuk - Though modern fans will likely choose Patrick Roy or Dominik Hasek, veteran fans will tell you Terry Sawchuk is the greatest goaltender of all time.
	Enio Sclisizzi - Foster Hewitt couldn't pronounce his name, so he dubbed him Jim Enio.
	Normie Smith - One of the least known of the Stanley Cup winning goalies, Normie Smith was spectacular in the 1936 playoffs.
	Black Jack Stewart - As one of the most devastating hitters in NHL history, Hall of Famer Black Jack Stewart was not to be mess around with.
	Joe Turner - Joe Turner was a promising young goalie for the Red Wings. He died serving in World War II.
	Norm Ullman - Even though he was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame, Norm Ullman remains one of hockey's most underrated stars.
	Bugsy Watson - Nicknamed "Bugsy" by Gordie Howe and Alex Delvecchio, Bryan Watson had a memorable playoff in 1966 against Chicago's Bobby Hull.
	Benny Woit - Hard hitting Benny Woit was a favorite defense partner of Red Kelly.
	Steve Yzerman - What more can be said about Stevie Wonder? He was one of hockey's greatest players and classiest people.

Joe Turner

Joe Turner was a promising young goalie prior to World War II.

Born in Windsor Ontario, Turner was the top goalie in his junior days with the OHA and MOHL. In his first season of pro hockey, Turner shone with the Indianapolis Capitals of the AHL. He led all goalies that year with 34 wins and also had a minute 2.63 GAA.

On February 5, 1942, Turner got what proved to be his only shot at NHL action when Detroit's starting goalie Johnny Mowers became injured. In his only NHL game, Turner earned a 3-3 tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Turner, like a large number of hockey players, had to put his hockey career on hold in 1942 as he served in World War II. Sometime in January 1945, Turner, a Canadian, was killed in action while serving with the U.S. Marine Corps in Holland.

The Joseph Turner Memorial Cup was created and annually awarded to the winners of the International Hockey League (IHL) championship.

Lest we forget Joe Turner.