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Random Red Wings Notes

October 16, 1946: Gordie Howe makes his NHL debut on. He scores a goal against Toronto in Detroit?s 3-3 tie with the Maple Leafs.
 
October 22, 2011, Niklas Lidstrom becomes the fourth Detroit Red Wing and just the 14th player in NHL history to play in 1,500 games.
Lidstrom joins Wings legends Gordie Howe, Alex Delvecchio, and Steve Yzerman on the list.
 
October 29, 1947, Gordie Howe wears #9 for the Red Wings for the first time. Prior to that, the young center had wore #17, but he switched to #9 so he could have a lower berth bed on the train during road trips. At that time, lower sweater numbers got the larger and more comfortable beds on the trains.
 
November 1, 1947, the unit of left wing Ted Lindsay, center Sid Abel, and right wing Gordie Howe becomes a set line in the rotation for Detroit coach Tommy Ivan.
The trio will become known as ?The Production Line? and help the Red Wings to two Stanley Cup titles in the five seasons they skate together. In the 1949-50 they finish 1-2-3 in the NHL in scoring.
 
November 3, 1948, Gordie Howe plays in his first All-Star Game and makes history.
In the game, Howe gets into a fight with Gus Mortson of Toronto, earning a major penalty.
The infraction is the first, and only, penalty for fighting in NHL All-Star Game history.
 
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November 9, 2009 - Steve Yzerman is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. He is joined with fellow inductees and former Red Wings? teammates, Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille.
 
November 10, 1991, the Detroit Red Wings retire Alex Delvecchio?s uniform number 10, lifting it to the rafters at Joe Louis Arena.
Delvecchio spent 24 years with Detroit as a player, was their coach, and had two stints as team general manager.

November 10, 1963, 35-year old Gordie Howe becomes the NHL?s all-time goal scoring leader, surpassing Maurice Richard with his 545th career goal.
 
November 11, 1991, Detroit defenseman Mark Howe records the 500th assist of his career.

November 11, 1926, Harry Lumley is born in Owen Sound, Ontario.
A goalie, Lumley stars for the Red Wings from 1943 to 1950, winning a Stanley Cup in 1950 with the team. The winner of 330 games in his career, with 29 more in the playoffs, Lumley is elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1980.
 
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