The Red Wings will kick-off the 2008-09 regular-season Thursday, October 9 at Joe Louis Arena with a special pre-game banner raising ceremony. Please note the time change, game begins at 7 p.m. EDT.
Thursday the NHL kicks off a season-opening party unlike any other. Rock legend Def Leppard will kick-off the 2008-09 hockey season with their hockey-inspired hit single “C’mon, C’mon”. Then the Red Wings will kick-off the new season with Original Six rival the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Detroit Red Wings, stunned to have lost Game 5 at home in triple overtime, played a perfect road game Wednesday night at Mellon Arena, defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-2, in Game 6 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Final to go wire-to-wire as the best team in the National Hockey League this season...
