I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. And I'll tell you a real quick thing: we didn't have a pro hockey team when I was growing up, so I adopted the Red Wings as my hockey team just so I could, you know, be amused and enjoy playoff hockey every single year. I really get into it. Detroit is my team.
The Tigers, Lions, Red Wings, and Pistons are there today as sure as they were when what was good for General Motors was good for the country. Would you rather have a basketball team, or would you rather be Detroit?
Hockey is my favorite because I'm from Michigan. I used to figure-skate and root for the Red Wings.
It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.
Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings.
Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster.
But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.
At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.
David Murphy: I saved all the Red Wings games on my computer.
Alex Murphy: You did? How'd they do?
David Murphy: I don't know. I've been waiting to watch them with you.
