Adirondack Red Wings

Pro hockey team
text_color = white
bg_color = #af0039
team = Adirondack Red Wings

logosize = 120px
city = Glens Falls, New York
league = American Hockey League
operated = 1979 to 1999
arena = Glens Falls Civic Center
colors = red and white
affiliates = Detroit Red Wings
name1 = Tidewater Wings
dates1 = 1971 to 1972
name2 = Virginia Wings
dates2 = 1972 to 1975
name3 = Adirondack Red Wings
dates3 = 1979 to 1999
division_titles = three
(1985-86, 1988-89,
1993-94)
calder_cups = four
(1980-81, 1985-86,
1988-89, 1991-92)

The Adirondack Red Wings were a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Glens Falls, New York, USA at the Glens Falls Civic Center. The team was affiliated with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.

History

Desirous of promoting a winning atmosphere, Detroit ensured that the Adirondack Red Wings would have, for a minor league franchise, an unusually stable, veteran-laden roster. Veterans such as Glenn Merkosky, Jody Gage, Greg Joly, Norm Maracle and Dennis Polonich bolstered a team that saw over thirty players have 200 or more games with the franchise, including nine with over 300 and two (Merkosky and Joly) with over 400. In consequence, the Red Wings missed the playoffs only once in their twenty-year history.

The Red Wings' uniforms were identical to their parent club, with the white jersey featuring the distinctive red sleeves that the Detroit franchise has worn since 1956. During their final two seasons, the Adirondack Red Wings also wore a third jersey, based on Detroit's throwback design from 1991-92, replacing the word "DETROIT" on the front of the jersey with the winged wheel logo.

The franchise was replaced by:
* Adirondack IceHawks of the UHL (1999-2004).

Coaches

* Bill Purcell 1979-1980
*Wayne Maxner 1980-1981
*Doug McKay 1981-1982
*Bill Mahoney 1982-1983
*Bill Dineen 1983-1989
*Barry Melrose 1989-1992
*Newell Brown 1992-1997
*Glenn Merkosky 1997-1999

General Managers

*Ned Harkness 1979-1982
*Jim Devallano 1982-1985
*Neil Smith 1985-1989
*Bill Dineen 1989-1990
*Barry Melrose 1990-1992
*Ken Holland 1992-1997
*Don Ostrom 1997-1999

eason-by-season results

* Tidewater Wings 1971-1972
* Virginia Wings 1972-1975
* Adirondack Red Wings 1979-1999

Regular Season

Team records

:Career Goals: Glenn Merkosky: 999:Career Assists: Glenn Merkosky: 212:Career Points: Glenn Merkosky: 416:Career Penalty Minutes: Gord Kruppke: 1,028 :Career Games: Glenn Merkosky: 430

External links

* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/teamseasons.php?tid=11 The Internet Hockey Database - Adirondack Red Wings]