Playing on the eve of Thanksgiving has been a tradition for the Detroit Red Wings since the franchise's first year in the NHL.
Then known as the Detroit Cougars, they hosted the Chicago Black Hawks — the spelling was changed to Blackhawks in 1986 — on Nov. 24, 1926, and won, 1-0. Back then, the holiday was proclaimed by U.S. Presidents to be celebrated in the last Thursday of November, and the Wings went through a few years where they played on the holiday. In 1928, the Cougars played on Thanksgiving at Montreal, stuffing the Maroons, 7-6.