It started as a resolution: see a hockey game in every Original Six city in 2016. Now, it’s something more. Throughout this calendar year, I’ll visit each of the NHL’s Original Six teams and weigh in on the state of the franchise, the city from which it hails, and the ties that bind them.
What’s Detroit like in October? For one, it’s very warm; unseasonably enough for me to leave the lightweight jacket I packed coming from Boston in my hotel room. It’s also sunny. Only a few lazy, puffy clouds linger carelessly above the Detroit River that Southeast Michigan shares with Windsor, Ontario.