Reference: [1] x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game Reference:[2] Tom Marechek on the 2001 Wings team, “I’d say the last world championship when the Wings won in 2001 in Toronto.
We shocked the whole league winning as underdogs, but we were confident.
We had a bunch of scrappy American defenders and a handful of Canadians.
They won it the two years before that and we did not play tough against them.
That year, 2001, we put it together and we gelled at the right time.