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42-521: The CCHA was disbanded after the 2012–13 season as the result of a conference realignment stemming from the Big Ten Conference (of which three CCHA schools; Michigan, Michigan State, and Ohio State, were primary members) choosing to sponsor Division I ice hockey beginning in the 2013–14 season. The remaining CCHA members received invitations to other conferences, such as the newly formed National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC), Hockey East , and

84-600: A Most Valuable Player in Tournament which is voted on at the conclusion of the conference tournament. None of the individual awards conferred by the CCHA have been given for the entire existence of the conference. Only the Tournament MVP was awarded in the inaugural CCHA season, but that award was discontinued thereafter until 1982. Several of the aforementioned awards were revived along with the league in 2021–22. The awards presented by

126-593: A bronze statue of Howe was placed inside the entrance. Joe Louis Arena housed 86 premium suites. In 2008, the arena introduced the Comerica Bank Legend's Club, a 181-person private seating location in the arena's southeast corner. On July 20, 2014, following the July 2013 approval of a $ 650 million project to build a new sports and entertainment district in Downtown Detroit, Christopher Ilitch unveiled designs for

168-608: A college basketball game between the University of Michigan and the University of Detroit . The Red Wings played their first game at Joe Louis Arena on December 27, 1979, hosting the St. Louis Blues . The game ended in a 3–2 loss for the Red Wings. The Red Wings' first win at the arena came on December 30, 1979, where they defeated the New York Islanders 4–2. Later that season, it hosted

210-569: A game-of-the-week, and signed the first national television contract for colleges in the United States. He brought in cable television partners which included the Pro Am Sports System and Fox Sports Net . He introduced instant replay to the CCHA in 1993, to be used at its league championships, and arranged for the CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament finals to be played at Joe Louis Arena . He

252-480: A new CCHA for the 2021–22 season, citing a more compact geographic footprint and a desire to improve regional alignment, among other reasons. St. Thomas, a former D-III school, joined them later that year as the CCHA's newest member as well as the conference's eighth team. The CCHA began in 1971 as an NCAA conference composed of Bowling Green , Ohio , Ohio State and Saint Louis . After adding Lake Superior State for year two, both Ohio State and Ohio withdrew from

294-403: A new arena near Comerica Park and Ford Field which was completed in 2017 and succeeded Joe Louis Arena as the home of the Red Wings. On October 16, 2014, lawyers involved in the ongoing Detroit bankruptcy case disclosed in court that after demolition, which will be paid for by the city and state, the land on which the arena stands, along with an adjacent parking lot, will be transferred to

336-452: A partial league schedule in the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons before playing a full league schedule in 2025–26. On May 15, 2024 St. Thomas announced they would leave the league following the 2025-26 season to become the tenth member of the NCHC. This will return the league to eight member schools. Team's records against current conference opponents. (As of the end of the 2020-21 season.) At

378-483: A proposed arena in suburban Pontiac . However, the city of Detroit countered with a proposal for a new riverfront arena in which they would charge the Red Wings much lower rent than what Pontiac was offering. The package also gave the team operational control of the arena, nearby Cobo Arena and parking lots. The Red Wings ultimately decided to stay in Detroit proper. The arena hosted its first event on December 12, 1979:

420-522: The 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on April 13, 2013, at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . This was the 66th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 119th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team. The top teams in the nation as ranked before the start of the season. The U.S. College Hockey Online poll

462-727: The Detroit Junior Red Wings won the Ontario Hockey League 's J. Ross Robertson Cup , defeating the Guelph Storm . Joe Louis Arena hosted college hockey events as part of College Hockey at The Joe , the Great Lakes Invitational , and the Big Ten Conference hockey tournament in 2015 and 2017. The Detroit Pistons used the arena for Game 5 of their 1984 playoff series against the New York Knicks when

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504-629: The Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC), a bond insurer with a $ 1 billion claim against the city. The Red Wings' final game at Joe Louis Arena was played on April 9, 2017, against the New Jersey Devils . The final game at the arena also served as then Red Wings' captain Henrik Zetterberg 's 1,000th game . The Red Wings won 4–1, the final goal in the arena's history coming from Red Wings forward Riley Sheahan . It

546-534: The National Hockey League and the second oldest NHL venue after Madison Square Garden until the start of the 2017–18 NHL season . Joe Louis Arena was owned by the city of Detroit, and operated by Olympia Entertainment , a subsidiary of team owner Ilitch Holdings . In April 2017, the Red Wings hosted their final game at Joe Louis Arena; the venue was succeeded by Little Caesars Arena . The arena closed in July 2017. Demolition started in early 2019 and

588-563: The Pontiac Silverdome was unavailable due to a scheduling conflict. In the game, Pistons star Isiah Thomas scored 16 points in the final 1:34 of regulation to send the game into overtime before the Pistons lost. The Pistons were forced to return to Joe Louis Arena for 15 games during the 1984–85 season, after the roof of the Silverdome collapsed during a snowstorm. The Red Wings hosted

630-687: The Saginaw Spirit 3–2. On February 10, 2017, Joe Louis Arena hosted its final regular season college hockey game as the Michigan Wolverines defeated the Michigan State Spartans 5–4 in a shootout. Joe Louis Arena was also a concert venue. Until the Palace opened in 1988, Joe Louis Arena was Michigan's largest indoor arena for concerts. The first concert to take place there occurred on February 17, 1980, in which Max Webster opened for

672-623: The Stanley Cup Finals at the arena six times (1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008, and 2009). Two of their four Stanley Cup championships were clinched at Joe Louis Arena in 1997 and 2002. The Pittsburgh Penguins were the only visiting team to win the Stanley Cup at the Joe, taking home the trophy in 2009. It was also the only Game 7 of the Cup Finals played at the arena. Joe Louis Arena was the site of

714-601: The University of Notre Dame to resurrect its hockey program in 1992. Building on Bowling Green State's national title in 1984, the CCHA established itself further as the Michigan State Spartans won their second national championship and first as a member of the CCHA in 1986, and the Lake Superior State Lakers won the 1988 national championship, their first NCAA championship. The Lake Superior State Lakers would continue their NCAA success by winning both

756-492: The University of Wisconsin from the WCHA , as well as Penn State. The next school slated to leave the CCHA in 2013 was Miami University which became a charter member of the NCHC on July 15, 2011. Western Michigan accepted an invitation to join the new league just over two months later on September 22. The demise of the CCHA was further accelerated when five members decided to move to

798-694: The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), which itself had been depleted by the Big Ten and NCHC. The conference's last game before its hiatus was the final of the 2013 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit , where Notre Dame beat Michigan 3–1 to win the Mason Cup championship. On February 18, 2020, seven schools who had applied to leave the WCHA announced they would form

840-459: The 1992 and 1994 NCAA ice hockey championships and finishing as the national runner-up in 1993. In addition to the success of the Lakers and Spartans, the Michigan Wolverines began a streak of 22 consecutive tournament appearances in 1991 and won national titles in 1996 and 1998. While the conference and most of its teams were stable throughout the early 21st century, the CCHA suffered a mortal blow at

882-577: The 32nd NHL All-Star Game on February 5, 1980, which was played before a then-NHL record crowd of 21,002. Joe Louis Arena was the site of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft , which marked the first NHL Entry Draft to be held in the United States. In 1980, the arena hosted the Republican National Convention that nominated Ronald Reagan as the Republican candidate for President of the United States . In 1990, color matrix boards were installed on

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924-491: The WCHA following the 2012–13 campaign. Northern Michigan University , returning to the WCHA after leaving in 1997, was the first to make the announcement on July 20, followed by Alaska, Ferris State and Lake Superior State on August 26 and Bowling Green on October 4. Notre Dame accepted an invitation to the Hockey East Association in a press conference on October 5, 2011. On June 28, 2019, seven schools from

966-428: The conclusion of each regular season schedule the coaches of each CCHA team vote which players they choose to be on the three All-Conference Teams: first team, second team and rookie team. Additionally they vote to award up to 9 of the 12 individual trophies to an eligible player at the same time (depending upon the year). The CCHA also awards a Perani Cup, a Humanitarian Award, which are awarded rather than voted upon, and

1008-457: The conference, leaving the CCHA with a scant 3 members. Despite the trouble, the three teams rode out the rough patch and the league began to grow with the addition of Western Michigan and the return of Ohio State. Up until 1976 the NCAA had only offered bids to the tournament from teams in either ECAC Hockey or the WCHA . Because those were the only two Division I conferences for most years there

1050-659: The decisive Game 5 of the 2006 WNBA Finals between the Sacramento Monarchs and Detroit Shock on September 9, due to The Palace of Auburn Hills , the Shock's usual home arena, being used for a Mariah Carey concert on the same day. The Shock won the game 80–75 to clinch the championship. Former Arena Football League team the Detroit Drive also had success during their time at the arena, playing in six consecutive ArenaBowls from 1988 to 1993 and winning four of them. Four of

1092-406: The end of the decade. Pennsylvania State University announced on September 17, 2010 the transition of its men's and women's American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) programs to NCAA Division I status in 2012. Just over a month earlier, then-commissioner Tom Anastos publicly stated that the CCHA would strongly consider adding Penn State as the conference's 12th member. Instead, the league

1134-486: The games ( ArenaBowl III , ArenaBowl IV , ArenaBowl V and ArenaBowl VII ) were played at Joe Louis Arena. WWE hosted numerous shows at the arena, including the Survivor Series pay-per-view in 1991 , 1999 and 2005 . Joe Louis Arena hosted the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships , best known for the pre-competition attack on Nancy Kerrigan by associates of Tonya Harding . In addition, Joe Louis Arena

1176-424: The move; the remaining three WCHA members, Alabama-Huntsville , Alaska and Alaska–Anchorage , all geographic outliers in the WCHA, were notably absent. On February 18, 2020 these seven schools announced they would begin competing in a new CCHA in 2021–22. Later that year, the University of St. Thomas , a former D-III school who had been granted a waiver by the NCAA earlier in the year to transition directly to D-I,

1218-503: The original CCHA for best offensive and defensive defenseman were merged into a single award for best defenseman, and the original CCHA's award for best defensive forward was folded into the award for best forward. 1970s All-Decade Team 1980s All-Decade Team 1990s All-Decade Team 2000-2013 All-Decade Team 2012%E2%80%9313 NCAA Division I men%27s ice hockey season The 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 6, 2012, and concluded with

1260-537: The scoreboard; these were replaced by four Sony JumboTron video walls three years later, when the matrix boards were placed in the corners of the fascia. In 2006, LED video screens replaced the JumboTrons. The screens debuted November 22, 2006, when the Red Wings played the Vancouver Canucks . That same day, the arena's West Entrance was named the " Gordie Howe Entrance" in honor of the legendary Red Wing player, and

1302-410: The ten-member WCHA began the process of withdrawing from the conference, with the intent of forming a new conference for the 2021–22 season. These seven schools were Bemidji State, Bowling Green (who had retained the rights to the CCHA name), Ferris State, Lake Superior State, Michigan Tech, Minnesota State and Northern Michigan. The seven schools cited a more compact geographic footprint as one reason for

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1344-524: The tournament in its first three season of CCHA play but it was founding member Bowling Green that won the conference's first national championship in 1984 . Bill Beagan served as commissioner of the CCHA from 1985 to 1998. He implemented a pre-season training camp for referees, despite the officials going on strike in protest. He developed a working relationship with the NHL to develop future officials in collegiate hockey. He sought to have CCHA games televised as

1386-712: Was an arena in Downtown Detroit . Completed in 1979 at a cost of US$ 57 million as a replacement for Olympia Stadium , it sat adjacent to Cobo Center on the bank of the Detroit River and was accessible by the Joe Louis Arena station on the Detroit People Mover . The venue was named after former heavyweight champion boxer Joe Louis , who grew up in Detroit. It was the home of the Detroit Red Wings of

1428-427: Was announced to be joining the new CCHA as a member on July 29, 2020, bringing the membership up to an even eight teams. Don Lucia , a former head coach at Alaska, Colorado College , and Minnesota , was named as commissioner of the new CCHA on June 17, 2020. A new league logo was introduced shortly thereafter. On May 17, 2022, Augustana University was announced as the league's ninth member. The Vikings will play

1470-554: Was completed by mid-2020. A 25-story residential tower called the Residences at Water Square opened at the site in February 2024. The Red Wings had been playing at Olympia Stadium since 1927. However, by the late 1970s, the neighborhood around the Olympia had gradually deteriorated, especially after the 1967 Detroit riot . In 1977, the Red Wings announced that they would be moving to

1512-589: Was credited with coining the phrase, "Road to the Joe", in reference to end-of-year tournament culminating at the Joe Louis Arena. Prior to Beagan's arrival, the CCHA had not been a profitable association. After 10 years as commissioner, the league had made $ 4 million. Profits were shared with the schools, which were reinvested into hockey programs and new arenas. On-ice results improved during his tenure, and CCHA teams won six NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament championships. In addition, Beagan convinced

1554-487: Was left to deal with the imminent departures of Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State when the Big Ten Conference disclosed on March 21, 2011 its intention to establish a men's ice hockey circuit to begin play in the 2013–14 season, as the conference now had enough hockey teams to earn an automatic bid in the NCAA tournament for its champion. Joining the existing CCHA members were the University of Minnesota and

1596-466: Was no controversy but, after the CCHA had proved to be more than just a flash in the pan, the tournament had to change. Beginning with the 1977 Championship the NCAA allowed itself the freedom to add up to four additional teams to the tournament with the understanding that the CCHA tournament champion would receive one of the additional bids. Bowling Green won the first tournament game for the conference but it

1638-491: Was not until Northern Michigan reached the championship game in 1980 that the league began to gain acceptance. 1981 saw a major shift in college ice hockey with four teams from the WCHA defecting to the CCHA. The move was done as a way to reduce travel costs as well as provide the new team with a better chance at making the NCAA Tournament (many of the CCHA teams were still seen as lesser programs). Michigan State made

1680-496: Was the second of two he scored, which were also the only goals he scored at all during the 2016–17 season. The last ticketed event held was a WWE Live event , held on July 29, 2017. Demolition of the interior of the arena started in early 2019, while demolition on the exterior commenced in June 2019. Due to the arena's proximity to Cobo Center, now Huntington Place , it was dismantled traditionally rather than imploded . In 1995,

1722-574: Was the site of the 2013 edition of the Skate America figure skating competition. On May 7, 2015, it was announced that the Horizon League men's basketball tournament would be held in Detroit beginning in 2016 under a five-year deal; the 2016 and 2017 tournaments were held at Joe Louis Arena. On December 4, 2016, Joe Louis Arena hosted its final OHL game as the Windsor Spitfires defeated

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1764-516: Was voted on by coaches, media, and NHL scouts . The USA Today /USA Hockey Magazine poll was voted on by coaches and media. Note: * denotes overtime period(s) GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage ; GAA = Goals against average † incoming freshman Joe Louis Arena Joe Louis Arena

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