Fans Furious With the Red Wings for Stance on Pride
This season was filled with lots of debate regarding NHL teams hosting Pride Nights, as well as players refusing to wear Pride Night jerseys. While much of the talk about the subject has died down over the past few months, it's picked back up during the month of June, which is Pride Month.
Red Wings Absent For Pride
The Detroit Red Wings are causing waves on social media following their recent absence from the Motor City Pride event. The festival is the largest Pride event held in the state of Michigan, and Detroit's professional sports teams are regular attendants at the event.
While the Detroit Lions of the NFL and the Detroit Pistons of the NBA made appearances at the event this year, the Red Wings were noticeably missing from the festivities.
While the Red Wings have participated in the event in past years, it appears as though they made the decision to skip the event this year.
Lack of Vocal Support From Red Wings
In addition to no-showing at the Motor City Pride Festival, the Red Wings didn't make any posts on social media regarding Pride Month.
While some fans see no issue with this, and think it's not an NHL team's job to support communities like this, others have criticized the team for not supporting marginalized groups such as the LGBTQ+ community.
Maybe it was a genuine oversight issue on the Red Wings' behalf, or perhaps they've simply cut ties with the event.
As Seen on Twitter
| POLL | ||
JUIN 12 | 493 ANSWERS Fans Furious With the Red Wings for Stance on Pride Should the Red Wings have made an appearance at the Pride event? | ||
| Yes | 131 | 26.6 % |
| No | 362 | 73.4 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Kyle Connor | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owen Power | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Michael Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Drew Helleson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jirí Kulich | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Isac Lundestrom | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nino Niederreiter | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gabriel Vilardi | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Leo Carlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ross Johnston | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Morrissey | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Perfetti | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bryan Rust | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Scheifele | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Trevor Zegras | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||