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  • Ilitch to be inducted into (Hockey) Hall of Fame on Monday (Fuhr, LaFontaine, Brian Kilrea)

    11/01/2003 6:28:56 PM PST · by Dan from Michigan · 6 replies · 173+ views
    AP ^ | 11-1-03
    Ilitch to be inducted into Hall of Fame on Monday The Associated Press 11/1/2003, 9:58 a.m. ET DETROIT (AP) — Mike Ilitch has directed the Detroit Red Wings through nine Division Championships, four Western Conference Championships and three Stanley Cup titles. On Monday, that leadership will take him into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Ilitch, 74, is to be inducted in the builder category, along with Canadian junior team coach Brian Kilrea. Players Grant Fuhr and Pat Lafontaine, a native of Wayne County's Waterford Township, also will be inducted. "It's a stupendous feeling," Ilitch told the Detroit Free...
  • Hockey picks Ilitch for its hall of fame (Lafontaine, Fuhr also picked)

    06/12/2003 8:54:41 AM PDT · by Dan from Michigan · 8 replies · 220+ views
    Detroit News ^ | 6-12-03 | Ted Colfin
    <p>DETROIT -- Mike Ilitch, under whose ownership the Red Wings have risen from the depths of the NHL to win three Stanley Cups, was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Wednesday.</p> <p>"It's very humbling," Ilitch, 73, said. "When I received the call, I started to tremble and my eyes watered. I choked up."</p>