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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...