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DETROIT — Ted Lindsay did what he thought was right.

He pioneered the first NHL players’ union despite opposition from team management, began the tradition of taking the Stanley Cup closer to fans by skating it around the ice and refused to attend his Hall of Fame induction ceremony because only men were allowed.

“I was led by a feeling of fairness,” Lindsay once said.