The Hall of Famer's number will hang from the rafters in Detroit, but there's an interesting history with the Hurricanes that makes this announcement hilarious
When the Detroit Red Wings announced on Tuesday morning that Sergei Fedorov's number would be retired on January 12, 2026, many Red Wings fans greeted the news with excitement and expressed the sentiment that this was long overdue. Hurricanes fans found the announcement incredibly ironic.
The jersey retirement coincides with the Hurricanes' only trip to the Motor City next season in mid-January, and there's plenty of history between all three parties dating back to the late 1990s.