Ted Lindsay’s lasting mark on the NHL is unquantifiable. The Hall of Famer played for the Detroit Red Wings from 1943 to 1957 before being traded to the Chicago Blackhawks. He played in Chicago for 3 years before his retirement in 1960 and returned to Detroit in 1964 for one final season.
Terrible Ted
As a player, Ted Lindsay was known as “Terrible Ted” after his extraordinarily physical style of play. Lindsay wasn’t known as a great fighter, but when Terrible Ted was tangled with an opponent bigger, heavier blows landed, and blood flowed.