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Road to Stanleytown: Celebration turns to sadness with Vladimir Konstantinov limo crash

Special to Detroit Free Press

In the spring of 1997 — a quarter-century ago — the Detroit Red Wings embarked on their quest to end a 42-year Stanley Cup drought.

The Free Press has commemorated that historic quest with a new book: “Stanleytown 25 Years Later: The Inside Story of How the Stanley Cup Returned to the Motor City After 41 Frustrating Seasons.”

The backstory: At 9:13 p.m. on a Friday the 13th, the Birmingham police received a report of a one-vehicle accident on Woodward Avenue about 400 yards south of Big Beaver.