DETROIT – Before St. Louis forward Brian Sutter scored the first goal at Joe Louis Arena, there was a 19-year-old from Macomb County who became the correct answer to “Who was the first player to ever score at JLA?”
Sutter is a correct answer – but only if the Red Wings are part of the question.
See, before the Wings took up permanent residency at the Joe in 1979, there was a college basketball game between the University of Detroit and the University of Michigan that was played at the new riverfront arena.