Summary

Crazed hockey fans are playing hooky today for a parade and rally to honor their Detroit Red Wings Many fans camped out overnight in the downtown area in anticipation of the parade's 11:30 am start today A crowd of close to one million is expected for the celebration to honor a second straight Stanley Cup sweep This year's road to the championship wasn't exactly smooth Six days after last year's celebrationstar defenseman Vladimir Konstanitinov and team masseur Sergei Mnatsakanov were severely injured in a limousine crash The club also endured Sergei Federov's 59-game holdout before he eventually signed a six-year, 38-million dollar contract

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 139811
Story Slug Red Wings Parade (06/18/1998)
Location Detroit, Michigan
Format Vo/Sot
Date 06/18/1998
Archive Time 31:32
TRT 4:35
Supers Detroit, Michigan Steve Yzerman, Red Wings Captain Darren McCarty, Red Wings Forward Chris Osgood, Red Wings Goalie Sergei Fedorov, Red Wings Center Kevin Hodson, Red Wings Backup Goalie
Video Description Aerial shots of Detroit Red Wings parade celebration, fans socializing right off lake, marching men with brooms sweeping, players on floats and in cars, Detroit Red Wings players welding Stanley Cup, former disabled Red Wing Player, Red Wing Players sots, cu shot of Players names on Stanley Cup
Description Crazed hockey fans are playing hooky today for a parade and rally to honor their Detroit Red Wings Many fans camped out overnight in the downtown area in anticipation of the parade's 11:30 am start today A crowd of close to one million is expected for the celebration to honor a second straight Stanley Cup sweep This year's road to the championship wasn't exactly smooth Six days after last year's celebrationstar defenseman Vladimir Konstanitinov and team masseur Sergei Mnatsakanov were severely injured in a limousine crash The club also endured Sergei Federov's 59-game holdout before he eventually signed a six-year, 38-million dollar contract
Not everything listed in the CONUS Archive is necessarily licensable Reporter sound/image is not licensable
}