By demographics, if basketball can outdraw hockey anywhere in the country, Detroit should be that place. So why, by the numbers, is hockey more popular even in a city like Detroit? Certainly ...

On Sept. 25, 1926, a group of Detroit businessmen bought the Victoria Cougars hockey club and moved them to Detroit, setting in motion the franchise that would become the Detroit Red Wings.

Matt Wiedenhoeft and fellow co-founder Robert Clouston plan to unveil the name and logo of the National ... major hotbeds for roller hockey,” Weidenhoeft said. “Detroit is one of them.