Our motto has been and always will be: For ‘em – Win or Lose!!!
The Detroit Red Wing For ‘em Club was founded in 1949 by a group of enthusiastic hockey fans to support the Detroit Red Wings and to promote the sport of hockey. The club is an organization of people from all walks of life with a common avocation – the Detroit Red Wings. Although our early years did not involve keeping records, the early members began the practice of getting together for social events as a club as well as attending out-of-town games. They also began to do things to help charitable causes, and the early years were devoted to youth hockey in the Detroit area.
 

In 1971, the For ‘em Club was one of the four charter members that founded the National Hockey League Booster Clubs Inc. Today that organization still thrives and is composed of officially recognized booster clubs from across North America. We have been lucky to have been the host city for the national conventions in 1972, 1990, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2019 and 2024. Even clubs that have lost their hockey teams over the years have remained as members and still interact with other clubs as well as doing charity work in their home cities. This is a real tribute to all hockey fans!

Many years have passed since 1949, and it is with justifiable pride that we look at our accomplishments and those of our Red Wings. There are very few NHL Fan Clubs that can boast of being a part of some of the most exciting years of hockey. Our teams may not have always been the best, but we were always there to support them.