Detroit Red Wings: A Celebration of Champions - NHL Original Six Series
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Description of Detroit Red Wings: A Celebration of Champions - NHL Original Six Series
This four disc set contains a brief history of the Detroit Red Wings, wrapped around the three most recent Championship highlights (97,98,02) and for the first time ever, the five greatest games in Red Wings history, in their entirety, as voted on by the fans.Sports reviews of Detroit Red Wings: A Celebration of Champions - NHL Original Six Series
Customer Review: DETROIT REDWING FANS
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
THIS D.V.D IS EXCELLENT.EVEN IF YOUR NOT A REDWING FAN.IT HAS GREAT GAMES FROM THE 90S.AND THE HISTROY OF THE TEAM.ITS GREAT FOR ANY HOCKEY FAN OR ANY SPORTS FAN.YOU WILL ENJOY.OVER AND OVER.Customer Review: Buy it just for the Wings/Av's game!
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
More than worth the $$ for any Wings fan!Customer Review: Great collection of Wings highlights, low quality footage
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
It's a must have for any Wing's fans, assuming you don't already have all the games in the set. The Stanley Cup programs ('97, '98, 2002) are all top notch, if a little cheesy. The other extras are solid.
But I bought it for the games. They are presented in their entirety minus the commercials and between-period breaks. All are classics and worth the price of the set alone. However I will say the quality is a bit disappointing. I may be spoiled by recent Digital and HD hockey coverage, but the picture quality is very clearly video. While you don't get the commercials, you do miss everything during the TV timeouts and on occasion come back a few seconds after the next faceoff. They seem ripped right from the original broadcast, complete with the PASS logo. On a HD widescreen TV you MUST fix the screen aspect ratio and you'll end up with the bars along the side of the screen. Stretched out the low quality of the picture is even more pronounced.
Having said all that, they're still very watchable and whether you saw them the first time or not (who hasn't?) they're a great piece of Red Wings history. It's amazing what you forget and how much you remember re-watching them. It's bittersweet with the current lockout, but helps scratch that itch.
4 of 5 because of the game picture quality, everything else is 5 of 5.
Customer Review: A great collection for any hockey fan
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
Although I am, you don't have to be a Redwing fanatic to enjoy this set. All three 'Hockeytown' documentaries are great to watch and reflect on their recent cups, but I especially like the fourth retrospective that chronicles the early successes through the Gordie Howe years, the frustracting 'Dead Wings' period of the 70's and 80's, and finally the rise of the Yzerman era which lead to the recent cup victories. For those who don't know, this set had been in the making for a while and all 5 games included were indeed voted on by the fans (myself included) prior to being included, which I thought was a nice tribute to the fans of Detroit. However, the only reason I didn't give this collection 5 stars is because I would have preferred they include the game against Montreal where they lit Patrick Roy up with 9 goals, to the triple overtime winner against Carolina in game 3. The game in Montreal resulted in Roy leaving the Habs forever and would have been a perfect foreshadowing of him getting chased in game 7!Customer Review: A bargian now!
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
Sure, this set may be "outdated" now after the Red Wings' 2007-2008 championship. But you can buy that single-disc DVD seperately for even more than this 4-disc series. Chances are, if the NHL releases any more Red Wings DVD sets, they will not have the same content. So for less than $20, you get DVD quality versions of the championship videos that you might already own on VHS. Even without the full-length games included, the three titles for the 1997, 1998 and 2002 championships make this set worth the new lower price.