The last time the Detroit Red Wings missed the playoffs…
The Detroit Red Wings clinched their 24th straight trip to the NHL postseason last night. To put into perspective how impressive that playoff appearance streak is, we decided to take a closer look at the year 1990, the last time Detroit wasn’t a part of the postseason.
Here are some of the things that happened in 1990:
Movies released:
- Goodfellas
- Home Alone
- Edward Scissorhands
- Pretty Woman
- Ghost
- The Godfather: Part III
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV shows that aired for the first time:
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Seinfeld
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Law & Order
- Wings
- Blossom
Major sporting events:
- The San Francisco 49ers beat the Denver Broncos, 55-10, in Super Bowl XXIV
- The Colorado Buffaloes took the top spot in the final AP college football poll
- The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series
- Nick Faldo won the Masters and the British Open
- Greg Norman was the PGA Tour money leader
- Phil Mickelson won the U.S. Amateur Championship
- MSU’s Kip Miller won the Hobey Baker Award
- Wayne Gretzky won the Art Ross
- Mark Messier won the Hart Trophy
- The Edmonton Oilers won their fifth Stanley Cup in seven seasons
- The Detroit Pistons won their second straight NBA championship
- UNLV beat Duke in the NCAA basketball title game
Other news:
- Teemu Pulkkinen wasn’t even born yet
- The Hubble Space Telescope was put into orbit
- Johnny Carson was still hosting the Tonight Show
- Jim Henson passed away
- Danny DeKeyser was born
- “Hold on” by Wilson Phillips was the top song on the Billboard Chart
- A gallon of gas cost $1.16
- The Nintendo Game Boy was released in Europe (released in the U.S. in July 1989)