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after the Red Wings had visited the prison the previous year. The team was "impressed with the inmates' knowledge of hockey". The Pirates received equipment donations from the
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The Pirates had a 4–1–1 record against outside opponents going into the game. The team was formed under the direction of prison athletic director
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The original planning for the game began in June 1953 when the general manager for the Red Wings,
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The Day the Pros Faced Off with the Cons: Marquette's Most Infamous Hockey Game
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and Ray Bernstein, who were both members of the notorious
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game played on February 2, 1954. The exhibition was
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Detroit Red Wings
Marquette, Michigan
1956
ice hockey
played outdoors
Marquette Branch Prison
Detroit Red Wings
National Hockey League
Associated Press
Jack Adams
Harry Keywell
Purple Gang
Leonard Brumm
Michigan Tech Huskies
Marquette Sentinels
"The Jailhouse Rocked When the Wings Played in Prison"
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"Detroit Red Wings' first outdoor game was in prison"
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"Red Wings Played Prison Hockey Team In 1954"
"Prison Skaters in Loss to Red Wings"
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"Wings' first outdoor game was in prison"
"61 years ago today the Red Wings played against a team of convicts at Marquette State prison"
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"The Jailhouse Rocked When the Wings Played in Prison"
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