Red Wings legend Ted Lindsay, 1925-2019

The famed Red Wings Production Line -- Gordie Howe, Sid Abel and Ted Lindsay -- were formidable opponents in 1953.

Ted Lindsay when he played for St. Michael's College in Toronto before his Red Wings day.

Ted Lindsay of the Detroit Red Wings with Kenneth Reardon April 7, 1949

Ted Lindsay was an eight-time, first-team All-Star and was the NHL’s top scorer in 1950.

Red Wings players Ted Lindsay, from left, Michael Kirby, Red Kelly and Ed Sandford read a magazine in 1951.

Ted Lindsay of the Detroit Red Wings elbows his way past No. 6 Benny Woit of Chicago, October 20, 1955. While only 5 feet 8, Lindsay was a tough forward, often referred to as "Terrible Ted."

Red Kelly, left, and Ted Lindsay, right, battle for the puck at practice.

Ted Lindsay of the Detroit Red Wings with Terry Sawchuk, April 1955. Lindsay fought to establish the National Hockey League Players' Association, winning an out-of-court settlement with the NHL in 1958.

Ted Lindsay's Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1955. Lindsay was the first player to lift the Stanley Cup and skate it around the rink, starting the tradition.[

Ted Lindsay uses his stick to shoot the crowd after ignoring a death threat and scoring the overtime winner in Game 3 of the 1956 Stanley Cup semifinal in Toronto.

Ted Lindsay, right, formerly of the Detroit Red Wings, returns to Olympia Stadium in Detroit as a Chicago Black Hawk on Oct. 28, 1957.

Ted Lindsay, now general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, wears pants he would someday likely regret in March 1977 at Olympia Stadium.

"Production Line" revisited with Ted Lindsay, Sid Abel and Gordie Howe in 1980.

From left, Nicklas Lidstrom, Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan pose with the Stanley Cup, which they won the previous season, during Stanley Cup banner night at the Red Wings home opener in 1997.

Gordie Howe, left, and Ted Lindsay talk when Steve Yzerman announces his retirement at Joe Louis Arena on July 3, 2006.

From left, Red Kelly, Ted Lindsay, George Armstrong, Alex Delvecchio and Kris Draper pose for photos during the announcement of the NHL Winter Classic hockey game at Comerica Park in Detroit on Feb. 9, 2012.

Ted Lindsay stands by the Ted Lindsay Award,, formerly known as the Lester B. Pearson Award, in 2012. It is awarded by the NHL Players Association to the league's most outstanding player during the regular season.

Red Wings greats, from left, Alex Delvecchio, Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay on the concourse during the second period against the Chicago Blackhawks March 31, 2013, shortly after Howe's 85th birthday.

The evidence of Red Wings franchise success hangs from the rafters along with the retired numbers of Red Wings greats Steve Yzerman, Terry Sawchuck, Alex Delvecchio, Ted Lindsay, Sid Abel and Gordie Howe on May 2, 2013.

Former Gordie Howe teammate Ted Lindsay, left, and hockey legend Wayne Gretzky chat before the funeral service for Gordie Howe in 2016. Lindsay played with Howe and Sid Abel on the famed "Production Line."

(From left) Emma Andersson, Love Zetterberg, Ted Lindsay, Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall, and Justin Abdelkader take part in a pre-game ceremony honoring Henrik Zetterberg for his 1000th game. April 9, 2017.

Red Wing Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay performs a ceremonial puck drop with Dallas left wing Jamie Benn and Detroit left wing Henrik Zetterberg before the start of the game.

Ted Lindsay works out at The Training Room inside the Troy Sports Center in 2015. “I was blessed with a brain that recognized that the body is a muscle. And from the bottom of your feet to the top of your head, if you don’t work it out, it becomes flab. And flab becomes useless,” he said.

Former Red Wing Ted Lindsay works out at the training room inside the Troy Sports Center on July 15, 2015, at age 90.

Lindsay works on his leg muscles.