Red Wings, fans pay final respects to Ted Lindsay

Pallbearers line up to move the casket of former Detroit Red Wings player Ted Lindsay for the public viewing.

Pallbearers including Dylan Larkin, left, and Joe Kocur move the casket of former Detroit Red Wings player Ted Lindsay for the public viewing Friday, March 8, 2019, at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

Blake Lindsay, right, son of Ted Lindsay, leads the casket of former Detroit Red Wing Ted Lindsay into the arena.

Pallbearers Dylan Larkin, left, and Joey Kocur, lead the casket ofTed Lindsay.

Pallbearers stand by the casket of former Detroit Red Wings player Ted Lindsay at Friday's public viewing.

Family members pose with the casket of former Red Wing Ted Lindsay, with pallbearers behind it, before the public viewing. Lindsay's retired number hangs above.

Mourners pay their respect at the casket of former Detroit Red Wings player Ted Lindsay.

An illustration of Ted Lindsay is projected on the scoreboard as mourners view the casket in Little Caesars Arena.

Detroit Red Wings owner Marian Ilitch, right, and team general manager Ken Holland appear at the public viewing of Ted Lindsay, Friday, March 8, 2019, in Detroit. Lindsay.

Mourners visit the casket of former Detroit Red Wings player Ted Lindsay.

Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin views a ring of the Stanley Cup during the public viewing. Every 12 years a ring is removed from the Stanley Cup, to make room for the names of new champions.

Former Detroit Red Wings players Joe Kocur and Eddie Mio view memorabilia at the public viewing for Ted Lindsay.

Detroit Red Wings Darren Helm, left, and Jimmy Howard view Ted Lindsay's casket.

Detroit Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill, left, and general manager Ken Holland, center, speak with Blake Lindsay, son of former player Ted Lindsay.

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Jonathan Ericsson views the casket of Ted Lindsay.

Ted Lindsay's #7 adorns the floor as mourners make the walk up the red carpet to his casket.

Diane Grover, 68, of Ferndale signs one of the white board cards on display inside Little Caesars Arena.

Kathy Best, right, of Westland, and her friend, Dennis Davidson, of Belleville, have their picture taken by Grace Fenton of Grosse Pointe Park in front of the Ted Lindsay statue at Little Caesars Arena Friday. Best worked in media relations for the Red Wings and for Lindsay when he was GM of the team. Davidson worked as the press box public address announcer at both Olympia Stadium and Joe Louis Arena.

Members of the public wishing to pay their respects to Red Wing great Ted Lindsay must enter the LCA Meijer entrance near Henry Street and Cass Avenue. The entrance will be open until 7:07 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2019.

Nadea Lysyuk of Shelby Twp. shows off the #7 posters she and her family received after paying their respects to Ted Lindsay as her daughter, Kaylee Bommarito, 4, rides a mechanical horse near the Meijer entrance. Like many fans, husband Nick Bommarito wore his Red Wings gear.

Kaylee Bommarito, 4, rides a mechanical horse in The Via near the Meijer entrance as her father Nick Bommarito and mother Nadea Lysyuk, all of Shelby Twp., watch.

A big screen displays Ted Lindsay image in the main concourse inside Little Caesars Arena.

Life-long Red Wings fan Phillip Markou takes a picture of his Ted Lindsay announcement brochure in front of one of three boards for fans to write their well wishes, Friday, March 8, 2019. Markou, who was born in Detroit and grew up in Windsor, and his friend, Rita Gragg, flew in from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, to pay their respects. Red Wings legend Lindsay died Monday at age 93.

Members of the public look at Ted Lindsay framed memorabilia before entering the bowl to pay their respects.

Great Lakes Lights owner Leonard T. Zabawski, a visual artist from Canton, leaves a comment on one of three boards in The Via at Little Caesars Arena.

Detroit Police Officer Chris Meredyk wears Ted Lindsay's #7 near his badge as he works the event. Meredyk is captain of the Detroit Police Hockey Team.

Barbara O'Connor, 61, of Dearborn takes a photo of the Ted Lindsay's commemorative manhole cover at Little Caesars Arena, one of several paying tribute to great players of the past.

Mourners view memorabilia at the public viewing of former Detroit Red Wings player Ted Lindsay.

John Martin, 70, of Riverview stands in front of Little Caesars Arena holding a #7 placard in honor of Ted Lindsay.

Art Carinci, 78, of South Lyon takes a photo of a picture of Ted Lindsay with a large Ted Lindsay placard in the background.

The Ted Lindsay Award is shown at the public viewing. It goes each year to the NHL's most outsanding player in the regular season as judged by members of the NHL Players Association. Lindsay established the first NHL hockey players' union.

Gary Aidem of Rochester signs a poster honoring Ted Lindsay before the start of a game between the Detroit Red Wings and the New York Rangers, at Little Caesars Arena, in Detroit, March 7, 2019. Lindsay died Monday at age 93.

Fans take pictures of a statue of Ted Lindsay before the game.

Cards bearing the number seven, in honor of Ted Lindsay,await fans before the Detroit Red Wings game against the New York Rangers at Little Caesars Arena, in Detroit Thursday.

An image of former Detroit Red Wings player Ted Lindsay, who died earlier in the week, is shown during a moment of silence before the team's game against the New York Rangers, Thursday night in Detroit.

Four-year-old Gavin Brierly, left, and his eight-year-old brother Isaac, of Waterford, holds up a sign honoring Ted Lindsay as players warm up on the ice before the game.

Henry Augustaitis of Ann Arbor holds a card with the number seven during a moment of silence in memory of Ted Lindsay, before the start of the game.