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Redmond played right wing for the Montreal Canadiens from 1967-1971, winning Stanley Cups with them in 1968 and 1969. He scored 27 goals for the Canadiens in the 1969–70 season.

Halfway through the 1970–71 NHL season he was traded to the Red Wings in a deal that sent superstar Frank Mahovlich to Montreal. His promise was fulfilled the season following, when he scored 42 goals on a line centered by veteran star Alex Delvecchio.

In 1972–1973, Redmond became the seventh player in NHL history to score fifty goals in a season. He finished with 52 goals, surpassing Gordie Howe's team record, which would stand until John Ogrodnick broke it in 1985, and achieved his career high point total with 93. Delvecchio retired early in the 1973–1974 season to become the team's coach, and Redmond was moved onto a line with budding superstar Marcel Dionne. Redmond's success continued, and he became only the third player to achieve back to back fifty goal seasons with 51 goals (including an NHL leading 21 power play goals).

In the 1974–1975 season Redmond sustained a back injury and played only 29 games. His back woes continued the following year; after 37 games he retired early at the age of 28. He had been named to the league's First All-Star Team in 1973, the Second Team in 1974, and he played in one All-Star Game.

On April 3, 2008, Abdelkader signed a one-game amateur tryout with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and was to play that night against the Columbus Blue Jackets. In doing so, he forfeited his college eligibility for the 2008–09 season. The following day, Abdelkader signed a three-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings.^[1]

Abdelkader scored 23 goals for the Grand Rapids Griffins during the 2008-09 season and was one of the team's best offensive players in the playoffs.^[2]

On May 8, 2009, Abdelkader was named the replacement for Tomáš Kopecký, who sat out Game 5 of the Western Conference semi-finals series against the Anaheim Ducks. Coach Mike Babcock sent Abdelkader to replace Kopecký "because he'll run over people. We expect him to play hard like [Darren] Helm. He's on the forecheck and he's a physical guy."^[3] During the game Abdelkader scored his first career point on an assist to Johan Franzén.

Abdelkader scored his first career NHL goal on May 30, 2009 in Game 1 of the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins. After shooting the puck, he grabbed the rebound out of the air with his glove, dropped the puck, and beat Marc-André Fleury high stick side.^[4]^[5] His second goal came nearly 24 hours later in the second game of the series, off of what commentators described as a "knuckle puck." He carried the puck into the forward zone alone against three Penguins defenders and fired a slapshot past Fleury. He became the first rookie to score a goal in consecutive finals games since Minnesota's Dino Ciccarelli did it in 1981.^[6]

On April 7, 2007, Abdelkader scored the game-winning goal in the 2007 NCAA Championship Game against Boston College, securing the NCAA Division 1 National Championship for Michigan State University and earning him the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player. He scored the latest game-winning regulation goal ever scored in an NCAA Frozen Four championship game when he scored with just 18.9 seconds left.

Director of Business Development Whitecaps Baseball & Vice President/Partner Blue Cap Promotions

Dan is currently the Director of Business Development of Whitecaps Baseball; one the industry’s most decorated teams over the past 15 years. His responsibilities include developing strategies that increase advertising and ticket sales, recruiting and developing sales people and introducing new events and promotions to Fifth Third Ballpark. Prior to joining the Whitecaps as Director of Sales in 2000, Dan worked in the radio industry as a sales representative and sales manager and in the grocery distribution industry as a sales representative.

Dan is also Vice President and Partner of Blue Cap Promotions, a sports and entertainment promotions company which was formed in 2006 along with Whitecaps Baseball CFO/Owner Dennis Baxter. Blue Cap Promotions specializes in local and nationally televised boxing promotions and production. Blue Cap also promotes and markets concerts and music tours, consults with other entertainment venues from sports to fairs and festivals helping to increase sales, introduce promotions and provide entertainment to their facilities.

Dan has a strong commitment to community support and has been active in it. He is a board member of Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes, a member of the YMCA Camp Board of Directors and a current business mentoring partner of the John Ball Zoo School for environmental sciences.

Among the list of other organizations that he supports/supported are the Middleville Jaycees (Past President), Grand Rapids Jaycees, (Past Member) Special Olympics, West Michigan Charity Sports Banquet (benefiting the Helen Devos Children’s Hospital) and several others.

A native of the Caledonia area, Dan resides there with his wife Gayle and sons Landon (10) and Noah (6).