The 1985–86 season was the team's 60th season, their 54th season as the Red Wings. This was the first of two seasons in which Red Wings games would air in the Detroit area on then-independent WXON-TV (now MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYD) channel 20 before returning to WKBD channel 50 (then a Fox station, now with The CW) for the 1987–88 season after the two-year break. It was also the first of 11 seasons with former NBC sportscaster Dave Strader as the Red Wings' television play-by-play announcer, joining him as color commentator and analyst was former Red Wings right wing man Mickey Redmond. Also, the Red Wings played their first game with Hall of Famer Brad Park as their head coach on December 31, 1985. This was Park's only season as a head coach in the NHL, replacing current Buffalo Sabres r