By Nicholas J. Cotsonika of Yahoo Sports
Of all the hilarious Tomas Holmstrom stories, the most famous is the one about his number.
In March 1998, late in his second season with the Detroit Red Wings, Holmstrom gave up No. 15 to newly acquired veteran Dmitri Mironov. He switched to No. 96 to honor the year he arrived in the NHL, but coach Scotty Bowman suggested something else.
The details have gotten hazy, and they depend on who you talk to. But the conversation went something like this:
“You should wear 98,” Bowman said.
“What do you mean?” Holmstrom said. “Why?”
“Because that’s the year you’ll be going home.”
You can read the rest of the article here: Tomas Holmstrom’s unlikely journey to 1,000 games
