Red Wings' well-traveled fans

Speaking of well-traveled fans, read what George James Malik found today in the Dallas News. It's synchronicity.

Red Wings nation: rabid fans with funny accents?
The Dallas News's Mike Heika answered an intriguing question in his latest mailbag, and an excerpt thereof pertains to "Red Wings nation":
January 15, Dallas News: Question: Why are the Red Wings so well supported in Dallas? When the Lions, Pistons, and Tigers are in town, you see a smattering of fans but nothing like the "sea of red" we see at AAC[.]
Scott S.
Heika: [T]he Wings are like the Red Sox of hockey (Montreal is probably the Yankees). They are just a very well-supported team all around the world. For a span of about five years there in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Detroit played every game (home and road) before a sellout. That's an amazing statistic.
Maple Leafs fans would argue that they're the "Manchester United" of hockey, but Red Wings fans have fewer conditions (not using the word that describes a vacuum's operations) and offer a real and honest chance to see games. The "Detroitdiaspora's" members may or may not employ a unique accent with a "Northern Cities shift."

Listening to the game last night on iTunes on WXYT - which I should go back and thank since the station chose to broadcast the game - when the Wings scored it sounded as if they were playing at The Joe Louis Arena. The only thing missing was the horn.
When I attended a Wings - Kings game last year at Staples Center there might have been more Wings fans there than Kings fans, at least by the show of jersey-wearing fans. It will probably be the same tonight.