Charles A. Hughes where they played in the National Hockey League as the Detroit Cougars. In 1927, on the advice of NHL President Frank Calder, Hughes hired Jack Adams as coach and general manager of the team. Adams would stay on as GM of the Cougars, later Falcons and Red Wings, until 1963. History of the Detroit Red Wings Charles A. Hughes Charles A. Hughes was a Detroit businessman and ice hockey executive. He was one of the founders of the Detroit Cougars of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1926. The team would later change its name to the Falcons, and then
A Year in the Death of Jack Richards prestigious International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), the Best Feature Film award from the Festival of Fantastic Films (UK), and the Grand Jury prize from the DeadCENTER Film Festival . In 2006, "A Year in the Death of Jack Richards" received a limited commercial release in theatres across Canada. Reviews were polarizing. Most critics in Toronto derided the film, while most critics outside of Toronto had nothing but high praise for the film, especially those critics in the province of Quebec. Regardless, the negative reviews were as severe as the positive. Regarding the positive reviews, film critic Odile Tremblay, writing