Detroit, MI (Best E Casino) - The Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings paraded down Woodward Avenue on Friday, celebrating the team's 11th championship and displaying Lord Stanley's Cup to fans.

The Red Wings captured their fourth Stanley Cup title in 11 seasons with a six-game series win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. The club's last title came in 2002, when the parade followed a similar path: down Woodward Avenue to Hart Plaza, to celebrate another championship in Hockeytown.

Thousands of fans lined the route, enduring high temperatures and a blazing sun, as the team's players and staff proceeded, one by one, in the beds of pickup trucks. All of it culminated in the rally, where the fans and club celebrated each other in equal measure.

"Coming down Woodward...I heard a lot of 'Thank You's' from a lot of people," Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom said. "But (we) would like to thank you, the fans."

Lidstrom, a native of Sweden, became the first European captain to lead his team to the Stanley Cup title. But Lidstrom was one of many story lines for Detroit this season, including that of Chris Osgood.

Osgood took over for Dominik Hasek in Game 4 of the first round of the playoffs against Nashville, and was stellar from that point on, going 14-4 with a 1.55 goals-against average.

Fans were more than appreciative of his effort, and showered him with chants of 'Ozzy!' as he rode along.

Additionally, head coach Mike Babcock earned his first Stanley Cup with Detroit after taking over for the 2005-06 season.

Detroit had on display its daunting collection of hardware, including the Presidents' Trophy, awarded for its NHL-best 115 points, thanks to a 54-21-7 record during the regular season; the William J. Jennings Trophy, awarded to Hasek and Osgood for helping Detroit allow the fewest goals in the regular season; and the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded to Henrik Zetterberg as the most valuable player in the playoffs.

Zetterberg posted 13 goals and 27 points in 22 playoff games, the most in a single postseason in Red Wings history.

At the center of it all was the Stanley Cup, which players took turns hoisting into the air. It was something team vice president Chris Ilitch said the fans "deserve."

The parade also brought out local political dignitaries, as well, including congresswoman Candice Miller and embattled Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who presently faces a number of criminal charges and received boos for his appearance, indicating that this was a day for hockey, that this was Hockeytown.