The day after the Wings 6 game winning streak comes to an end on the road, it still seems like every NHL pundit and fan is so eager to try throwing arrows through the validity of the current 23 game home winning streak. Whether it is people pointing out that overtime and shootouts now exist, or one columnist saying that Detroit still has to go 12-1-1 to equal the home brilliance set by the Wings back in 1996, (so they have really proven nothing) everybody is out to make light of this truly remarkable record.

And I get it!

With the exception of the team's true fans, nobody likes the Wings. They are the Yankees of the NHL! Every season hockey fans get great glee and joy when Detroit gets knocked out of the playoffs, meaning somebody else gets to hoist the cup. People are sick of hearing about the Winged Wheel and the dominance of this franchise over the course of the last two decades. From the 4 championships to making the post season every year in both era's to the ability to bring in players who have struggled everywhere only to flourish in the Motor City, people hate this franchise because they are jealous and you should love it! I definitely do.

But even I admit that now it has gone too far.

I'm not one of these guys that get upset anymore when all the Detroit bashing takes place on a given day. I'm used to it and actually sort of like it at times because it displays a total lack of creativity from the main stream media. Of course some of it is even true too.

But I admit that the negativity of the streak has gotten to me. I'm so bored of people telling me it's not legit or that it means nothing. So I have decided to fight back!

Below I have compiled a list of the 5 most impressive stats and accomplishments that have taken place during the streak. The list is in no particular order.

1. Outscoring the opposition.

In the 23 games that the Wings have won at home, they have outscored the opposition 92 to 32. In case you stink at math that is outscoring the opponent by a nice round number of 60 goals. As for what the Wings have done in each game, below is the breakdown...

Detroit has scored 8 goals once, 7 goals once and 5 goals six times during the record. The Wings have shutout the opposition four times and allowed 1 goal six other times. The most an opponent has scored against Detroit was 3 goals and that happened just once. Every other contest, Detroit has held their competition to 2 or less scores.

2. Everybody pitching in.

Through the course of the 23 wins, 17 different players have lit the lamp and 18 skaters have registered at least an assist. Johan Franzen leads all Wings with 12 goals during the streak while Nick Kronwall has 8 followed by Pavel Datsyuk and Valteri Filppula who each have 7 goals. Nick Lidstrom and Drew Miller have 6 scores while Jiri Hudler, Darren Helm, Todd Bertuzzi and Tomas Holmstrom each have beat the opposing goalie 5 times. As far as the assists go, Datsyuk leads everyone with a mind boggling 21 as Filppula has 15, followed by Ian White with 14 and Lidstrom with 12. Through the 23 games, Datsyuk has the most overall points with 28; Franzen and Filppula each have 22. 22 of the 92 total goals have come from defenseman.

3. Keep on shooting!

Detroit has out shot opponents by an eye opening 717 to 589 through the streak. One time the Wings registered 50 shots on net while shooting at least 40 pucks at an opposing goalie 3 other times. The lowest amount of shots on goal throughout the streak by the Wings was 27 against the Kings back on December 17th; Detroit won that game 8-2. It's ironic that on the night where the Wings shot the least amount of pucks, they scored the most goals during the 23 games.

The Wings have been out shot in 5 of the 23 games and another couple times they have registered the exact same amount as the opposition. During the streak Dan Cleary has shot the puck the most with 63 attempts, crazy that the forward has missed his last 5 games with a knee injury. Lidstrom has the second most shots with 56.

4. Special on specialty teams.

It wasn't too long ago that everyone was concerned about Detroit's power play and it was for good cause. It seemed like the Wings should have been better on the man advantage considering the talent they have. However throughout the course of the 23 games, the Wings have been very good with the extra attacker. Detroit has been put on 87 power plays, 18 of which they have scored on. If you do the math and I did, with a calculator of course. Detroit is almost at a 21 percent success rate on the man advantage which actually is good enough to be considered a top 5 power play in the game.

As for the penalty kill, Detroit has won in spite of not being able to kill off as many power plays as they would have liked. The Wings have put opponents on 83 man advantages and only have killed off 67 of those chances. If you do the math and again I did with a calculator that is only an 80 percent kill rate which puts the Wings in the middle of the pack in the NHL. The 80 percent also equals Detroit PK percentage throughout the course of the season, a stat where the Wings rank 21st of 30 teams. There is a bright side however as the Detroit has killed off the last 25 of 28 power plays that they have put opponents on at the Joe.

5. Packing them in.

Maybe the most important stat over the course of the entire streak is attendance. Every one of the 23 games has been a sellout and it has been evident. On some nights, Downtown Detroit seems like the playoffs are going on and it's the spring. The atmosphere on a given night has been sensational and seems to get better game by game. This may sound crazy, but Friday nights win against the Predators, you know the game where Pavel Datsyuk scored with about 5 seconds left to win was intense. I heard people comparing that atmosphere to unforgettable playoff games and I would agree with those thoughts. People are excited every single night for this streak to continue and we are still in February.

So there it is, some of the more impressive stats and facts that have taken place while the Wings have put together this remarkable 23 game home winning streak. Whether it has been Detroit winning in a route, which they have done in about half of the games or winning a one goal contest, like in the last 6 of 12 games, this has been awesome! Overtime, shootout, who cares? As far as I'm concerned, a win is a win and 23 in a row have been pretty damn amazing!

So what do the haters have to say now?