The Red Wings game on Feb. 2, 1954 was notable for two major distinctions: It was the Wing's first outdoor game, and it was against a team of inmates at Marquette State prison.The unlikely match happened when the Wings' general manager Jack Adams and team captain Ted Lindsay visited the maximum security prison as part of a sponsored trip. That's when former Purple Gang ringleaders Harry Keywell and Ray Bernstein approached Adams and asked if they would bring the Wings up for a scrimmage, to which Adams surprisingly agreed.An outdoor rink was made just for the occasion, and despite the fact that they were playing against a team of some of Michigan's most dangerous criminals, the Wings went ahead and clobbered the "Marquette Prison Pirates" (they stopped keeping score after the first period's 18-0). To switch things up, the Wings swapped players with the Pirates, and Gordie Howe donned a Pirates jersey.Read more about it at the Detroit Athletic Co. blog and the Red Wing's official site