As many of us certainly did, I explored Google to learn what I could about the man who brought us such '80's classics as "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "The Breakfast Club." Knowing that Hughes attended high school in the north 'burbs, I just assumed the Hollywood director was a born and raised Chicago kid.
Turns out he was from Detroit. And the ties stuck.
"I grew up in the Detroit area, so I'm sort of happy right now," Hughes said to NHL.com at the Winter Classic at Wrigley Field in January with the Red Wings leading. "Gordie Howe was my hero growing up. We listened to games on the radio."