owner James Norris decided to honor Aurie by retiring his jersey No. 6 - the first Detroit player to have this honor bestowed upon him. The following season, Aurie was named player-coach of Detroit's AHL farm club, the Pittsburgh Hornets, but returned to the Red Wings for one final game on Jan. 10 - scoring the winning goal against Montreal in a 3–0 shutout at Detroit. Aurie would later go on to head coach the Oshawa Generals. Retirement Aurie's No. 6 jersey was officially retired by Wings owner James Norris after the 1937–38 season (he returned to play one more game for Detroit on Jan. 10, 1939), but was reissued once in the late 1950s to his cousin (not nephew as has been widely reported) Cummy Burton, with the family's blessing. His jersey was displayed in the Olympia Stadium lobby during the 1960s, but then-owner Mike Ilitch refused to display the number at Joe Louis Arena with the other retired numbers, despite several published accounts to support the retirement of the number. In a 1997 Detroit Free Press article, Wings vice president Jimmy Devellano said the team refused to hang the number because he was not a Hall of Famer, despite the fact that the number was already retired before Ilitch became the owner in 1982. Aurie died in Detroit's Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital on December 12, 1952, having suffered a stroke while driving his car the previous evening. He was buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, in Southfield, Michigan. Awards and achievements IAHL second All-Star team, 1939 Led NHL in goals in 1936–37 Named to NHL first All-Star team, 1936–37 Played in NHL All-Star Game, 1933–34 Won the Stanley Cup (with the Detroit Red Wings) 1936, 1937 Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Coaching statistics Season Team Lge Type GP W L T OTL Pct Result 1938-39 Pittsburgh Hornets IAHL Player-Head 54 22 28 4 0 0.44444 1939-40 Pittsburgh Hornets IAHL Head 56 25 22 9 0 0.52679 1940-41 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL Head 56 21 29 6 0 0.42857 Lost in round 2 1941-42 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL Head 56 23 28 5 0 0.45536 Out of Playoffs 1942-43 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL Head 56 26 24 6 0 0.51786 Lost in round 1 1943-44 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL Head 52 12 31 9 0 0.31731 Out of Playoffs See also List of NHL players who spent their entire career with one franchise