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1 hour ago Two new names have seemingly been added to the list of possibilities for the NHL’s new Salt Lake City-based franchise: Utah Mammoth and Utah Ice. Trademark applications were made for those names on Tuesday on behalf of Uyte, LLC.  Uyte still has not been proven to be tied to Utah NHL owners

Meaningful games in March and April. That was the goal last fall, supposedly, so by that metric we should consider the 2023-24 Detroit Red Wings’ season a success. Of course it’s not that simple.  With a seemingly-massive lead in the playoff race after tearing through their January and February schedule, it looked like those meaningful

1 hour ago Another possible Utah NHL team name has entered the fray: Utah Outlaws. A trademark application for that name was filed by Uyte, LLC, on Friday.  Uyte is the company that filed trademark applications for five names on Tuesday and added one for “Utah Yetis” on Thursday. It should be noted that the

I said last week that I expected the search for what was then a potential NHL Utah team name to be much different than what we’ve seen in the past and that’s already proving to be true. Since then, the NHL Board of Governors has met and officially voted to establish a new franchise in

20 mins ago Well, it’s over. The Detroit Red Wings’ up and down season ended with a whole lot of up but it wasn’t enough as they didn’t control their own fate and the Washington Capitals’ win over the Philadelphia Flyers put the Caps in the playoffs and the Red Wings out. I’ll have more

2 hours ago Stupid Stat of the Day for April 16, 2024; Montreal Canadiens vs. Detroit Red Wings. Stupid Stat of the Day: The Red Wings are winless all-time in their final game of the regular season when their previous two games went to overtime. #LGRW #RedWings https://www.detroithockey.net/2024/04/16/ssotd-red-wings-vs-canadiens-4-15-2024-2/ [image or embed] — DetroitHockey.Net (@detroithockey.net) Apr

2 hours ago Stupid Stat of the Day for April 15, 2024; Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens. Stupid Stat of the Day: Since the NHL’s Great Expansion in 1967, the Red Wings have never made the playoffs in a year when their regular season home finale was a loss to the Montreal Canadiens. #LGRW

2 hours ago Stupid Stat of the Day for April 13, 2024; Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings. Stupid Stat of the Day: In the last 50 years, the Red Wings are unbeaten in their antepenultimate game of the season when it is played against the Toronto Maple Leafs and followed by a home-and-home

If you’ve been following this space for long enough, you know that I have an interest in sports branding and, historically, have been able to get some ideas of what new teams might be called by monitoring domain name and trademark registrations. I had predicted that Vegas would probably be the Golden Knights months before

2 hours ago Stupid Stat of the Day for April 11, 2024; Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Detroit Red Wings. Stupid Stat of the Day: The Red Wings are winless all-time against the Pittsburgh Penguins in games played on April 11. #LGRW #RedWings https://www.detroithockey.net/2024/04/11/ssotd-penguins-vs-red-wings-4-11-2024/ — DetroitHockey.Net (@detroithockeynet@social.detroit.hockey) April 11, 2024

46 mins ago Stupid Stat of the Day for April 9, 2024; Detroit Red Wings vs. Washington Capitals. Stupid Stat of the Day: April 9 is the latest in the schedule calendar that the Red Wings have ever faced the Washington Capitals in a regular season game. However, Game 78 is the earliest that the

17 mins ago Stupid Stat of the Day for April 7, 2024; Detroit Red Wings vs. Buffalo Sabres. Stupid Stat of the Day: The Red Wings are winless all-time against the Buffalo Sabres in games played in the month of April at Little Caesars Arena, having allowed seven goals in every game. #LGRW #RedWings https://www.detroithockey.net/2024/04/07/ssotd-red-wings-vs-sabres-4-7-2024/

2 hours ago Stupid Stat of the Day for April 5, 2024; Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Rangers. Stupid Stat of the Day: The Red Wings have made the playoffs in every season where they won a regular season game on the same date as the Detroit Tigers’ home opener. #LGRW #RedWings https://www.detroithockey.net/2024/04/05/ssotd-red-wings-vs-rangers-4-5-2024/ —

37 mins ago Stupid Stat of the Day for April 1, 2024; Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Detroit Red Wings. Stupid Stat of the Day: The last time the Red Wings lost a road game in regulation on April Fools’ Day was against the Quebec Nordiques in 1986. #LGRW #RedWings https://www.detroithockey.net/2024/04/01/ssotd-lightning-vs-red-wings-4-1-2024/ — DetroitHockey.Net (@detroithockeynet@social.detroit.hockey) April 1,

2 hours ago Stupid Stat of the Day for March 30, 2024; Florida Panthers vs. Detroit Red Wings. Stupid Stat of the Day: The Red Wings last road win over an Eastern Conference team was on January 17 in a visit to the Florida Panthers. #LGRW #RedWings https://www.detroithockey.net/2024/03/30/ssotd-panthers-vs-red-wings-3-30-2024/ — DetroitHockey.Net (@detroithockeynet@social.detroit.hockey) March 30, 2024

37 mins ago Stupid Stat of the Day for March 28, 2024; Carolina Hurricanes vs. Detroit Red Wings. Stupid Stat of the Day: The Red Wings are winless all-time when playing the Carolina Hurricanes on March 28th. #LGRW #RedWings https://www.detroithockey.net/2024/03/28/ssotd-hurricanes-vs-red-wings-3-28-2024/ — DetroitHockey.Net (@detroithockeynet@social.detroit.hockey) March 28, 2024

3 hours ago Stupid Stat of the Day for March 26, 2024; Washington Capitals vs. Detroit Red Wings. Stupid Stat of the Day: The Red Wings’ .432 winning percentage at Capital One Arena is their highest winning percentage in any arena at which they’ve won the Stanley Cup while on the road. #LGRW #RedWings https://www.detroithockey.net/2024/03/26/ssotd-capitals-vs-red-wings-3-26-2024/

2 hours ago Stupid Stat of the Day for March 23, 2024; Nashville Predators vs. Detroit Red Wings. Stupid Stat of the Day: All-time, 20.5% of matchups between the Red Wings and Predators have taken place on a Saturday in Nashville. Detroit has a .478 winning percentage in those games and a .606 winning percentage

1 hour ago Stupid Stat of the Day for March 21, 2024; Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Islanders. Stupid Stat of the Day: All-time, the Red Wings have only beaten the New York Islanders on a Thursday in March and advanced to the playoffs in the same season once. #LGRW #RedWings https://www.detroithockey.net/2024/03/21/ssotd-red-wings-vs-islanders-3-21-2024/ — DetroitHockey.Net

26 mins ago Stupid Stat of the Day for March 19, 2024; Detroit Red Wings vs. Columbus Blue Jackets. Stupid Stat of the Day: The Red Wings are unbeaten all-time in their last game of the season against a team they would meet in an outdoor game the following season. #LGRW #RedWings https://www.detroithockey.net/2024/03/19/ssotd-red-wings-vs-blue-jackets-3-19-2024/ — DetroitHockey.Net