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There were only a few minutes left, the Detroit Red Wings had a comfortable lead, and the outcome of the game carried little weight. Still, the puck was headed towards his net, so Eemil Viro dropped to a knee and came through with the block. “I’m never going to complain about that,” goaltender Sebastian Cossa

Kent Johnson showed he can play center, Kirill Marchenko’s skill emerged, Jiricek and Mateychuk impressed and Jet Greaves earned more respect. TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Another prospect tournament is in the books. The Blue Jackets returned from northern Michigan with a 2-1-0 record after stunning the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime Sunday and have shifted their focus to

After spending four years in Russian professional leagues, the 22-year old forward is now eager to help Columbus while chasing his NHL dream. TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – It was a sweltering June day in Dallas when Kirill Marchenko heard his name announced at the 2018 NHL draft. He was a tall, lanky forward with the

Elmer Söderblom brings intrigue to match his size, which, at 6 foot 8 and 249 pounds, is really saying something. Three years after the Detroit Red Wings plucked him in from the sixth round of the 2019 draft (No. 159 overall), the 21-year-old Swedish forward is ready to showcase his skills stateside. He’s coming off

Goals by Kent Johnson, Kirill Marchenko highlight frustrating loss in second game for Columbus. TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN — Day two wasn’t nearly as fun for the Blue Jackets. After steamrolling the St. Louis Blues 7-1 to start the Traverse City NHL Prospect Tournament on Thursday, the Jackets stumbled Friday in a 5-2 loss at Centre Ice Arena to

The Detroit Red Wings will get a glimpse of how the next wave stacks up against comparable competition over the coming days. The annual prospects tournament runs through Monday in Traverse City, and features the Wings, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, St. Louis Blues and Toronto Maple Leafs. The unbalanced schedule means there won’t be

Detroit Red Wings fans who enjoy Bally Sports Detroit’s Ken Daniels and Mickey Redmond on local broadcasts are in for a tough 2022-23 season, as Turner Sports and ESPN announced their national NHL schedules on Wednesday. The Wings will have 11 of their 82 games this season telecast exclusively on either TNT, ESPN, ESPN+ or

The Detroit Red Wings put the finishing touches on their 2022-23 roster by re-signing forward Filip Zadina, a restricted free agent, to a three-year deal worth $5.475 million. Zadina, 22, was one of the early pillars of the Wings’ rebuild when he was drafted sixth overall in 2018. Many thought that night that Zadina would

The Detroit Red Wings avoided arbitration and re-signed defenseman Jake Walman for one year, $1.05 million, but where he ultimately fits into their plans is a work in progress. Walman, 26, was part the trade-deadline deal, along with Oskar Sundqvist and a 2023 second-round pick, that sent Nick Leddy to the St. Louis Blues. Walman (6 feet 2,

The Detroit Red Wings announced they’ll be back in Traverse City in September for their annual training camp. It’s been tradition since former head coach Scotty Bowman brought the 1997 Stanley Cup champions to the scenic city in the fall of 1998, with a few interruptions here and there. The Wings report to Centre Ice Arena for

Mike Driehorst  |  For the Monroe News The COVID-19 pandemic forced Emily Rouleau, Dundee High School Class of 2010, to return to her professional roots. And, there, she found her first Emmy. Rouleau, 30, is an associate producer for Bally Sports Detroit (formerly Fox Sports Detroit) and assists with Bally Sports’ broadcasts of Detroit Red

Michigan athletics named Brandon Naurato as the interim head coach for the hockey program on Sunday.  Naurato spent last season as an assistant under U-M coach Mel Pearson. The school announced Friday that Pearson would not be retained after a report by the law firm WilmerHale concluded that Pearson lied to investigators and helped foster

August is normally a quiet month in hockey, a respite that falls between the frenzy of NHL free agency in July  and preparing for September’s training camps. But multiple Detroit Red Wings prospects will instead be showing off their skills at the World Junior Championship, which was postponed from its usual Christmas-time schedule till now because

Steve Yzerman’s former right-hand man, Anaheim Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek, pulled off quite the coup two weeks into free agency, signing defenseman John Klingberg to a one-year, $7 million deal. That prompted a reader, Bob H., to ask why the Detroit Red Wings didn’t make a play for the top defender on the market: “Just