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Detroit — In a week the Red Wings will be on the clock with their first pick in the NHL Entry Draft. The Wings will pick eighth overall, early enough in the draft to grab a player who could help the team some day win games. But who will that player be? Good question. There are so many

Detroit — Goaltending is arguably the most important position for any NHL organization. The Detroit Red Wings entered this offseason with cloudiness surrounding the position, particularly at the minor-league level. Two weeks before the start of unrestricted free agency, the situation is looking a bit clearer surrounding the position. The signings last week of Victor Brattstrom

Detroit — Henrik Zetterberg isn’t in the Hall of Fame — yet. Zetterberg, in his first year of eligibility, was not part of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s 2022 class, announced Monday. Daniel Alfredsson, who ended his career playing with the Red Wings in 2013-14, along with twin brothers Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Roberto Luongo, and Finnish woman’s star

Detroit — The Red Wings’ search for a new head coach is likely in its final stage. With the NHL season concluding Sunday night, as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games to win the Stanley Cup, general manager Steve Yzerman’s search for a coach to replace Jeff Blashill should be wrapping up

Detroit — It was interesting listening to general manager Steve Yzerman during his season-ending press conference and his optimism regarding the future of prospect Elmer Soderblom. The development of the 6-foot-8 Soderblom, a 2019 sixth-round pick, the 159th player drafted overall, has been a topic of great enthusiasm among the Wings’ front office and fans. “Based on what

ON TODAY’S PODCAST: Episode 73 Ted Kulfan takes a look at the improving odds of Tampa Bay’s Derek Lalonde to be named the Red Wings’ next head coach and USA Hockey’s Frank Nazar of Mount Clemens is the interview guest. Lalonde is a two-time Stanley Cup champion and fourth-year assistant coach with the Lightning, who forced Game

Frank Nazar II’s favorite Detroit Red Wings jersey is Nicklas Lidstom’s personally-signed No. 5 jersey. Close behind are Steve Yzerman’s No. 19 and Kris Draper’s No. 33, all players he met when he and his father Frank Sr. owned the parking garage near Joe Louis Arena across from Cobo Hall (now the TCF Center) on Congress Street from

Marco Costantini made 40 saves, Mason McTavish scored the deciding goal and the Hamilton Bulldogs beat the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-2 on Friday night to advance to the Memorial Cup semifinal game in Saint John, New Brunswick. The loss ended the season for Detroit Red Wings draft pick Sebastian Cossa, who was named third star

[embedded content] There will be times when a scene cuts and you realize that your nails are dug into the palm of fist-shaped hands. Assuredly, you will catch yourself smiling at the demise of Claude Lemieux. There’s a decent chance you’ll cry. No matter which direction it moves you, “E60: Unrivaled” will move you. It will rock

Detroit — The Red Wings have needs throughout their lineup. One look at the record, and especially the way the second half of the season unfolded, and you know this lineup isn’t where general manager Steve Yzerman would want it to be. Free agency is one way to strengthen a roster. You can sign players

Detroit — Strange how life can work occasionally. Three years to the date the Red Wings drafted Moritz Seider, the young defenseman Tuesday won the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s best rookie. Seider reflected on how he felt that evening in Vancouver three years ago, and the surprise of being picked sixth overall by general manager Steve

Pierrick Dube and Olivier Nadeau scored in a 78-second span in the third period, leading the Shawinigan Cataractes to a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings on Tuesday in the Memorial Cup at TD Station in Saint John, New Brunswick. Oil Kings goalie Sebastian Cossa, a first-round draft choice of the Detroit Red Wings,

Detroit — There was little doubt how good Moritz Seider was in his rookie NHL season, but that became perfectly clear Tuesday at the NHL Awards Show. Seider, the Red Wings’ outstanding first-year defenseman, won the NHL’s Calder Trophy, awarded “to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition” by the Professional Hockey

Bally Sports Detroit is launching a direct-to-consumer streaming service that will give Detroit sports fans access to Tigers, Red Wings and Pistons game broadcasts without needing a cable subscription. The service, Bally Sports+, will launch Thursday, and will mirror the content available on the linear service. The cost will be $19.99 a month; fans who

Detroit — NHL free agency used to be one of the busiest and most exciting days on the calendar. It’s still a great news day. Players move around the league, strengthening or weakening teams in the process, and the movement causes a ton of activity on social media. But it’s a little different these days. When

[embedded content] The Detroit Red Wings will host a viewing party of ESPN’s E60 documentary, ‘Unrivaled: Red Wings v. Avalanche’ at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday, June 25. A panel discussion with Red Wings alumni will follow the the documentary screening at 6 p.m. The event is free but space is limited. Here’s the link to reserve a

The Detroit Red Wings have signed Finnish goaltender Jussi Olkinuora to a one-year, two-way contract worth $750,000, according to The Hockey News. Olkinuora played on Finland’s gold-medal winning teams at the Olympics and the world championships along with former Red Wings center Valtteri Filppula. The 31-year-old native of Helsinki was a backup on the Olympic

Madison, Wis. — Mari Pietersen stopped 29 shots and Canada hung on to win its sixth under-18 women’s hockey world championship, beating the defending champion United States 3-2 on Monday night at LaBahn Arena. The high-scoring Americans, who entered the game with a tournament-leading 21 goals, scored just twice on 31 shots. Finley McCarthy and

Detroit — The greatest hockey team ever assembled? A description like that, when you begin to analyze any championship team in any sport, is difficult because there are different eras, and opinions can be so subjective. But, obviously, the Red Wings’ 2002 Stanley Cup-winning team is right up there with any of the best. It was an amazing collection

Nearly one-third of the players on the U.S. team competing in this week’s under-18 women’s world hockey championship are training outside their home states at development programs such as Shattuck-St. Mary’s or Selects Hockey Academy. “There are certain areas of the country … where you’re not necessarily going to be close to an ice rink,”