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Greg Beacham |  Associated Press Las Vegas — Tampa Bay’s Victor Hedman won the Hardest Shot competition and St. Louis’ Jordan Kyrou was the Fastest Skater during an NHL All-Star skills competition with a distinct Vegas flavor Friday night. Carolina’s Sebastian Aho won the Accuracy Shooting contest at T-Mobile Arena on a night when the biggest

Detroit — The Red Wings have moved quickly to replace Pat Verbeek. General manager Steve Yzerman announced Friday that Shawn Horcoff has been named Red Wings assistant GM and GM of the Wings’ minor-league affiliate Grand Rapids Griffins. Verbeek was named Thursday general manager of the Anaheim Ducks. Horcoff will work alongside Yzerman on all hockey operations

When so much of life is dictated by the unknown, sometimes you can get a chuckle out of the things that people do know. Here’s an example: When they acquired him from Los Angeles in 2020, Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe probably didn’t know that his new goaltender, Port Huron native Jack Campbell,

Detroit — Somehow, the NHL has gotten to the midway point of its season. Despite more than 100 games being postponed because of COVID issues, and games which went on despite lineups that looked more like preseason game rosters, the NHL has reached All-Star Game weekend, the point in the schedule many correlate as the halfway point.

Detroit — The Red Wings have moved quickly to replace Pat Verbeek. General manager Steve Yzerman announced Friday that Shawn Horcoff has been named Red Wings assistant GM and GM of the Wings’ minor-league affiliate Grand Rapids Griffins. Verbeek was named Thursday general manager of the Anaheim Ducks. Horcoff will work alongside Yzerman on all hockey operations

Detroit — Pat Verbeek isn’t going to an expansion team for an organization beginning a rebuild. Named general manager of the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday, Verbeek is going to an organization in third place in the Pacific Division, in a wild-card spot, and past the early stages of the rebuild phase. “This team doesn’t need to

Detroit — The Red Wings will have plenty of time to sit and stew over this loss. They’re off for the next six days because of the All-Star break, and the Wings will not be in a good mood after Wednesday’s 5-3 loss to Los Angeles. Phillip Danault’s second goal of the game, and 12th of

Detroit — Pat Verbeek is reportedly headed to the Anaheim Ducks. Pierre LeBrun, of the The Athletic, reported Wednesday night that Verbeek, assistant general manger of the Red Wings, could be named as general manager of the Ducks as soon as Thursday. Verbeek has emerged as the leading contender for the Ducks’ GM position in recent

Rich Dubroff |  Associated Press Washington — Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin will miss the NHL All-Star Game in Las Vegas on Saturday after entering the league’s COVID-19 protocols Wednesday. Ovechkin was going to play in his eighth All-Star Game. He’s tied for third in the NHL with 29 goals and is fourth on the career

Associated Press Morning nasal swabs, part of the daily routine for NHL players in recent months, are going away. The league updated its COVID-19 protocols earlier this week, dropping daily testing requirements for fully vaccinated players, citing a “declining positivity rate.” Vancouver Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau said the change was long overdue. “I’m glad they’re doing

Detroit — The template is there on how the Red Wings want to play, how they feel they need to play to be successful. Just look at Friday’s victory in Pittsburgh, and Monday’s win against Anaheim. Both overtime victories (Pittsburgh in a shootout), both low-scoring games with the Wings playing stout defense. When the Wings have

Detroit —- Two years ago at the All-Star break, the Red Wings were 12-35-4 and hopelessly out of the playoff race. The rebuild of the organization looked long and painful. But here the Wings are now, and the situation looks much less gloomy. There’s still work to be done for general manager Steve Yzerman and his

Detroit —- There was no giving up late barrages of goals this time for the Red Wings. They played solid defense all evening and in overtime, Jordan Oesterle scored his first goal as a Red Wing, giving the Wings a 2-1 victory over Anaheim at Little Caesars Arena. Oesterle gathered a puck off a a

Detroit —- There was no giving up late barrages of goals this time for the Red Wings. They played solid defense all evening and in overtime, Jordan Oesterle scored his first goal as a Red Wing, giving the Wings a 2-1 victory over Anaheim at Little Caesars Arena. Oesterle gathered a puck off a a