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Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News There was a big piece missing at Red Wing practice Wednesday in Dallas. Forward Dylan Larkin did not participate, coach Jeff Blashill said during a Zoom call with media. Blashill said he is optimistic Larkin will be in the lineup when the Red Wings play Thursday in Dallas. Larkin’s absence

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Wings’ Vladislav Namestnikov: “Stepped up big time” Red Wings forward Vlad Namestnikov scored his first goal of the season in Tuesday’s 2-1 OT loss in Dallas. The Detroit News After two ugly losses in Chicago over the weekend this felt much better for the Red

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News After two ugly losses in Chicago over the weekend this felt much better for the Red Wings. But not completely satisfying, not one bit. Dallas forward Jason Dickinson scored 1 minute 32 seconds into overtime, giving the Stars a hard-fought, grinding 2-1 victory over the Red Wings. Stars defenseman John

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News When the NHL schedule was announced, players were generally enthused about the baseball-style format of it. Mostly two-game sets, often with a day between games. Now that the Red Wings have lived the schedule a bit and are in the midst of a road trip, they’re giving a big

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Anthony Mantha has a mental checklist of things he needs to do on the ice, and for Mantha, that checklist determines if he’s had a good game or not. The Wings have had six games this season. How many of those games has Mantha felt, coming off the ice,

Associated Press Toronto — George Armstrong, who captained the Toronto Maple Leafs to four Stanley Cups in the 1960s, has died. He was 90. His death was announced Sunday by the Maple Leafs, who said he died of heart complications, citing his family. Armstrong had 296 goals and 417 assists over 21 seasons for the

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News It was a bad afternoon for a lot of Red Wings, but one that stood out in a disappointing way was forward Anthony Mantha. Not many Red Wings stood out positively Sunday in the 6-2 loss to Chicago, but Mantha had a pair of glaring misplays that only exasperated

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin talks about the 6-2 loss in Chicago on Sunday afternoon: “We didn’t show up.” Wings captain Dylan Larkin: “We didn’t show up” The Detroit News The first road trip of this NHL regular season has begun badly for the Red

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Wings’ Christian Djoos on first game in 10 months Red Wings defenseman Christian Djoos says “he wishes he could’ve played the first day he was picked up on waivers.” The Detroit News Nobody was more eager to get on the ice Friday and play than defenseman

Mark Falkner   | The Detroit News Murray Howe’s national-bestselling book is called, “Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father,” a collection of stories about “Mr. Hockey,” Gordie Howe, a Detroit icon who led the Red Wings to four Stanley Cups in the 1950s and who is widely regarded as the National Hockey League’s greatest all-around player.

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Maybe it was the routine being disrupted, and certainly give credit to the opponent. But the Red Wings didn’t look right Friday, while losing to the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1. The Wings badly lost the special-teams battle, which didn’t help either, while falling to 2-3 for the season. “We’re hockey players,

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit —  Add one more player to the Red Wings’ list regarding the COVID-19 protocol — Filip Zadina. The young forward’s name showed up on the protocol list Friday afternoon, joining forwards Robby Fabbri, Adam Erne and Sam Gagner, and defenseman Jon Merrill as unavailable to play, travel or practice

Joe Reedy  |  Associated Press The NBC Sports Network, which is best known for its coverage of the NHL and English Premier League, will be going away at the end of the year. NBC Sports Chairman Pete Bevacqua announced the channel’s shutdown on Friday in an internal memo to staff. “At the conclusion of 2021,

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — When general manager Steve Yzerman went on his free-agent signing spree in the offseason, some fans had a collective yawn. Yzerman signed five unrestricted free agents — and acquired defenseman Marc Staal in a trade and signed undrafted free agent defenseman Mathias Brome — but none were marquee

The Detroit News Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings (2-2) heading into the Friday night and Sunday afternoon games in Chicago, the early success of Bobby Ryan and Murray Howe talks about his father Gordie Howe in “Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father.” Here’s the highlights from episode 44 of OctoPulse: ►1:45: Jeff Blashill on

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Red Wings are ready to embark on a new NHL challenge: an actual road trip. What was usually a fairly standard part of the daily business has changed dramatically in a pandemic. The NHL has issued a travel protocol to teams establishing guidelines from meals, how to

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Wings captain Dylan Larkin: “We want the puck” Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin says “we want the puck” after Tuesday’s 3-2 OT win over Columbus. The Detroit News Detroit — The important thing to remember is it’s only been four games. Four games to begin this weird,

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Wings’ Tyler Bertuzzi on OT winner vs. Blue Jackets Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi talks about his overtime winner, line changes and gaining a split against the Blue Jackets. The Detroit News Detroit — Coach Jeff Blashill broke up the Red Wings’ first line heading

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — Coach Jeff Blashill broke up the Red Wings’ first line heading into Tuesday’s game, but they played a big part still in the end. Tyler Bertuzzi banked in a pass from Dylan Larkin just 15 seconds into overtime, giving the Red Wings a 3-2 victory over Columbus.

Stephen Whyno  |  Associated Press The NHL is temporarily ditching microchipped pucks six days into the season after concerns were raised about their performance. The league announced games from Tuesday night on would be played with pucks made for last season. A review showed the first supply of pucks used for tracking weren’t finished the