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Tony Paul The Detroit News Published 5:02 PM EDT Sep 2, 2020 Detroit — Detroit’s four major professional sports teams are teaming up to help residents get their vote on. The Ilitch-owned Tigers and Red Wings were the latest to join the venture Wednesday, announcing that Little Caesars Arena will be used as a training venue

Mark Falkner The Detroit News Published 1:55 PM EDT Sep 2, 2020 Saginaw Spirit center Cole Perfetti saw firsthand what it takes to make the National Hockey League last year while visiting the northern Michigan cottage of one of the ownership partners of the Ontario Hockey League team. A potential first-round draft pick by the Detroit

Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 10:03 AM EDT Sep 2, 2020 Detroit – Tuesday was Sept. 1, which in normal years would be a touchstone on the hockey calendar. Players would begin skating informally, getting ready for another NHL regular season. Around the Red Wings organization, people would be ready to head to Traverse City for

Associated Press Published 5:21 AM EDT Sep 2, 2020 Toronto — The Philadelphia Flyers and their big boy pants are sticking around the Toronto bubble for at least one more game. Scott Laughton scored on a redirect in overtime after Philadelphia blew a late two-goal lead, helping the Flyers stave off elimination with a 4-3

Associated Press Published 11:15 PM EDT Sep 1, 2020 Toronto — The Philadelphia Flyers and their big boy pants are sticking around the Toronto bubble for at least one more game. Scott Laughton scored on a redirect in overtime after Philadelphia blew a late two-goal lead, helping and the Flyers stave off elimination with a

Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 11:00 PM EDT Sep 1, 2020 Detroit – Tuesday was Sept. 1, which in normal years would be a touchstone on the hockey calendar. Players would begin skating informally, getting ready for another NHL regular season. Around the Red Wings organization, people would be ready to head to Traverse City for

Associated Press Published 12:58 AM EDT Sep 1, 2020 Toronto — The Tampa Bay Lightning remained perfect in overtime and are headed to the NHL’s Eastern Conference finals for the fourth time in six seasons. Victor Hedman scored with 5:50 left in the second overtime to give the Lightning a 3-2 victory over the Boston

Associated Press Published 11:39 PM EDT Aug 30, 2020 Toronto – Jean Gabriel Pageau scored the go-ahead goal 7:18 into the third period and the New York Islanders moved within one win of advancing to the Eastern Conference finals with a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night. Brock Nelson scored twice, both

Associated Press Published 12:53 AM EDT Aug 30, 2020 Toronto — Matt Martin and Leo Komarov scored in the second period as the New York Islanders rallied to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 on Saturday night, taking a 2-1 lead in their conference semifinal series. Anders Lee also scored, and Semyon Varlamov had 26 saves

Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 10:31 PM EDT Aug 29, 2020 Life in the NHL hockey bubble? Manny Legace gives the entire experience a real big thumbs up. The former Red Wings goaltender, now the goaltending coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets, experienced living in the NHL bubble during these playoffs for the past

The Detroit News Published 4:36 PM EDT Aug 28, 2020 With the Red Wings out of the playoffs since March 12 when COVID-19 shut down the National Hockey League regular season, general manager Steve Yzerman continues to loan players to European teams for development purposes. Defenseman Filip Hronek was loaned on Friday to play for Mountfield HK of the

Mark Falkner The Detroit News Published 3:59 PM EDT Aug 28, 2020 When USA Hockey’s new U18 coach Dan Muse introduced himself with a phone call to top-rated 2021 NHL draft prospect Luke Hughes ahead of the opening of training camp in Plymouth on Monday, the former Nashville Predators’ assistant coach had a quick greeting for the youngest

John Wawrow Associated Press Published 5:39 AM EDT Aug 28, 2020 Vegas forward Ryan Reaves was struggling with the decision of whether to sit out the Golden Knights’ playoff game to protest racial injustice, when he discovered the players around the NHL had his back. Reaves woke up Thursday to find a text from Tampa

The Detroit News Published 4:21 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Ted Kulfan talks about the Cinderella Islanders, Steve Yzerman’s to-do list, the NHL’s stance on racial injustice and agent Dan Milstein is this week’s guest on the podcast. Here are some of the highlights with Milstein on episode 34 of the OctoPulse podcast: ►1:00: Gary Bettman

Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 3:01 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Plymouth Twp. — Adam Nightingale and Dan Muse have been named head coaches Thursday by USA Hockey in the USA Hockey National Team Development Program. Nightingale has been an assistant coach the last three seasons with the Red Wings, working mainly in player development, pre-scouting

The Detroit News Published 5:45 AM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Toronto — Phillippe Myers scored 2:40 into overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday, tying the second-round playoff series at a game apiece. The Islanders overcame a 3-0 first-period deficit, with Jean-Gabriel Pageau getting the tying

The Detroit News Published 1:47 AM EDT Aug 27, 2020 NHL players are discussing options to protest racial injustice after the NBA and other professional sports leagues postponed games, according to a person with knowledge of those talks. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity early Thursday because those discussions were

Associated Press Published 12:46 AM EDT Aug 26, 2020 Toronto — The pressure of overtime hardly fazes the Tampa Bay Lightning, who have been as resilient as any team in the NHL playoffs. Ondrej Palat scored less than five minutes into yet another extra period for the second-seeded Lightning, who beat the Boston Bruins 4-3

Associated Press Published 1:05 AM EDT Aug 25, 2020 Toronto — The New York Islanders came out hot to begin their second-round playoff series against Philadelphia, creating numerous good chances and scoring an early goal. Semyon Varlamov did the rest. Varlamov stopped 29 shots for his second straight shutout, Andy Greene scored his first playoff

Matt Charboneau The Detroit News Published 6:02 PM EDT Aug 24, 2020 Knee injuries snatched away Robby Fabbri’s first shot in the NHL, but now the former first-round pick is making the most of his second chance. After an early season trade from St. Louis to Detroit, Fabbri added some spark to the Red Wings’