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Detroit — Andrew Copp picked a good time for his first Wings’ goal, scoring the eventual game-winner Thursday against Washington late in the third period. Copp afterward was hopeful of maybe his first goal kind of opening the floodgates for many more. If that happens, great, as far as coach Derek Lalonde is concerned. But

Detroit − Fittingly on a night the Red Wings celebrated past Stanley Cup champions, fans Thursday were able to celebrate an exciting present-day Wings victory. Andrew Copp, the Ann Arbor native who cheered those 1997 and 1998 Cup winning Wings’ teams, scored his first goal as a Red Wing late in the third period, helping

Detroit – Igor Larionov is a head coach in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League, and his team had games scheduled this week. But Larionov told his team he had to leave. The chance to celebrate the Red Wings’ back-to-back 1997 and 1998 Stanley Cup championships was important to attend. “This is a special event,” said Larionov,

Detroit — Robby Fabbri is still a good two months away from probably even thinking about playing a game. But just being out there for Thursday’s morning skate, while recuperating from his third ACL surgery in six years, Fabbri was able to further see how his knee was coming along and begin to get reacclimated

Detroit — Jordan Oesterle was a preschooler in Dearborn Heights when the Red Wings won the 1997 and 1998 Stanley Cups and sent Detroit hockey fans into euphoria. The current Red Wings defenseman remembers some of the excitement, and for sure watched the videos growing up, became a Wings fan. But there was something, specifically,

Buffalo, N.Y. — When the Red Wings are doing a good job defensively, keeping the puck out of their net, they’ve been a successful team. When it’s looked eerily similar to the last several seasons, and the team has been poor defensively, then it’s looked like Monday’s 8-3 loss in Buffalo. That’s actually three of

Buffalo, N.Y. − The Red Wings didn’t get any treats for Halloween, that’s for sure. Tage Thompson, the rising young Buffalo Sabres star, kept delivering the Wings whatever candy it was you hated to get going door to door (candy corn obviously a popular answer), on a frustrating night in Buffalo. Thompson had three goals

Buffalo, N.Y. — Matt Luff isn’t a big fan of blood, so this wasn’t ideal. Luff was hit on the side of his mouth Saturday night with a shot puck against Minnesota. Luff immediately looked and felt around his face to assess the damage. The news wasn’t good. “I hate blood,” said Luff, his face

Detroit — There was no automatic belief that Adam Erne was going to be a regular in the Red Wings lineup heading into this season. On paper, there were a lot more forwards than roster spots. Though Erne appeared likely of getting a spot on the roster, it might have been as an extra forward,

Detroit – Lucas Raymond was going to score goals, you figured it would simply be a matter of time. From the Red Wings’ perspective Saturday, it couldn’t have come at a better time. Raymond scored both goals as the Wings defeated the Minnesota Wild 2-1 and ended a brief two-game losing streak (4-2-2). “It feels

Detroit – There’s been some tough discussions in the Red Wings’ meeting rooms this week. Bad losses to New Jersey (6-2) and Boston (5-1) exposed a variety of issues, and coach Derek Lalonde has had to address it with different players. “I had some hard conversations with a lot of different guys (Wednesday) morning,” said

Ted Kulfan talks about the Red Wings’ 5-1 loss in Boston, the team’s 3-2-2 start and author John U. Bacon is the guest on this edition of the OctoPulse podcast. “You really do notice the talent depth of a team like the Bruins compared to what they saw earlier on with the Anaheims and Chicagos

Detroit — The Red Wings’ already thinning forward group is going to lose Michael Rasmussen for a little bit. Rasmussen was suspended for two games, without pay, for high-sticking Bruins forward David Krejciduring Thursday’s game, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced. The incident occurred at the 8-minute mark of the second period. Rasmussen was assessed a

Detroit — The Red Wings’ intent and desire all season has been to limit goals allowed. The Wings fell apart defensively the second half of last season, spoiling what had been a decent first half, and likely played a large part in not retaining head coach Jeff Blashill. New coach Derek Lalonde has consistently stated