Associated Press | The Detroit News Toronto — Former Detroit Red Wings defenseman Borje Salming has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. “I have received news that has shaken my family and me,” Salming said in a statement. “In an instant, everything changed.” Salming, who played 16 seasons
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The Detroit Red Wings avoided arbitration and re-signed defenseman Jake Walman for one year, $1.05 million, but where he ultimately fits into their plans is a work in progress. Walman, 26, was part the trade-deadline deal, along with Oskar Sundqvist and a 2023 second-round pick, that sent Nick Leddy to the St. Louis Blues. Walman (6 feet 2,
Detroit — The Red Wings and defenseman Jake Walman have avoided an arbitration hearing. Walman and the Wings agreed to a one-year contract worth $1.05 million. Walman, 26, was acquired along with forward Oskar Sundqvist at last season’s trade deadline from St. Louis, in a trade for defenseman Nick Leddy. In 19 games with the
The Detroit Red Wings announced they’ll be back in Traverse City in September for their annual training camp. It’s been tradition since former head coach Scotty Bowman brought the 1997 Stanley Cup champions to the scenic city in the fall of 1998, with a few interruptions here and there. The Wings report to Centre Ice Arena for
Detroit — It might still feel like summer in the air, but hockey is getting closer. The Red Wings announced Tuesday the dates for the 23rd annual NHL prospects tournament and training camp, both events being held, as usual, at Traverse City’s Centre ICE Arena. The prospects tournament will run from Sept. 15-19 with a five-team field
Mike Driehorst | For the Monroe News The COVID-19 pandemic forced Emily Rouleau, Dundee High School Class of 2010, to return to her professional roots. And, there, she found her first Emmy. Rouleau, 30, is an associate producer for Bally Sports Detroit (formerly Fox Sports Detroit) and assists with Bally Sports’ broadcasts of Detroit Red
Detroit — Carter Mazur was having difficulty scoring goals last season, so Mazur reached out to the Red Wings’ development staff. Mazur, the Wings’ 2021 third-round draft pick and Jackson native, was in his freshman season at Denver and college hockey was proving to be a challenge. So Mazur reached out for help, which in its
Michigan athletics named Brandon Naurato as the interim head coach for the hockey program on Sunday. Naurato spent last season as an assistant under U-M coach Mel Pearson. The school announced Friday that Pearson would not be retained after a report by the law firm WilmerHale concluded that Pearson lied to investigators and helped foster
August is normally a quiet month in hockey, a respite that falls between the frenzy of NHL free agency in July and preparing for September’s training camps. But multiple Detroit Red Wings prospects will instead be showing off their skills at the World Junior Championship, which was postponed from its usual Christmas-time schedule till now because
Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series breaking down the Detroit Red Wings at each position group. Today: Goaltenders. Detroit — The Red Wings needed to add a goaltender and identified Ville Husso as the one they’d like to acquire. To make sure they obtained Husso, before unrestricted free agency began, general manager Steve Yzerman worked
Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series breaking down the Detroit Red Wings at each position group. Today: Forwards. Detroit — Nowhere in the Red Wings’ lineup does the improved depth show more than among the forwards. General manager Steve Yzerman was intent during free agency on deepening the talent level among the top two or
Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series breaking down the Detroit Red Wings at each position group. Today: Defensemen. Detroit — It was one of general manager Steve Yzerman’s intentions to give the defense a new look. As the hockey world has veered into August, there’s no question the Red Wings’ blue line
Plymouth — At long last, it’s time for the IIHF World Junior Championship. Several Detroit Red Wings and University of Michigan prospects will be wearing the red, white and blue, as Team USA on Monday announced its preliminary roster for the 2022 event, which is set to be held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from Aug. 9-20. Wings prospects Shai Buium
Steve Yzerman’s former right-hand man, Anaheim Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek, pulled off quite the coup two weeks into free agency, signing defenseman John Klingberg to a one-year, $7 million deal. That prompted a reader, Bob H., to ask why the Detroit Red Wings didn’t make a play for the top defender on the market: “Just