Shortly before the puck dropped, Steve Yzerman, general manager and former captain, noted how the current Detroit Red Wings had come through with a victory on Thursday when the 1997 Stanley Cup championship team was honored. The Wings came through again on Saturday after the 1998 team was honored at Little Caesars Arena, delivering a
Detroit — Someone tell the Red Wings’ alumni to stick around a while longer. They certainly provided good luck and saw some winning hockey from the present Wings, too. With the 1997 and 1998 Stanley Cup championship teams in attendance, the Wings won their second consecutive game Saturday while the memories flowed, defeating the New
Steve Yzerman evoked all the right emotions as he capped a three-day celebration honoring the 1997 and 1998 Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup championships. “For our ’98 team, this is a great opportunity for me to thank these gentlemen for the commitment they made, the selflessness they played with,” Yzerman said Saturday. “I can’t tell
The Red Wings celebrate the 25th anniversary of their 1998 Stanley Cup championship.
2 hours ago Stupid Stat of the Day for November 5, 2022; Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Islanders. Stupid Stat of the Day: The Red Wings are unbeaten all-time in games played at Little Caesars Arena on a Saturday afternoon against the New York Islanders.https://t.co/ZHsigb1J3I pic.twitter.com/Dh8uQNzLwa — DetroitHockey.Net (@detroithockey96) November 5, 2022
Second-year Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider is off to a slow start offensively, but his value extends far beyond his offensive abilities. Expectations had been sky-high heading into the 2022-23 season for the reigning Calder Trophy winner, awarded to the league’s top rookie. Seider became the sixth Red Wing ever to win the award. It
The Detroit Red Wings have had a bout of bad luck recently with losing back-to-back games, some injuries, and most recently the two-game suspension of Michael Rasmussen, but this is by no means the end of the world. This season up to this point has had a whirlwind of good and bad, but it has
Time: 10:30 a.m. (doors open); 12:00 p.m. (butts in seats); 1:00 p.m. (puck drop) Place: Little Caesars Arena Broadcasts: BSDET, MSGSN Isles blog: Lighthouse Hockey After a big win against the Caps following a celebration of the 1997 Cup Team, we’re back at it looking not to embarrass ourselves in front of the 1998 Cup
I wanted to discuss a few specific items regarding the Detroit Red Wings following the conclusion of the first month of the 2022-23 regular season. Recently, I was able to catch up with former Octopus Thrower editor Nate Brown. Brown currently writes for Detroit Hockey Now. Let’s jump right into things. Enjoy. What is your
[embedded content] Some interesting stories here shared between Shanahan, Osgood, and Murphy about Shanny’s first days in Detroit and Scotty Bowman. Most interesting to me is how Shanahan was just thrown into the deep end and Scotty basically said, “good luck sport, you’ll do great.” Jonatan Berggren is back to playing with the Griffins after
As one former player put it: “We all got older, a lot more grey, but the personalities are the same that they were 25 years ago.” Martin Lapointe summed up why the Detroit Red Wings’ three-day celebration of the 1997 and 1998 Stanley Cup championship teams was such a success: It gave him, Steve Yzerman,
Welcome back to Red Wings Weekly! In this weekly column, we like to take a look at the Red Wings’ most-recent week of play, identify any players and/or trends that stood out, and then look ahead and find out what the next week may have in store for the team from Hockeytown. As always, feel
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
When NHL teams elect to use a tandem in goal, it can go a number of ways. For example, the Boston Bruins’ tandem of Jeremy Swayman and Linus Ullmark each started 39 games last season, and both had a viable case to be “the guy” for their team in the playoffs. On the other end
In a recent article for the Toronto Sun, Nick Kypreos wrote that hockey fans should “keep an eye on the Detroit Red Wings” if the Vancouver Canucks shop Bo Horvat at this year’s trade deadline (from ‘Leafs are more than halfway through the John Tavares contract. Was it worth it?’, Toronto Star, 10/27/22). Kypreos noted
Red Wings’ Robby Fabbri, Mark Pysyk gradually working way back from major surgery – MLive “Everything has gone as planned; we’re right where we’re at with this injury,” Fabbri said. “Just gradually getting more and more on the ice and getting back into the swing of things and the daily NHL schedule. Things are going
As they turn their attention to their next game, the Detroit Red Wings have a clear memory of what works. They improved to 5-3-2 on the strength of a furious effort over the final few minutes of Thursday’s 3-1 victory against the Washington Capitals, when Andrew Copp scored, Ville Husso and the penalty killers nixed
The Stanley Cup returned to Hockeytown on Thursday, but only as a brief visitor for the Detroit Red Wings’ 25th anniversary celebration of their 1997 championship. For a while there in those heady days of the late 1990s and 2000s, when the Wings claimed four Cups from ’97 to 2008, Stanley practically lived in Detroit,
Igor Larionov and Scotty Bowman speak with the media ahead of the 25th anniversary celebration of the 1997 & 1998 Stanley Cup Championships. Presented by Meijer.
Darren McCarty and Kris Draper speak with the media ahead of the 25th anniversary celebration of the 1997 & 1998 Stanley Cup Championships. Presented by Meijer.