There hasn’t been playoff hockey in Detroit since the Red Wings’ first-round exit in 2016. It’s been much longer since their epic rivalry against the Colorado Avalanche was must-see TV, as the most-heated rivalry in sports during the late 1990s and early 2000s. ESPN is heating things up, releasing the trailer for its new special,
Whoa, baby, now that’s a teaser! We know there hasn’t been much to celebrate in Detroit’s four major professional sports lately, a town searching for its first playoff victory since April 2016. But throughout the years there have been plenty of glory days. The Bad Boys and Goin’ to Work Pistons. The Tigers’ runs in 1968
Larry Lage | Associated Press West Bloomfield — Vladimir Konstantinov has traded hockey sticks for an Uno deck. Many, in fact. The onetime Soviet and Detroit Red Wings star plays so often that he goes through a pack per week, wearing out cards with the hands that once made him one of the world’s best defensemen. During a recent
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Two Detroit Red Wings and their former coach have a chance for a medal at the World Championship. Defenseman Filip Hronek had an assist to help Czechia to a 4-1 victory over Germany in one of four quarterfinals Thursday. That sets up a date in a Saturday semifinal opposite Finland, which took down Slovakia, 4-2.
The Detroit Red Wings off-season is going to be a very busy one. With 11 players being free agents, there will be a lot of moving parts as Steve Yzerman continues to work his magic with this team. The Detroit Red Wings are coming off a dissapointing season this past year. Now, to be incredibly
Tampere, Finland — Drake Batherson scored on a power play 43 seconds into overtime to give Canada a 4-3 comeback victory over Sweden on Thursday night in the world hockey quarterfinals. In the semifinals Saturday, defending champion Canada will face the Czech Republic, and the United States will play Finland. The Czech Republic beat Germany
Detroit — The timing, if nothing else, is a bit curious. Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin, who can begin negotiating a contract extension on July 13 on the first day of NHL free agency, has decided to switch representation. Larkin is now with CAA, represented by Matt Williams and Pat Brisson, leaving KO Sports. Larkin,
This version of Mitch Albom’s Game 6 column for the Detroit Free Press appears in “Stanleytown 25 Years Later: The Inside Story of How the Stanley Cup Returned to the Motor City After 41 Frustrating Seasons.” It’s only $29.95 and it’s available at RedWings.PictorialBook.com. The Red Wings advanced to the finals with a 3-1 victory over
Gene Myers | Special to Detroit Free Press In the spring of 1997 — a quarter-century ago — the Detroit Red Wings embarked on their quest to end a 42-year Stanley Cup drought. The Free Press has commemorated that historic quest with a new book: “Stanleytown: The Inside Story of How the Stanley Cup Returned to the Motor City After 41 Frustrating
Detroit Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider put on an encouraging performance Thursday, even as the result for his country disappointed. Seider’s run at the World Championship in Finland ended with Germany’s 4-1 loss to Chechia in a quarterfinal matchup, but it was Seider who converted for the Germans. He scored late in the third period
As the Red Wings finish out the season, the team makes a head coaching change and awaits the NHL Draft Lottery as the offseason gets underway. Presented by: @Bud Light Seltzer
Filip Zadina and Jakub Vrana are two very different players at this point in their careers. Zadina has been underperforming on a bad Detroit Red Wings team, and he has fallen out of favor with tons of fanbase members because he has rarely been able to score, which is why he was drafted to begin
Red Wings taking wait-and-see approach with Jonatan Berggren – MLive “Does he have a chance to make the team next year? He does have a chance,” Yzerman said after the season. “Is he a lock to make it? I don’t think so. “I’m not going to pencil Jonatan Berggren into the lineup, but I’m also
The Detroit Red Wings moved on from left handed defenseman, Nick Leddy at the trade deadline. The trade that sent the defenseman to St. Louis got the Red Wings defenseman, Jake Walman, forward, Oskar Sundqvist, and a 2023 second-round pick. Long time New York Islanders defenseman, Nick Leddy, was traded from the Islanders to the
Magnus Hellberg is doing what he can to impress the Detroit Red Wings. He didn’t get much of an opportunity in their uniform, but he has continued his bid for employment at the World Championship, backstopping Sweden into a Thursday quarterfinal against Canada with a 1.47 goals-against average and .932 save percentage over four games. It’s the
The Detroit Red Wings draft is going to be fun this year. More than probably most years. The reasoning behind that? The fact that nobody really knows how the board will fall this time around. I mean, we’d like to say that Shane Wright is the sure-fire first overall pick, but that may not be
New Episode of The Winged Wheel premiers Thursday, May 26th @ 10:00 AM Presented by: @Bud Light Seltzer
The Detroit Red Wings have snagged defensemen with their first-round draft pick in two of their last three drafts. Selecting Moritz Seider with the sixth overall selection in 2019, and Simon Edvinsson with the sixth selection in the 2021 Draft. They have even filled their prospect pool with some defensive selections in the second rounds
Assistant General Manager of the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager of the Grand Rapids Griffins Shawn Horcoff joins Art Regner and Daniella Bruce to provide updates on the Red Wings top rated prospects.