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.
Nicklas Lidstrom speaks with the media ahead of the 25th anniversary celebration of the 1997 & 1998 Stanley Cup Championships. Presented by Meijer.
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
We hear from coach Derek Lalonde after his Red Wings bounce back from a bad loss to the Sabres with a 3-1 win over the Capitals on Thursday. #LGRW
Mickey’s Moments 11.3.22: On a night the Red Wings celebrate the 1997 Stanley Cup champions, Mickey Redmond — as only he can — introduces the tardy Brendan Shanahan. #LGRW