The NHL playoffs begin May 2 and there appears to be one certainty. Whichever team gets the pleasure of facing the Florida Panthers is going to have a difficult time winning four of seven games in a series. It’s simply not going to be easy. The Red Wings saw first-hand how formidable the Eastern Conference-leading
Oh look, it’s the Red Wings playing the best team in hockey on ESPN+. Again. Very frequently this season, we’ve seen Red Wings vs Panthers on national TV and every time, the win has gone to the Panthers. Most recently, the Panthers destroyed the Wings 6-1 just four days prior thanks to an explosive four-goal
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Detroit Red Wings gave themselves a shot, but the Florida Panthers showed why they’re the ones chasing the Presidents’ Trophy. They scored three times in 10 minutes Thursday at FLA Live Arena and the best the Wings could do was keep it close for two periods. They wound up losing, 5-2. Sam
This late in the season, it’s becoming clearer that defenseman Moritz Seider appears to be a slam-dunk choice to win the Calder Trophy. Given to the NHL’s rookie of the year, Seider has gradually pulled away with his stellar play. But teammate Lucas Raymond shouldn’t be easily forgotten. The rookie forward will almost certainly be
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
Considering that they currently average 3.79 goals-against per game, it makes sense that the Detroit Red Wings brought it upon themselves to take a look at their goaltending situation. What maybe doesn’t make as much sense is how they went about addressing it. With just a month left in the season, Red Wings general manager
After a pair of embarrassing loses over the Easter weekend, the Red Wings really needed a bounce back game to get them back on track to close out the season strong. With the news of Dylan Larkin out injured for the remainder of the season, and playing the Tampa Bay Lightning, the odds were not
SUNRISE, Fla. — Jakub Vrana is coming through. He recorded his fourth two-goal performance this week, and did it playing the two-way game that wins. The Detroit Red Wings, trying to finish another playoff-less season on a positive, have had Vrana on their payroll for more than a year but they’ve been limited in what they’ve seen: He
In 2013-14, Roger Rönnberg set out to change @frolunda_hc forever, despite the program having a rich history. His goal was individual development, working hard and growing together, with winning a part of that growth. Now, Frölunda is stronger than ever. https://t.co/JBNLHd3JSV — The Coaches Site (@TheCoachesSite) April 20, 2022 For Elmer Söderblom, things started to
Detroit — Longtime Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka has filed an age and disability discrimination lawsuit against Olympia Entertainment after his termination earlier this year. According to the Tuesday filing in Wayne County Circuit Court seeking compensatory damages, Sobotka admitted to urinating Feb. 2 into one of the arena’s drains that leads into a sewer designed to handle
Welcome back to Red Wings Wednesday Weekly! In this weekly column, we will 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
Jakub Vrana isn’t focusing on his goal scoring, the startling success he’s had since being acquired by the Red Wings, or what the future potentially could hold. After Vrana scored two goals in Tuesday’s 4-3 victory in Tampa, Vrana was concentrating on the present. An unexpected, but impressive Wings’ victory over the two-time defending Stanley
The lawyer for Al Sobotka,the popular Detroit Red Wings Zamboni driver fired for peeing in a drain, said he’s struggling to deal with how his five-decade career has ended. “Al is devastated by this,” Deb Gordon told the Free Press on Wednesday. “He thought this was his family. It was his family since he was
The 2022 NHL Draft Lottery is set for May 10, TSN’s Chris Johnston reported Wednesday. Johnston said that teams have been informed of the date and that the event will be conducted remotely, as it has for both the 2020 and 2021 lotteries. Team general managers and executives will be “patched in from their home cities,”