In the final week of the Detroit Red Wings’ 2021-22 season, things are starting to shift. While there are plenty of players on the roster right now that are playing with something to prove, wandering eyes are starting to look ahead to the offseason and the 2022-23 season. A losing season tends to have the
Another Detroit Red Wings season is wrapping up without so much as a whiff of ending their six-year playoff drought, and change seems inevitable. Jeff Blashill, Wings coach for the past seven seasons, might be at the end of the road with the franchise, with our Helene St. James writing Saturday was likely his final
Detroit Red Wings prospect Elmer Soderblom has been tearing up the ice in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) throughout the 2021-22 season. Currently playing for Frolunda HC, Soderblom has been a pleasant surprise this season, as his name pops up in discussion nearly as frequently as that of Simon Edvinsson — his teammate and fellow
Red Wings sign defenseman Simon Edvinsson to entry-level contract – NHL Edvinsson, 19, has recorded 19 points (2-17-19), 18 penalty minutes and a plus-13 rating in 44 regular season games for Frolunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League and was named a finalist for the SHL Rookie of the Year Award. He led all league
With the light all but extinguished on this season, Tyler Bertuzzi’s near-grasp of a milestone casts a glow towards the future. He’s within one goal of 30 entering the final week of the Detroit Red Wings‘ season, recording his 29th in an unlikely fashion in Sunday’s 3-0 victory in New Jersey. He fired the puck
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 25 Years Later: The Inside Story of How the Stanley
The Detroit Red Wings season is coming to a close. After a season full of ups and downs, it’s hard to think that their focus is still on the few remaining games. I mean, it’s not exactly like they are competing for the Stanley Cup, so why bother. Which, if I’m correct, means that the
Next man up is a way of life in pro sports. When a player goes down with an injury, it provides an opportunity for somebody else to step in and showcase their skills. Recently, Detroit Red Wings captain and top-line center Dylan Larkin was lost for the rest of the season after undergoing muscle core
This was another afternoon where the Red Wings had a short memory, which proved beneficial for them. Just 24 hours after a drab loss against Pittsburgh, the Red Wings went into New Jersey Sunday and defeated the Devils 3-0. The Red Wings got goals from Oskar Sundqvist, Tyler Bertuzzi (empty net) and Michael Rasmussen (empty net),
The Detroit Red Wings head into the final week of their season with a victory against a team that has struggled more than they have. Sunday’s outing against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, was a slow, grinding affair, but the Wings put it away with a pair of late empty-net goals to
We hear from coach Jeff Blashill after his #RedWings end a three-game skid Sunday afternoon. #MadeToChill
We hear from Alex Nedeljkovic after he racks up his fourth shutout of the season, 3-0 in New Jersey on Sunday. #LGRW
We hear from Michael Rasmussen after he scores one of three #RedWings goals in a 3-0 win over the Devils on Sunday. #LGRW
After yesterday’s beatdown at the hands of the Penguins, the Red Wings squared off this afternoon with the Devils in New Jersey. In the midst of a gauntlet of a schedule against several of the league’s top teams, the Wings get a bit of a reprieve to close out the season with games against the