Detroit — The Red Wings have moved quickly to replace Pat Verbeek. General manager Steve Yzerman announced Friday that Shawn Horcoff has been named Red Wings assistant GM and GM of the Wings’ minor-league affiliate Grand Rapids Griffins. Verbeek was named Thursday general manager of the Anaheim Ducks. Horcoff will work alongside Yzerman on all hockey operations
When so much of life is dictated by the unknown, sometimes you can get a chuckle out of the things that people do know. Here’s an example: When they acquired him from Los Angeles in 2020, Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe probably didn’t know that his new goaltender, Port Huron native Jack Campbell,
The 2022 NHL All-Star Game is nigh. Representatives from every team in the NHL have traveled to Las Vegas to compete in a skills competition, 3-on-3 tournament, and more. Detroit’s very own Dylan Larkin, with 44 points in 42 games, will represent the Red Wings this season in his second appearance of his career. Friday’s
Good organizations breed good people. You see examples of that in every industry, but especially in sports. Mere days after a certain Original Six franchise came under fire yet again, the Detroit Red Wings bid farewell to one of their top executives as assistant general manager Pat Verbeek was hired as the general manager of
Detroit — Somehow, the NHL has gotten to the midway point of its season. Despite more than 100 games being postponed because of COVID issues, and games which went on despite lineups that looked more like preseason game rosters, the NHL has reached All-Star Game weekend, the point in the schedule many correlate as the halfway point.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – JUNE 21: (L-R) Shawn Horcoff and Ralph Krueger attend the first round of the 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena on June 21, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) The Detroit Red Wings Stock Exchange: The All-Star Break by Alex Faber The Detroit Red Wings announced today that
The Detroit Red Wings have filled their assistant general manager vacancy from within, promoting Shawn Horcoff to the position previously held by Pat Verbeek. Like Verbeek, Horcoff is a member of general manager Steve Yzerman’s inner circle, often watching Wings games seated next to Yzerman in the management suite at Little Caesars Arena. Horcoff, 43, has served
Detroit — The Red Wings have moved quickly to replace Pat Verbeek. General manager Steve Yzerman announced Friday that Shawn Horcoff has been named Red Wings assistant GM and GM of the Wings’ minor-league affiliate Grand Rapids Griffins. Verbeek was named Thursday general manager of the Anaheim Ducks. Horcoff will work alongside Yzerman on all hockey operations
Heading into the All-Star break, the Detroit Red Wings are one game under .500, sitting at 20-21-6. The Wings are 1-2 since the last stock exchange, with losses to Toronto and Los Angeles and an overtime win over Anaheim. Let’s assess this week’s performances by heading to the Red Wings stock exchange. For those who
Pat Verbeek expands list of former Red Wings executives to become NHL GMs – MLive “Pat Verbeek is one of the brightest minds and hardest workers in the game, and he has been a trusted and valued resource for me throughout my management career,” Yzerman said in a statement. “I will miss working alongside him
Detroit — Pat Verbeek isn’t going to an expansion team for an organization beginning a rebuild. Named general manager of the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday, Verbeek is going to an organization in third place in the Pacific Division, in a wild-card spot, and past the early stages of the rebuild phase. “This team doesn’t need to
Pat Verbeek’s long association with Steve Yzerman played a key role in Verbeek being named general manager of the Anaheim Ducks. That organization’s gain is a loss for the Detroit Red Wings, one Yzerman could look to fill from within. But Verbeek leaving to run his own team ultimately reflects well on Yzerman, because the
The Detroit Red Wings kicked off the All-Star break by sending Joe Veleno down to the minors and saying goodbye to assistant general manager Pat Verbeek. Veleno sent down This afternoon, the Red Wings announced that Veleno had been assigned back to Grand Rapids. The young center started the season with the Griffins, netting three
This has been a very intriguing date in the history of the National Hockey League. In Detroit, two all-time greats who shared the same last name left their mark. More than a handful of Hockey Hall of Famers set personal milestones. Plus, this has been a memorable day in Edmonton and Washington DC. Let’s take