Justin Abdelakder is gone from the Grand Rapids Griffins, and headed for the U.S. Olympic team. Abdelkader has been released from his professional tryout with the Griffins, so he could be an alternate for Team USA at the Olympics in Beijing. NHL players were supposed to participate in these Olympics. But with more than 100 games postponed
Updates The Penguins did end up losing 2-1 to the Kraken in OT last night. It’s also third jersey night in Pittsburgh (still yellow on black, not those baby blue monstrosities). Predicted Lineups Penguins ForwardsJake Guentzel – Sidney Crosby – Bryan RustDanton Heinen – Evgeni Malkin – Kasperi KapanenBrock McGinn – Jeff Carter – Evan
Detroit — Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider have had a dramatic impact on the Red Wings as NHL rookies. Can the Wings be fortunate enough to have another forward/defenseman duo arrive soon and make a similar impact? They just might. The way forward Jonatan Berggren and defenseman Simon Edvinsson are playing this season it’s possible they
Paul Henderson is best remembered for being a Canadian hero during the Summit Series of 1972, but his career and life have more to offer than just eight games. He played over 1,000 professional games between the NHL and World Hockey Association (WHA). He was a multiple-time NHL All-Star and a Memorial Cup winner. After
Time: 7:00pm ET Place: PPG Paints Arena TV: Bally Sports Detroit, AT&T Sportsnet, ESPN+ Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket Penguins Blog: Pensburgh Preview: So the Blackhawks game was…a thing. But hey, it showed the Wings are still carrying that no-quit attitude we’ve seen more often this season. But tonight we have another rivalry to rekindle
Red Wings Blashill Proposes NHL Change Special Teams Stats – DetHockey Now Blashill is also of the opinion that the NHL should look at the way it calculates power-play percentages and factor shorthanded goals into the equation. He thinks that shorthanded goals should be subtracted from power-play goals before the power-play percentage is figured out.At
Detroit Red Wings (18-19-6)vs.Pittsburgh Penguins (27-10-6) When: 7 p.m. Friday. Where: PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) (Red Wings radio affiliates). • Box score Game notes: Detroit enters the game having lost three straight. The Wings racked up five goals in Tuesday’s loss to the Chicago Blackhawks but the defense took the night off, ceding
Since the last stock exchange, the Detroit Red Wings have kickstarted a new losing streak. After a heartbreaker against Dallas, Detroit looked lost against the Nashville Predators and the Chicago Blackhawks. Let’s assess the damage by heading to the “stock market”. For those who haven’t read it before, the stock exchange series is a way
Mo Seider and Joe Veleno chat about Mo’s favorite roommate, Joe’s best dish and more in episode one of The MoJoe Show!
The Detroit Red Wings are an improved team this season, hovering right around .500 for a majority of the season. They have done it without a key piece of the offense, Jakub Vrana, who is still recovering from pre-season shoulder surgery. Where will the talented young winger slot into the lineup when he returns? For
Detroit — The Red Wings could use a sliver of good news, and on Thursday they received some. There’s still a long way to go, but forward Jakub Vrana and defenseman Troy Stecher were involved in practice, in non-contact jerseys, and are taking the next step in returning to game action. Vrana hasn’t played at all this
Jakub Vrana stoked a bit of excitement at practice, even though he’s not close to coming back and helping his Detroit Red Wings teammates. They are focused on going into Pittsburgh on Friday and nipping a three-game skid that has left the Wings 18-19-6 and feeling a bit red-faced about their defensive game. The Wings expect to
Even the most casual fan of the Detroit Red Wings knows that the pipeline to Motown more often than not goes through Sweden/Scandinavia. Players like Nicklas Lidstrom, Niklas Kronwall and Henrik Zetterberg represented Sweden with pride during their time with the Red Wings, and the current generation of Red Wings are continuing that trend. Even
An Ontario mother is calling for change after learning she housed ex-NHL player Reid Boucher as a junior hockey player just months after, by his own admission in a 2021 criminal case, he sexually assaulted a girl in 2011, when she was 12 and he was 17. Sherri Boyd, 54, had her own 11-year-old daughter