Associated Press Published 11:15 PM EDT Sep 1, 2020 Toronto — The Philadelphia Flyers and their big boy pants are sticking around the Toronto bubble for at least one more game. Scott Laughton scored on a redirect in overtime after Philadelphia blew a late two-goal lead, helping and the Flyers stave off elimination with a
Associated Press Published 12:58 AM EDT Sep 1, 2020 Toronto — The Tampa Bay Lightning remained perfect in overtime and are headed to the NHL’s Eastern Conference finals for the fourth time in six seasons. Victor Hedman scored with 5:50 left in the second overtime to give the Lightning a 3-2 victory over the Boston
Associated Press Published 11:39 PM EDT Aug 30, 2020 Toronto – Jean Gabriel Pageau scored the go-ahead goal 7:18 into the third period and the New York Islanders moved within one win of advancing to the Eastern Conference finals with a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night. Brock Nelson scored twice, both
The Detroit Red Wings organization has been home to some of the greatest players in NHL history. Players like Gordie Howe, Alex Delvecchio, Red Kelly, Ted Lindsay, Sid Abel, and Terry Sawchuk starred in the Original Six era. Steve Yzerman, Sergei Fedorov, Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk, and Henrik Zetterberg then spearheaded the team during the
Associated Press Published 12:53 AM EDT Aug 30, 2020 Toronto — Matt Martin and Leo Komarov scored in the second period as the New York Islanders rallied to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 on Saturday night, taking a 2-1 lead in their conference semifinal series. Anders Lee also scored, and Semyon Varlamov had 26 saves
Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 10:31 PM EDT Aug 29, 2020 Life in the NHL hockey bubble? Manny Legace gives the entire experience a real big thumbs up. The former Red Wings goaltender, now the goaltending coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets, experienced living in the NHL bubble during these playoffs for the past
A promising pipeline of prospects is an integral part of a team’s long-term success. During the Detroit Red Wings’ 24-year playoff streak, they managed to strike gold in the later rounds of the draft several times, which considerably lengthened their reign of Stanley Cup contention. Even now, the Red Wings possess a solid core of
The Detroit News Published 4:36 PM EDT Aug 28, 2020 With the Red Wings out of the playoffs since March 12 when COVID-19 shut down the National Hockey League regular season, general manager Steve Yzerman continues to loan players to European teams for development purposes. Defenseman Filip Hronek was loaned on Friday to play for Mountfield HK of the
Dana Gauruder Special to Detroit Free Press Published 3:38 PM EDT Aug 28, 2020 Add Filip Hronek to the list of young Detroit Red Wings who will tune up for the next NHL season in Europe. The Wings have loaned one of their top defensemen, Filip Hronek, to Mountfield HK in the Czech Republic. That
Mark Falkner The Detroit News Published 3:59 PM EDT Aug 28, 2020 When USA Hockey’s new U18 coach Dan Muse introduced himself with a phone call to top-rated 2021 NHL draft prospect Luke Hughes ahead of the opening of training camp in Plymouth on Monday, the former Nashville Predators’ assistant coach had a quick greeting for the youngest
It’s official: one of the Washington Capitals’ “Young Guns” has officially retired. For those unfamiliar, the “Young Guns” was the nickname for Alex Ovechkin, Nick Backstrom, Alex Semin and Mike Green when they were budding superstars for the new era of Capitals hockey during the early 2000s. This was when the Capitals began their “Rock
John Wawrow Associated Press Published 5:39 AM EDT Aug 28, 2020 Vegas forward Ryan Reaves was struggling with the decision of whether to sit out the Golden Knights’ playoff game to protest racial injustice, when he discovered the players around the NHL had his back. Reaves woke up Thursday to find a text from Tampa
The 1983 NHL Entry Draft is one of the most fascinating in history. From this class, 113 players reached the NHL (46.7 percent) and won 21 Stanley Cups, and four players made the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Detroit Red Wings made out reasonably in this draft. They were in the midst of their “Dead
Dana Gauruder Special to the Free Press Published 5:48 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Detroit Red Wings assistant coach Adam Nightingale has been named the head coach of the U.S. National Under-17 Team, according to USA Hockey. Nightingale has been on Jeff Blashill’s staff for three seasons. His responsibilities this past season included player development,
The Detroit News Published 4:21 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Ted Kulfan talks about the Cinderella Islanders, Steve Yzerman’s to-do list, the NHL’s stance on racial injustice and agent Dan Milstein is this week’s guest on the podcast. Here are some of the highlights with Milstein on episode 34 of the OctoPulse podcast: ►1:00: Gary Bettman
Dana Gauruder Special to the Free Press Published 5:48 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Detroit Red Wings assistant coach Adam Nightingale has been named the head coach of the U.S. National Under-17 Team, according to USA Hockey. Nightingale has been on Jeff Blashill’s staff for three seasons. His responsibilities this past season included player development,
Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 3:01 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Plymouth Twp. — Adam Nightingale and Dan Muse have been named head coaches Thursday by USA Hockey in the USA Hockey National Team Development Program. Nightingale has been an assistant coach the last three seasons with the Red Wings, working mainly in player development, pre-scouting
A very impressive group of players were enshrined into the Hockey Hall of Fame on his date in 1996. Aug. 27 also saw some trade action out of Motown as well as the birth of possibly the best undrafted player to ever skate in the National Hockey League. ’66 Class Packs a Punch The Hockey
Chris Bumbaca USA TODAY Published 8:59 AM EDT Aug 27, 2020 While teams across the sports landscape — the NBA, MLS, WNBA and several in MLB — refused to play Wednesday in the wake of police shooting a Black man in the back, the NHL played all three of its scheduled playoff games. The New York
The Detroit News Published 5:45 AM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Toronto — Phillippe Myers scored 2:40 into overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday, tying the second-round playoff series at a game apiece. The Islanders overcame a 3-0 first-period deficit, with Jean-Gabriel Pageau getting the tying