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The Detroit Red Wings avoided arbitration and re-signed defenseman Jake Walman for one year, $1.05 million, but where he ultimately fits into their plans is a work in progress. Walman, 26, was part the trade-deadline deal, along with Oskar Sundqvist and a 2023 second-round pick, that sent Nick Leddy to the St. Louis Blues. Walman (6 feet 2,

The Detroit Red Wings announced they’ll be back in Traverse City in September for their annual training camp. It’s been tradition since former head coach Scotty Bowman brought the 1997 Stanley Cup champions to the scenic city in the fall of 1998, with a few interruptions here and there. The Wings report to Centre Ice Arena for

Mike Driehorst  |  For the Monroe News The COVID-19 pandemic forced Emily Rouleau, Dundee High School Class of 2010, to return to her professional roots. And, there, she found her first Emmy. Rouleau, 30, is an associate producer for Bally Sports Detroit (formerly Fox Sports Detroit) and assists with Bally Sports’ broadcasts of Detroit Red

Michigan athletics named Brandon Naurato as the interim head coach for the hockey program on Sunday.  Naurato spent last season as an assistant under U-M coach Mel Pearson. The school announced Friday that Pearson would not be retained after a report by the law firm WilmerHale concluded that Pearson lied to investigators and helped foster

August is normally a quiet month in hockey, a respite that falls between the frenzy of NHL free agency in July  and preparing for September’s training camps. But multiple Detroit Red Wings prospects will instead be showing off their skills at the World Junior Championship, which was postponed from its usual Christmas-time schedule till now because

Steve Yzerman’s former right-hand man, Anaheim Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek, pulled off quite the coup two weeks into free agency, signing defenseman John Klingberg to a one-year, $7 million deal. That prompted a reader, Bob H., to ask why the Detroit Red Wings didn’t make a play for the top defender on the market: “Just

Mick McCabe |  Special to Detroit Free Press For Andrew Copp, his first potential roadblock in his sporting life came in soccer. “I had a soccer coach tell me I should quit hockey and concentrate on soccer,” Copp recalled. “Not that I should, but I had to if I wanted to play on his team.” At

Olli Määttä showed great promise as a teenager: He was a first-round draft pick in 2012 at 17, and was named to the Finland’s roster for the 2014 Winter Olympics at 19. Now he’s in the prime of his career, age-wise, and eyeing the Detroit Red Wings as an opportunity to turn a one-year, $2.25

Mount Rushmore: To most, it is a monument located in the western part of South Dakota. Recently, that term has become shorthand for the top four in any given subject, and thus, a means of debate. From sports to hip hop — and even movie theater snacks — everything under the sun is subject to a

Stepping away from the trophy ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Classic’s Area 313 Celebrity Scramble on Tuesday, Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin was all smiles. The Waterford native paired up with Will Zalatoris, the 2022 PGA Championship and U.S. Open runner-up, and Mariah Stackhouse, a six-year LPGA Tour pro. The group didn’t win — that honor went to

Stepping away from the trophy ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Classic’s Area 313 Celebrity Scramble on Tuesday, Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin was all smiles. The Waterford native paired up with Will Zalatoris, the 2022 PGA Championship and U.S. Open runner-up, and Mariah Stackhouse, a six-year LPGA Tour pro. The group didn’t win — that honor went to

The Detroit Red Wings haven’t even begun training camp and already two defensemen will start the season on the injured list. On the same day the Wings announced they signed Robert Hägg, they announced Mark Pysyk, signed in mid-July, has undergone surgery to repair an Achilles tendon, with an expected recovery in the 4-6 month range. Jake

A geographically sensible affiliation will continue for at least another five years. The Detroit Red Wings and Grand Rapids Griffins have had a symbiotic relationship for two decades, one that on Monday was extended through at least the 2026-27 season. It gives the Wings an American Hockey League affiliate that is within a couple hours driving

Thanks to Steve Yzerman’s busy summer, the Detroit Red Wings appear to have significantly more depth this fall. Yzerman used free agency to add three forwards and three defenseman, one week after he acquired a goaltender via trade. Those new faces join the new one behind the bench, where Derek Lalonde takes over, looking to guide the

If you follow hockey and you drove past the Hollywood Market in Royal Oak last week, you’ve already smiled. If you don’t or you didn’t, here’s a bit of over-explaining. See, Steve Yzerman is the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings. Two Wednesdays ago, on the first day NHL teams were allowed to sign

Chase Pearson, the last man standing from the Detroit Red Wings’ 2015 draft, is under contract for another year. Pearson, 25, has appeared in three games for the Wings, making his debut March 24 this past season. The 6-foot-3, 202-pound center played 50 games for the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins, recording 18 points (seven goals, 11 assists).

Part of the appeal for Dominik Kubalik was the opportunity to see if he can sync his revival with that of the Detroit Red Wings‘. He has a 30-goal season to his credit, which is a major reason why Wings general manager Steve Yzerman signed Kubalik for two years and $5 million when the free

The Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings and now the Detroit Tigers have all secured premium young talent as draft season nears its end. Nothing can excite the fanbase of four struggling franchises like new faces. Detroit franchises combined for six first-round picks in 2022 drafts. The Lions nabbed Michigan football defensive end Aidan Hutchinson and Alabama wide receiver

Derek Lalonde has added assistant Jay Varady to the Detroit Red Wings‘ coaching staff. Most recently head coach of the American Hockey League Tucson Roadrunners, Varady joins Lalonde, associate coach Bob Boughner and goaltending coach Alex Westlund as new faces for the 2022-23 season. Alex Tanguay was retained from former coach Jeff Blashill’s coaching staff. Varady

Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman had a busy start to July: He hired a new head coach, acquired a goaltender, and signed three forwards and three defensemen in free agency. It’s as aggressive as Yzerman has been since being named GM of the Wings in April 2019, and a sign that the team is