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Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — Danny DeKeyser has been one of the Red Wings’ best defensemen during his nine seasons in the organization — a reliable defensemen who was a factor at both ends of the rink, and given his age (30), maybe could bridge the past to the future through the current

Stephen Whyno  |  Associated Press New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin is taking a leave of absence from the team after a Russian tabloid printed allegations from a former coach that he attacked a woman in Latvia almost a decade ago, which he denies. Andrei Nazarov, a former NHL enforcer who coached Panarin in the

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — The start to this hockey season wasn’t exactly how forward Darren Helm had it planned. After so much preparation and work in the long offseason, Helm was socked with COVID-19 the second day of training camp. So much for getting the season started smoothly. “For me, I didn’t

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — It may not reflect in the standings, the progress the Red Wings have made this season. But general manager Steve Yzerman sounded positive with where the Wings’ stand about one-third into this shortened NHL regular season, speaking during a virtual Detroit Economic Club roundtable Monday. Ken Daniels, Wings’

Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — Mathias Brome hadn’t scored in 17 games, hadn’t earned a point, but he didn’t panic. Brome is 26, an undrafted free agent who signed with the Red Wings, and has played professionally in the Swedish Elite League He’s been through scoring slumps. And although frustrated, Brome knew

Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — The Red Wings found out about Sergei Tchekmarev’s death after Friday’s ragged loss against Florida. Tchekmarev, 65, was the team masseur, an equipment manager, and generally made everyone — players, coaches, media, anyone — feel better about the day with a smile or joke. “It was devastating news,”

Ted Kulfan| The Detroit News Detroit — A day after a terrible defeat and the sadness about a death of a beloved friend, the Red Wings found reason Saturday to smile. Patrick Nemeth and Mathias Brome scored their first goals of the season in the second period, leading the Wings to a 2-1 victory over the

Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit —  The Red Wings were terrible Friday, but hockey takes a backseat to real life. And real ife certainly came into play after the game, a 7-2 loss to Florida, when the Wings found out about the death of longtime team masseur Sergei Tchekmarev. An emotional coach Jeff Blashill was crestfallen

Stephen Whyno |  Associated Press Mike Emrick spent decades narrating hockey’s biggest moments happening live in front of him. That’s also how “Doc” wants to experience a documentary about his life and career. NBC will air “Doc Emrick — The Voice of Hockey” on Sunday afternoon after a second NHL outdoor game at Lake Tahoe. The program

Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — Filip Zadina isn’t producing points the way he or the Red Wings would necessarily like. But the way Zadina is playing all over the ice, specifically on the defensive end, makes the lesser amount of offense more palatable. The maturation of Zadina is continuing, and thus far, this

Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — Is this Evgeny Svechnikov’s last chance with the Red Wings? Maybe, maybe not. Svechnikov was reassigned from Grand Rapids to the taxi squad earlier in the week, and with the Wings searching for any kind of offense, possibly there’s a chance Svechnikov gets a meaningful, extended NHL opportunity. With 38

Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit – Not surprisingly, the Red Wings weren’t very good on the power play Wednesday against Chicago. And, not surprisingly, it cost them another game. But it wasn’t just the power play, alone. The Wings struggled for any kind of offense, losing 2-0 to the surprising Blackhawks. Chicago’s Philipp Kurashev scored

Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — Sam Gagner played his youth hockey for the Toronto Marlboros and cherished every aspect of it. So when an opportunity to get involved and give back to the organization presented itself recently, Gagner jumped at the chance. Gagner and fellow Marlboro alumni John Tavares (Toronto Maple Leafs) are in the

Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — It’s never easy to come to a new hockey team, but it’s even more difficult when the goals and assists don’t happen right away. Vladislav Namestnikov was a forward the Red Wings felt could help in a variety of ways when they signed him as a free agent

Nolan Bianchi | The Detroit News It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. Or so they say. Unfortunately for the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night, they started hot, ended even hotter, but dropped the comeback attempt when Dominik Kubalik froze Thomas Greiss on a 2-on-1 in overtime as the Chicago Blackhawks escaped with

Nolan Bianchi | The Detroit News The Detroit Red Wings are home for an extended stay after playing 10 of 12 on the road, and there are probably few who are happier about it than forward Robby Fabbri. Fabbri has scored in three of his last four games after missing eight games on the COVID-19 protocol

Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News The Red Wings team that is returning to Little Caesars Arena on Monday, after completing a six-game road trip, isn’t resembling that one that began this trip. The Wings have forwards Robby Fabbri, Sam Gagner, Adam Erne and Filip Zadina, and defenseman Jon Merrill all back from COVID-19 protocol, and

Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — Danny DeKeyser hadn’t been playing, and was recuperating from offseason herniated disk sugery, but you still didn’t see this coming. The Red Wings waived the veteran defenseman Sunday in a somewhat surprising move. DeKeyser, 30, had surgery for a herniated disk early last year, which limited him to only eight games. We’re running

The Grand Rapids Griffins picked up the first win of the season with a 3-1 victory over the Cleveland Monsters on Saturday at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. First-round pick Evgeny Svechnikov, Riley Barber and Dominic Turgeon scored goals and Rochester Hills’ Pat Nagle made 26 saves for the Griffins. Michael Rasmussen added an assist

Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News This was one of those games the Red Wings have had few of in the last couple of years. Everything worked for the Wings, and many players made contributions (including some unexpected sources) as the Wings defeated the Nashville Predators, 4-2 The Wings (4-10-2) salvaged a split of the two-game series in