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Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Red Wings’ Anthony Mantha scores goal in scrimmage Red Wings forward Anthony Mantha scored two goals in Team Red’s 7-2 win over Team White The Detroit News Detroit – The big takeaway from Friday’s intra-squad scrimmage? It was a heck of an evening for Anthony

Mark Falkner   | The Detroit News The agent for former Detroit Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader said Abdelkader is still looking for “the right fit” with the National Hockey League season scheduled to start next week with five games on Wednesday. The Red Wings open the 2020-21 season the following night at Little Caesars Arena against

Detroit — In a way it was a promotion. But it’s still a bleak picture for Frans Nielsen. The Red Wings veteran forward was rotating onto a spot on the fourth line by the end of this week, not certain of an Opening Night lineup spot — but at least there was a chance. It was

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — Jeff Blashill’s future as coach of the Red Wings isn’t promising, according to the oddsmakers. BetOnline.ag is putting Blashill as the favorite to be the first coach fired this season in the NHL at 8-1 odds. The Wings had the NHL’s worst record last season, but the Red Wings brought

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Goalie Thomas Greiss on Wings training camp Red Wings goaltender Thomas Greiss talks about training camp, Jonathan Bernier, regaining his timing The Detroit News Detroit — One position where the Red Wings feel pretty confident in is their goaltending. In veterans Jonathan Bernier and Thomas Greiss, the

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — Every year in training camp, in whatever sport, there’s often someone who comes out of nowhere and makes a run at a roster spot. Almost a week into this accelerated camp, Mathias Brome is playing that role for the Red Wings. Brome scored two goals (one a shootout)

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — There’s no question Michael Rasmussen needed to play hockey. Rasmussen played only 35 games in Grand Rapids last season, then was shut down, like everyone else, by the pandemic. When the Red Wings found a roster spot in Austria this autumn for him, Rasmussen took advantage of

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit —  There was a some hockey finally Tuesday at Little Caesars Arena. How crisp it was is debatable, the intensity was off and on, but it was fun to see nonetheless. The Red Wings played the first of three intrasquad scrimmages  — Team Red won 6-4 in a shootout (they

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — There will be no pro hockey in Toledo this season. The Toledo Walleye, who are a Red Wings affiliate, have chosen to opt out of the 2020-21 partial regular season. Walleye players were notified Tuesday morning of the decision. Toledo joins 11 other ECHL teams  — out of 26 — to opt

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — There was a some hockey finally Tuesday at Little Caesars Arena. How crisp it was is debatable, but it was fun to see nonetheless. Team Red used two goals in the shootout to win 6-4 in the intrasquad Red Wings scrimmage, for what it’s worth. Vladislav Namestnikov tied

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Red Wings expect the line of Tyler Bertuzzi, Dylan Larkin and Anthony Mantha to continue scoring goals. But beyond that, it’s a bit of question mark. That’s why Robby Fabbri becomes so important, with Fabbri’s switch to center, between wings Filip Zadina and Bobby Ryan, establishing a

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — There will be no fans inside Little Caesars Arena anytime soon. But there will be a hockey game, or at least something resembling a game, Tuesday at LCA. The Red Wings will ratchet up the already-accelerated pace of this shortened training camp Tuesday with an intrasquad scrimmage. Normally,

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Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — There will be advertising on the Red Wings’ helmets this season. The Red Wings have entered into a multi-year partnership with Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage, with the brand appearing on the Wings’ home, away and practice helmets during the season, which begins Jan. 14. “We are excited to

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Red Wings’ Filip Zadina on training camp, Bobby Ryan, scoring goals Red Wings forward Filip Zadina on training camp, Bobby Ryan, scoring goals The Detroit News Detroit — Filip Zadina already has been through the start of one hockey season — and is ready to begin

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Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — Nothing about last season was easy for the Red Wings. They had the NHL’s worst record (17-49-5), and were last in nearly every major statistical category. In some ways, the pandemic provided a merciful quicker end to the season. In all, it was a season Dylan Larkin

Associated Press  |  Associated Press Ottawa, Ontario — The Canadian government, citing “national interest grounds,” gave its approval Thursday for the start of NHL training camps. It issued an exemption to the mandatory 14-day quarantine period for NHL players and team staff to return to the country. The five provinces with NHL franchises, however, must

Mark Falkner   | The Detroit News Former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Rick Vaive had a feeling he might stir up a hornet’s nest when he referred to Detroit as “Murder City” in his recent autobiography, “Catch 22: My Battles in Hockey and Life.” Vaive was describing an incident in 1986 involving Detroit Red Wings team physician John