Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press Hello, Hockeytown. Welcome back. It has been awhile. Three hundred sixty-four days to be exact. But who’s counting? Yep, it had been almost exactly one year since the Detroit Red Wings hosted a sizable gathering and lost to the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-2, on March 10, 2020 before 17,511 fans
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Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — The line of Luke Glendening centering Adam Erne and Darren Helm doesn’t do anything flashy. If you want a grinding, no-frills, physical and hard-driving line, this is the one for you. “We keep it pretty simple,” said Erne on Wednesday during a Zoom media chat. That they do,
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Red Wings have something to build on — and something they don’t want to hear in their building again. For a team that has struggled as much as the Wings have, pushing the defending Stanley Cup champions to overtime was a step forward. They meet again Thursday at
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — There were a few more fans inside Little Caesars Arena Tuesday and they got something to cheer about, as the sports world crawls back to normalcy. Cheer for most of the night, but not at the very end. Tampa Bay rallied in the period, then Blake Coleman scored
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press The building had more buzz to it, too much horn, and the first visit of the season from the defending Stanley Cup champions. The Detroit Red Wings delivered a solid performance Tuesday at Little Caesars Arena against the Tampa Bay Lightning, twice building a lead but falling in overtime,
We hear from coach Jeff Blashill after his Red Wings lose a tough fought game against the Lightning in OT. #MadetoChill
Mickey Redmond talks about the stellar return for Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin.
Joe Reedy | AP Sports Writer The National Hockey League will be returning to ESPN beginning next season. The two sides have reached agreement on a seven-year contract that includes four Stanley Cup Finals, people familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. They spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the
Our John Keating and Chris Osgood are here to give you everything you need to know about the Red Wings’ matchup tonight against the Lightning. Captain Dylan Larkin is taking warmups and could be back in tonight! #LGRW
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press It was a big week for milestones in the NHL’s Central Division. On Sunday, Florida Panthers defenseman Keith Yandle played in his 1,000th game, the 116th defenseman with that many games, and the 19th American D-man to hit the mark. (It was also the 890th consecutive game for Yandle, third all-time.
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Red Wings emerge from a relatively light week for another series against the defending Stanley Cup champions. The last time they met the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Wings were just beginning to regain some of the five players whose COVID-19 positive tests resulted in two weeks of
The Detroit News The NHL has proposed changes to the draft lottery format, which could affect the Detroit Red Wings in the 2021 draft tentatively scheduled for July 23-24. According to an NHL memo obtained by Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston, there would be three major changes to the draft lottery: ►Teams would be limited to no more than
Mike Brehm | USA TODAY The Detroit Red Wings finished last overall with 39 points in 2019-20, 23 beyond the 30th-ranked Ottawa Senators. But after the draft lottery was conducted, the Red Wings ended up picking fourth. That isn’t likely to happen again, according to Sportsnet. The Canadian network reported that the league is proposing three changes
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — Michael Rasmussen has been spending as much time as he can on the ice these days with Luke Glendening. It’s a matter of soaking knowledge out of Glendening, who entered play Monday leading the NHL by winning 67.7% of his draws. Often regarded as one of the NHL’s better defensive
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Dylan Larkin: Would be ‘really nice’ if Detroit Red Wings could go on a run Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin talks March 7, 2021. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press Help is on the horizon for the Detroit Red Wings, even if not
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — As the Red Wings returned to the ice Sunday for a full practice there was one big addition to the lineup: Dylan Larkin. Now, just because Larkin took part in Sunday’s practice doesn’t mean he’ll be ready to play Tuesday against Tampa Bay. But having missed the entire four-game
The Detroit News Farmington’s Megan Keller apologized to her mom for mic’d-up language during the Dream Gap Tour event to showcase women’s hockey. Keller, an Olympic gold medallist (2018), a four-time world champion (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019) and a top candidate to play in the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, was featured in a video segment
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Steve Yzerman: What encourages him about the Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman, Feb. 22, 2021. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press The enthusiasm with which the Detroit Red Wings began the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 season dissipated within a week. That’s
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Red Wings’ Evgeny Svechnikov has waited “20 years” to play brother, Andrei, in NHL Detroit Red Wings forward Evgeny Svechnikov, March 3, 2021. Detroit Free Press What: “The Big 50: The Detroit Red Wings.” Author: Helene St. James, who has covered the Red Wings
Bill Dow | Special to Detroit Free Press As part of his series on former Detroit sports figures, Bill Dow caught up with Detroit Red Wings legend Alex Delvecchio. How we remember him The last Red Wing legend from the Original Six era became one of the game’s greatest and most durable centerman, playing parts