Red Wings announce promotional calendar; tickets on-sale Friday – Red Wings Highlighting this season’s theme nights is the 25th Anniversary Celebration on Nov. 3 and Nov. 5. The Red Wings will honor two of the most iconic teams in the history of the franchise — the 1997 group that won the club’s first Stanley Cup
The Detroit Red Wings have done a lot of unexpected things over the past couple months. Whether it’s through free agency, through the draft, or via. trade, the Red Wings have shocked us all. But, yet, something seems to keep nagging at us saying the Red Wings needed more. When the off-season began, I felt
While we wait for things like prospect tournaments, training camps, contracts for our two remaining unsigned RFAs and the eventual start of the season, we’ll have some hockey for you coming soon. The NHL Network announced they’ll be broadcasting the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship starting next week: NHL Network today announced it will provide
Red Wings prospects, Michigan players dominate USA’s World Junior Championship roster – Detroit News Wings prospects Shai Buium (University of Denver), Carter Mazur (Denver) and Red Savage (Miami of Ohio) all made the 27-man preliminary roster. Wolverine standouts Luke Hughes, Jacob Truscott, Mackie Samoskevich and Frank Nazar, as well as former Michigan forward Thomas Bordeleau,
Plymouth — At long last, it’s time for the IIHF World Junior Championship. Several Detroit Red Wings and University of Michigan prospects will be wearing the red, white and blue, as Team USA on Monday announced its preliminary roster for the 2022 event, which is set to be held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from Aug. 9-20. Wings prospects Shai Buium
One of the newest additions to the Red Wings roster, Andrew Copp, joins Art Regner and Daniella Bruce to look ahead to his first season in Detroit, talk about his Michigan Roots, & much more on this edition of The Word on Woodward.
Last week the WiiM staff were standing around the water cooler and trying to find anything NHL-related to talk about. Eventually, thanks to Pierre-Luc Dubois suggesting he would be rather play in Montreal than Winnipeg, we found our way to “which NHL organization would we most like to be a part of? You can’t say
Friedge is throwing shit at the walls to see what sticks here. “kicking around” is easily defensible speech for “doing due diligence” but I don’t know why Kadri would sign with Detroit at this point. But we’ve already talked a lot about that. Instead let’s talk about Kadri switching from 91 in Colorado over to
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
The Detroit Red Wings have improved significantly this off-season. Unfortunately, they are in one of the toughest divisions in hockey. So, where do they rank in the division? The Detroit Red Wings have improved greatly over the course of this off-season. They added another top prospect in Marco Kasper. Additionally, they also attacked free agency
When Detroit Red Wings general manager (GM) Steve Yzerman was asked to assess the moves he made in free agency, he described forward Dominik Kubalik as a “pleasant surprise.” Perhaps the GM anticipated Kubalik would be retained by his previous team, the Chicago Blackhawks. Perhaps Yzerman figured there would be more competition for the 26-year-old
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
As salary cap restrictions are loosened and teams find themselves armed with a bevy of cap space at their disposal, the NHL offseason – beginning with the annual Entry Draft – is often the most exciting time on the league calendar. The 2022 edition did not disappoint, with a meagre $1 million cap increase for
Marco and Peter Kasper are pretty much best friends (Translated & Paywalled) – Kleine Zeitung I don’t have a pull-quote from this one because it’s a gray area that I don’t want to play in too much. This article is behind a paywall. I’m comfortable telling you that according to Marco Kasper’s father, the Buffalo
Greg Beacham | Associated Press Anaheim, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks signed John Klingberg to a one-year, $7 million contract on Friday, landing the top defenseman on the NHL free agent market. The offensive-minded Swede is leaving Dallas, where he had spent his entire NHL career while racking up 71 goals and 303 assists in
Sporting News Mount Rushmores: See the iconic athletes for our 13 pro cities If you’ve got to pick just one Red Wing, then Gordie Howe still has to be that guy. Gretchen Sanewsky named Disability Pride Month Game Changers honoree – Detroit Red Wings “Inclusion, for me, is really a two-way street,” Sanewsky said. “People
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
Dylan Larkin and his partner, 2021 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year, Will Zalatoris, took part in the AREA 313 Celebrity Scramble at Detroit Golf Club on Tuesday, July 26.
Red Wings prospect Simon Edvinsson vying for NHL roster spot in 2022-23 – NHL “If he’s ready to play a regular role, that would be great,” Yzerman said. “We’ll let the whole thing play itself out, but the World Juniors will be a great steppingstone coming into training camp to try to make an impression