By Greg Beacham | Associated Press Anaheim, Calif. — Ryan Miller smiled and choked up a bit when he considered how his career as the winningest American-born goalie in professional hockey history almost never happened. When Miller first became fascinated with goaltending as a youngster growing up in East Lansing, he says his father, Dean, gently
Filip Hronek has been a rock for the Red Wings this season. Heading into Thursday’s game in Carolina he and fellow defenseman Marc Staal were the only players who’d been in the lineup all 51 games. Barring anything unforeseen over the final five games, it would be an achievement to not miss a game in this
Game Day Updates #RedWings Adam Erne is on NHL COVID protocol list. False positive? Erne was among the group of Wings on COVID protocol in January. — Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) April 28, 2021 Robby Fabbri out again tonight for Red Wings at Carolina. — Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) April 29, 2021 Brind’Amour says Skjei to
The Detroit Red Wings goalie tandem of Jonathan Bernier and Thomas Greiss is gleaming – finally. Take the past two outings: Greiss’ shutout shootout loss Tuesday and Bernier’s 50-save overtime defeat Saturday. In total, the two combined for 83 saves on 85 shots on goal (SOG) in 125 minutes, 32 seconds – and neither earned a
For those of us who have willingly spent the time watching the Detroit Red Wings play hockey over the last several seasons, I don’t feel an explainer on the team’s system is truly necessary. For those who haven’t, I think you can get a good enough idea on how the team plays based on how
With 14 players set as free agents during the offseason, there is bound to be at least a bit of a roster shakeup. Nine of those FA’s are restricted – will Steve Yzerman decide to forgo a contract renewal for any of them? Red Wings Should Be Keeping a Majority The RFA’s are mostly players
If you are a fan of a good Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, then April 29 is the day for you. This date in National Hockey League history has supplied us with a ton of drama. Let’s take our daily trip back in time and enjoy all the great moments this date has
Time: 7:00 PM EST Place: PNC Arena TV: BSSO,BSDET+ Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket/1270 AM Hurricanes Blog: Canes Country Tuesday’s game was technically a hockey game, but it was completely forgettable. Joe Veleno made his NHL debut, so it wasn’t completely forgettable, as he made some very good plays. Tonight, Detroit travels to Carolina to
Red Wings miss playoffs, lack of offense among reasons – NHL.com Things are looking up compared to last season. The Red Wings have two more regulation wins (15), three more points (42) and the same number of wins (17), even though they have played 21 fewer games to this point. Their goals per game is
The Detroit Red Wings are a little more than a week from closing out their season. They take on the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday, one of five games remaining on the schedule. Sam Gagner hopes to lead the Wings towards a strong finish. “I really enjoy it here,” Gagner said Wednesday. “I like my role. I
Detroit — “With their first pick, the Red Wings select …” No, the Wings haven’t infiltrated the NFL, nor will they be making a selection this weekend. But for hockey fans, especially Detroit fans knee-deep in a rebuild, it’s never too early to think about the NHL Entry Draft. The NHL will hold the draft on July
When the Detroit Red Wings drafted Nicklas Lidstrom as part of their historic 1989 draft class, he did not come into their consideration as a consensus can’t miss prospect—he was a skinny third-round pick who needed a lot of muscle in order to make the NHL. The Red Wings believed Lidstrom was good enough to
Somehow, someway, the Red Wings will finish the regular season next weekend (fingers crossed), navigating through a campaign amid a pandemic. Before it began, the NHL shortened the season to 56 games and formatted a division-only schedule. There have been hiccups along the way, but the NHL will head into its playoffs confident it will conclude and
Associated Press | The Detroit News Former Red Wing Miroslav Frycer, who defected from communist Czechoslovakia after playing in the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics, has died. He was 61. Frycer died after an unspecified brief illness, the Czech league team Orli Znojmo said on its website Tuesday. Frycer had been the team’s coach since 2018. Frycer
Detroit — “With their first pick, the Red Wings select …” No, the Wings haven’t infiltrated the NFL, nor will they be making a selection this weekend. But for hockey fans, especially Detroit fans knee-deep in a rebuild, it’s never too early to think about the NHL Entry Draft. The NHL will hold the draft on July
Welcome to Red Wings Wednesday Weekly! In this weekly column, we will take a look at the Red Wings’ most-recent week of play, identify any players and/or trends that stood out, and then look ahead and find out what the next week may have in store for the team from Hockeytown. As always, feel free to
The Red Wings have plenty of draft capital in the upcoming NHL draft, with 12 draft picks through six rounds (Seven of those picks are in the first three rounds). With that sort of draft capital, should the Red Wings take a swing at Jesper Wallstedt to bolster the pipeline? An Elite Talent There is
This date has given us a little bit of everything over the years, including some very late regular-season games as well as Stanley Cup Playoff milestones. Also, one of the greatest blueliners in National Hockey League history is celebrating his 51st trip around the sun today. The THW time machine is warmed up and ready
Jeff Blashill pleased with Wings’ push to ‘get better’ through turbulent season “Certainly we’d like our record to be better than it is,” Blashill said. “In critical moments, we’ve stubbed our toes a lot, no doubt about that. But our guys came back the next night and came back ready to get after it and
When you have two teams struggling to score — along with two red-hot goaltenders — you have a game like Tuesday’s Red Wings’ battle in Columbus. Finally, Columbus was able to break through in the shootout, as the Blue Jackets earned a 1-0 victory after winning the shootout 2-0. Patrik Laine and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored for